Farayand Virtual World

* World first no longer hot air

Atkins arrives at Cityscape 2005 proudly exhibiting a world first – the integration of wind turbines with a commercial tower construction.
The construction in question is that of the Bahrain World Trade Centre, and it was only publicly announced this week
that work to build the twin-tower building incorporating wind turbines was well underway.
Mr Shaun Killa, associate director and head of architecture, told Cityscape Daily News: “Although work has been underway
for some time now, we have had to keep the possibility of using the turbines out of the public domain as feasibility studies
were carried out. But now we expect the turbines and bridges that will link these two towers will be brought onto site
around March or April next year.”
The two 42-storey sail shaped office towers, situated on the main King Faisal Highway in Manama, Bahrain, taper to a
height of 240m and will support three 30m diametre horizontal-axis wind turbines. The unique design of the towers
allows the natural sea breezes to be funnelled between the towers creating a powerful wind velocity.
It is expected the annual sustainable energy yield from the turbines will generate enough power for the entire
building and common areas of the towers.
Killa added: “It is quite a refreshing thought that it is in this part of the world, one of the great oil producing areas, that
the first towers to be powered by renewable energy are being built. We have been involved in all aspects of the
project from conceptual design to project management and we are all very proud of the work we have done.”
Atkins is one of the world’s leading providers of professional technology-based consultancy and support services,
and will be showing a whole range of its work at Cityscape on stand 5800.
“Being at Cityscape is important for us.
We were at the very first Cityscape and we believe it is important to show existing clients and potential new clients exactly
what we do,” Killa said.
Big Tree makes the An artist’s impression of the Bahrain World Trade Centre with the wind turbines in place.

(Source:www.cityscape-online.com)