Meraas selects programme manager for Bluewaters

16 December 2013

South African firm will oversee the development of the new Dubai island scheme

Local developer Meraas Holding has selected South Africa’s Mirage Mille as the programme manager for its AED6bn ($1.6bn) Bluewaters island development off Dubai’s coast.

The consultant will manage the entire Bluewaters island development, which is located next to Jumeirah Beach Residences. The scheme includes the AED1bn ($272m) Dubai Eye, which will be the world’s largest Ferris wheel. Other components of the project involve building retail, residential, hospitality and entertainment zones.

South Korea’s Hyundai Contracting and the Netherlands-based Starneth Engineering have been appointed as the design-and-build (DAB) contractors for the 210-metre-tall Ferris wheel. Mace is the project manager.

For access to the island, the emirate’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA)  has invited companies to bid by 7 January for a contract to upgrade an interchange in the Dubai Marina area on Sheikh Zayed road to provide access to the new Bluewaters development.

The main component of the 900-day project involves building a 1.4 kilometre-long, 25 metre-wide flyover, which will take road traffic from Sheikh Zayed road onto the Bluewaters Island. The bridge will also take a new rail link onto the island from its terminal station on Sheikh Zayed road opposite the existing Nakheel Harbour and Tower station. The other parts of the project include building ramps onto the bridge and service roads.

The consultant is US-based Parsons International. The RTA is responsible for the delivery and management of the project. Meraas will provide the funding.

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