Several consortiums planning to bid for the contract to deliver Riyadh Metro's Line 7 have changed as some civil contractors have decided not to participate in the tender. The consortiums planning to bid for the project include: Alstom (France) / FCC (Spain) / Freysinnet Contracting (local) / WeBuild (Italy) / Nesma (local) Siemens (Germany) / Samsung C+T (South Korea) / Alayuni (local) Hitachi Rail (Japan) / OHLA (Spain) / Almabani (local) / Albawani (local) CRRC (China) / Mapa (Turkiye) / Limak (Turkiye) The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) issued the request for proposal notice to selected firms to design and build Line 7 of the Riyadh Metro project in September last year with an initial deadline of 10 March. Spanish consulting firms Typsa and Ayesa, along with US-based Aecom, are the design consultants for the Alstom-led consortium. Spain-headquartered Idom, South Korea’s Dowha and Switzerland’s Pini are the designers for the Siemens-led team. Spanish engineering firm Sener is the design consultant for the Hitachi Rail-led group. The project involves constructing a metro line linking Qiddiya Entertainment City, King Abdullah International Gardens, King Salman Park, Misk City and Diriyah Gate. The total length of the line will be about 65 kilometres (km), of which 47km will be underground and 19km will be elevated. The line will have 19 stations, 14 of which will be built underground and five overground. The consultants working on the scheme are France’s Egis and Lebanon-based Dar Al-Handasah,. In June 2020, a joint venture led by French consultancy Systra won the preliminary design contract for the second phase of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Metro.   (ICE RIYADH)

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