Destined for the newly developed area of Porto Arabia, the first phase of a dynamicupmarket shopping, dining and residential district of Doha, the developers of the area wereaiming to provide some festive cheer for Porto Arabia's international clientele.
Stage One were asked to construct: a giant 16m-diameter wreath, which weighed in at two tonnes and was attached to one of Porto Arabia's entrances; 30 scenically wrapped gift boxes, which were placed in various locations around the development and varied in size up to the largest at 4m x 4m; and two enormous scenic Christmas trees, one at 6m high, the other at 12m high.
"Sourcing then constructing the amount of items required in a relatively short timescale was a key challenge and we really needed to push our extensive in-house resources to the maximum to ensure that we were able to meet the dates for shipping," said Steve Dolan, account director, Stage One. "All of the hard work was worth it though, as the completeddecorations looked absolutely superb."
The giant wreath was constructed from interconnecting steel frame pieces, decorated with 29 individual 60-inch wreaths and a steel framed ribbon, and at its highest was positioned 25m above the ground.
(Jim Evans)
