SAEC specializes in foundation engineering, geotechnical engineering, deep foundations, shoring, piling, soil improvement, and structural repair works — delivering innovative and reliable solutions with a focus on quality, safety, and engineering excellence.
SAEC specializes in foundation engineering, geotechnical engineering, deep foundations, shoring, piling, soil improvement, and structural repair works — delivering innovative and reliable solutions with a focus on quality, safety, and engineering excellence.
Foundation Engineering, Piling and Geotechnical Works in the UAE
SAEC — Super Arc Engineering Construction LLC — is an Abu Dhabi foundation engineering contractor working across the United Arab Emirates since 2010. Our projects are self-performed, from site assessment and geotechnical review through piling installation, load testing and quality verification, which gives clients a single point of accountability for schedule, cost and technical performance.
Difficult ground, engineered answers
Ground conditions in the UAE are among the most demanding in the world: high water tables, loose and variable sand strata, sabkha deposits and reclaimed coastal land. Our geotechnical and structural engineers select and combine piling, shoring, ground improvement and grouting techniques based on the actual ground, the load requirements and the programme — never a generic method copied from another site.
One team, one line of responsibility
From the first site investigation to the final load test, one team owns the whole foundation package. Our geotechnical engineers issue the pile layout, our own crews install it on our own rigs, and our testers verify it with static load tests, O-cell and PDA testing before handover. That single line of responsibility — no subcontracted piling, no split liability — is why main contractors on towers, residential developments, industrial facilities and infrastructure projects across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Northern Emirates keep returning to us.
Who we work for
We work for main contractors, developers, consultants and government clients on residential towers, commercial and mixed-use developments, industrial facilities, marine works and infrastructure. Scopes range from a single block of driven piles to several thousand metres of bored piling with full load testing, integrity verification and as-built documentation issued in house.
Planned around your programme
Every package is planned around the programme you are working to. We mobilise our own rigs, sequence piling, shoring and excavation so that trades do not collide on site, and issue method statements, pile installation records and test reports as the work progresses rather than weeks after handover. Scopes range from a single structure’s underpinning to multi-thousand-pile packages on reclaimed ground, and the same engineering team follows the job from tender through to final load testing.
Six core disciplines cover almost every foundation scope in the UAE, and all six are delivered by our own engineering teams and crews: design and method, site establishment, installation, testing and as-built documentation. Pick the service closest to your scope, or send us the geotechnical report and we will tell you which combination of techniques the ground actually needs.
Our core services
Foundation Engineering
Foundation engineering decides whether everything built above ground stands the test of time. We design and install bored piles, CFA piles, driven and cased piles, micropiles and deep foundations, backed by in-house piling design and foundation rehabilitation. Every layout is checked against the actual soil data and the applicable code requirements before a rig reaches the site.
Bored, CFA, driven, cased and secant piling for residential towers, commercial developments, industrial facilities and infrastructure projects — including restricted-access sites where larger piling equipment cannot reach. Where access is restricted, we plan around the rigs and support equipment that can actually reach the pile location.
Soil investigation data interpreted into an engineered pile layout, produced in-house with geotechnical software and carried through installation and testing so that field conditions are confirmed against the design assumptions.
Secant pile walls, diaphragm walls, sheet piling and anchored shoring for deep excavations, basement construction and works beside existing buildings — designed for the excavation depth, soil, groundwater level and proximity to adjacent structures.
Vibro compaction, dynamic compaction, stone columns, controlled modulus columns and chemical or mechanical stabilisation increase bearing capacity, reduce settlement and mitigate liquefaction risk on weak or reclaimed ground.
Pressure, compaction and jet grouting strengthen weak soils, fill voids, seal leaks and repair structural cracks — used alongside piling and shoring to deliver a complete foundation solution rather than a single technique.
Contractors bring us in when the ground is difficult, the programme is tight and there is no allowance for a second attempt. Because our crews, rigs and engineering staff are all in-house, the people who price the work are the people who carry it out — and the engineer who answers your call is the one who can change the method on site. That same structure shows up in the paperwork: one contract, one line of responsibility for the foundation works, and test results issued by the same engineering team that designed the piles — which is why consultants on towers and infrastructure schemes across the Emirates accept our records without a second review.
Fully self-performed
Own crews, own rigs and in-house engineers from the first bore to final sign-off.
Tested, not assumed
Static load tests, O-cell and PDA testing, plus CSL, TIP and PIT integrity verification.
Designed for your site
Pile layouts and shoring designs matched to your geotechnical data and code requirements.
Proven track record
More than 500 completed piling and foundation projects across Abu Dhabi and the UAE.
From the tender review to the final static load test, the team that engineered your foundation package stays on it until the results are signed off — across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Northern Emirates, with the pile records, test data and as-builts issued as one closed set.