TURNKEY SERVICES FOR HIGH SPEED RAILWAY. FROM VISION TO REALITY. HHR PHASE 2

KUWAIT METRO AND RAIL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Kuwait, 17th April 2012 Presenter: Ms. Susana Gozalo Jáñez, MSc Civil Engineering, CEng, MICE, MCIHT Director of the Transport Strategies Department of CONSULTRANS

INTRODUCTION AND CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION

• Turnkey Services High Speed Railway Services

• The Haramain High Speed Railway Phase 2

• Next Steps

• Multi-disciplinary: cannot be provided by a sole company

• Complex activities, latest state of the art technologies

• Risk with Contractor as owner of the technology

• Definition of scope based on performance indicators

• Payments subject to finalisation of key milestones (track laying, delivery of trainsets…)

• Client gets infrastructure, track and systems and operation and maintenance service for a fixed price

WHY TURNKEY CONTRACTS FOR HIGH SPEED RAILWAY?

The Railway will:

• double track between Makkah and Madinah;

• speeds up to 320km/h;

• standard gauge line (1435mm);

• electrified line with overhead catenaries of 25kV;

• journey time, between Makkah and Madinah, of less than 2 hours 30 minutes, with a commercial operating speed of 300km/h and 3 stops (Jeddah, KAIA, KAEC).

• It will transport 166.000 passengers per day at peak times during Pilgrimage to the two Holy Sites.

The Project

The Procurement Process

• Phase 1 Package 1 – Route Civil Works (Design & Build)

Concept design completed by Dar Al Handasah

Contract awarded to Al Rajhi Alliance on 5th February 2009

Construction is progressing

• Phase 1 Package 2 – Stations

Design – Awarded to Foster & Partners / Buro Happold / Dar Al Riyadh in March 2009.

Four stations – Makkah Central, Jeddah Central, KAEC & Madinah Central.

Build – Contract for the Four stations were awarded to

Saudi Binladin Group with Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi: Makkah and Madinah stations for SR3.2 bn and SR1.6 bn.

Saudi Oger will build the stations at Jeddah at a cost of SR2.9bn and a station at King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh for SR1.7bn.

• Phase 2 – construction of track and systems, procurement and maintenance the Rolling Stock and operation and maintenance of the entire railway. Initial period 12 years

Procurement of Rolling Stock

Design & Build (FIDIC)

Ballasted Track

ERTMS Level 2 Signaling system

25 Kv – 60 Hz caternary system

Telecoms

Operation Control center

Depots and Workshops

• Operations and Maintenance Contract for a 12 year period with payments based on:

Performance Regime

Fares Policy

Revenue collection

The Services

AlShoula Saudi Spanish Consortium

• Creation and implementation of the high speed railway industry

• transferring the knowledge and experience to Saudi Companies

• key construction and local expertise and “know-how” of AlShoula and Al Rosan and

• the key players in the delivery of a successful high speed railway model in Spain.

The Commitment

20 years

Saudization

SRO

Suppliers

Construction Sites

Rail Training Center

Jeddah Office

Engineering In Madrid

Sub-contractors

Mobilisation

Phase 1

Package 1

Contract’s

Phase 1

Package 2

Contract’s

Internal Interfaces

Phase 2 Contract’s

Internal Interfaces Internal Interfaces

The

Government HHR Project’s

Internal Interfaces

SRO’s

representative

/ Consultant(s)

project’s

External

Interfaces

Pro

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Inte

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Project’s

External

Interfaces

Phases

Interfaces

• External Interfaces:

Phase 1 Package 1: Infrastructure

Phase 1 Package 2: Stations

Municipalities

Ministries

Utility Companies

• Internal Interfaces:

Head Office in Jeddah

Head Office in Madrid

Subcontractors

Workbases

• INTERFACE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Interface Management

• Commitment of the Saudi – Spanish AlShoula Consortium:

To abide to Nitaqat Law

70-75% of saudization target for year 12 of Operation and Maintenance

Through Recruitment and Retention and Training Policies

Subcontractors will have to abide to Nitaqat Law and targets for Saudization

To be started as of Contract Signature

Railway School and agreements with local Universities

The aim is to make the railway profession an attractive one to young people

Saudization

Challenges

Presenter: Ms. Susana Gozalo Jáñez,

MSc Civil Engineering, CEng, MICE, MCIHT

Director of the Transport Strategies Department of CONSULTRANS

susana.gozalo@consultrans.es; +34915754616; www.consultrans.es

TURNKEY SERVICES FOR HIGH SPEED RAILWAY. FROM VISION TO REALITY. HHR PHASE 2

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