tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16454755641980242502011-04-21T11:32:14.689-07:00A forum to discuss current and upcoming NCDC projects.Noor City Development Corporationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452614889264007490noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645475564198024250.post-53411339641146960012007-07-27T10:48:00.001-07:002008-12-08T15:36:47.881-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v0FYQsBG_o8/Rq4SxosFyNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IMNILZBpeXs/s1600-h/bridge2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093028872547846354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v0FYQsBG_o8/Rq4SxosFyNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IMNILZBpeXs/s320/bridge2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal">Included in <b>NCDC’s</b> vision of new cities and infrastructures for people around the world will be the new <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b>Bridge of the Horns.</b></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size:0;"> </span>This bridge, which promises to be one of the great engineering feats of this century, will link the Middle East with <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> for the first time.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The benefits of such a transportation route are unfathomable.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The sharing of resources, the creation of new jobs, and the new opportunities for development will write a new chapter in the history of humanity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p><br />The <st1:placename st="on"><b>Bridge of the Horns</b></st1:placename> will link <st1:country-region st="on">Yemen</st1:country-region> to the <st1:placetype st="on">Island</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Perim</st1:placename> in the Red Sea, and on to <st1:country-region st="on">Djibouti</st1:country-region> in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The <st1:place st="on">Red Sea</st1:place> is one of the busiest and most important seaways in the world.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It is also one of the most dangerous due to the great irregularity and complexity of the water currents.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The ship traffic primarily travels North or South.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Getting resources and people East or West across this constant traffic by ship would be close to impossible and treacherous.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The bridge will also allow much greater speed of transit and more cargo and people to be transported from one point to another.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><br />To be approximately 28.5 km long and comprised of girder and suspension bridge structures, the suspension portion of the bridge will be the longest in the world.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Six lanes of vehicle roadway and 4 rail lines will allow tremendous versatility. Once operational, it is expected that 100,000 cars and 50,000 rail riders will cross the bridge daily.</p><p face="trebuchet ms"></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1645475564198024250-5341133964114696001?l=noorcities.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fernandonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645475564198024250.post-15579524149995368172007-07-27T10:43:00.000-07:002008-12-08T15:36:48.022-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-JyXJvVS0tE/RqovKWDLHjI/AAAAAAAAAyo/MF7mxbaBR5c/s1600-h/trio_towers.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-JyXJvVS0tE/RqovKWDLHjI/AAAAAAAAAyo/MF7mxbaBR5c/s320/trio_towers.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091934183459855922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">“A new engineering and style philosophy” best describes NCDC’s new </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Trio Towers</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> design. To be located in various locations around the world, these towers exude a sense of the future and excite the senses. Unlike anything else ever constructed, these structures mark a new direction in the progression of human civilization.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Trio Towers</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> design concept includes one 85-story condominium/commercial tower and two 75-story hotel towers. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">One remarkable design element of these structures will be where they are built – in the water!</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> The towers will be encircled at their bases by a multi-tiered platform which will connect all three buildings, contain shopping and dining areas, and provide automobile parking spaces. In addition, 3 floors of each tower will be underwater, affording an unforgettable view and experience of an undersea world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The hotel towers, each standing roughly </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">176 meters tall</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">, will be an experience like no other. Not only providing world-class views, these hotels will add a new class of service and amenities not found elsewhere. These towers will surely be sought after by various lodging corporations as their “signature” hotel locations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The main tower will stand about ten-stories taller than the hotel towers and be mixed-use. About 20-30 floors will be commercial space with the remaining floors being residential condominiums.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1645475564198024250-1557952414999536817?l=noorcities.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fernandonoreply@blogger.com1