Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has announced the award of a Dh1.028 billion contract to a joint venture between ED Zublin and Al Jaber Transport and General Contracting for its flagship Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone (KPIZ) project.
The agreement is for the detailed design, construction, fit-out, testing and commissioning of the offshore port's civil and structural building works, which will provide the infrastructure necessary to support the commencement of port operations in 2012, the company said in a statement. Work is due to begin immediately and is scheduled for completion in August 2012.
The contract involves construction of 23 buildings and associated structures, including the Terminal Operations Building – a six-storey structure that will become the port's centre of operations.
Other significant buildings include an offshore clinic, fire station, harbour master building, worker services building, four 11kV substations and maintenance and repair workshops.
