Parsons Corp has been used by the roads and the Dubai Transport Authority (RTA) to direct the five -year release of the new Blue Blue Line of $ 5.6 billion, a 30 -kilometer railway link to redefine the urban mobility of the emirate.
Chantilly -based firm goes. $ 218 million, announced on July 8. The work is involved Supervise the review of the design and the contracting to the supervision, tests and positions of the construction and the final delivery.
” We are proud of our long -term collaboration With RTA and he undertakes to work with his expert team in expanding the Dubai metro network in line with the vision of the emirate to provide perfect, safe and sustainable mobility solutions, “said Pierre Santoni, president of the Emea Infrastructure of Parsons, in a statement from the company.
The field of Parsons includes the coordination of detailed design checks, advice on the contracting strategy, supervising the quality and safety of construction and supervising tests, launching, launching RTA operations.
The company’s curriculum in Dubai already includes red and green metro lines, the extension of the 2020 route and the city’s smart traffic systems. The new line will expand the city’s railway network to 131 kilometers, with 78 stations and 168 trains in operation.
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It is expected that by 2029, the 30 -kilometer blue line will include 14 stations, which will connect fast expanding districts such as Mirdif, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Creek Harbour and Dubai Festival City, according to Dubai officers. RTA projects daily driving up to 320,000 passengers. It will be the fifth mass traffic initiative in Dubai, following the red and green metro lines, the Dubai tram and the 2020 route.
“The project has been based on the remarkable success of the Dubai metro since its inauguration on September 9, 2009,” said Mattar to the Tayer, CEO and President of the Council’s RTA, in a December 2024 statement that the Plan emphasized.
The EMAAR PLANT STATION OF THE LINE was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Som) in New York. When it is over, it will be the highest metro station in the world; standing at 242 feet.
“TThe new blue line is aligned with the goals of the Dubai D33 Economic Agenda and the Dubai 2040 The urban master plan, strengthening Dubai’s vision to become the best city in the world to live, “he added.
The line will have fully automated and conductor without a third -party rail electrification system equipped with platform screen doors, along with advanced communication -based trains technology. The works cover 15.5 km of tunnels bored under a sensitive field of the cove and 14.5 km of raised viaducts through densely built neighborhoods.
Construction challenges
The main construction package, awarded in December 2024 to a Consortium led by Map -Limak de Turkey and China CRRC, is priced at $ 5.6 billion. The project involves significant challenges that include complicated land conditions near the cove and authorizations adjusted to the built districts.
Geotechnical investigations published by the Dubai RTA in February indicate that the tunnel under Cala de Dubai will cross the non -consolidated sea sand and the layers of Sabkha prone to running, interspersed with weakly cemented plaster lenses, concrete of calcium carbonate and underground gaps.
A raised groundwater table, placing only three to four meters below the degree under hypersaline conditions, amplifies the risk of offends and corrosion. At the same time, loose deposits have a liquidation potential under load.
The erroneous conditions of the soil require the terrestrial pressure tunnel tunnel machines with foam conditioning, robust segments equipped with hydrophilic boards, continuous disappearance systems and extensive tests of hole hole and cone-penetration to manage the risk of land and safeguarding adjacent structures, according to the geotechnical report of the RTA.
The project teams are planning to deploy advanced segmental tunnel, noise track slabs and a digital projects control platform for real -time safety and progress monitoring.
On the operational side, the LED lighting that saves energy, regenerative braking trains, and Leed -certified stations designs will help the line to fulfill the ambitious Dubai Sustainability Points, according to Parsons.
Fueling economic ambitions
The blue line is among the 100 flagship infrastructure projects that are part of the Dubai Economic Agenda: an initiative to duplicate the Emirate GDP and made it in the first three cities of the world around 2033. The infrastructure priorities identified in this intuitive facilitates with the Arab Emirates united with those of the Arab Emirates. Pla 2040.
The RTA project portal shows that, in addition to the Blue Metro line, Dubai is making main improvements in the road network as part of its urban 2040 master plan. The development of the road to the Khail includes seven locations: Za’abeel, Meydan, in Quoz 1, Ghadeer al TAIR, Jumeirah Village Circle, in Jaddaf and Gateway Business Bay, and has 3.3 kilometers of new bridges and 6.8 kilometers of enlarged lanes. According to the RTA project page, development aims to increase capacity approximately 19,600 vehicles per hour and reduce travel times by 30%.
Another significant improvement in transport is the $ 35 million plan to expand the Maktoum International Airport for the next ten years. The new airport, also known as Dubai World Central, would replace the existing Dubai International Airport, currently the most busy world in the world for international traffic. The new airport will cover 27 square kilometers and will include five parallel runways. The four terminals will host 400 doors, allowing the installation to manage up to 260 million passengers and more than 13 million tons of load a year.
In addition, Dubai has also launched an effort of $ 8.2 billion to build a new rainwater drainage network for the city. Severe floods flooded the region last year after the highest volume of rain in the United Arab Emirates since the record registration in 1949. In response, Dubai officials announced a package of infrastructure that would increase Dubai rainwater drainage capacity by 700% up to 20 million meters daily. Part of the project will involve boring tunnels with a flow capacity of 230 m per second. Dubai is expected to begin the project immediately, with the completion of work per phase by 2033.
