Eversendai appointed sub-contractor for the railway station project

Eversendai Corp Bhd has been appointed as a sub-contractor to erect structural steel works worth RM158mil for the railway station in the King Abdul-Aziz International Airport development project for the first phase in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The project was awarded to the group's subsidiary, Eversendai Engineering LLC in Dubai, by the main contractor, the Saudi Binladin Group, Eversendai told Bursa Malaysia in a statement.

Eversendai's scope of work includes engineering, connection designs, supply, fabrication and delivery to site, painting, fire proofing, metal decking and erection of structural steel works.

Three new terminal buildings, a high-speed rail link and a capacity for up to 80 million passengers a year are among the targets proposed for the new airport, said Eversendai.

Work on this contract is expected to use nearly 12,000 tonnes of steel and anticipated to be completed in 2013.