Kempinski Hotel Djibouti, site works

The Kempinski Hotel, known locally as the Palais Kempinski, sits on its own peninsula on the Djibouti waterfront and is the city's best-known landmark hotel. SOTEC worked on the project with Soprim Construction.

Our scope was the ground beneath the building: bulk excavation and engineered backfill on a coastal site, preparation of the foundation platform and the external works around the hotel. Coastal ground and a high water table made compaction control and drainage the critical issues.