Souq Waqif to get huge underground parking

Follow us on: Download Booking Form Download Post Show Report Download Brochure Subscribe to the Newsletter Save the date in OutlookSupported By Platinum Sponsor Supporting Association Qatar's Diar unit to build underground car park Qatar's Diar unit to build underground car park Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC) has been awarded the contract to design and build an underground car park and landscaped gardens fronting the Sheraton Doha hotel in the financial and diplomatic district of West Bay. The contract, worth QR1.22bn covers the design and construction of a car park with around 2,000 spaces for the hotel’s guests and the general public. The car park will be fitted with an electronic system to guide drivers to vacant spaces • a first in Qatar. The work will last 34 months and will include construction of a maintenance depot and command centre for the future Doha light rail system, as well as three electricity substations, and landscaping of an area measuring 73,000 square metres, including fountains, basins, play areas and restaurants. Also included will be the construction of a cut-and-cover tunnel between the car park and the Doha convention centre, which is under construction. Qatari Diar holds a 51 percent stake in QDVC, a Qatari shareholding company, with Vinci Construction Grands Projets of France holding 49 percent. The company is working on other major projects in Qatar such as car parks, the Light Rail Transit System in Lusail and the Qatar Bahrain Causeway. ============== DOHA: A massive and multi-layer underground parking facility is planned near Souq Waqif to enable visitors get easier access to the country’s tourist hotspot. The management of Souq Waqif is literally inundated with public complaints about lack of parking space in the area, particularly in the evenings. Plans are also afoot to expand the existing roads around the Souq to make sure the traffic flow is smooth when visitors pour into the hotspot. Large parking slots that already exist in areas around the Souq might also be re-organised so visitors are not hassled on days when exceptional crowds converge. The multi-storey underground parking facility planned at stone’s throw from Souq Waqif would be able to accommodate as many as 2,000 cars at a time. The facility is to be built beneath the expansive ground overlooking the picturesque necklace along the Gulf waters on the Corniche. This is where the headquarters of Capital Police once stood. There already is one underground parking facility across Souq Waqif (near Emiri Diwan), which can accommodate 750 cars at a time. There is a subway that links the facility to the Souq. The new underground parking facility will have several subways leading to the Souq. A large green area will be developed above this facility, at the ground level with the Souq. This would be a public park and plans are afoot to have a big open-air theatre amidst lush greenery. The Director of Souq Waqif, Mohamed Al Salem, said yesterday, while outlining the plans, that once the new underground parking facility is in place and the roads are expanded, visitors would have an easy access to the Souq even during rush hours. “Visitors would have enough parking space, so there wouldn’t be a problem.” Besides, there are already two parking slots — one towards Musherib, and the other opposite the Fanar Mosque. They can together accommodate nearly 740 cars at a time, he said. Souq Waqif is attracting a lot of visitors that is prompting the management to think in terms of ensuring easier access and solving car parking woes. The Souq Najada car parking facility can also be used by Souq visitors. This facility can accommodate 600 cars, said the director. He told Al Sharq in an interview that plans are also afoot to have five more hotels within the Souq premises. “We already have four hotels and we will soon add five more.” The Peninsula ==================== Kahramaa Awareness Park Facility Name KAHRAMAA, Kahramaa Awareness Park Status Execution Type of Contract Build Classification Offices, Commercial Construction Sector Construction Commissioning Date Mar 2014 Revised Budget Value $75 million Original Budget Value $75 million Contract Value $75 million Facility Owner Qatar General Electricity Water Corporation (Kahramaa) Background In order to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030, which has sustainable development of the environment as one of its four main objectives of Kahramaas commitment,Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is planning to develop an innovative park which has been designed as a model centre for disseminating information on ways to conserve water and electricity. The park will also demonstrate the processes of electricity generation and water desalination from the sea and serve as an innovative source of entertainment and knowledge, especially for children.The park will offers infrastructure services for development and it has developed effective measures to minimise obstruction of daylight providing landscape that encourages greenery and fights desertification. The park will use solar energy to heat water and a system to treat grey water and it also uses materials that facilitates future reuse or recycling.The park will use materials that eliminates excessive energy consumption, controls indoor pollutant sources and provides sufficient noise insulation. Scope -Building (12343 sqm)-Landscape (7000 sqm)-Car park (3000 sqm)-Asssociated facilities Main EPC Contractors Sinohydro Main Contract Bidder Habtoor Leighton Group-HBK Contracting Company WLL Consultant James Cubitt Partners Owner Qatar General Electricity Water Corporation (Kahramaa) Main Contractor Sinohydro ==============