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The long-running contest to build the landmark convention centre at Education City has come to an end, after Turkey’s Baytur Construction & Contracting Company received a letter of award for the landmark project. Valued at QR 2,222 million ($610 million), the 33-month design and build contract represents one of the biggest building contracts ever placed in the state. Qatar Petroleum (QP) is handling the Education City project on behalf of the client, the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community Development (MEED 14:4:06). Baytur entered the race to build the convention centre in March, after being invited to submit a bid along with the two original bidders, Austria’s Strabag and Belgium’s Six Construct. In addition to carrying out the design and build work, the contractor will undertake fit-out. The main feature of the building, the sidra tree on its front façade, will be carried out by Belgium’s Victor Buyck Steel Construction under a nominated subcontract placed by QP last year. The convention centre, which will have six storeys plus a basement, will be about 250 metres long and 110 metres wide. Of the total construction area of 150,000 square metres, some 60,000 square metres will be made of reinforced concrete and 90,000 square metres from structural steel. The centre will house a 2,500-seat auditorium, a 500-seat theatre, and a 4,000 seat multi-purpose hall. In addition, it will have break-out rooms and smaller meeting rooms. The centre will host exhibitions, conferences and music and art festivals. The centre’s conceptual designs were prepared by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. Three firms are competing to act as Baytur’s design consultant: the successful bidder will carry out detailed designs.

The project manager on Education City is the local office of KEO International Consultants.

The convention centre is Baytur’s third major contract award in Doha. It is close to completing the main package on the Museum of Islamic Arts project on the corniche. It was also the main contractor on the Qatar National Library scheme, until the project was cancelled in February (MEED 17:2:06).

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A nice read:

What is designed to be the Middle East’s largest convention centre is currently taking shape within the prestigious Qatar Education Centre in the west of Doha.

Under a QR2.22 billion ($610.64 million) contract from Qatar Petroleum (QP), Baytur Construction and Contracting Company is undertaking both the design and construction of the Qatar Convention Centre on a turnkey basis.
QP, the national company responsible for all oil and gas industry processes in Qatar and abroad, is acting as the representative of Qatar Foundation (QF) on the project.
The 33-month contract comprises all the works involved in the design and construction of the convention centre, including the fit-outs and is scheduled for completion in February 2009. The striking building will be able to cater for up to 7,000 people in its four main halls.
The conceptual design of the Convention Centre was carried out by the Arata Isozaki, a renowned Japanese architect, who has incorporated a huge, organic tree-like structure as the main façade, symbolising the Sidra tree – the emblem of Qatar Foundation. Victor Buyck has been nominated to Baytur by QP to execute the Sidra Tree package.
“The Education City is one of the finest examples of cultural developments under way in Doha, Qatar, which is currently undergoing a construction boom with a large number of monumental complexes coming up,” says a spokesman for Baytur. “The Education City project area is divided into the South and North zones. The Convention Centre is located within the University Campus North Zone at the top of the site’s main axis – the Education City Boulevard – which runs down to the Ceremonial Court at the southern end, flanked by university buildings.”
The five-storey convention centre – 250 m long and 110 m wide – with an additional basement floor will be nestled in extensive landscaping. It will feature covered parking facilities with separate access and egress routes, bridges and underpass tunnels, which will provide easy access into the facilities. Some 120,000 cu m of reinforced concrete and 12,000 tonnes of the structural steel are expected to go into the construction of the building, which will have a total built-up area of approximately 142,000 sq m.
The four halls of the facility comprise a 2,500-seat auditorium floor (Hall 1), a 500-seat theatre floor (Hall 2), a 4,000-seat multi-purpose hall for conferences which can alternatively provide seating for 2,500 in a banquet setting (Hall 3), and an exhibition hall and facilities for major functions (Hall 4). As well as hosting conferences and exhibitions, the centre will provide a venue for local and international music and arts festivals, making it a key cultural facility in Doha.The exhibition hall is designed to easily accommodate large-scale events such as international motor and boat shows.
The primary facilities of the convention centre are supported with break-out rooms of various sizes and configurations – which range from 400-seat tiered break-out rooms (Halls 5 and 6) capable of operating as a cinema hall through to break-out rooms that can seat 150, 200 and 300 people (Halls 7,8,9 and 10), and other ancillary and support facilities including VIP and VVIP rooms and business lounges.
 
#46 ·
Suzan, those are slick photos! The trees are great and their method is very unusal indeed as Qatarson said. There are few places in the world similar to this. Maybe the Chinese Birdsnest stadium is a much larger example of an unusual structure.

These trunks willof course be cladded with Aluminum to make it looks smoother.
 
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