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| Al Habtoor-led JV awarded Dubai Airport Concourse 3 project The Al Habtoor Engineering (40%), Murray & Roberts (40%), and Takenaka (20%) joint venture has been awarded an AED 4.9 billion (A$2 billion) contract for the construction of Dubai Airport's new Concourse 3 for Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). The project is worth AED 2 billion (A$800 million) to the Al Habtoor Leighton Group. Work will commence immediately, with completion scheduled for the end of April 2011. Concourse 3 will be connected to the two major public levels of Terminal 3 via an automated people mover (APM) in addition to the vehicular and baggage handling system utility tunnels. The building, which follows the characteristic shape of Concourse 2, will be 645 metres long, 90 metres wide and 42 metres high in the centre from the apron level, and will accommodate 20 aircraft stands, 18 of which will accommodate Airbus' new A380. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |