A $100 billion-plus investment will spearhead Qatar’s infrastructure drive as the country gears up to host the Fifa World Cup in 2022, the first to be held in the Arab region.
DOHALAND’S flagship project Musheireb has made considerable headway both on the ground and in terms of international renown with the project picking up important accolades along the way. The structural framework is almost complete on the first buildings of the project in Doha, Qatar.
WORK is in progress on an award-winning financial hub in the prestigious West Bay area of Doha, with construction of its shell and core element due for completion by the end of 2013. The Barwa Financial District (BFD), as it is known, is expected to be among the first certified sustainably designed construction projects in the Middle East.
A NEW PRECAST factory manufacturing a full range of products in Qatar has been commissioned, according to one of the facility’s partners. Called the Qatar International Precast Company (QIP), the factory is now ready to serve major industrial, government and private sector projects in the rapidly growing country.
WELDING equipment from Leister Process Technologies, a global leader in the fields of plastic welding and hot-air blowers, was again put to the test in the Gulf’s harsh climatic conditions.
KIRBY Building Systems is upbeat about business prospects in Qatar, where it has enjoyed success in the past, and expects to win further projects particularly in the industrial, and oil and gas sectors.
SIGMA Paints Qatar (SPQ), through a local contractor, won the paint supply contract for the refurbishment of five stadiums that were used to host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup competition in January. The company attributes the success to the painters’ training courses it conducted for Al Fowriya, the main contractor on the projects.
A LIEBHERR 550EC-H40 tower crane – the first of its kind in Qatar and one of five Liebherr tower cranes on Phase 1-A of the prestigious Musheireb project in the ‘Heart of Doha’ – was specified by the JV contractors for its ability for micro movement during beam placement and high lifting capacity.
QATARI main contractor Redco Almana Construction has recently topped out the last of the eight towers on its Business Park project in Al Najima, Doha, where six Liebherr tower cranes have been playing a key role in lifting and placing reinforcement, formwork systems and steel beams.
ATLAS Copco, a global leader in compressors, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems, has seen demand for its units surge in the booming Gulf state of Qatar. Recently, two large companies took delivery of a number of its air compressors through its local distributor Oriental Trading Company (OTC).
TWO purpose-ordered Dynapac CC424 HF double-drum vibratory rollers have been delivered to Chinese contractor Sinohydro to begin road construction at Qatar’s prestigious Lusail new city development near Doha. Both rollers join Sinohydro’s recently delivered CP271 pneumatic-tyred roller and an older CP142.
DANUBE Building Materials has unveiled strategic plans to consolidate its presence in Qatar in the next five months, in line with its goal of securing key opportunities afforded by the country’s successful bid for the 2022 football World Cup.
