The Pearl Project - Qatar

The Pearl Project is a venture to build an island from reclaimed land and develop a residential and business community. The development is off the eastern coastline of Qatar, approximately 20 km north of the central business district of the Qatari capital, Doha and 20 km from the International Airport in the south.

The rock and aggregate is transported by tugs and barges directly to the dedicated berths run by FBS and its local partners, located on-site. The rock and aggregate is used for building the island as well as building the necessary infrastructure on the Pearl Island.

Ras Laffan - Qatar

The rock and aggregate is collected from the Rock Export Terminal by the customer using their own tugs and barges. The materials are taken by tugs and barges to waterways that are not navigable by ships with larger hulls.

Tekfen road project - Qatar

The Tekfen "North Road Project" in Qatar is a 684m USD road infrastructure project awarded by the Qatari Public Works Authority. This 4 year project includes demolition, landscaping and road construction on the primary traffic routes throughout Qatar. FBS won the contract to exclusively supply all aggregate grade requirements for Tekfen in Qatar.

A strong relationship has been built up with Tekfen over the past three years that FBS has been supplying aggregate. The foundation for this successful relationship has been the consistent delivery of quality at a competitive price, as promised.

Fujairah Northern Land Reclamation Project - UAE

The Fujairah Northern Land Reclamation Project is a venture to complete a land and sea reclamation that will stretch 500m from the coast line into the sea and will be circumscribed by a coastal protection. Total surface area gained by the reclamation is 2.24km² (east of the Fujairah - Khor Fakkan road).

FBS will provide drilling, blasting and quarrying of all materials used to construct the reclamation from excavating a part of the Fujairah mountainous area. Coastal protection works are required in order to protect the new strip of reclaimed land from the wave action along the new coastline.

540 workers and specialists form part of a 24 hour-a-day operation. Each day, blast and drilling teams prime the blast positions for multi-location blasts. Every blast hole is primed and checked and then the mountain is evacuated. Up to sixteen tonnes of explosives are used daily to carefully dislodge the various parts of the rock face.

Once the all-clear has been sounded, the quarry quickly fills again with heavy machinery, tipper trucks and men incentivized to fulfill the daily quotas of rock necessary for the Northern Project. The explosives are so well placed by the blasting team that no further treatment of the rock is necessary.

Using FBS owned Komatsu heavy equipment, the teams move in. There are over 100 of these machines on this project, making it one of the largest owned and operated fleets in the U.A.E. The heavy machinery hauls the blasted rock away from the rock face and front end loaders fill the trucks with rock. Due to the harsh conditions, as well as the double-shift, round-the-clock activity, a full time maintenance crew is kept very busy. Each truck bears over 50 metric tonnes of rock at least 22 times a day.

Once on the reclamation area, the rock is handed over to FBS' own professional team of engineers, who carefully place the rock in selected areas for leveling and compaction. This process is carefully monitored by the surveying team and quality control department, to ensure we achieve the high standards expected by our customers.