The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has extended the tender closing date for the contract to design-and-build Riyadh Metro’s Line 7 to September. The original closing date given to consortiums was in June. The project involves constructing a metro line linking the Qiddiya entertainment city development, 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. In March several of the consortiums that were planning to bid for the contract to deliver Riyadh Metro's Line 7 had changed, as some civil contractors had decided not to participate in the tender. The consortiums planning to bid for the contract included: 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) 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 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. Riyadh Metro’s first phase features six lines with 84 stations. The RCRC completed the phased roll-out of the Riyadh Metro network when it started operating the Orange Line in January this year. (ICE RIYADH)

Fonte notizia: Meed