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Tender Update: October

Project Number: MPP2695-U
Project Name: The Address The Boulevard Tower Construction Project – Downtown Dubai
Territory: Dubai
Client Name: Emaar Properties PJSC (Dubai)
Address: Emaar Business Park, Bldg. No. 3, Near Interchange No. 5, Shaikh Zayed Road
City: Dubai
Postal/Zip Code: 9440
Country: United Arab Emirates
Phone: (+971-4) 367 3333
Fax: (+971-4) 367 3000
Email: enquiry@emaar.co.ae
Website: http://www.emaar.com

Description:

Construction of 340-metre, 63-storey The Address The Boulevard Tower comprising a 5-star hotel and serviced apartments consisting of studios, one-two-three and four-bedroom apartments.

Status: New Tender

Remarks:

This project will be located in the Downtown Dubai area, next to Burj Khalifa and will be operated by client’s own Address Hotel chain. It will contain (200) five-star rooms and (542) serviced apartments. UK-based architect Atkins is the design consultant. Levelling works have already been completed.

Design Consultant: Atkins International (Dubai)

Tender Categories:
Leisure & Entertainment
Hotels
Prestige Buildings
Tender Products High-rise Towers
Hotel Construction

Project Number: MPP1241-U
Project Name: Al-Fattan Crystal Towers Mixed Use Project – Dubai Marina
Territory: Dubai
Client Name: Al Fattan Properties (Dubai)
Address: Al Fattan Currency House, 33rd & 34th Floor, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai International Financial Centre
City: Dubai
Postal/Zip Code: 747
Country: United Arab Emirates
Phone: (+971-4) 282 9999/ 282 1919
Fax: (+971-4) 286 5959/ 282 8583
Email: info@alfattan.com
Website: http://www.alfattan.com

Description:

Construction of two high-rise Al-Fattan Crystal Towers with a total built-up area of about 150,000 square metres in Dubai Marina.

Closing Date: November 1, 2012

Status: New Tender

Remarks:

This project will be located on the site of old Oasis Beach Hotel. The first tower will have (550) hotel rooms and second will have (490) hotel units together with residential apartments. Turkey’s Rixos Hotels will operate the hotel. Turkey’s Tabanlioglu Architects is acting as the consultant on this scheme.

Client has invited companies to submit bids for the main contract. Prospective bidders include: Local Alec, Arabtec Construction; UK/Local Al-Futtaim Carillion; Local/Australia’s Al-Habtoor Leighton Group; Lebanon’s Arabian Construction Company (ACC); South Africa’s Murray & Roberts Contractors; South Korea’s Samsung C&T and Turkey’s TAV.

Main Consultant: Tabanlioglu Architects (Dubai)

Tender Categories:
Hotels
Leisure & Entertainment
Prestige Buildings
Tender Products High-rise Towers
Hotel Construction

Project Number: MPP2671-Q
Project Name: Abraj Towers Project – Abraj Quartier Development
Territory: Qatar
Client Name: United Development Company q.s.c. (UDC) – Qatar
Address: 6th Floor, Office No. 62, Al Fardan Centre, Grand Hamad Street
City: Doha
Postal/Zip Code: 7256
Country: Qatar
Phone: (+974) 436 1542
Fax: (+974) 435 5219
Email: info@udcqatar.com
Website: http://www.udcqatar.com

Description:

Construction of (2 Nos.) 40-story Abraj Towers.

Status: New Tender

Remarks:

This project will be located at the Abraj Quarter Development on Pearl Qatar in Qatar. The client has invited contractors to submit bids for the main contract on this scheme. Canada’s Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (WZMH) is acting as the design consultant.

Design Consultant: Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (Canada)

Tender Categories:
Prestige Buildings

Tender Products:
High-rise Towers

Project Number: WPR020-E
Project Name: Nile Towers Project
Territory: Egypt
Client Name: Saudi Egyptian Construction Company (SECON) – Egypt
Address: Ganaklis
City: Alexandria
Country: Egypt
Phone: (+20-3) 5820699 / 5827011

Description:

Construction of 22-storey Nile Towers consisting a five-star hotel tower and a residential tower.

Budget: $153,000,000

Period: 2015

Status: Current Project

Remarks:

This project is in Egypt. The scheme will have a total built up area of 105,000 square metres. The first tower will be a fiver star hotel managed by Hilton International, with a total of (256) rooms and the second will be for residential use and will consist (114) hotel apartments.

A joint venture of Dubai-based Arabtec Construction and local SIAC Industrial Construction & Engineering Company has been awarded the main construction contract on this scheme.

