The Burj Khalifa with state‐of‐the‐art Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Systems, designed to provide real‐time critical information, status alerting, rapid post‐event assessment, and to improve overall safety and reliability. Image courtesy of CTBUH.
Our project manager inspecting the installation of Kinemetrics’ EpiSensors at 828m. Image courtesy of Derek Skolnik.
Dubai World Trade Center tower with state‐of‐the‐art Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Systems, designed to provide real‐time critical information, status alerting, rapid post‐event assessment, and to improve overall safety and reliability. Image courtesy of CTBUH.
The Dubai Police Forensic Laboratory with state‐of‐the‐art Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Systems, designed to provide real‐time critical information, status alerting, rapid post‐event assessment, and to improve overall safety and reliability.

About Our Client

The Dubai Municipality was founded in 1954 and headed by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Municipality. The Dubai Municipality is regarded as one of the largest governmental institutions and is the leading driver of growth and evolution of the Emirate of Dubai.

Project Objective

Provide Business Continuity solution for earthquakes to critical Dubai Buildings

Project Achievement

Installation of Kinemetrics EpiSensor in highest man-made location.

Successful implementation of OasisPlus in four buildings

Hosted several grand opening ceremonies including one at Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa. See press-coverage here.

Project Insights

Avoiding future loss

Four critical buildings are now equipped to handle future building movement events in rapid and informed manner greatly reducing risk of future loss from unnecessary downtime.

Promoting Awareness

In UAE, ground motion is rare, so over reaction is understandable. Together with DM, we worked on promoting educational awareness to create a better-informed public.

Showcasing Dubai's Resilient City Efforts

Dubai aims to be the smartest city by 2030. Smart resilient buildings are the foundation of resilient cities.

Unprecedented data for unprecedented architecture

Dubai’s skyline continues to redefine the meaning “tall building”. Engineers and architects benefit from design-validating data.

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