Burj Dubai builders Arabtec have signed the first contract for foundation testing work on Europe’s tallest skyscraper project. The deal, worth US$13.6 million (AED50 million) will see the UAE construction group test five deep foundation barrettes, extending to 70m into the soft ground, to establish their build ability in the site subsoil and their bearing capacity to support the main 400m high tower at the Okhta Centre development in St. Petersburg...more