Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) said Thursday that 40 percent of construction work for the biggest exhibition hall in the Middle East and North Africa has been completed.
The first-of-its-kind hall is being built on a space of 1,000 square meters in the Marina area opposite the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre overlooking the waterfront, with work proceeding at a fast pace, two weeks ahead of the set timeframe.
The hall is scheduled to open in October 2022 and is part of the expansion plans for the Centre to bolster ADNEC’s competitiveness and ability to organize major global events in all fields, ADNEC said in a statement.
Engineer Ahmed Al Mansoori, Director of Engineering Services at ADNEC, said the hall is built using a solid metal frame covered in aluminum plates to provide flexibility with the ability to host events of various scales and types in all fields.
“Vehicles and persons can enter it via gates on all sides through roads surrounding it from all directions, which will help provide an exceptional experience for all participants and visitors,” he said.
In 2021, ADNEC unveiled an ambitious plan for developing the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and increasing the overall indoor exhibition area by 12 percent to reach 92,000 square meters, increasing the overall area of the Centre to more than 151,000 square meters.