ACI - Kuwait Chapter presents the awards of excellence to a project in recognition of outstanding work in concrete construction and practices within Kuwait.

The Award of Excellence this year 2010/2011 was presented to "The Symphony Complex Project"

There are Two-Towers comprising a Hotel, Spa, Offices and a Shopping Mall

• Site Area: 11,700m2
• Total built area: 90,000 m²
• Hotel Tower: Six Senses Spa (2^nd floor)
• HotelMissoni (3^rd to 20^th floor)
• Commercial Tower: Offices (2^nd to 11^th floor)
• Both Towers: Mall (Basement1 to 1^st floor) Underground parking.

Foundations

• Towers sit on a 1.5 m thick raft foundation
• Raft is supported on piles. Most piles were in compression, but some were subjected to tension and were designed accordingly
• Floor Systems
• Diverse combination to suit function
• Waffle Slab
• Precast double TSolid slabs on beams
• Flat slabs
• Steel beams Towers
• Designed to resist Wind forces and Earthquake
• Shear walls designed and detailed to resist lateral effects from wind and EQ

The Award was presented to:
Owner Commercial Real Estate Company, Kuwait.
The Award co. recipient are:
Architect & Engineer Dar Saleh Al-Qallaf Engineering Consultants. Dino Georgiou and Partners. Structural Designer Dar Saleh Al-Qallaf Engineering Consultants. General Contractor Burhan InternationalContracting Co. Concrete Suppliers Kuwait British ReadyMix Company (KBRC). Arab Ready-mix Concrete Center.