Wahid Imam, GM - Lafarge Iraq Concrete Operations, stated that the operation has been conducted with utmost attention to the safety measurements as well as high level of quality control.
Kirmanj Construction Executive Manager Eng. Sabah Noori Ali states: “Lafarge meets our expectations at highest level starting with product and service quality. We need high performing concrete meeting technical standards required by the project specifications which is provided by Lafarge. Lafarge teams deliver the concrete on site exactly on time as concrete operation scheduled; they have all equipment needed on the site like big mobile concrete pumps, stationary pumps and hydraulic distributer. Beside product & service quality, Lafarge has a good customer service; they treat with project owner and engineers professionally; they always listen to them and answered their questions and claims. Also, Lafarge's quality control team has good experience to take concrete slump and samples. There is no quality issue as cracks or failures in concrete; all test results are above our expectations"
The Zaniary E1 Tower, Erbil 1 Tower, is one of the four towers to be built by the Kirmanj Construction Company in the Zaniary district of Erbil, the capital city of the Iraqi Federal Region of Kurdistan. The project includes residential units and a large business center.
The Zaniary E1 Tower will be built on 3700 m2 area with the height of 180 m (48 floors) that makes it the tallest building in the country and take this title from the Central Bank of Iraq which is another project that Lafarge Iraq supplies concrete for. The Zaniary Towers project is planned to be completed in coming three years.
Lafarge supplied over 226 piles with up to 27 m in depth with high quality concrete which can only be done by a team of highly qualified experts with the use of specialized pumps and equipment.
The project is scheduled to be completed in 2022. Thus Lafarge will supply concrete during the unique Iraqi summers which can get extremely hot requiring special care to setting time and mix proportions which Lafarge will supply at the exact timing per specifications.
Lafarge Iraq is going to supply more than 40.000 m3 high performance concrete to this tower.
