The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences

Each tower consists of three reinforced concrete sub-towers. On November 2018, these have been connected by a 45m long sky bridge that has been built at a lower level and lifted in place by a strand jacking method. The main sky-bridge spans over 50 metres between both central towers of the project, and was built on supports on top of the lobby roof, between levels 4 and 8. The bridge was then lifted to levels 18-21. The work started at +44.5m above ground and ended at +93.5m, with approximately 250 people working on the steel structure, façade and lifting.

The gross floor area of the property amounts to 387,097 m² and the total site area to 173,398 m². Upon completion, The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences will measure roughly 500 m end-to-end.

The key materials used to create the building include 45,000 tonnes of steel rebar, 5,500 tonnes of structural steel, 150,000 m² of marble and 130,000 m² of glass reinforced concrete.

The façade and interior areas of the resort and residence will feature approximately 90,000 m² of glass, equivalent to 10 FIFA football fields.

Given the complexity and volume of the structure, it will represent a formidable performance from BESIX to deliver the project. The completion of the structure of the huge lobby and podium at an early stage was particularly challenging. This was a prerequisite in order to accelerate the start-up of fit-out works which was exceptionally demanding in terms of both volume and quality.