The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (circa
$1500 M) is the 4th biggest mosque in the world built from 300,000 tonnes of
sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x
74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of 50 metres above the
floor.
The dome and the main minaret (90
metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosque’s chief visual
features, facilitating a total capacity of 20,000 worshippers at a time.
The mosque is built on a site
occupying 416,000 square metres and the complex extends to cover an area of
40,000 square metres.The job specification was limited to a very specific
function at the latter part of the project- evaluation of contractor’s final
statements– Wimpey Alawi (UK) - and 35 nominated work package
