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Article: New Doha airport faces two-year delay: upgrade of service facilities forces contractors to reschedule completion of phases 1 and 2 on $11bn project.(CONSTRUCTION: QATAR)(New Doha International airport)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- September 12, 2008
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Delays have hit the $11bn New Doha International airport, with the first two phases of the project now set to open in 2011, two years later than originally planned.
Sources close to the project tell MEED an official completion date is still to be announced by the client, the New Doha International Steering Committee, and its engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor, US-based Bechtel.
"There have been expansions and enhancements that have forced the reprogramming of the opening of the airport to combine phases one and two," says one source. "It is client driven. The client wants to enhance the level of service at the airport ...