Neom has invited selected contractors to submit tenders by 12 June for contracts to complete tunnels that will serve as the railway junction connecting the Spine with the Neom Connector.
The Spine is the infrastructure corridor running below THE LINE, one of the new cities planned for the NEOM project in the Tabuk region of northwest Saudi Arabia. The NEOM Connector is a planned 60km long infrastructure corridor to connect THE LINE and OXAGON, another region planned for NEOM.
Known as the Delta Junction, the project involves 26.5 km of tunnelling work that will be split into two lots, one for the north and the other for the south. The works will be completed as five contracts. Each contract involves about 5km of tunnels that will be excavated through hard rock using drill and blast and cut and cover techniques. The prospective bidders for the Delta Junction works include Riyadh-based Al-Ayuni Investments & Contracting, Jeddah-based Almabani, Spain’s Acciona and Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), Beijing-headquartered China Railway Construction Corporation and China State Construction Engineering, Seoul-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Samsung C&T, Mumbai-headquartered Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Italy’s WeBuild. The engineering consultant for the project is US-based Aecom.
Contractors are also preparing to submit tenders for work on the Spine tunnels. The contracts tendered cover the concrete works, known as Type A, and the installation of precast sections, known as Type C. The closing date for both contracts has been extended to 11 May. The Spine is the infrastructure corridor running below the 170-km-long series of 500-m-tall, mirrored buildings known as The Line, running from the Red Sea coast inland towards Tabuk. The local contractors invited to submit offers include Al-Yamama Company, Al-Ayuni Investment & Contracting, Almabani, FMSCO, Shibh al-Jazira Contracting (Sajco), Nesma & Partners and Saudi Pan Kingdom.
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