The Shamiyah Holy Haram Expansion 3 project, as it is officially called, is next to the Holy Haram mosque in Mekkah, the location of Kaaba where all Muslims direct their daily prayers from around the world. It will provide additional facilities for 2.5 million people during their Hajj pilgrimage. The work on the 250,000m2 of ornate prayer halls, ceremonial halls and courtyards is the largest project RMD Kwikform Saudi Arabia has undertaken in the region to date.
The overall scope for equipment designed and supplied by RMD Kwikform covers four main areas of construction throughout the site including the main 5,000m2 central ceremonial area.
The ceremonial area contains a number of insitu concrete engineering features including the multi arched north and south entrance gates and the 14m high grand arches supporting the mosque’s 60 metre high central dome. Equipment supplied for the construction of the ceremonial area included configurations assembled from heavy duty Megashor towers, R700 trusses, Superslim, Albeam, Rapidshor, Maxima panels and a specially made 25t arch support former for the south main entrance.
Complementing the central ceremonial area are 74 prayer halls, each 400m2, spread across three floors. RMD Kwikform supplied 100t of formwork and falsework to support 1,600t of concrete structural frame. Configurations formed from Alshor Plus, Alform beams, and purpose designed and fabricated negative arch supports were designed and supplied by RMD Kwikform for the construction of supporting columns, beams and the support of precast artificial stone soffits.
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