A Monumental Flood Mitigation Channel in Saudi Arabia

The 21 km long lining is the world’s largest concrete structure reinforced with GFRP bars

Reprinted courtesy of the American Concrete Institute and Concrete International.

EDUARDO A. VILLEN SALAN¹, MSc Civil Engineering, Engineer, Project Management Specialist, Member of the Project Management Team;
MUHAMMAD K. RAHMAN², researcher, lecturer at the Research Center for the Study of Building Materials, Master of Structural Design; branch vice president³;
SAMI Al-GAMDI⁴, Technical Director, Chairman of the Civil Engineering Standards Committee, Member of the Technical Committee on Concrete, Reinforced Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete Structures of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC 71)
JIHAD SAKR⁵, Project Manager, MSc in Construction Management, Bachelor of Civil Engineering, expert in enforcing Saudi Aramco methodological, engineering and construction guidelines;
MESFER M. Al-ZAKHRANI², Vice-Rector for Research, Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering;
ANTONIO NANNI⁶, Member of the American Concrete Institute, Senior Fellow, Professor, Chair of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

¹ Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia, Dhahran)
² King Fadh University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia, Dhahran)
³ American Concrete Institute in Saudi Arabia
⁴ Novel Nonmetallic Manufacturing Solutions (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes)
⁵ Al-Yamama (Saudi Arabia, Jizan)
⁶ University of Miami (Florida, USA)

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