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| Systra signs a major contract for Medina’s future metro system It was in the presence of His Royal Highness, Prince Faisal Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Governor of Madinah province, and President of the Medina Development Commission, that Pierre Verzat, CEO of Systra, signed a 81.9 million SAR contract (approximately €20 million) for preliminary designs for Medina's future metro system on behalf of a consortium led by Systra. Rethinking the entire public transport system for a city of 1.1 million that is due to grow to 2.6 million by 2040. Medina, Saudi Arabia's second largest city, attracts millions of pilgrims every year. The sizing and configuration of the city's public transport network is key to mobility. As lead consultant of the Madinah Transit Consultants Consortium, Systra is responsible for producing feasibility and preliminary design studies for the future metro network. This will include planning studies, preliminary designs and preparing technical design-build tender documents. The project timetable is ambitious. Systra will have only 12 months in which to complete this very challenging project for these mass transit lines. Systra has unique experience in this kind of project thanks to its major involvement in the Mecca-Mashaaer line and Lines B and C of the Mecca metro. "We will ensure that all the technical decisions we take in Medina focus on our customer's vision, just like for all our public transport solutions" explained Pierre Verzat, CEO of Systra. "Medina's requirements are particularly demanding and this has energised our engineers and project managers". write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |