Bid prices ranged up to AED 2,513 million ($684 million) for the 40-month contract. A substantial element of the project costs relates to the new terminal's roof structure, which will be made of titanium. Bidders are understood to be proposing that the material should be supplied by two European companies.
The contract involves the construction of a two-storey building, 11 bays, six remote bays and a 7,000-square-metre shopping area. The new terminal, to be linked to the existing terminal, will have capacity to handle 4 million passengers a year. The consultant for the terminal package is France's Aeroports de Paris.
For the estimated $110 million runway package, about 10 companies attended the late June site meeting. They were: Germany's Bilfinger & Berger, the local/UK Balfour Beatty Abu Dhabi, the local/South African venture of Al-Jaber Transport & General Contracting Establishmentand Grinaker-LTA, South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction, Germany's Strabag, Athens-based Consolidated Contractors International Company, the local/Cypriot J&P Abu Dhabi, the local Al-Naboodah Contracting, Saudi Bin Ladin Groupand the UK's John Mowlemwith the local Engineering Contracting Company.
Bids are due on 18 August for the 30-month contract, which covers the construction of a 4,100-metre runway, parallel and link taxiways, navigational aids and associated works. The consultant for the runway package is the UK's Halcrow.
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