Ashghal

Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has awarded 11 contracts for infrastructure projects with a total value of QR6bn ($1.64bn).

The projects were signed under the Inner Doha Re-sewerage Implementation Strategy (Idris) and the Construction and Development of Infrastructure in Local Areas programme.

Ashghal has signed additional road development contracts with a total value of QR58m ($16m).

The new contracts were mostly awarded to Qatari companies, 82% of the awarded companies are either Qatari companies or joint ventures between Qatari and International companies.

"Ashghal has signed additional road development contracts with a total value of QR58m ($16m)."

Under Idris, three contracts were signed for the design and construction of the main trunk sewer project, at a value of approximately QR3bn ($824m) and QR212m ($58.2m).

Contracts signed under the Construction and Development of Infrastructure in Local Areas programme included a roads and infrastructure project in Al Wakra West (Phase Two, Package Three), valued at about QR287m ($78.7m).

The contracts also include a roads and infrastructure for government, residential division project in the south of Al Wukair – settlement works, worth QR113m ($31m); as well as in the north of Al Wukair, valued at approximately QR674m ($184.9m).

A QR518m ($142m) roads and infrastructure project in the west of Al Meshaf (Package III) and a QR573m ($157m) project in Al Sailiya, north of Salwa Road, are also part of the contracts.

The roads development contracts included a QR234m ($64m) contract for the Interim Upgrade of E-Ring Road and Najma Street project and two contracts for first and second packages of the Development of Rawdat Rashed Village to Umm Garn Road project, valuing at about QR390m ($m106).

Image: Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi, president of the Public Works Authority, signed the contracts with the awarded contractors. Photo: courtesy of Ashghal.