TDIC awards AED 671 Mio. Saadiyat Bridge contract to Austrian group 14. December 2006 , Abu Dhabi

Austrian construction group Strabag wins another project in the UAE

Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) has awarded a AED 671 million construction contract for the 10-lane Saadiyat Bridge highway to a joint venture between German project construction powerhouse Ed. Zublin AG and UAE contracting firm Saif Bin Darwish.  
Ed. Zublin AG is part of the Austrian STRABAG Group that runs offices throughout the Gulf area.  
Construction of the bridge, which will link Abu Dhabi with Saadiyat Island the 27 square kilometre island lying 500 metres offshore the UAE capital is due to begin within days and be completed in 2009.  
The construction of Saadiyat Bridge is one of the biggest infrastructure developments in Abu Dhabi. The bridge, that will be one of the widest in the world, has been designed as a concrete box girder carrying five lanes of traffic in each direction as well as two future passenger rail system tracks and will be built using segmental technology.  
Saadiyat Bridge will be the main gateway to Saadiyat Island (Island of Happiness) which is being transformed into a strategic international tourism destination and which will be home to the Middle East's first and only Guggenheim contemporary art museum.
The transformation of Saadiyat Island is TDIC's flagship project with the development scheduled in three phases until completion in 2018. A second 10-lane freeway is also planned to link Saadiyat Island with the Abu Dhabi-Dubai expressway. At that time the island will be only a 25 kilometre drive from Abu Dhabi International Airport.  
More info on –  
TDIC: www.tdic.ae
Ed.Zublin AG: www2.zueblin.de
Strabag SE: www.strabag.com

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