NEOM - NEOM City: Backbone Infrastructure: Drill and Blast Tunnel Section
Saudi Arabian NEOM is planning to undertake the construction of two railway tunnels in parallel, one for passengers and the other for goods using drill and blast method (lot 4 & lot 5) for the Line as part of NEOM City, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
The US$2000 million project includes the following:
East package scope of works:
1. Excavation of running tunnels (twin tunnels - 31km each, depth : 20-520m) (drill & blast)
2. Excavation of all cross passages, niches, sumps, equipment, technical rooms etc
3. Transportation of arisings to stockpile area
4. Installation of all necessary ground support measures
5. Installation of headwall/interface structure at two portal locations
6. Temporary tunnel systems, incl. security, ventilation, signage, lighting, power, water, compressed air, communications, fire fighting & air monitoring.
7. Tunnel drainage systems.
8. Sheet membrane waterproofing systems
9. All concrete works for the permanent tunnel structure incl. tunnel lining, invert slabs, tunnel dividing walls, sumps, cross passages, niches, equipment, and technical rooms etc.
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29 January 2024
Construction works progressing on the project as per the schedule.
27 September 2023
Construction works have been commenced on the project.
22 June 2023
Construction works are yet to commence on the project.
03 April 2023
Construction works are yet to commence on the project.
30 November 2022
Site preparatory works are ongoing and construction works are yet to commence on the project.
10 October 2022
Construction works are yet to commence on the project.
08 June 2022
The main contract has been awarded to the JV of Archirodon, Samsung C&T and Hyundai Engineering Co and the contract has been officially signed.
05 June 2022
JV of Archirodon, Samsung C&T and Hyundai Engineering Co are understood to be the frontrunners and the official signing for contract award is due next week.
25 May 2022
The main contract bids are still under evaluation.
04 April 2022
The main contract bids were submitted and are currently under evaluation. The following companies have submitted bids for the project: JV of ACCIONA and Larsen & Toubro, JV of Al Bawani Co and China Railway Construction Corp, JV of Archirodon, Samsung C&T and Hyundai Engineering Co., JV of FCC Construction, Shibh Al Jazira Contracting and China State Construction and Power China. (Source: MEED)
02 March 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended to March 28, 2022.
11 January 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended to March 14, 2022. (Source: MEED)
05 January 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended to January 31, 2022.
27 October 2021
The tendering process is ongoing on the project and the bid submission is due on December 30, 2021. (Source: MEED)
09 August 2021
The main contract tender has been issued and the bid submission date has been set to December 30, 2021.
26 May 2021
The main contract tender has been issued however the exact timeline for bid submission is not yet known.
01 February 2021
The PQ document has been submitted however there is no news regarding the main contract tender issue yet.
29 October 2020
The PQ document has been submitted. However, we are in the process of finding the PQ companies. (Source: MEED)
21 October 2020
The following firms amongst other are invited to submit the PQ document: L&T, Hyundai E&C, Itinera, Samsung C&T, Salini, and FCC along with a few local contracting companies.