French Company ADPI wins Bole Airport Expansion Consultancy Bid
Kaleyesus Bekele, The Reporter
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – A French company, ADPI, won the bid that the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise floated to hire a consultant for the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport passenger terminal expansion project.
Early this year, the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise had put up an international tender inviting companies that would supervise the construction of the state-of-the-art passenger terminal at a cost of 250 million dollars. Thirty-eight companies bought the bid document out of which only five submitted bid proposals. The enterprise bid committee has been evaluating the technical proposals presented by the five international consulting firms.
Wondim Teklu, head of communication affairs office with the Enterprise, told The Reporter that a French company has won the bid. He added that an agreement would soon be signed with the company. The incumbent will also undertake a study on the new mega airport project planned to be built outside of Addis Ababa. The enterprise is contemplating building a giant international airport in a low land area out of Addis Ababa. The French company will be tasked with undertaking a study on the site selection for the new airport and how to integrate it with the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
ADPI is a French architecture and engineering company operating worldwide on complex development and construction projects.
Its range of architectural and engineering services includes consultancy, planning, prime contractorship and project management. ADPI was formed in 2000 as a subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris. Landmark projects include Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, the final assembly line factory complexes for the Airbus A380 at Toulouse and the A400M at Seville, the passenger terminal extension at Bogota Airport or the French Embassy in Tokyo.
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