Concourse 4 at the Dubai International Airport | Image Courtesy: www.alec.ae
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Drake & Scull Rail has been awarded a contract worth $9.5mn (AED35mn) for the new Airport Passenger Movement System at the Dubai International Airport.
The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority assigned the construction of concourse 4, which will be connected to Terminal 1 via an automated passenger mover system (APM) to Drake & Scull Rail. In its first rail project in the Middle East, Drake & Scull Rail will provide complete MEP works and railway services within the APM spectrum.
“We are very optimistic about the outlook for the rail industry as we’ve seen tremendous activity in this sector in the last two years,” said Darko Macura, operations director, Drake & Scull Rail. “In the last year, more than $30 billion worth of rail construction contracts have been awarded, from metro projects in Saudi Arabia to tram systems in Algeria.
“We would like to offer our integrated end-to-end engineering services to major projects including metro rails in Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Dammam and Doha and Etihad Rail (UAE). Kuwait and Oman are other promising prospects for Drake & Scull Rail, and of course, India remains one of the biggest Rail markets in Asia and we are actively pursuing opportunities there,” Macura added.
Drake & Scull Rail will undertake services such as the production and submission of shop/fabrication drawings, supply and installation of MEP services throughout the APM-associated locations, and provision of railway-specific services such as signals, traction power, maintenance of area power, compressed air and communication systems as well as minor construction works for the project.
ALEC (Al Jaber LEGT Engineering & Contracting), is the main contractor for development of Concourse 4, while Bombardier Transportation Holdings USA Inc, will be responsible for rolling stock and rail technologies at the airport; additionally, the latter will also develop the monorail system that will transport passengers between the newly constructed Concourse 4 and Terminal 1.