Tender for Al Maktoum Int’l contract

dubai — Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects has launched the tender for the biggest single value contract for Al Maktoum International’s future airport.

The substructure package tender of what is billed as the largest airport on the planet forms the biggest single value contract issued to date for Al Maktoum International’s future airport, the announcement said without disclosing the value to the contract.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai Aviation Sector Board, said the package consists of over 1.7 million square metres of connected basement footprint to house the future services of the airport such as, people mover tunnels, baggage handling systems, ground services road network and other back of house technical and support facilities.

The construction package will include the foundations, basement walls, columns, basement slabs and top slabs for the first 2.7km long concourse, West Terminal Building, Short Term Car Park and the Staff Car Park with a depth exceeding 18 meters underground requiring around 5.5 million cubic meters of concrete to be poured.

“An unprecedented scale. Maybe the biggest ever released in its category,” Sheikh Ahmed said. “We are targeting an award by early next year. More is yet to come and everyone is looking forward to a busy 2019”.

The site is quite busy with progress being well underway following the official start of construction in July 2016. Activity is ramping up further to the award of the enabling works package earlier last summer and the contractor is already mobilized with ongoing progress on site.

Al Maktoum International is being designed as the airport of the future and the biggest in the world, accommodating 130 million passengers per annum in its first phase of opening in 2030.