Qatari firm HBK Contracting Company has been awarded the main works contract for Ras Abu Aboud Stadium in Doha, one of the major venues of 2022 Fifa World Cup.
The 40,000-seat facility will be built using modular building blocks, thus making it the first fully demountable Fifa stadium in history, said a statement from The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the organisation responsible for delivering the infrastructure need for the mega event.
Located on a 450,000-sq-m waterfront site with exceptional views over Doha’s skyline, the stadium will host matches up to the quarter-finals in 2022, it stated.
Hilal Al Kuwari, the chairman of the SC’s technical delivery office, said: "I am delighted to see a Qatari company taking the lead on this project and happy that main works are already under way. The appointment of a local company to deliver this innovative, world-first stadium is in line with our commitment to contribute to Qatar's economic legacy after the tournament."
Work on the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium started in late 2017, with Time Qatar as the project managers. Site clearance and demolition, as well as establishment of site facilities, were recently completed, said the statement from SC.
The venue, located just minutes from Hamad International Airport and in the centre of the urban development of Qatar’s capital Doha, is scheduled for main works completion by 2020. The stadium design was launched in 2017, it added.-TradeArabia News Service
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