Yas Mall Redevelopment project

The Yas Mall is a shopping and entertainment destination located in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is undergoing a major redevelopment to improve the visitor experience. The redevelopment program required extending the height of existing columns by cutting roofs at required locations. Thus, monitoring was required to safeguard the construction works and the existing structure sections. 

Encardio Rite’s sister concern, Rite Geosystems LLC in UAE, was awarded an I&M subcontract for the monitoring works. The scope of the monitoring work was to measure the movement of existing columns and beams during the construction period. Encardio Rite was responsible for supply, installation, and web-based online data access for all the stakeholders.

A number of wireless tilt meters were used to measure the horizontal movement of the Beam and column. The tilt meters were connected to a gateway (datalogger) through an RF (radio frequency) wireless communication network. The gateway collected the readings at required intervals, stored the data, and transmitted the data to the web-based (cloud) server.  The real-time data from the tilt meters were continuously accessible to the consultant/contractor at their desk during work. This helped the contractor to perform their construction activities safely, without any delays or failure.