Fourteen international consultants have been invited to bid
Kuwaits Public Works Ministry has invited 14 prequalified consultants to submit bids for the contract to provide project management consultancy services for the construction of the new terminal building at Kuwait International Airport.
The ministry has set a submission date of 21 December for both technical and financial proposals.
The prequalified consultants are:
- ADPI (France)
- Dar al-Handasah (Lebanon) / Perkins & Will (US)
- Dorsch Groupe Dorsch International Consultants (Germany)
- Fentress Architects (US)
- Foster & Partners (UK)
- Grupo TYPSA (Spain)
- Halcrow International Partnership (UK)
- Mott MacDonald (UK)
- Nippon KOEI Company (Japan)
- Naco (a Company of Royal Haskoning DHV) Netherland
- Obermeyer Middle East (Abu Dhabi branch) (Germany)
- Oriental Consultants Company Limited (Japan)
- Parsons International (US)
- URS Infrastructure and Environment UK (US)
The successful bidder will supervise the construction of the new terminal, central plant and tunnels.
The new terminal, known as Terminal 2, will contain 30-51 gates, a transit hotel, VIP and first-class lounges, and car parking for 4,500 vehicles.
The new passenger terminal was designed by a team led by the UKs Foster & Partners, which won the contract in November 2009. Foster & Partners is working with the local Gulf Consult. The design team also includes the UKs Arup, the US Parsons Brinckerhoff and the Netherlands Airport Company.
The terminal will increase the capacity of the airport from 6 million passengers a year to 13 million.
The ministry recently received bids for the main construction contract for the new terminal. Turkeys Limak has submitted the lowest bid of $4.7bn for the contract to build the new terminal.
Limaks price is nearly $1bn lower than the second-lowest price of $5.6bn submitted by Beijing-based China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). The other two bidders are the UAEs Arabtec Construction at $5.8bn and a joint venture of Italys Astaldi with Turkeys Ictas at $5.9bn.
Terminal 2 will be located south of the existing terminal between the two existing runways. It is designed to set a new environmental benchmark for airport buildings and is inspired by local forms and materials. The building will consist of three symmetrical wings of departure gates, each spanning 1.2 kilometres.
The project is targeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed) Gold standard and aims to be the first passenger terminal in the world to achieve this.
The total investment in developing Kuwait International airport is expected to reach $6bn. In addition to the new terminal, an estimated $3bn will be spent on widening runways, enhancing control tower facilities and building new cargo facilities.
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