Design the Rehabilitation of Al Mansora Market, Aden

Location: Al-Mansora, Aden, Yemen

Client: Port Cities Development project

Funded by: World Bank                                    

Address: Khormaksar, Aden Tel: 02 239171/2
Start Date: 2010

Completion Date: On Going 

Involved seniors: Project Manager, Dr.Mohammed Zain
Coordinator: Omnia Lukman Team Leader: Ishraq Ismail

Project’s Brief

Rehabilitation of Al-Mansorai market which consist of the following components

The project consists of 7 buildings blocks as follows:

. Three vegetable block,.

. Two fish blocks.

. Two meet blocks.

. Commercial shops, in the mid area, with total built up area 440.8 m2 

· Total built up area of the buildings blocks is 2224.6 m2 , 

· Workshops , with total area 45.2 m2 

· Administrative, with total area 58.4 m2.

· Public W.C. with total area 53.5 m2 

· Fast food restaurant. with total area 120.5 m2

· Commercial shops , with total area 116 m2

· Qat shops., with total area 164.8 m2 

· Stores, with total area 73.6 m2.

· Complete water supply network for the market and the other activities.

· Waste water and sanitation network and waste water treatment plant.

· Power and electrical. 

· Redesign of existing car parking and traffic flow surrounding market's area.

· Water storm drainage system.

· Pavement and hard landscape.

· External lighting system.

· Conduct site visits to inspect the condition and the capacity of the existing utilities.

· Perform visual traffic account, helping in conducting a traffic survey for the following:
  a. Vehicular traffic, b. Pedestrian traffic, c. Assess parking needs.

· Study the urban design.

. Prepare three conceptual designs including the following:

. Proposed physical and schematic layouts and the functional distribution 

. The future pattern of use of space within and outside market building

· Description of key architectural and structural features.

· Calculate the estimates of the future demands for each infrastructure system 

· Prepare Final conceptual design report 

· Prepare the final version of the existing support infrastructure report, 

· Prepare the draft final report of the vacant lots in adjacent areas to markets.