Dubai International Airport Announces Contract Awards for Terminal Train System

Dubai’s Civil Aviation Authority has announced the companies that will build the Automated Passenger Mover (APM) system which will take passengers from Concourse 4 to Terminal 1 as part of the extension of Dubai International Airport.

Bombardier Transportation Holdings (USA) Inc, will build the rolling stock and monorail for the APM system and other railways throughout the airport, delivering rail technologies as well. Drake & Scull (Rail) will handle the Mechanical, Engineering and Plumbing (MEP) side of the construction works. This will involve signalling, traction power and communications systems for the APM. ALEC (Al Jaber LEGT Engineering & Contracting) is the main contractor building Concourse 4 and will co-ordinate the project’s construction.

This is Drake & Scull Rail’s first major contract in the Middle East. To date it has been involved in several major infrastructure projects in London, UK and the Hong Kong Metro. This is the first planned step into the region, and the company has expressed intent on winning contracts throughout the GCC Railway Network which is beginning construction in the next 12 months.