Outside the Box
The product
The award-winning Arena
Super Deck is a tried and
tested, highly versatile
modular product. It is
designed to deliver the
most practical, sustainable
and cost-effective semi-
permanent solutions for a
client’s infrastructure and
architectural requirements,
while creating absolutely
no waste or environmental
damage pre, during or post
project.
Our in-house design and
technical teams work with
our clients to create an
entirely unique concept or
will support their design
team in delivering their
structural vision.
The challenge
The enquiry for the
temporary construction
of the RAK World record-
breaking zipline project
welcome centre came in
on a Sunday night, and was
confirmed the following
Wednesday evening.
Construction began two
days later, with the design
being finalised during the
build process. The client gave
us a challenging two and a
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Arena Group on bringing an innovative
product to life on some tricky terrain
half weeks to complete the
project – a tall order given
the high quality of interior
fit-out that was required.
As the structure was to be
required for a minimum of
three months, the interior
and bathroom fit-outs were
designed to be permanent.
The client also required
that the structure be located
at the top of the United Arab
Emirate’s highest mountain,
the 1,934m-high Jebal Jais.
This posed another
challenge as the road leading
to the site was extremely
difficult to navigate,
particularly for trucks and
cranes. This made sourcing
suppliers who were willing
and able to make the journey
to the site difficult at such
short notice.
At the end of the process
we delivered a temporary
structure that had been
designed to serve a semi-
permanent purpose, capable
of withstanding the hard
weather conditions at the top
of the mountain.
The extreme remote
location of this project
posed by far the largest
challenge to us as a structure
supplier and required careful
coordination between all
parties involved.
The Welcome Centre
will be in use for at least
three months, or until
the construction of the
permanent structure is
completed. The concept
for the structure was to
supply a temporary building
which was capable of being
permanent.
Securing suppliers who
were willing and able to
assist us with this project
proved to be initially
challenging, as the site is
somewhat of a logistical
nightmare!
Several crane suppliers
immediately rejected the
job, refusing to even supply
quotes. When we finally
secured a supplier willing to
take the job, they took a total
of five hours to climb the
mountain.
Additionally, our own
logistics had to be carefully
assessed and coordinated,
for example our trucks could
only be loaded to half of their
capacity to ensure they could
safely make the journey.
The flexible, modular
design of the ASD not only
makes it the ideal choice
for a diverse range of
applications and designs; it
is also the ideal for a wide
range of terrains.
The adjustable legs of
the sub-frame perfectly
accommodate uneven
ground, and the levelling
base plate can be adjusted
to create perfectly level
platforms on slopes of up to
20 per cent, without the need
for permanent foundations.