Mubadala Infrastructure has appointed Al Futtaim Carillion as the design and build contractor for New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) main campus on  Saadiyat Island.

Mubadala is developing NYUAD’s main campus on a build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis.

Mubadala Infrastructure is a unit of Mubadala Development Company, which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government.

NYUAD will consist of a highly-selective liberal arts and sciences college (with engineering), distinctive graduate programs, and a world centre for advanced research and scholarship, all fully integrated with and connected to NYU in New York.

The Saadiyat Island campus will include extensive classroom, library and information technology facilities, laboratories, student, faculty and staff housing, athletic and performance facilities. NYUAD is expected to have a student body upwards of 2,500.

Site mobilisation work is scheduled to commence in Q3 2010.  The expected completion date for the Saadiyat Island campus is Q1 2014. – TradeArabia News Service