Work is scheduled to commence in 2012 and completion expected in 2015.

Main Contractor: Arabtec Construction L.L.C (Egypt)

Main Contractor(2): SIAC Industrial Construction & Engineering Company (Egypt)

Tender Categories:
Hotels
Leisure & Entertainment
Prestige Buildings

Tender Products:
High-rise Towers
Hotel Construction

Project Number: MPR1389-U
Project Name: Mixed-Use Development Project – Al Reem Island
Territory: Abu Dhabi
Client Name: Aabar Properties L.L.C (Abu Dhabi)
Address: Abu Dhabi Trade Centre (Abu Dhabi Mall), East Tower, 4th Floor
City: Abu Dhabi
Postal/Zip Code: 37624
Country: United Arab Emirates
Phone: (+971-2) 222 2233
Fax: (+971-2) 222 2333
Email: info@aabarproperties.com
Website: http://www.aabarproperties.com

Description:

Construction of a mixed-use development with residential, office and retail components.

Budget: $60,000,000

Period: 2014

Status: Current Project

Remarks:

The development, which is spread across 65,000 square metres will be located on Plot C14 of the Najmat Abu Dhabi section within Al Reem Island in Abu Dhabi.

Local Arabtec Construction has been appointed as the main contractor on this scheme. Contract covers construction, completion, testing, commissioning, hand over and maintenance of tower.

Contract duration is (22) months from the commencement date. Construction work has commenced. Project completion is now expected in the third quarter of 2014.

Design Consultant: KEO International Consultants (Abu Dhabi)

Project Manager: Confluence Project Management (Abu Dhabi)

Main Contractor: Arabtec Construction L.L.C (Abu Dhabi)

Tender Categories:
Prestige Buildings

Tender Products:
High-rise Towers

Project Number: MPR1400-U
Project Name: Dragon Mart Expansion Project
Territory: Dubai
Client Name: Nakheel (Dubai)
Address: Formerly Dubai Palm Developers, Jebel Ali
City: Dubai
Postal/Zip Code: 17777
Country: United Arab Emirates
Phone: (+971-4) 390 3333
Fax: (+971-4) 390 3314
Email: info@nakheel.ae
Website: http://www.nakheel.ae

Description:

Carrying out expansion of Dragon Mart by building 177,000 square metres of retail space.

Budget: $273,000,000

Period: 2013

Status: Current Project

Remarks:

This project is in Dubai. It is being developed by a company known as New Mall using a build, operate and transfer (BOT) contract, with client managing the contract until the transfer date. Local Kele Contracting has been awarded an estimated $163 million main contract on this scheme.

Project completion is expected in the third quarter of 2013. It is understood that the scheme is moving ahead with the infrastructure work before actual construction work will commence. After completion, this extension will bring total size of the mall to 335,000 square metres. It will provide many more opportunities for retailers, hoteliers and restaurants to prosper at this unique development.

Tenants of the mall include Geant (10,000 square metres) and a nine-screen Grand Cinema complex (4,000 square metres), will include a two-storey retail mall with food court and separate terrace offering a range of outdoor dining options, a multi-storey ca park, a 240-room, 8,500 square metres hotel, a civic plaza and its own district cooling plant.

Main Contractor: Kele Contracting (Dubai)

Tender Categories:
Leisure & Entertainment
Construction & Contracting
Hotels

Tender Products:

District Cooling Plants
Hotel Construction
Retail Developments

Project Number: SPR2550-SA
Project Name: Kempinski Hotel Project – Jeddah
Territory: Saudi Arabia
Client Name: Al-Eissa Real Estate (Saudi Arabia)
City: Riyadh
Postal/Zip Code: 46359
Country: Saudi Arabia
Phone: (+966-1) 208 6650
Fax: (+966-1) 208 6651

Description:

Construction of 65-storey, five-star Kempinski Hotel comprising (242) hotel rooms and (104) serviced apartments.

Period: 2013

Status: New Tender

Remarks:

This hotel will be located in Jeddah. It will be a 240-metre high tower, with a total built up area of 79,624 square metres and site area of about 9,710 square metres.

It is understood that a tender has been submitted for construction of the hotel. Once a contractor is appointed, building work is expected to commence immediately.

Design phase of the project is close to conclusion. The hotel is scheduled to open in third quarter of 2013.

