Dilmunia ... Ithmaar’s healthcare project.
Work starts on $1.6bn heaLth oasis
01 April 2008
Work on Dilmunia, the $1.6 billion health island off the northeast coast of Bahrain, started last month following the award of the contract for the project's reclamation works.
The $69 million reclamation contract was awarded to Boskalis Westminster Middle East (Boskalis), which will be responsible for dredging and reclamation of the seabed, rock protection and canal works.
Site mobilisation for the reclamation work on the island is already under way and the reclamation is expected to be completed in approximately 15 months, said Ithmaar Development Company chief executive officer, board member and Health Island Company chairman Mohammed Khalil Alsayed.
He said reclamation and construction work would be carried out according to strict international standards to ensure that the environmental impact was as minimal as possible – adding that the first phase of an environmental impact assessment had already been carried out ‘with positive initial results’.
Spearheaded by Ithmaar Development Company, the project is described as the largest healthcare, leisure and real estate project of its kind in the Middle East.
In addition to specialist clinics, hospitals, spas and other wellness facilities, it will include hotels, residential areas, leisure and shopping centres.
Singapore-based DP Architects is the master planner for the project.
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