Maryah Plaza is a commercial mixed-used development located on Al Maryah Island, designated to become the Emirates’ new business and lifestyle destination. The four water-adjacent towers are comprised of residential apartments, a 5-star hotel, and retail outlets. The project aims to create an open public space where users can walk freely across the development.

Dextra Compression Struts are used in the one of the four towers of Maryah Plaza. The four sets of Compression Struts delivered by Dextra elegantly fit into the tower’s lobby floors opening it up for waterfront views. Compression Struts are used to support heavy structures, in this project it is used as a cross-bracing element, increasing the tower’s ability to withstand seismic loads.

Four sets of 60-cm-diameter Compression Struts were used in the project. They are the largest diameter and highest performing sets Compression Struts Dextra ever built. Thanks to a streamline design and its convenient pin & fork locking feature, the sets were assembled on site in a week.

The Compression Struts is a circular hollow section bar and is capped at the ends by threaded fork. This threaded fork design allows for ease of assembly, making it possible for workers to put the strut together onsite in a matter of minutes.