The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum ... back on track.
Bids invited for Abu Dhabi Louvre
01 April 2012
ABU DHABI'S Tourism Development and Investment Corporation (TDIC) has invited contractors to submit bids for the main construction works on its delayed Louvre Abu Dhabi museum project.
The museum, designed by Jean Nouvel, will form an iconic landmark within the cultural district of Saadiyat.
The approximate built-up area is 87,000 sq m and the contract works include concrete substructure and superstructure, structural steelwork and feature cladding to the ‘dome’, mechanical, electrical and plumbing works, vertical transportation, specialist security installation, fit-out works and external works.
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Bidders must have completed three projects each in excess of Dh1 billion ($272 million) in the last five years; and have recent experience on projects similar in size, character and complexity, according to TDIC’s tender announcement.
The closing date for the prequalification invitation is April 5.
The Louvre is the first of three museums on TDIC’s schedule, due to be built in 2013. It will be followed by the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Zayed National Museum in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
“In line with the recent announcement made by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council regarding the delivery timeline of the Saadiyat Cultural District museums, TDIC confirmed it has now begun the process of tendering the main contract works for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, which is due to open in 2015,” the TDIC said.
TDIC expects to award the contract by the last quarter of this year.
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