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Qatar awards $406.4 mln in contracts for planned metro

* Logistics coordinator contract to be awarded in Q4-MD

* Contract for tunneling design to be awarded in Q1 2013

* Metro to begin operations in Q4 2019

By Regan Doherty

DOHA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Qatar Railways Co on Sunday signed contracts worth $406.4 million for its planned $36 billion metro in the Qatari capital, as part of the tiny Gulf state's preparations to host the 2022 soccer World Cup.

The company awarded a contract for consulting engineering services and project management with U.S. firm Jacobs Engineering Group to manage the metro's Red Line.

A team comprised of U.S.-based Louis Berger and France's Egis Rail will manage the Gold Line and main stations, and U.S. firm Hill International will manage the Green Line, Managing Director Abdullah al-Subaie told a news conference in Doha.

The three contracts are worth 1.14 billion Qatari riyals ($313.1 mln), he said.

An enabling works contract worth 288 million riyals ($79.1 mln) was also signed with PORR-SBG-HBK Group, a division of Qatari firm HBK Contracting Co.

Britain's Lloyd's Register won a contract for independent safety assessment worth 55 million riyals ($15 mln).

Qatar's planned metro project will include four rail lines and will link stadiums for the 2022 tournament, with an underground component in the centre of the capital Doha. It is expected to employ more than 20,000 workers during the peak of construction.

Subaie said that a logistics coordinator for the project would be awarded in the fourth quarter of 2012.

"The tender has been floated, and it will be awarded in the fourth quarter," he said.

The contract to undertake design on tunneling work will be awarded in the first quarter of 2013, he said, adding that the total cost of the project was expected to be in line with previous projections of $36 billion.

"The metro will begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2019," he said.

($1=3.638 Qatari riyals)

(Reporting By Regan Doherty; Editing by Richard Chang)

((regan.doherty@thomsonreuters.com)(+974 5561 9823))

Keywords: QATAR METRO/

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01 Bloechlinger Urs
16 Aug 2012

Your above article is very interesting and has a lot of useful information. However what I'm still waiting for and missing is:

When will the TENDERS FOR THE CLASSIC TRAIN-/METRO CONSTRUCTING COMPANIES AS BOMBARDIER ETC finally start.

As we have sent for a Swiss Company that is active in this area
at the begin of this year 2012 a full documentation of their products to a contractor - however until now we didn't receive any information news. Is it possible that the tenders still haven't started yet. They were announced already IN JUNE 2012, HOWEVER ALWAYS POSTPONED into the next month or the next quarter. I were really a great pity if we would miss this tenders, especially for all the time that we have already invested into this matter.
I would be very grateful if you could give me more details in this matter and am waiting for your reply.
Kind regards,
Urs Bloechlinger

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