Main Consultant: Mohammed Harasani Architects (Saudi Arabia)

Main Architect: Peter Silling & Associates (Germany)

Main Consultant: Perkins & Will (USA)

Foundations, Enabling & Piling Contractor: Arabian Soil Contractors Ltd. (Saudi Arabia)

Civil Engineering Contractor: Al Saad General Contracting (Saudi Arabia)

Tender Categories:
Prestige Buildings
Hotels

Tender Products:
High-rise Towers
Hotel Construction

Project Number: SPR1148-B
Project Name: Muharraq Seef Mall Project
Territory: Bahrain
Client Name: Seef Properties (Bahrain)
Address: Bldg 2102, Road 2825, Block 428, Seef District
City: Manama
Postal/Zip Code: 20084
Country: Bahrain
Phone: (+973) 1758 1111/ 1758 2888
Fax: (+973) 1758 1900/ 1758 1888
Email: info@seef.net
Website: http://www.seef.net

Description:

Design and construction of Muharraq Seef Mall comprising two floors offering approximately 30,000 square metres of retail space with ample parking underneath on the ground level, including an open air amphitheatre that will be used for public and cultural events.

Budget: $45,000,000

Period: 15/12/2013

Status: Current Project

Remarks:

This development will be located between the Muharraq Club and Arad Fort in Bahrain. Local Al Moayyed Contracting Company has been awarded the main contract.

Construction work has already commenced and is scheduled for completion in December 2013. The client will provide Property Services, including Project Management, Leasing Management and Marketing.

Main Contractor: Almoayyed Contracting Group (Bahrain)

Tender Categories:

Leisure & Entertainment
Construction & Contracting

Tender Products:
Retail Developments

Project Number: NPR013-IQ
Project Name: Basra Cultural Centre Project
Territory: Iraq
Client Name: Basra Governorate (Iraq)
City: Basra
Country: Iraq
Website: http//:www.basragov.net

Description:

Construction of Basra Cultural Centre.

Status: New Tender

Remarks:

This project will be located on a 15,275 square metre plot of land near Shatt Al-Basra and will form part of a new administrative complex in Iraq. UAE-based Dewan Architects & Engineers has been awarded a contract to design and supervise construction of the centre.

Design on the building’s facades has randomly-placed diagonal square-shaped openings, reminiscent of the dots in Arabic calligraphy, which gradually reduce in size as they near the main entrance void, consisting of coupled curvilinear gradual architectural elements that resemble an open book.

Central void also contains sequential ramps, which link on different levels and connect two parts of building, representing the space’s role as the heart of the project where social interaction takes place.

Design Consultant: Dewan Architects & Engineers (Iraq)

Tender Categories:
Construction & Contracting
Leisure & Entertainment

Tender Products:
Public Buildings

Project Number: ZPR645-SA
Project Name: Alumina Refinery Project
Territory: Saudi Arabia
Client Name: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MAADEN)
City: Riyadh 11537
Postal/Zip Code: 68861
Country: Saudi Arabia
Phone: (+966-1) 874 8000
Fax: (+966-1) 874 8300
Email: info@maaden.com.sa
Website: http://www.maaden.com.sa

Description:

Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to build an alumina refinery with capacity of 1.8 million metric tonnes of smelter-grade alumina.

Budget: $1,500,000,000

Period: 2014

Status: Current Project

Remarks:

This project will be located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is being implemented in joint venture with US-based Alcoa. The joint venture company will be known as Maaden Bauxite & Alumina Company and will comprise of a bauxite mine and an alumina refinery.

It is the second phase of the $10.8 billion, fully-integrated aluminium complex that Maaden is developing with Alcoa, which will include an integrated alumina refinery, aluminium smelter and rolling mill at Ras Al Khair on Saudi’s eastern coast on the Persian Gulf. The client has signed a draft agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company to build the smelter.

The client has officially awarded the $1.5 billion EPC contract to South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company. The contract includes completing detailed engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning assistance, start-up assistance and training services.

The project is scheduled to be completed by end of 2014. Switzerland’s ABB has been awarded a $24 million contract to supply electricity for this smelter from the Ras Al Khair power plant. Scope of work involves the design, engineering and supply of a new 380kV outdoor, gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at the power plant to feed the new smelter, due for completion in 2013.

The contract also includes supply of communication, auxiliary systems and IEC 61850-compliant substation automation, control and protection. The containerized system will be factory assembled and pre-commissioned to speed up site installation.

Project Manager: Fluor Arabia Limited (Saudi Arabia)

Project Manager: Worley Arabia Company Ltd. (Saudi Arabia)

Main Contractor: Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company Limited (Saudi Arabia)

Tender Categories:
Industrial & Special Projects

Tender Products:
Aluminium Smelters/Plants

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