PROJECTS: Bahrain’s Ministry of Works receives 6 bids for village road design works

Bahrain’s Ministry of Works Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning (MOW) has received six bids for the engineering consultancy services contract for village road design works. The bids were opened on 28 March 2022, according to a Bahrain Tender Board notice. The commercial bids were submitted Pan Arab Consulting Engineers ($587,289); Tashreeq Engineering Company ($497,102), Saudi […]

Green light for major projects in Bahrain

New infrastructure projects across the Southern Governorate, costing millions of dinars, have been given the green light. They include the construction of new roads on Hawar Islands and developing existing roads in Riffa, Isa Town and Buhair. There will also be sewage networks for the new Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Sakhir and a […]

Bahrain airport’s key outer area to be shut for upgrade works

The Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) has announced that the outer curb side of the arrival area at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) will be closed for passengers, starting from April 10 onwards, as part of the ongoing improvement works. The upgrade work is being implemented by BAC as part of its efforts to enhance the passenger […]

Private investors invited to develop government land in Bahrain

Private investors are being invited to bid to develop and provide services in government-owned land, spanning more than 230,000 square metres. The Government Land Investment Platform was unveiled last night and is the latest in a series of initiatives announced under the Economic Recovery Plan in November last year. Currently, 17 projects, spanning 230,814.20sqm, are […]

New flats to replace rundown buildings in Bahrain

A total of 240 government apartment buildings in a dilapidated state will be demolished to pave way for modern housing projects. The apartments – comprising 1,736 housing units ranging from 67sqm to 116sqm – were built between 1976 and 1981 in Umm Al Hassam, Sanabis, Muharraq, Busaiteen, Hidd and Isa Town and have worn out with […]

First phase of Bahrain’s Sitra bridge complete

The first phase of work on an almost BD1million reconstruction project on Bridge 17 at Umm Al Saad Avenue, near Bandar Al Dar in Sitra, has been completed. The project, designed as two bridges, will replace the current bridge with another with two lanes in either direction, plus an emergency lane, to enhance traffic movement […]

Work on $20mln healthcare facility set to begin soon in Bahrain

WORK on a first-of-its-kind healthcare facility in Bahrain, which will offer rehabilitation services to patients from across the region, will start in the coming months. The $20 million state-of-the-art centre is the latest project from the Kims Bahrain Healthcare (KBH) group. It will offer rehabilitative care for trauma patients and those who have undergone major […]