China’s Suzhou Anta Scaffolding Engineering Company (Anta Scaffolding) has been selected as a specialised scaffolding contractor for part of the scaffolding works on the Al Maktoum International Airport project in Dubai. 

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, is one of the main contractors delivering the underground structural works for the airport’s Phase One expansion, and Anta Scaffolding is taking on part of the scaffolding scope tied to that package.

Al Maktoum International Airport is being built by the Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects Agency (DAEP) as part of the Dubai World Central development, and it’s being planned as one of the largest aviation hubs anywhere. 

DAEP formally selected CHEC to lead a major infrastructure package for the Phase One expansion. Given the size and the timeline, construction is expected to run for the better part of a decade and will need a large, multi-contractor workforce throughout. 

Anta Scaffolding, said construction work was already under way. The project team has been mobilised, personnel and equipment are on site, and work is progressing across the assigned scope, it stated.

Its current scope covers scaffolding works tied to the underground structural construction, including work related to the baggage handling centre and underground tunnel sections.