Louvre Abu Dhabi is an innovative art and civilization museum located north of Abu Dhabi city, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It is the largest museum in the Arabian Peninsula, with a total area of 24,000 square meters. Louvre Abu Dhabi officially opened its doors on November 11, 2017.

For this project, Dextra was involved in concrete works between 2013 and 2014, supplying its Bartec rebar coupler solution to Arabtec for all rebar connections in the raft and columns. Couplers were also used to create temporary openings in the reinforcement structure, allowing the passage of workers and equipment. A total of 110,000 Bartec rebar couplers were supplied for this project.

The Bartec solution is approved by the Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL), making its use possible in the UAE. All threading services to prepare the rebar used at Louvre Abu Dhabi were performed by Dextra’s network of distributors.

For more information about the availability of rebar splicing solutions in the Middle East, please contact our Dubai office.