UAE Power Project

The UAE Power Project is a key construction project in the country's energy sector, aiming to meet its growing electricity demand and promote national sustainable development. The project covers the construction and expansion of multiple power stations, including new and upgraded solar thermal, photovoltaic power stations, and traditional energy power stations, with a grand scale and far-reaching significance.

Project Challenges and Solutions

Harsh Construction Environment

Challenge: The UAE is located in the desert hinterland with high temperatures and strong winds all year round. The high-temperature environment not only threatens the health of construction workers but also affects the welding quality of steel structures and the normal operation of equipment.
Solution: To cope with high temperatures, the project team reasonably adjusted the construction time to avoid the high-temperature period at noon, and adopted sunshades, spray cooling and other measures to cool the construction site. At the same time, heatstroke prevention drugs and sufficient drinking water were provided for construction workers. In terms of dealing with wind and sand, special protective treatment was carried out on the surface of steel structures, such as hot-dip galvanizing and anti-corrosion paint spraying, to improve the wind and sand erosion resistance of steel structures.

Complex Construction Cross-Operations

Challenge: Power engineering projects involve multiple professional fields such as civil engineering, equipment installation, pipeline laying, and electrical instrument commissioning, with many construction cross-operation interfaces.
Solution: A sound construction coordination mechanism was established. A detailed construction schedule was formulated to clarify the construction sequence and time nodes of each profession. 3D simulation construction was carried out using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to identify and solve spatial conflict problems in the construction process in advance. Strengthen communication and collaboration between construction teams of various professions, and hold regular construction coordination meetings to promptly solve problems arising during construction.

High Technical Requirements

Challenge: As an important project in the energy sector, the UAE Power Project has extremely high technical requirements for the design, manufacturing, and installation of steel structures. Steel structures must not only have sufficient strength and stability but also meet special requirements such as fire resistance, explosion protection, and earthquake resistance.
Solution: The project team invited well-known domestic and foreign steel structure design experts to demonstrate the scheme, and used advanced design software for structural analysis to ensure the scientificity and rationality of the design scheme. During the manufacturing process, international standards and specifications were strictly implemented, and strict control was exercised over raw material procurement, processing technology, and quality inspection. For example, in the Dubai Hassyan Power Station project, all boiler steel structures were required to use domestic American standard materials and be manufactured in accordance with American standards. In the installation phase, advanced construction technologies and equipment were adopted, such as large lifting equipment and high-precision measuring instruments, to ensure the installation accuracy and quality of steel structures.

Technical Highlights

Material Technology Innovation: Integrating solar energy, wind energy, and energy storage technologies to achieve all-weather renewable energy power supply.
Steel Structure Design Optimization: Optimized by finite element analysis, with modular design to save materials and improve efficiency.
Welding and Processing Technology: High-precision welding with automated equipment to ensure quality and progress.
Anti-corrosion and Protection Technology: Multi-layer anti-corrosion with fluorocarbon coating for wind-sand resistance and light resistance.
Digital Construction and Management Technology: Introducing BIM and the Internet of Things for full-process digitization to ensure safety and accuracy.