RIyadh Airport contract awarded to Dutch led consortium

Dutch consultants NACO, its Saudi Arabian branch SADECO and the global architect firm HOK which has been involved in Doha's new Hamad Airport have been awarded the contract to design the expansion of King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh.
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The consortium of the three companies will design the expansion of the existing terminals 3 and 4, which will enable the airport to handle 20-25 million passengers per year.

Currently, the 30-year-old airport is handling approximately 15 million passengers annually. The expansion project will allow KKIA to meet the country’s economic growth of more than 5% per year. Total project costs are expected to be approximately US$ 800 million, with the expansion scheduled to be complete in 2015.
NACO has been involved with the KKIA airport’s development since 2007 through various master planning and design projects while HOK was the original designer of the existing terminal complex nearly 30 years ago.
The team has worked together before and has a good track record with successful delivery of complex, high-profile airport projects such as the Beijing New International Airport.
Kjell Kloosterziel, NACO’s director of airport planning and building design is the project director. He said, “This challenging project keeps us involved in a critical component of the airport’s development programme aimed at increasing capacity while at the same time elevating passenger experience to a world-class level.”

 

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