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Dubaiat a Glance Dubai gulfconstructiononline.com DUBAI AT A GLANCE Package name Owner Status** $ Million* Consultant Contractor Start date End date Al Maktoum International Airport Expansion – Overview Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) Construction 30,000 - Al Naboodah Contracting (Alec) – National Contracting & Transport Company (NCTC) 2014-Q1 2019-Q2 Al Maktoum International Airport Expansion – West Terminal DAEP EPC ITB 33,000 - - 2018-Q1 2030-Q1 Building & Concourse 1 Al Qusais Area – Low Income Residential Development Wasl Construction 681 - - 2016-Q1 2019-Q3 Al Sufouh Tram System Road Transport Authority (RTA) Construction 866 Systra Consulting Alstom – Besix 2006-Q4 2020-Q1 Deira Islands Development – Deira Islands Boulevard Nakheel EPC ITB 1,300 - - 2017-Q1 2020-Q4 Deira Islands Development – Deira Mall Nakheel Construction 1,600 RSP Architects United Engineering Construction (Unec) 2016-Q1 2021-Q1 Deira Waterfront Development – Phase 1 Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) Construction 800 - Ssangyong E&C 2015-Q1 2019-Q2 Dubai Creek Harbour – Chinatown Emaar Properties Design 2,000 - - 2018-Q3 2021-Q1 Dubai Creek Harbour – Dubai Square Dubai Holding – Emaar Properties Project Announced 2,722 . - 2018-Q3 2021-Q1 Dubai Creek Harbour – The Tower Emaar Properties EPC ITB 1,000 - - 2016-Q2 2021-Q1 Dubai Creek Harbour Residences Emaar Properties – Dubai Holding Construction 1,750 Turner Construction International Al Basti & Muktha 2013-Q2 2019-Q2 Dubai Hills Estate – Dubai Hills Mall Emaar Properties Construction 770 - Alec 2016-Q3 2019-Q4 Dubai Lagoon Schon Properties Construction 8,170 Artec Commodor – Belhasa Engineering and Contracting Company – Bin Sabt Building 2005-Q4 2019-Q3 Contracting Company Dubai Metro – Route 2020 RTA Construction 2,900 Parsons – Systra Consulting Alstom – Gulermak Heavy Industries Construction & Contracting Company – Acciona 2013-Q3 2020-Q2 Dubai Motor City – Avenue District Union Properties Project Announced 680 - - 2018-Q4 2020-Q4 Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels Project PPP Dubai Muncipality Design 3,400 Parsons - 2015-Q1 2025-Q4 Dubai Water Canal – Shindagha Corridor Scheme RTA Construction 680 Parsons Belhasa Six Construct 2010-Q1 2021-Q1 Dubai CommerCity Free Zone Wasl Asset Management – Dubai Authority Free Zone Project Announced 735 - - 2018-Q1 2020-Q2 Authority (Dafza) Dubailand – Serena Residential Community Phase 1 Dubai Properties Commissioning 1,000 Dewan Architects & Engineers Ginco Contracting 2016-Q4 2019-Q2 Emirates Towers Business Park Dubai Holding Design 1,400 - - 2017-Q3 2021-Q1 Expo 2020 Site – Overview Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) – Dubai Muncipality – Construction 3,000 HOK – CH2M Hill and Mace JV Al Shafar General Contracting – Arabtec Construction – Al Futtaim Carillion 2013-Q4 2019-Q4 Dubai World Central (DWC) – China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) – Shapoorji Pallonji & Company – Laing O’Rourke Habtoor City – Overview Al Habtoor Group/BIC Contracting Construction 2,900 Khatib & Alami – Atkins Habtoor Leighton Group 2011-Q1 2019-Q3 Hassyan Clean Coal Fired Power Station – 1,200 MW – Phase 2 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) Feasibility Study 900 - - 2017-Q4 2023-Q4 Hassyan Clean Coal Fired Power Station – 2,400 MW – Phase 1 Dewa – Acwa Power Construction 1,550 Poyry Harbin Electric Corporation – General Electric Company (GE) – Acwa Power 2008-Q4 2023-Q1 Hassyan Clean Coal Fired Power Station – Overview Acwa Power – Dewa Construction 2,470 Poyry Harbin Electric Corporation – GE – Acwa Power 2008-Q4 2023-Q4 Marina Gate – Overview Select Group Construction 1,000 - Alec 2014-Q3 2020-Q1 Midtown Project – Phase 1 Deyaar Construction 817 Hyder Consulting Belhasa Engineering and Contracting Company 2015-Q3 2019-Q3 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – Overview Dewa Construction 2,350 ILF Consulting Engineers First Solar – TSK Electronica y Electricidad – Acwa Power – Abu Dhabi Future Energy 2012-Q4 2021-Q2 Company (Masdar) – Abdul Latif Jameel Company – Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – Phase 3 Dewa Construction 1,200 - Electricite de France (EDF) – Masdar – Abdul Latif Jameel Company – FRV 2014-Q3 2020-Q1 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – Phase 4 – Dewa Engineering & 4,500 Mott MacDonald Acwa Power – Shanghai Electric Group 2016-Q2 2022-Q4 700 MW CSP and 250 MW PV Procurement Palm Jumeirah – Royal Atlantis Resort ICD Construction 1,400 Faithful + Gould Belhasa Six Construct – Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Company 2014-Q4 2019-Q4 and Residences Skyscraper Project – Former Entisar Tower Azizi Developments – Meydan Construction 850 Buro Happold 2012-Q4 2022-Q1 The World – The Heart of Europe Kleindienst Properties Construction 4,000 - JK Bauen – City Diamond Contracting – Sino Great Wall International Engineering – 2007-Q1 2020-Q2 Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company Tilal Al Ghaf Majid Al Futtaim Design 4,000 - - 2018-Q2 2027-Q1 Town Square Development – Overview Emaar – Nshama Development Construction 5,000 Al Wasl Al Jadeed Consultants Beaver Gulf Group – Unec – Larsen & Toubro (L&T) – Engineering and Contracting 2015-Q1 2020-Q1 Company (ECC) Wasl Gate – Overview Wasl Properties Construction 10,000 - - 2015-Q4 2030-Q1 Wasl Gate – Phase 2 – Hillside Apartments Wasl Properties EPC ITB 3,000 - - 2017-Q1 2022-Q1 World Trade Centre – One Zabeel ICD Construction 965 Mace Group Alec 2008-Q1 2021-Q1 Zero Energy Building – New HQ Dewa EPC ITB 2,000 - - 2016-Q4 2024-Q4 **ITB = invitation to bid; EPC = engineering, procurement and construction; FEED = front-end engineering design; EP = engineering & procurement *List includes projects worth over $680 million only. Source: DMS Projects 46 Gulf Construction, April 2019 Gulf Construction, April 2019 47.
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