Both projects will be built at Education City
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has extended the bid deadline for two public building contracts at Education City, on the outskirts of Doha.
QP is managing the projects on behalf of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Social Development. Both of the projects had previous submission dates of 1 August.
The bid deadline for Faculty of Islamic Studies has been extended to 17 August.
The prequalifiers are:
- Aktor (Greece)
- Amana (UAE)/Walbridge (USA)
- Arabtec Construction (UAE)
- Carillion (UK)
- Consolidated Contracting Group (CCC) (Athens-based)
- Construction Development Company (local)
- Midmac Contracting Company (local)
- Qatari Arabian Construction Company (Lebanon)
- Strabag (Austria)
- Taylor Woodrow/Construction Dynamics (UK/local)
- Yuksel Insaat (Turkey)
The Faculty of Islamic Studies will located in the southern zone of Education City. It will include classrooms, auditorium, exhibition space, faculty offices, a mosque and an underground car park.
The project is expected to cover an area of 55,980 square metres. The project is scheduled for completion by August 2012.
QP has also extended the submission deadline for the contract to build a new QR1bn headquarters building for Qatar Foundation at Education City.
The new submission date is 5 September.
The work will involve construction of a 12-storey headquarters building and a three-four-storey study centre.
The winning contractor will also be in charge of carrying out landscaping works, earthworks, substructure work and provision of utilities works. The utilities works will include the installation of water services, drainage, air conditioning systems and security systems.
The headquarters is expected to take 24 months to complete.
The buildings were designed by the Dutch architectural firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and the consultant for the project is the UK’s Arup.
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