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Atkins has successfully completed the infrastructure and reinstatement thus avoiding the risk of overflow and
design for the prestigious Bahrain Bay Development, environmental contamination. The area above the pumping
the $2.5 billion waterfront community just off the stations will become public parks to bring recreational and
coast of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. With community benefits.
over 80% of its land parcels sold to international,
regional and local developers this promises to be a Designing the storage tank structure for the fire fighting /
world-class development. potable pumping station presented a challenge. The potable
water was required to be kept above sea level to avoid
Bahrain Bay is being built on half a million square metres of contamination; however the incoming supply pressure was
reclaimed land in one of Bahrain’s most sought-after locations. too low to feed into a high level tank. The team responded
Drawing on an integrated team including civil, mechanical and by developing a unique design of a combined break tank /
electrical disciplines, Atkins has designed the roads, bridges and main tank which enabled water to be distributed directly
the primary irrigation piping networks, storm and foul drainage to customers.
networks. The MEICA team also played a key role in designing
the foul water, fire fighting and potable water pumping In keeping with minimising visual impacts, the team designed
stations, MV and LV electrical distribution networks and street the electrical supplies to be hidden from view in underground
lighting networks. service corridors. The system was designed so that the major
consumers’ electricity is sourced from multiple primary
The development has a high land value and the developer substations and smaller consumers are fed from MV ring-mains.
was therefore keen to ensure that reliable utility infrastructure Both these measures improved the security of electricity supply.
was provided whilst minimising its visual impact. To meet
these developer requirements, the foul pumping stations were Infrastructure design work was completed earlier this year and
designed to be wholly underground structures, including all construction is progressing rapidly. The collaborative approach
mechanical and electrical equipment. The pumping stations has allowed the developer to benefit from a design team that
include redundant and backup equipment to ensure continuous was able to adapt and respond to challenges and deliver a
operation and availability. In the unlikely event of a total failure solution that meets the infrastructure requirements whilst
the storage wet well is sized to allow sufficient time for repair minimising both environmental and visual impact. n
solutions | Autumn 2008
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