The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is a multipurpose business and residential complex located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The district consists of more than 50 towers and is expected to accommodate a working population of around 12,000 people.

Dextra Middle East, based in Dubai, has been involved since 2009 in supplying several building packages to Saudi Bin Ladin Group, the main contractor for the project.

Foundation Piles

To provide vertical connections in foundation piles, Dextra supplied its popular Bartec rebar coupler solution—the #1 rebar splicing solution in the Middle East—through its fabrication partners.

In addition to Bartec couplers, Dextra also supplied Unitec couplers, which were used for the continuation of bars protruding from the foundation piles. Unitec offers a flexible solution for contractors, as it does not require prior bar-end preparation. It only requires an impact wrench, making it easy to operate, especially on remote construction sites.

Raft and Columns

Bartec couplers were also used for horizontal connections in the thick foundation rafts and vertical connections in the protruding columns.

Core Wall-to-Beam Applications

In the building superstructure, Dextra Bartec couplers were used to provide horizontal connections from the core wall, enabling the insertion of second-phase starter bars needed to create the beam reinforcement.