Before Van Oord’s work on the Palm Jumeirah was finished, the company was awarded another contract to design and build two smaller, private islands of 140,000 m3 each, in mirror image on each side of the Palm. The design- a wispy palm leaf- is the logo of the Dubai Palm Developers, which later became Nakheel, the real estate developer that has launched all of Dubai’s land reclamation projects.

Construction of the Logo Islands began in June 2003 and was completed in February 2005. Working in a confined area with the Palm still in progress presented special logistical challenges. A total of 4,400,000 m3 of sand and 1,000,000 tonnes of rock were used in the project, which includes a revetment, an underwater reef, a 270-metre-long quay wall, perched beaches and other small beaches. Access channels were dredged later to enable large yachts to reach both islands.