Makkah Metro contract awarded
23 July 2013The role of Program Management Office Consultant by the Development Commission of Makkah and Mashaaer (DCOMM) on the Makkah Public Transport Program (MPTP), has been awarded to Parsons Brinckerhoff.
The contract is worth some USD 96.6M and is expected to last 60 months, the company announced earlier this month.
DCOMM has entrusted Makkah Mass Rail Transit Company (MMRTC) to act as the Program Management Office, to oversee the implementation of MPTP. The project holds great importance beyond the extensive technical requirements, with strong cultural connotations given its prominent location in Makkah in Saudi Arabia, Parsons Brinckerhoff stated.
The public transport programme in Makkah is a plan for an integrated system that covers all means of public transport. The project in Makkah includes a network of trains consisting of four metro lines, with total lengths of 114 km and 62 stations.
The complete project will be implemented in three phases over 10 years. The Tender prequalification process for the first phase is scheduled to start in December 2013. Phase one will consist of approximately 40km of Metro lines of which 20 per cent will be underground.
