DCE were appointed by Shapoorji Pallonji as the consultant to review a Pedestrian modelling study carried out previously. As part of the study DCE were to validate the underground concourse link design. The underground concourse link connects the basement of the South East Car Park (SECP) with the Qatar Railway Metro Underground Access Box at Education City. The concourse link connects the proposed Q Rail Station with Education City's People Mover System (PMS), multilevel car park building and bus concourse.
As part of the study, DCE completed the following tasks:
- To review previous Pedestrian Modeling Study and validate the underground concourse link design
- Assess the capacity of the concourse walkway
- Assess the capacity constraints at critical points along the concourse area
- Assess the Level of service(LOS) of Queuing areas at Ticket Vending Machines (TVM), Ticket Counters (TC) and Turnstiles
- Where ever the acceptable LOS (B/C) has not been met, mitigation measures have to be proposed to improve the LOS