Located on Bluewaters Island, near Dubai Marina, in the United Arab Emirates situates the world's biggest as well as tallest Ferris wheel, named Ain Dubai, is the world-famous and historical project have the highest Observation Wheel (Ferries Wheel) in the world. The giant wheel was opened on 21 October 2021 to the general public. KCI engineers designed and engineered the complete wheel structure including the wheel and deck and its installation. Construction was started in 2015 by Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Starneth Holding B.V. as the primary design and construction contractors.
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. contractor for the Ferries Wheel project in Bluewaters Island, Marina, Dubai, UAE. approached pretread.com POLYMET as a reliable local manufacturer to design, manufacture, test, and supply of Elastomeric Laminated Bridge Bearings which will be utilized during the so-called closing node of the wheel installation. Laminated Elastomeric bearings were designed to EN 1337 -3-2005 by POLYMET and on design, approval bearings were manufactured by pretread.com. All Laminated Elastomeric bearings were tested to the full extent of their application in compression and shear forces with higher than expected rotation due to torsion in the giant steel structure. before supply and installation. Another challenging Project perfectly executed by pretread.com POLYMET