Thinet International of France has been awarded a QR257 million ($70.6 million) contract for the main package of a cultural village. The village that will come up close to the Aladin theme park is promoted by the special steering Committee for the Heir Apparent Office in the West Bay area of Doha, Qatar.
Bahrain International Airport is to undergo a BD75.6 million ($200 million) expansion which will double its capacity and facilities within three to four years, it was revealed.
An agreement has been signed for the RO300 million ($780 million) modernisation of the Darsait Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) covering the Muscat Governorate. The project will be implemented in phases over a 10-year period by the Oman Wastewater Services Company (OWSC) and the Bahwan Contracting Company (BCC) will execute the project.
Saudi Arabia-based Arabian International Company for Steel Structures (AIC) has won a BD3.3 million ($8.77 million) contract as part of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba's) Potline 5 expansion project.
A senior Sweden-based executive of Assa Abloy Group, which is acknowledged as the world's leading manufacturer of locks and associated products, was in the Gulf last month (October) to reinforce the group's commitment to the region.
The Bahrain Foundation and Construction Company (BFCC) has been awarded the BD500,000 ($1,326,260) piling contract work at the Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH). BFCC won the contract amid local and international competition, said BFH chairman Esam Janahi who signed the agreement with BFCC managing director Abdul Hussein Dawani.
Gulf Construction updates you with the latest calendar of events from the Middle East. NOVEMBER3-8: Batimat 2003, in Paris, France.11-14: Constru India 2003, fifth international infrastructure summit and expo, in Mumbai, India.13-15: International Tile and Stone Show 2003, Las Vegas, US.18-21: Construction China 2003, Shanghai, China.
Egyptian Resorts Company (ERC) has awarded RTKL Consortium of the UK and US the master-planning contract for the construction of a multi-billion dollar 32 million sq m neighbourhood project located on the Red Sea area of Sahl Hasheesh 20 km south of Hurghada International Airport.
Modern trends in the construction industry were discussed at a seminar organised by German firm Schwing Stetter in association with Qatar Tractor and Equipment Company in Doha recently. The talks focused on the effective use of concrete pumps, truck mixers and concrete batching plants.
Sand shortage hits constructionManama: Bahrain's construction sector is in crisis due to a sand shortage, which is threatening to undermine the building industry, following Saudi Arabia's decision three months ago to stop all exports of sand and aggregate to its neighbours.
