ISRAEL: NTA has announced that 12 consortia have expressed interest at the pre-qualification stage for contracts to design and oversee construction of the Tel Aviv Metro, a planned €40bn three-line network totalling 150 km and 109 stations.
The consortia are:
- Poram Shrem, Karni Engineering, Hason-Yerushalmi Engineering, with Delhi Metro Rail Corp and RITES;
- Eitam Engineering and Project Management, Ami Matom Engineering, with TYPSA;
- Massad Oz Management & Engineering, iSTERN Project Management, with SENER;
- CPM, Safdie Architects, with TPF;
- Spivak Engineering, Yinnon Planning and Research, with Atkins;
- Groisman Engineering, Kolker Kolker Epstein architects, with Setec;
- A Epstein & Sons, Tedem Civil Engineering, with IDOM;
- David Akerstein, Decker Building & Engineering, with WSP;
- Dana Engineering, Levy Shtark Zilberstein Consulting Engineers, with Metropolitana Milanese;
- Waxman Govrin Geva Engineering, DEL Engineering, with Systra;
- Baran Israel Engineering, Groner DEL Engineering, and Deutsche Bahn;
- Inproject Davelman Perzlina, Mahod Engineering, with Artelia.
A detailed invitation to tender will be issued later this year, after which three consortia will be chosen to plan and complete detailed design, manage the civil works contractors and inform the operating parameters for each of the heavy metro lines.
