Large dry excavation with groundwater lowered below formation level, Dubai

Dry excavations, on programme.

Temporary groundwater lowering for basements, foundations and infrastructure, designed from site data and run 24/7 by our own crews.

Excavations in the UAE often sit below a shallow water table, close to the sea or in reclaimed ground. We lower groundwater to a safe level below formation, hold it there through construction and release it under control when the structure is ready.

Groundwater Control & Dewatering

Designed by our engineers, delivered by our own crews and equipment, and supported 24/7.

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Capability

What it covers

Deep well dewatering

For permeable ground and deep excavations. Wells drilled around the site, fitted with submersible pumps, lower the water table below formation level, including in congested sites with little space.

Wellpoint systems

Closely spaced wellpoints on a header main. The practical choice for shallow excavations, trenches and pipelines, installed with our automated wellpoint drilling equipment.

Sump and open pumping

Control of seepage and surface water inside the excavation, run alongside the main system.

French drains

Gravity drainage to collect and route groundwater where the ground and layout suit it.

Basement dewatering

Groundwater control for towers, villas and podiums, from single plots to multi-basement developments.

Infrastructure dewatering

Bridges, utilities, outfalls, pumping stations and road works, where the excavation follows the route.

Temporary groundwater lowering

Staged drawdown matched to the construction sequence, with controlled recovery at the end.

24/7 operation

Standby pumps and power, round-the-clock crews and short mobilisation times.

WellTech collection tanks and discharge hoses on a coastal site Dry pile caps across a dewatered excavation
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