A joint venture including Italian construction firm Astaldi Group has been selected as the preferred bidder for the construction of two high-speed railway stations in Saudi Arabia.
The railway stations will be located along the Makkah-Madina high-speed line, part of the Haramain high-speed rail project.
The total value of the station works is $1.24bn, with Astaldi holding a 15% stake in the project.
The project will include construction of a 111,000m2 station in Jeddah while another 64,000m2 station will be located in KAEC.
The works, commissioned by the Saudi Railways Organisation, are scheduled to get underway in the first half of 2011 and are planned to be complete in about two years.
The two stations have been designed by Norman Foster+Partners and Buro Happold Architects.
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