At least five firms competing for construction deal
Qatars 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 footballs Fifa 2022 World Cup, and will be used to host the tournaments final match.
At least five groups are understood to have submitted offers. They are:
- Acciona (Spain) / Redco Almana (local)
- China Railway Construction Corporation (China) / HBK (local)
- Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC; Lebanon) / Teyseer (local)
- Enka (Turkey) / Contraco (local)
- Tekfen Construction (Turkey) / Al-Jaber Engineering (local)
MEED reported in May that 11 groups were invited to bid for the contract, including:
- Acciona / Redco Almana
- China Railway Construction Corporation / HBK
- Consolidated Contractors Company / Teyseer
- Costruzioni Generali Gilardi (Italy) / Al-Jaber Trading (local)
- Enka / Contraco
- Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea) / Ed Zueblin (Germany ) / Urbacon (local)
- Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P; Cyprus) / J&P Qatar (local)
- Maltauro Gruppo (Italy) / Al-Sraiya (local)
- Ssangyong Engineering & Construction (South Korea) / Qatari Diar Saudi Binladin Group (local/Saudi Arabia)
- TAV Construction (Turkey) / CDC (local)
- Tekfen Construction / Al-Jaber Engineering
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 UKs 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 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.
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
When Qatar secured the rights to host footballs 2022 Fifa World Cup in 2010 it was arguably the worlds 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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