Firms have been invited to prequalify for the main contract of the Sharjah International airport expansion project.

The budget for the airport’s expansion is estimated at $400m. It will include numerous facilities as well as the expansion of the passenger terminal building and the widening of roads to and from the airport.

The client, Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA), last year signed three contracts worth an estimated AED100m ($27.2m) related to the scheme.

France’s ADP Ingeniere (ADPI) won the consultancy and supervision works contract. Local firm Core Engineering Services won the professional services contract for multiple airport facilities, and local water treatment contracting firm Metito Overseas won the design-build of a new sewage treatment plan.

The contract awarded to ADPI covers directing, managing and monitoring all aspects of the expansion project to ensure that all project requirements are met according to the approved schedule, budget and contract requirements.

The contract awarded to Core Engineering Consultancy covers the consultancy services for the design, construction and supervision of professional services for multiple facilities, including:

• Ground support equipment (GSE) vehicle maintenance
• Department of Purchasing and Engineering building compass
• Aircraft hardstands with the addition of 12 remote aircraft hardstands apron pads
• Inbound road network
• Supervision for the demolition of existing affected structures

Metito will undertake the design-build of a new sewage treatment plant and associated works. The facility will be equipped to process approximately 3,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d), with provision for future capacity expansion to 4,500 cm/d.

US-based Parsons won the project management services contract for the planning, design, construction and commissioning of the expanded airport in March 2017.

MEED earlier reported that certain groups were keen to develop and operate the next phase of Sharjah International airport on a long-term concession basis. However, none of the interested groups has so far submitted a formal proposal for the scheme.

MEED understands the planned expansion will take the airport capacity from 8 to 20 million passengers annually by 2027.

Sharjah International handled 11.36 million passengers in 2017, compared with 11 million passengers the previous year.