Cairo Expo city, Egypt

13th May 2011

By: Lindiwe Molekoa

  

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Name and Location
Cairo Expo city, Egypt.

Project Description
The project involves the construction of a 450 000 m2 state-of-the-art exhibition and conference complex, in Nasr city, in the greater Cairo district. It will house a major international exhibition and conference centre, a business hotel, an office tower and a shopping mall.

Value
The project is estimated at $600-million, of which the Export-Import Bank of China will provide $200-million to fund the project.

Duration
The project is scheduled for completion in 30 months.

Client
General Organisation of International Exhibitions and Fairs.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Zaha Hadid Architects (architect); Gardiner & Theobald (quantity surveyor); Buro Happold (engineering consultant); Theatre Projects Consultants (theatre consultant); Office for Visual Interaction (lighting design); and GrossMax (landscape architect).

Latest Developments
None.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Buro Happold external communications consultant Chris White, tel +44 20 7927 9700, fax +44 87 0787 4145 or email chris.white@burohappold.com.
Gardiner & Theobald, Brian Livingston, tel +44 20 7209 3000 or fax +44 20 7209 1840.
GrossMax, tel +44 13 1559 9111 or fax +44 13 1559 333.
Office for Visual Interaction, tel +1 212 206 8660 or fax +1 212 206 8661.
Zaha Hadid Architects, tel +44 20 7253 5147, fax +44 20 7251 8322 or
email projects@zaha-hadid.com/press@zaha-hadid.com.
 

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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