MSB Early Islamic Falaj

Background

The Al Ain Municipality Old shaabiyas project which began in 2019 is concerned with upgrading of roads and infrastructure, in particular the installation of a new (and deep) stormwater drainage system via a network of 1m wide and up to 4m deep trenches running through the street grid of the shabiyaat. These are government housing projects initiated from the late 1960s onwards.  Some of them lie in or adjacent to the various World Heritage Site buffer zones and many are close to the oases and the historic earthen villages which they effectively replaced. To date we have monitored and documented a total length of more than 5km of these stormwater trenches.

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Conservation

DCT Abu Dhabi has carried out detailed investigations, sampling and 3-Ddocumentation at each falaj location, followed by protection and conservationmeasures to make sure they are preserved for future generations. Repairsto the brick vault in the manhole in Road 10 began in November 2020 andcontinued with work on the larger exposed section of falaj in Road 15 intoDecember 2020

Background

The Al Ain Municipality Old shaabiyas project which began in 2019 is concerned with upgrading of roads and infrastructure, in particular the installation of a new (and deep) stormwater drainage system via a network of 1m wide and up to 4m deep trenches running through the street grid of the shabiyaat. These are government housing projects initiated from the late 1960s onwards.  Some of them lie in or adjacent to the various World Heritage Site buffer zones and many are close to the oases and the historic earthen villages which they effectively replaced. To date we have monitored and documented a total length of more than 5km of these stormwater trenches.

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Latitude:

24.294503

Longitude

55.777202

Coordinate System:

WGS84 / UTM zone 40N

Surveyed By:

GeoTech and HBL

Surveyed On:

Contractor:

Consultant:

Neighbourhood:

Hili Misbah

Street Name:

Road 15, Road 16

Plot Number:

Owner

Al Ain Municipality Old shaabiyas project

Site Type

Start of works

29/09/2020

End of works

21/02/2021

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Period

IA/PIR? Falaj and EI repairs

MSB Early Islamic Falaj

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