The Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, an initiative of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, is not only dedicated entirely to children but was also designed by combining innovative aspects of design and construction with the healing process in mind. 

Following on from the successful implementation of beach front protection using Terraforce concrete retaining blocks walling on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, Knutton Consulting were requested to design a support system for the beach front facilities at the Fairmont Hotel in Ajman . . . before the beach even existed. 

Once again, Cape Town based precast block manufacturer, TERRAFORCE, managed to take home a prestigious Trophy at the CMA AWARDS and 40Th anniversary celebrations staged in Johannesburg.

Terraforce segmental retaining walls were developed in the late 1970s to provide a more cost-effective and versatile method of retaining steeply contoured ground than was then available using conventional construction methods. Today, a range of modular retaining wall systems competes with reinforced concrete retaining walls. Most of these segmental retaining wall systems are quicker and simpler to build with and the retaining walls more interesting and pleasing to the eye.

A successful product is one that gets used more than once, having satisfied the expectations of the client.