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Infinity Tower, Dubai Marina

Last updated July 29, 2026

A bund / marina wall collapsed during the excavation of a basement car park next to the Dubai marina. Fortunately this happened at lunch time!

  • The basement excavation at the Infinity Tower site: a deep pit with standing water, pile heads projecting from the floor, two excavators, a loader and a crane working below the marina wall
  • Workers on the excavation floor around exposed reinforcement cages, with dewatering hoses running across the sand, dated 5 February 2007
  • Water pouring through the breached marina wall into the excavation in a wide torrent, dated 7 February 2007
  • The breach seen from ground level: the marina emptying over the failed wall into the excavation, with Dubai Marina towers and cranes behind, dated 7 February 2007
  • The flooded site after the collapse, the excavation full and strewn with debris, with the Dubai Marina towers and palms behind