All six groups that submitted bids for the contract to build the midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International airport presented to the project client Abu Dhabi Airports Company in mid-December.

The six groups that submitted tenders for the project in November are:

• Al-Habtoor Leighton (local/Australia)/Murray & Roberts Contractors (Middle East) (South Africa)/Hochtief (Germany)
• Bechtel Corporation (US)/Al-Jaber Group (local)/Enka (Turkey)
• Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea)/Kumho Engineering & Construction (South Korea)/China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China)/Al-Shafar General Contracting Company (local)
• Larsen & Toubro (India)/National Projects Construction (local)/Joannou & Paraskevaides (Cyprus)
• Samsung C&T (South Korea)/Six Construct Abu Dhabi (local/Belgium)/Arabian Construction Company (ACC) (local/Lebanon)
• TAV (Turkey)/Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) (Athens-based)/Arabtec Construction (local)

The midfield terminal will be built between the two existing runways at Abu Dhabi International airport. The total built-up area will be 630,000 square metres and it will also include a multi-storey car park. The terminal will include 27,000 sq m of retail and food and beverage outlets. It will also comprise 65 contact gates that will be able to accommodate the Airbus A380 aircraft (MEED 7:12:11).