Egis upgrades airfield facilities at Riyadh Airport

International engineering group Egis has been awarded the design consultancy contract for the King Khaled development project by general contractor Almabani.
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The King Khaled International Airport is currently undergoing a large development and expansion programme that aims at increasing capacity in a near future. 

Serving the Saudi capital, King Khaled International Airport is the second biggest airport in Saudi Arabia, after Jeddah Airport. Today the airport hosts circa 20 million passengers each year and the current expansion programme will extend capacity to 35Mmillion
Egis was nominated as design consultant of Almabani. For the first time in the airport infrastructure domain Egis will perform the full design under the BIM (Building Information Modeling) concept. Egis will also provide full technical support during construction.
The scope of works for this project covers the following airside facilities: new taxiways; new cargo apron; rehabilitation of existing taxiways; extension of the existing fuel line; and miscellaneous drainage improvements.
Egis is already working on an ongoing project at Riyadh Airport and providing technical support to the Saudi Arabian Trading and Construction Company (SATCO) for an operations & maintenance contract of airside equipment & systems. Egis’s scope of works covers the new Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs), 400Hz power units and preconditioned air (PCA) systems.
Through this new project, Egis reinforces its position as a partner of choice for Thanks to a complementary expertise in airport and air traffic management (ATM), Egis is also currently working on another major neighbouring airport on integration and validation activities for ATM equipment in an air traffic control tower.