SEVERAL projects worth a total of BD204 million ($541 million) were initiated last year by the Ministry of Works, which completed a 73 projects valued at BD136 million over 2008. This apart, the ministry issued tenders for 38 projects estimated to cost more than BD171 million during the year.
WORK on Diyar Al Muharraq, one of the biggest mixed-use residential urban developments ever undertaken by the private sector in Bahrain, has made considerable progress since its launch last June. Phase One of the land reclamation is nearly complete and work on Stage Two is proceeding well.
WITH infrastructure works nearing completion and the Arcapita headquarters building now well up on the horizon at Bahrain Bay, the $2.5-billion waterfront district is poised to see further developments unfold as investors begin work on their projects.
More than 70 per cent of the piling and foundation work on Raffles City Bahrain, the kingdom’s first internationally-branded mixed-use development, has been completed and the substructure is taking shape in readiness for work to begin on the towers.
CONSTRUCTION work on the $3 billion Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge was expected to begin this month following the completion of a series of studies. Said to be the world’s longest transportation link constructed over the sea, the bridge stretches across 40 km, carrying a two-lane dual carriageway motorway.
CONSIDERABLE headway has been made on Durrat Al Bahrain, the kingdom’s largest luxury residential, commercial and tourism resort, which is taking shape as an island city over 21 sq km near the southern tip of Bahrain.
CONSTRUCTION work is under way on Phase One of Salam Resort — Bahrain, which will be Bahrain’s first luxury beach resort community on the main island’s southwestern coast.
FIRST Bahrain, a regional real estate developer, has secured additional land at the Bahrain Investment Wharf (BIW) in Hidd to expand its warehouse project, in response to the increasing market demand for logistics warehousing and commercial space for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
HAVING designed some of the landmark projects that are currently breaking ground in the heart of Manama, Mohamed Salahuddin Consulting Engineer-ing Bureau (MSCEB) is justifiably excited as it witnesses its vision translate to physical form that will transform the skyline of Bahrain’s capital city.
BAHRAIN Precast Concrete Company (BPC) marked a major milestone in its history last year: the precast manufacturer celebrated 30 years of leadership in Bahrain’s precast concrete industry. It was also a year that saw BPC perform well, despite it being a tough year, and complete a string of prestigious projects.
LEADING interior designer Maison Interiors has carved a niche for itself in the residential and commercial market of the region and of Bahrain in particular. Established in 1994, the company serves its clients in the Middle East through its offices in Bahrain and Qatar. Maison Interiors also has an office in the Philippines.
NAERS Middle East is quietly confident of riding through the recessionary pressure that is being exerted by the global economic turmoil, thanks to its spirit of innovation and trendsetting projects that have firmly established the European aluminium systems specialist as a choice supplier in the region.
DOKA, a leading Austria-headquartered formwork expert that has been supplying Bahrain since 2002, continues to provide the local construction sector with innovative solutions to take on the challenges of fast-track projects that demand efficiency.
VK Universal Property Manage-ment Company, the property management division of VKL Holdings, will be developing a BD20 million ($53 million) state-of-the-art shopping mall in Hidd as well as an exotic five-star hotel and multi-storey apartment block facing the seafront at the Bahrain Investment Wharf, also in Hidd.
CNBM International Engineering Company (CNBM Engineering) of China, a specialist engineering procurement and construction/engineering procurement (EPC/EP) contractor, is gearing up to launch its concrete batching and asphalt mixing plants in Bahrain soon.
Backed by the strength of the Technal brand and a history of 30 years in the region, Bahrain-based Technal Middle East is gearing up for the challenges that the New Year brings with it in the face of the global economic crisis.
Abdul-Aal Group Holdings, a prominent and major multi-divisional business and venture development company, is looking ahead to a year of steady growth, despite the downturn in the market, bolstered by its five decades of experience in the regional market.
Bahrain-based Foulath is building a new pelletisation plant and has plans to set up an integrated steel plant in the Hidd industrial area, in a bid to enhance its role as an iron pellet supplier and assume a new position as a provider of steel products.
TABREED Bahrain, a world leader in district cooling, says that the large-scale use of district cooling systems in Bahrain will bring about substantial environmental benefits to the kingdom, including a significant reduction in harmful CO2 emissions (greenhouse gases).
WHAT started out as a transportation operation with just a single taxi pick-up truck 38 years ago has grown into one of Bahrain’s major companies active in diverse sectors.
SPECIALISED safety management company Osho Centre is currently working on one of Bahrain’s most prestigious projects, the $620 million Villamar @ the Harbour development, an exclusive world-class residential complex at the Bahrain Financial Harbour in central Manama.
Can Bahrain, the Gulf’s most diversified economy, buck the global economic downturn and can the kingdom’s construction and real estate sectors ride the crisis? As the world despairs over the impact of the global financial crisis, Bahrain is hoping that its prudent diversification efforts will help it weather the storm, although Moody’s Inves
