Client

Oman Tourism Development Company

Design Architect

WATG, RMJM-SSH for CD

Engineer

SSH, RMJM, Rickard Engineering

Main Contractor

Carillion Alawi, L & T, BEC Group

Sector

Hotel & Residential

Scope of Work

MS Canopy, Auditorium shell cladding, Aluminum twisted fins, Main entrance canopy, Terrace canopy, Skylight, Twisted fins

Material

Aluminum, Mild Steel

Location

Muscat, Oman

JW Marriott Hotel Muscat

Project Summary
 

As part of the overall development, Grankraft was also awarded a contract for the architectural metalwork for the 5-star Marriott Hotel which has over 300 rooms and is directly linked to the convention centre for which Grankraft has also fabricated and installed the skylight of the connecting passageway. The main items of this scope were the twisted, perforated aluminium fins with a PPC finish which act as shading structures and are the prominent feature of the hotel’s entrance area and guest rooms. Overall, hundreds of pieces have been fabricated, each having more than 300 perforations, with a radius of 15mm which were cut using a water jet. The 4mm thick plates are 3m long and were cold-formed by bending the aluminium panels on a rolling machine. A very strict quality control procedure was followed to ensure the consistency of the finish and geometry.