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Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) has floated tender for its new Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) which will support the Plan Abu Dhabi 2030.
Following a rigorous peer review with six world-leading airports, and a consultation with all involved stakeholders, Adac finalised the design of the MTB to ensure that the utility of the building delivers the required stat-of-the-art and top quality facility in an efficient and financially viable framework.
These reviews resulted in a complete design, as well as a detailed and comprehensive tender package that provides for the timely and efficient execution of the project. Following the award of the tender by the end of the year, the dates of the construction completion and the operational commencement will be announced.
Adac issued the tender to a list of pre-qualified firms main terminal building, which will have an initial capacity of 27-30 million passengers per year. The building will be one of the world's largest and most architecturally iconic structures for the construction of the 700,000 m. In parallel to the tender for the MTB, Abu Dhabi Airports Company has been executing since 2010 a capacity enhancement programme (CEP) which will allow Abu Dhabi International Airport to handle an additional seven million passengers.
Furthermore, Adac is currently in the last stages of the Terminal 1 refurbishment, further upgrading the world-class airport services offered to its passengers.
Khalifa Al Mazrouei, Chairman of Adac, said: "We are investing to ensure our growing customer base experiences the highest level of service available, in a distinctive facility that has been designed and is being constructed in a sustainable and environmentally conscious manner."
Currently, the piling works for the MTB have been completed, with a total of 7,425 piles, and the grading works for the East Midfield are underway which will house the various support facilities for the new Midfield Terminal Building.
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