Local/Chinese joint venture will build World Cup 2022s largest stadium
Qatars Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy has confirmed it has appointed a joint venture of the local HBK Contracting and China Railway Construction Corporation as the main contractor for the Lusail Stadium.
The 80,000-seat stadium is the largest planned for footballs Fifa 2022 World Cup, and will be used to host the tournaments final match.
US-based Turner International Middle East is the project management consultant.
In 2015, the UKs Foster+Partners was appointed to design the stadium. Foster+Partners is working with US architect Populous and UK-based engineering consultancy Arup.
The early works and site office construction projects were completed by the local Galfar al-Misnad, with levelling and grading works and site and access roads completed by the local Marbu Contracting.
The Supreme Committee has also awarded Marafeq a district cooling supply agreement which will see it provide cooling to the stadium. Marafeq will provide up to 30,000 tonnes of refrigeration to serve the stadium before and during the tournament.
In October, contractors submitted bids for the contract to build the Fifth Precinct stadium project.
It is understood about seven contracting groups have submitted offers.
Located in Al-Thumama, the stadium will seat 40,000 people and will host matches up to the quarter-finals of footballs Fifa 2022 World Cup. The consultant is the local Arab Engineering Bureau. The project manager is US-based Turner International Middle East.
Firms are also preparing to submit proposals in December for the deal to build a stadium development known as the Fourth Precinct near to Hamad International airport in the Ras Abu Aboud area. The consultant is US-based Populous. The project manager is Turner International.
MEED reported in July that Cyprus-based Joannou & Paraskevaides had been selected for the contract to build the 2022 World Cup stadium at Education City.
The stadium will have a capacity of about 45,000 and is scheduled for completion in 2018. It will be used to host Fifa World Cup 2022 matches up to the quarter-final stage.
Earlier in June, a joint venture of Indias Larsen & Toubro and the local Al-Balagh Trading & Contracting was awarded a deal to build the Al-Rayyan World Cup stadium in Qatar.
The 45,000-seat stadium will host group matches during the World Cup.
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