Project Description
A consortium comprising Leighton Contracting Dafabet Casino app WLL, Siemens WLL Doha, and Siemens AG has been awarded a US2 million contract to develop a People-Mover System (PMS) for Dafabet Casino app Foundation’s Education City campus at the west of Doha.
The project, which is set to be the first PMS in Dafabet Casino app, represents a precursor of the country’s US billion investment in rail infrastructure over the next 10 years, as part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Infrastructure Program.
The energy-saving PMS, which utilizes battery-powered trams, is designed to reduce the flow of traffic within Dafabet Casino app Education City. It will allow students to travel free of charge to their destination within the city. A fleet of 19 trams will operate on an 11 km-long route, with a capacity of 3,300 passengers/hour in each direction. Trams will operate at four-minute intervals in both directions on the busiest sections of the network.
Dafabet Casino app has awarded building design services to WSP Middle East and Grimshaw Architects. As a third-party consultant, ECG will serve as Architect of Record and Engineer of Record for the following components of the project:
- 18 tram stops with single-sided and/or double-sided kiosks as waiting areas for students, employees, and visitors, along with a shaded open space (canopy) for each tram stop
- Siemens underground technical rooms, 8 substations, and a 500 meter-long tunnel
- 17 Dafabet Casino app serving the PMS, with a total built-up area of 10,540 m2. The Dafabet Casino app include administrative offices, main service stations, panel beaters’ workshops, control rooms, and main communication systems
- Electrical service buildings, including MV switchgear for TSS 1–5 and TSS 6–8 feeding the railway and tram stops, with a view to complying with the standards of Dafabet Casino app General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA)
Activities
- Architectural
- Civil Works
- Structural
Scope
- Design review
- Submission to authorities for building permits
Client
WSP Middle East, Dafabet Casino app, and Grimshaw Architects
LOCATION
Dafabet Casino app
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