Qatar receives bids for largest World Cup stadium

20 September 2016

At least five firms competing for construction deal

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy has received bids from contractors for the deal to build the World Cup football stadium at Lusail.

The 80,000-seat stadium is the largest planned for football’s Fifa 2022 World Cup, and will be used to host the tournament’s final match.

At least five groups are understood to have submitted offers. They are:

MEED reported in May that 11 groups were invited to bid for the contract, including:

The tender documents say the maximum price for the tender is QR2.8bn ($769m). Construction work is scheduled to start in December.

US-based Turner International Middle East is the project management consultant.

In 2015, the UK’s Foster+Partners was appointed to design the stadium. Foster+Partners is working with US architect Populous and UK-based engineering consultancy Arup.

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 India’s 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.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Council for Delivery & Legacy has received bids for a legal advisory role on using public-private partnerships (PPP) to fund two World Cup stadiums.

Financial advisory bids were submitted in June.

The council hopes to bring in developers on a PPP basis. The developers will exploit the sites, or precincts, around the stadiums during and after the World Cup as an incentive.

Bleak outlook for Qatar projects after World Cup

Doha, capital of Qatar

Doha, capital of Qatar

Doha, capital of Qatar

When Qatar secured the rights to host football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup in 2010 it was arguably the world’s most attractive construction market.

The bid document for the tournament committed to developing some $70bn of new infrastructure projects including a new metro network, highways, hotels, shopping malls and of course stadiums. Read more

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