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UAE launches the tender process for the second stage of rail development project
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| 30/07/2012 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
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Etihad Rail, the operator of the UAE’s national railway network, issued invitations to tender earlier this month for the first three contracts in the development of Stage Two of the rail network.
The three invitations to tender, which were issued to all pre-qualified companies, are for contracts covering the design and build of new lines between Ruwais and Ghweifat (137km), Liwa Junction and Al Ain (190km), as well as for the railway integration and systems contract (covering signalling, communications and commissioning) for the Stage Two network.
Construction of Stage Two is scheduled to begin early next year, following the award of tendered contracts.
The new railway network
The railway network will be built in phases to link the principal centres of population and industry of the UAE, as well as to form a vital part of the planned railway network linking the six countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).
Etihad Rail has announced a number of contract awards for Stage One of the rail network.
The Civil and Track Works contract was awarded to a consortium comprising Italy’s Saipem, Tecnimont and UAE-based Dodsal Engineering and Construction.
The Project Management Consultant (PMC) contract which was awarded to joint venture Parsons-Aecom.
PCM Strescon Ventures was awarded the contract for the provision of railway sleepers.
Electro-Motive Diesel, from North America, was assigned to deliver seven locomotives custom-built for desert conditions by 2012.
CSR Corporation Limited China was appointed to supply 240 covered hopper wagons for the movement of granulated sulphur in the Western Region.
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| Source: Etihad Rail |
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