Oman Rail received bids from 11 consortia for construction Sohar – Buraimi line (207 km), the first phase of its railway network. The contract is expected to be awarded in the third quarter of 2015 and construction will start in 2015 – 2016. Oman Rail has set the target for completion of the first phase for the end of 2018.
The consortia are:
JV Porr BAU GmbH (Austria), Yuksel Insat (Turkey), Sarooj Construction Company (Oman) and Daewoo E&C (South Korea)
JV Saipem (Italy), Rizzani De Eccher (Italy), Dogus Insaat (Turkey)
JV Ircon International (Italy), Hani Archrodon (Greece/Oman), Tata Projects (India)
JV Larsen & Toubro (India), FCC Construction (Spain), Khalid Bin Ahmed & Sons (Oman)
JV China State Construction Engineering Co (China) and S&K E&C (Korea)
JV Astaldi (Italy), ONEIC (Oman), Yapi Merkezi (Turkey), Corsan Corviam (Spain)
JV Hyundai E&C (Korea), Hassan Juma Backer (Oman), Assignia (Spain), Maire Tecnimont (Italy)
JV China Railway Group and Mapa Insaat ve Ticarat (Turkey)
JV Salini Impregilo (Italy)
JV China Railway Construction Corporation, International Contractors (Oman) Mohammed Al Kharafi (Kuwait), and
JV Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua (Italy), Federici Sterling (Italy), SWS Engineering (Italy) Itinera (Italy).
The Sohar-Buraimi stretch connects the Port of Sohar to the GCC rail network at the Sultanate’s border with the UAE at Al Buraimi and Khatmat Milahah.
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