The bid submission deadline has been extended by two weeks to 22 September for the estimated AED200 million ($54 million) snow centre and the west car park package on the proposed Mall of the Emirates, formerly known as Souk al-Nakheel in Dubai.

Bids are already under evaluation for the largest package on the development, covering the shopping mall. Nine local and international companies priced the estimated AED400 million ($109 million) package by the end-August deadline. The project manager is the UK’s Mace; the structural engineering consultant is Mott MacDonald, also of the UK. The client is the local Majid Al-Futtaim Group of Companies (MEED 29:8:03; 15:8:03).