Despite the untold damage that the civil unrest is causing to the economic and social fabric of the country, Bahrain has been striding slowly but surely towards growth, purposefully pursuing the urgent development programmes on its agenda.
The Bahrain Ramee Grand Hotel and Spa in Seef will be the tallest five-star hotel in the country when it opens its doors by March this year. The BD20-million ($53 million) property with 166 keys spreads across a ground level plus 25 floors and three basement parking levels.
As the finishing touches were being put to the bulk of the infrastructure works around Bahrain Bay last year, the $2.5-billion masterplanned waterfront community continued to attract some of the big names in the hospitality industry.
Last November saw the completion on schedule of the showpiece National Amphitheatre at a cost of BD19 million ($50.39 million) – concrete evidence of the drive and determination of Bahrain’s Ministry of Works (MoW) to get things done despite the civil unrest in the kingdom.
Bahrain-based Mohamed Salahuddin Consulting Engineering Bureau (MSCEB) continues to deliver world-class design consultancy and construction administration services to a wide spectrum of projects in Bahrain, ranging from major public sector housing redevelopment schemes to residential towers, commercial centres and warehouses.
The New Millennium School (NMS) – DPS Bahrain will shift this year to its own purpose-built campus which is currently nearing completion in Zinj and is expected to be handed over in April of this year. The new five-block facility features state-of-the-art infrastructure designed to promote academic and extra-curricular excellence.
Furnished with the right ingredients for success – state-of-the-art technology, experienced staff, a diverse portfolio, excellent transportation network and a wide customer base – Glasstech Industries is gearing up to expand both its product portfolio and its export arena well within the first year of launching commercial production.
It has been business as usual for Bahrain-based Paschal Concrete Forms Company despite the current political scenario in Bahrain, where its efficient formwork systems continue to help shape a diverse range of projects in the country, right from luxury villas, hotels, malls and hospitals to factory facilities and sewage treatment plants.
BASF, the largest diversified chemical company in the world, has substantially boosted its presence in the Middle East by opening a state-of-the-art plant for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) – the company’s largest facility of its kind – in Bahrain. CSBs are key additives for the production of polymers for the plastics industry.
The VK Universal Group, a key player in Bahrain’s construction arena, has stepped into industrial development with the establishment of the Universal Industrial Park.
A major restructuring has been under way at the Structural and Mechanical Division of Ahmed Mansoor Al-Aali (AMA-SMD) over the past year in a bid to help the company penetrate new markets and tackle the challenges of a competitive export arena.
A quality home that every Bahraini family can afford is a primary aspiration for the Bahrain government and Abdulla Essa Al Kobaisi, managing director of Al Kobaisi Group, is committed to delivering on the Kobaisi Building System (KBS), his brainchild, to help fast-track the requirements of the nation.
In an exclusive interview with Gulf Construction, HINRICH-DETLEF TODE, general manager of KBS and KPC, elaborates on the Kobaisi Building System (KBS) and the company’s plans to promote it in the region.
As it marks its 40th year in the Bahrain market, leading ground engineering company Keller Grundbau Bahrain is set to add yet another prominent project to its portfolio having started work on the Muharraq sewage treatment plant (STP) and sewer conveyance project.
India-based Visaka Industries, a new entrant into the Saudi market, is planning to intensify its efforts at penetrating the market through extensive marketing techniques aimed at securing it a firm foothold in the region.
