Building on the success of its inaugural edition in Dubai, IGIC UAE, now rebranded as the Deep Foundations and Underground Infrastructure MENA Conference (DFUI), returns this September to serve as the definitive meeting point for project owners, consultants, contractors, and policymakers across the MENA region, with a strategic focus on the UAE’s ambitious development pipeline.

As the desert nations advances their urban transformation through mega projects like the Dubai Metro Blue Line, Tasreef Drainage Project and expansion of Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport, there is an urgent need to address the complex geotechnical and underground construction challenges posed by the region’s unique desert soil conditions. These include weak and variable subsurface profiles, high groundwater tables, soil collapsibility, and extreme temperatures—factors that demand highly specialized engineering solutions, advanced materials, and cutting-edge monitoring technologies.

WHY ATTEND?

  • Listen to case studies from the Middle East for super tall buildings, metro projects and underground infrastructure projects

  • Address the critical gap in the design and construction of deep foundations in the Middle East region

  • Find out the perils and negative impact of over designing deep foundation projects

  • Learn more about green geotechnical construction techniques and solutions, and driving sustainability in foundation engineering

  • Find more about digital twinning and real-time simulations for underground constructions and excavations

  • Learn about the critical nature of soil-surface interactions in geotechnical design for deep foundation structures

  • Learn about advanced soil improvement techniques

  • Find out the future trends in geotechnics and the game-changing role of AI and 3D printing in ground improvement

  • Listen to innovative micro tunnelling technologies and techniques deployed for one of the most expansive underground tunnelling projects