King Abdul-Aziz Project for Riyadh Public Transportation is a heavy civil infrastructure project under construction. The project is worth $ 22.5 billion. It has two major elements. The first element is Riyadh Metro while the other part is Riyadh Bus Project. In this paper, we will investigate the metro project. Riyadh Metro is a rapid transit system located in the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This new public transportation system is considered as the spine of the King Abdul-Aziz Project for Riyadh Public Transportation (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014). The metro network has six different lines to serve Riyadh city listed below:
A. The Blue Line: Axis with a total length of 38 km.
B. The Red Line: axis …show more content…
The network consists of 85 metro stations along with 176 KM. The metro network will cover most of the populated areas such as public facilities, the educational institutions, the commercial centers and the medical centers. In addition, definitely, the metro project will be connected to King Khalid International Airport as well as King Abdullah Financial District. In the end, the project will be of great benefit to Riyadh traffic, economy, society and environment. Moreover, it will provide the city with a giant public transport system to meet its existing and future needs (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, …show more content…
Each one is different from the other as defined in the competition documents. The first group includes access number one and two with length of 63.3 KM and 42 metro stations. The second group includes access number three with length of 40.7 and 21 metro stations while the third group includes access number four, five, and six with length of 31 KM and 32 metro stations (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014).
During the competition phase, the high commission for Development Riyadh has arranged a meeting between the supervision team and the competitive consortium in Sep, 2012. On the deadline day, Feb 20, 2013, for receiving the technical and financial bids for implementing the project, three consortiums have offered their tenders (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014).
Each consortium has submitted its tender in two separated envelopes. The first was for technical documents and the other was for financial documents. All bids have been reviewed and evaluated in terms of meeting the conditions and the specifications(the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014). This paper will investigate more on the first consortium that consists of five big companies listed
A. The Blue Line: Axis with a total length of 38 km.
B. The Red Line: axis …show more content…
The network consists of 85 metro stations along with 176 KM. The metro network will cover most of the populated areas such as public facilities, the educational institutions, the commercial centers and the medical centers. In addition, definitely, the metro project will be connected to King Khalid International Airport as well as King Abdullah Financial District. In the end, the project will be of great benefit to Riyadh traffic, economy, society and environment. Moreover, it will provide the city with a giant public transport system to meet its existing and future needs (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, …show more content…
Each one is different from the other as defined in the competition documents. The first group includes access number one and two with length of 63.3 KM and 42 metro stations. The second group includes access number three with length of 40.7 and 21 metro stations while the third group includes access number four, five, and six with length of 31 KM and 32 metro stations (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014).
During the competition phase, the high commission for Development Riyadh has arranged a meeting between the supervision team and the competitive consortium in Sep, 2012. On the deadline day, Feb 20, 2013, for receiving the technical and financial bids for implementing the project, three consortiums have offered their tenders (the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014).
Each consortium has submitted its tender in two separated envelopes. The first was for technical documents and the other was for financial documents. All bids have been reviewed and evaluated in terms of meeting the conditions and the specifications(the High Commission fro the Development of Riyadh, 2014). This paper will investigate more on the first consortium that consists of five big companies listed