Dubai Mall parking gets award-winning coating material

The Dubai Mall has refurbished the surface of its car parking facility, which is the most expansive in the Middle East & North Africa region with over 14,000 spaces across three separate high-rise buildings, with the award-winning Deckshield polyurethane deck coating system, from global resin flooring specialists Flowcrete Group.

This system was chosen for its ability to maintain a smooth and colourful finish when faced with operational demands such as constant vehicular traffic, structural movement, fuel and oil spillages, thermal variations, abrasions and wear.

Located in the 20 billion dollar Downtown Dubai complex, The Dubai Mall holds the record for the world’s largest retail centre based on total area. The venue hosts 635 retailers and attracts over 750,000 visitors every week, making it also the world’s most popular shopping and leisure destination.

Within the five month project, over 540,000m2 of Flowcrete Group’s Deckshield ID & ED coatings were installed across basement, lower ground, intermediate and exposed top level decks of the breath-taking structures. These systems create a waterproof membrane that sharpens light reflectivity and can enhance interior visuals with attractive colours.

Alongside the size of the car parks, the project also had to take into account that the mall would be operational throughout the refurbishment period, eliminating any possibility of simultaneously closing down the entire car park.

Before the new floor could be applied the previous system, which had failed soon after the mall opened, had to be raised and disposed of. Voids where wheel stops had been removed also had to be filled in before the Deckshield material could be laid on top, a task which required over 80,000kg of non-shrink grout.

The Deckshield range has proven to be a popular choice for large-scale construction projects in the Middle East and was recently specified for concourse areas of the new King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.