THE Baytik Industrial Oasis (BIO) in Bahrain, spread over 154,400 sq m of land, is now 75 per cent complete.
CONSTRUCTION work on the much-awaited Bahrain-Qatar Friendship Causeway is expected to begin at the start of next year. “Mobilisation work is under way,” Bahrain’s Works Minister Fahmi Al Jowder said. “The contractor (US-based Kellogg Brown and Root) has requested the two countries to allocate land on both sides for site works.
ABB wins $11m Kuwait orderABB has secured a $11 million deal with Kuwait’s Ministry of Water and Electricity (MEW) to supply power transformers as part of an upgrade project for the Doha East power plant. The order was booked in the second quarter.
ALFANAR Construction has won contracts worth SR363 million ($97 million) for the construction of substations at Jizan Economic City and King Abdul Aziz Medical City in Saudi Arabia. The contracts include construction of a 380/132/13.8-kV substation for Jizan Economic City, and a 132/13.
QATAR Entertainment City (QEC) has awarded a QR100-million ($27.4 million) contract to HBK Contracting (Hamad bin Khalid Companies) to complete the project’s second phase within 18 months. Phase Two of the project includes the construction of roads, sewage network, water systems, and the main irrigation system.
BAHRAIN is seeking $1.3 billion from regional financing agencies to upgrade the Gulf state’s power and water network over the next 10 years. “We’re seeking soft loans from funding agencies within the region,” said an official at Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority.
SAUDI Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and Mitsubishi Rayon Company (MRC) are to set up a $1-billion petrochemical plant in the kingdom under a 50-50 joint venture. The agreement was signed by Sabic vice president of corporate finance and chief financial officer Mutlaq Al-Morished and MRC president Masanao Kambarar.
SAUDI Arabia said a SR6.5-billion ($1.73 billion) monorail linking Makkah with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah in the kingdom will be ready for use by pilgrims for next year’s Haj. Work on the project began earlier this year, and the rail will be ready for use to 35 per cent of its capacity during the next Haj season.
DUNBAR and Boardman, one of the UK’s top lift and escalator consultancies, has added another prestigious project to its portfolio in the Middle East, winning a contract on a five-star hotel in Dubai, UAE.
ATLANTIC Swimming Pools of Bahrain reports that business this year has been on the upswing, despite the global economic downturn. Established in 2003, Atlantic Swimming Pools specialises in the design, construction, maintenance and landscaping of swimming pools, as well as children’s pools, Jacuzzis, saunas and steam rooms.
LAND reclamation of the Durrat Marina islands, part of the luxury Durrat Al Bahrain residential resort in Bahrain, has been completed ahead of schedule. Over 5 million cu m of material has been reclaimed in just 24 months to create the three new islands now ready for development.
JOTUN Paints has won a significant contract to deliver its top-range floor coating solution to the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) in Doha, Qatar.
