With reference to your letter 15-0029 dated 19 March 2015, the following requires KAUST attention.

1.	PMT had submitted the marine barrier design in January 2014 for KAUST comments/ concurrence. (Letter L-451/14 attached)
2.	KAUST provided comments and asked for some clarifications on February 02, 2014. (Letter 14-0011 attached)
3.	PMT closed the comments and provided clarifications on February 05, 2014. 
4.	Based on the above IFC was submitted in April 2014 and all KAUST comments were incorporated in May 2014, with no objection on marine barrier configurations.

The above correspondence was outcome of various meetings between KAUST and PMT to finalize the design and place orders for this custom manufactured long lead item. The items are on site now and installers from KAUST approved offshore vendors are assembling the marine barriers according to the agreed design.

Making changes to the agreed designs at this time shall require stopping the work and waiting for shipment of more items. The installation teams from offshore vendors will be on standby. The additional equipment has large volumes and can be shipped by sea only. Air freight can reduce the shipping time but will be very expensive. The vendor has asked for a change order, since PMT proceeded with the procurement based upon meetings with KAUST since January 2014 and approval of IFC by KAUST in May 2014.
 
Under the circumstances, and to avoid any delays and additional costs to the project, PMT proposes that 2 out of the 3 locations with frequent sea traffic can be provided with the open-able option via gates, whereas the third location with relatively minimum traffic can have the movable option. 

Should you have any questions, please contact Ahmed S. Khogeer, Sr. Project Engineer on Tel. No. 012 422 4423.                                                                   
