📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
Construction of Sultan Haitham City - First Phase.
Description:
The first phase, spanning from 2024 to 2030, will witness the development of the city center, encompassing approximately 5 million square meters. This phase will feature six modern and integrated neighborhoods, covering a construction area of approximately 2.2 million square meters. The centerpiece of the city center will be the central park, spread over 1.6 million square meters to serve as a gathering place for residents and visitors alike. With more than 35,000 people, the city center will offer world-class facilities, including 6,743 housing units comprising detached villas, semi-detached villas, townhouses, and apartments. It will also house chapels, a private hospital, a fuel-filling station, school sites, and numerous social, cultural, and service facilities, catering to the diverse needs and aspirations of its residents. The main goal in terms of smartness is to reach the Smart City 4.0, so the team is starting to develop the digital twin for the city.
Initial designs for a number of basic centres in the SHC, including an one for the complex of public school (to serve Neighborhood No. 10). The agreement was inked with Kohler Architects. A design consultancy agreement that was signed to provide consultancy services the public schools complex to serve neighborhood No. 6 and Neighborhood No. 9. This contract was signed with SOM consultants.
Another designing consultancy agreement was signed with SOM consultants to provide a detailed design for the city center Neighborhood No. 12. A consultancy agreement was signed for making designs for the rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities to serve Neighborhood No. 16. This agreement was inked with Panter Hudspith Architects. An agreement was signed with Altivia consultants for designing to serve Neighborhoods No. 9 and No. 12.
Events:
June 2024-
In the first segment, The first agreement was signed with Ibn Khaldun Company to prepare detailed structural engineering maps for 3 school complexes. The second agreement was also signed with Ibn Khaldun Company to prepare detailed structural engineering maps for a rehabilitation centre. The third agreement was signed with Razeen Company to prepare detailed structural engineering maps for the establishment of a cultural centre. In the second segment (construction augment), an agreement was signed with Strabag Oman Company to construct 5 bridges, and another was signed with Oman International Holding Company to design and establish the city’s central experiment and control centre. Also, a tripartite agreement was signed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, Al-Abrar Real Estate Company and Oman Housing Bank to provide financing programmes for those wishing to purchase residential units in the Sultan Haitham City.
February 2024- Oman's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has awarded contracts for the development of Phase One of its mega projec
