Khazaen Economic City (KEC), a master development project in Oman, has appointed Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, as a lead consultant for Khazaen’s master planning, design and supervision work for RO2.6 million ($6.7 million), a media report said.

The award of the contracts comes after months of in-depth evaluation and discussions with each of the shortlisted firms, reported Oman Observer.

“Atkins will lead the concept master plan and detailed master plan work for the project, which is expected to take around six months to complete,” Kalat G Al Balushi, chairman of KEC, was quoted as saying in the report.

Atkins’ scope of work includes full consultancy services for the integrated urban planning of the city covering 51.5 million sq m, detailed master plan, environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, engineering designs for infrastructures and utilities, preparation and evaluation of construction tenders for various infrastructure work of the city, the report said.

The scope of work also includes supervising the implementation of the first phase of the infrastructure of Khazaen, it added.