Saudi Arabia’s Sheybarah Island resort has installed the first pod-style overwater villas at the Red Sea Global Resort.
The modular construction villas were delivered by construction delivery and transport specialist Mammoet to the upcoming luxury Saudi resort.
A total of four villas were loaded-in at the Port of Hamriyah, in Sharjah, and were shipped to the island be installed at the site.
A new milestone was achieved with the installation of the first prefabricated, stainless steel overwater villa orb on its foundation.
Sheybarah Resort is a “hyper-luxury” hotel located in Sheybarah Island. Due to open in 2024 it comprises 73-prefabricated villas.
For the installation, Mammoet used its 650t capacity Demag CC3800 crawler crane positioned on top of Mammoet’s modified barge, ALE 250.
The shallow draft of the barge meant that there would be minimal disturbance to the sensitive marine environment of this unique and picturesque archipelago in the Red Sea.
At the construction jetty, the crane loaded and placed the first orb on the barge deck and sailed to the installation area.
Once at the location, the barge was positioned using a hyper-accurate GPS system and the barge’s own winches, for precise alignment with the foundation.
Robert van Tinteren, Lead Project Engineer for Mammoet, said: “Creative engineering at its best. It has been an exciting nine months building up to this point, but it never gets tedious to see the incredible things we at Mammoet can do when we put our minds to it”.
Mammoet was awarded the contract to transport and install all 73 villa pods back in May 2022.
