WSP wins Muscat and Salalah airports' contract

WSP has been appointed by international contractor J&P Overseas Ltd to work on two major airport facilities in Oman.
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WSP are providing detailed design on maintenance and cargo facilities at Muscat airport (above) and a cargo facility at Salalah airport in Oman. Together the developments consist of circa 150,000m2 of facilities and the maintenance hangar at Muscat is sized to accommodate an airbus A380 and two Code C aircrafts simultaneously. WSP is providing civil, structural, building services and specialist support services including fire, acoustics & security.

Director Jim Ratliff said: “We are extremely pleased to have won these contracts, delivered by our teams in the UK and Middle East. We have been developing our skills addressing the Middle East market for some time now and have established a good market presence for infrastructure and commercial development. We will be looking to build on this success through our global counterparts.”

WSP is also currently working on the new Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha. WSP has 2,700 employees across the UK and 600 in the Middle East. WSP is active across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

WSP is a professional services firm in the UK providing consultancy services to all aspects of the built and natural environment working with governments, planners, developers and architects.