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National Projects in Qatar

NEW DOHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

With a land area in excess 22 km the New Doha International Airport is designed to handle 50
million passengers, 2 million tonnes of cargo, and 320,000 aircraft landings and takeoffs each
year. Over 60 million m³ of fill will be reclaimed from the sea and used to create the site, while
over 6.2 million m³ of improperly disposed household waste has been removed from the site
and disposed of in an engineered landfill. The runways, taxiways and aprons of the new airport
require 3.7 million tonnes of high quality polymer asphalt and an additional 115,000 m³ of
concrete, while 800,000 m³ of concrete will be needed for facility structures. In order to facilitate
construction of the airport, over 17 km of temporary roads are being constructed within the site.
Over 100 hectares alongside the new airport have been reserved for commercial development,
including a free trade zone, offices, hotels, and retail mall. The contract for the first phase of the
airport construction and the planning and design phase was awarded to Bechtel Group Inc. In
May 2006, Takenaka won a major contract to build the Emiri VIP
terminal. ARINC and Thales were awarded a contract for the IT, telecommunications and security
systems at the airport.

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