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Saudi Arabia : King Khalid Terminal 5 Build Contract Awarded
Publish Date : 20-May-2013
The King Khalid International Airport Terminal 5 design and build contract has been awarded to TAV Construction, it's been announced.
The third such Saudi Arabian airport tender won by TAV Construction, it takes the firm's combined Middle Eastern contracts value to $16+ billion dollars.
King Khalid International presently boasts four terminals, a pair of 13,796 foot-long runways, a mosque and one of the tallest control towers at any airport. Of its current terminals, Terminal 4 is an inactive structure but Terminals 1 and 2 handle international flights, leaving Terminal 3 to handle the airport's domestic traffic. There's also a Royal Terminal, used exclusively by VIPS and members of the Saudi Royal Family.
Terminal 5 Build Contract
TAV Construction was announced as the contract winner on 13 May 2013 by GACA - the Saudi Arabian Civil Aviation Authority.
The Terminal 5 build contract will see King Khalid International Airport gain a new 100,000 square metre passenger terminal, a linked 90,000 square metre car park able to accommodate 3,000 vehicles and various other infrastructure elements linking up Terminal 5 to the rest of the airport.
King Khalid Terminal Contract
In a press release on its King Khalid terminal contract win, TAV Construction stressed that the new structure would meet international standards and be sympathetic to the 'local culture' with an 'authentic architectural design'. The envisaged construction timeframe is 18 months and the approximate cost will be $400m.
"This is a very important project", said the CEO of TAV Group, Sani Sener. "Airport privatizations are continuing in Saudi Arabia. This airport is also one of those which will be privatized soon. In the meantime, our investment and operation in Medinah is also ongoing. Our 800 million dollar hangar construction project at Jeddah Airport also continues.
He concluded: "We are now happy to be undertaking an airport construction project in the country's third largest city and capital."
