Qatar has granted a lease on a prime waterfront piece of real estate to Journey of Light (JOL), a British firm based in Jersey. Under the contract, JOL will be granted a 99-year full concession lease on the 180-acre parcel of real estate.
A local firm has won a contract to build the new premises of the Qatar Scientific Club. The QR17.7 million ($4.86 million) building will be sited on a area of 5,500 sq m, which is part of a total 47,000 sq m of land allotted to the club in the Misaymir district near Doha, Qatar. The client is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.
Siemens wins power deal Kuwait City: Germany's Siemens said its power generation division had won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a power plant south of Kuwait City. The 280-million Euro ($323.
More than 140 people attended a recent seminar in Bahrain on products from Georg Fischer Meter Piping System. The seminar was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Manama by the local agent Al Tawfeek Maintenance Services. The delegates were from various ministries, consultants, architects, specifiers and major contractors.
United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad has won a contract to carry out the main works package on a planned QR363.9 million ($100 million) technology college. The College of Technology is being set up by the Qatar government and run by Canada's College of the North Atlantic. The consultant is the local office of KEO International Consultants.
Cybarco Bahrain is set to formally launch its new image this month with a name change. The company will now be known as Cebarco Bahrain - short for Civil Engineering, Building and Roads Company.
Plans for the $700 million (BD264.6 million) Bahrain Iceberg project are being finalised and should be completed in months, says Riyada Consulting Company general manager Moataz Al Agha. The first phase, which will include a themed five-star hotel, snow slope and shopping mall, will then take three years to complete.
Qatar has said it will spend $8 billion on infrastructure development over the next few years. The plans include development of roads, sewerage networks, and schools and projects in the health sector, the Gulf Times reported, citing Economy and Commerce Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Faisal Al Thani.
Plan ready for Failaka development Kuwait City: Kuwait has presented a structural plan for an ambitious investment project aimed at transforming its Failaka Island into a state-of-the-art tourist attraction. A government-appointed team presented a build, operate and transfer (BOT) agreement to potential local and foreign investors.
