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Key deals awarded for Doha airport expansion

01 March 2020

Qatar Company for Airports Operation and Management (Matar) has awarded five major construction contracts in connection with the multi-phased expansion project plans of Hamad International Airport (HIA).

HIA’s expansion will be carried out in two phases. Phase A will include linking the north node to the new central concourse. This phase is set to increase the terminal’s handling capacity to more than 53 million passengers annually by 2022, as Qatar hosts the region’s first Fifa World Cup.

Phase B of the expansion plan will further enhance the airport’s capacity to more than 60 million passengers annually.

On the new deals, Matar said the five contracts went to a joint venture between Midmac Contracting, TAV Tepe Akfen Investment Construction and Taisei Corporation (MTT); a JV between Urbacon Trading and Contracting, Bahadir Construction and Tedeschia Construction Enterprises (UBT); a joint venture of Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and Teyseer Contracting Company (TCC); Beumer Doha; and Al Jaber Engineering Company.

The Qatari group said the western taxiway and stand development works contract was awarded in October last year to the UBT joint venture. This infrastructure and utility-focused expansion project is aimed at increasing the operational capacity of HIA and adding 39 more aircraft stands. Works for this contract started in Q4 2019, it stated.

Matar said the passenger terminal expansion works, central concourse building and early works contract was awarded to the MTT joint venture last November. The scope of work includes an additional 140,000-sq-m terminal building adjoining the existing terminal building through Concourse C. It will include a new transfer area which will help shorten passengers’ connection time and will enhance their overall transfer experience at HIA.

The remote transfer baggage facility handling systems were also awarded in November, while the building projects were awarded last month. The project is divided into two packages with the first one awarded to Al Jaber Engineering Company for building the facility. The work on this package is set to commence this month, said the Qatari group. The second package has been bagged by Beumer Doha for supply and installion of the baggage handling system in the remote transfer baggage facility building.

Matar said the contract for the western fuel farm and midfield fuel farm expansion works was awarded in November to the CCC and TCC joint venture.

On completion, the expanded terminal area will span across a total of 240,000 sq m area and will be integrated with the existing terminal, allowing passengers to seamlessly transfer from one area to the other, enabling HIA to continue to operate with a single expansive terminal, said Matar.