Baghdad Elevated Train engineering contract award for Alstom
The Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project looks set to finally get off the ground after French transport specialist Alstom was awarded a $40 million engineering contract.
Alstom is currently working on a number of projects in the MENA region
The Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project looks set to finally get off the ground after French transport specialist Alstom was awarded a $40 million engineering contract.
The BET project was first launched in 2010 and has been budgeted at $600 million. Alstom Transport, which is currently working on the Al Sufouh tramway in Dubai, first signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the local government of Baghdad in January 2011.
Since then Alstom has been involved in a number of projects in the region and provided the trams for the Casablanca tramway that opened in December last year. The company said is that signed a contract for the engineering phase of the BET project after mutual discussion.
The $40 million study phase contract will cover civil works, electromechanical studies, ground analysis, infrastructure and topography. Alstom estimates that the phase will last “about ten months.”
The objective for Alstom is to pursue with the construction phase expected to last about 5 years.
