Noida, Aug 20 (APAC Media): Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in a consortium with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has secured a large order valued at ₹2,500 crore to ₹5,000 crore to design and build the Automated People Mover (APM) System for Phase 1 of Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, the company said.
The project is being developed by Dubai Aviation City Corporation and implemented through Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects as part of the airport’s long-term, multi-phase expansion programme. Once fully developed, Al Maktoum International Airport is planned to accommodate 260 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of freight annually, making it the world’s largest airport.
The MHI-L&T consortium will undertake the turnkey delivery of a fully integrated APM system, including design, construction, supply, testing, commissioning and operational readiness of associated infrastructure and systems.
Under the Design-and-Build contract, L&T will be responsible for the design, procurement, delivery and integration of key APM infrastructure and systems, including guideways, DC traction substations, power distribution, signalling and telecommunications, onboard vehicle communication systems, platform screen doors and depot equipment.
“With challenging execution milestones; advanced technologies; and multiple system interfaces, including guideway, power supply, state-of-the-art telecom, platform screen doors and depot equipment, this project exemplifies the scale and complexity of integrated APM rail systems that L&T is uniquely positioned to deliver,” Ramkumar S., executive vice president and head of transportation infrastructure, L&T, said.
He added that MHI’s APM systems expertise, combined with L&T’s integrated systems experience and engineering capabilities, would support execution with a focus on safety and quality.
L&T is a major provider of turnkey design-build and EPC solutions for railway and metro projects, with capabilities spanning design, engineering, procurement, project planning, quality control and execution.
The company is currently executing integrated rail systems projects across the Mumbai Metro, Dhaka Metro and Jakarta MRT networks.
The Al Maktoum airport order also strengthens L&T’s presence in the Gulf region, where governments are investing in next-generation mobility, urban transit and sustainable transportation infrastructure.
The company expects the growing railway and transit development pipeline across the GCC and wider West Asia region to provide further opportunities in the sector.
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