The UAE/Australian Al-Habtoor Leighton Group has won a QR246m ($68m) contract for the construction of reservoirs in Qatar.

The 12-month contract covers the construction of nine new six-million gallon reservoirs at Umm Qarn and one 25-million gallon reservoir at Duhail, along with pipe works, associated mechanical, electrical and plumbing, and instrumentation works, road works and landscaping.

The contract is the contractor’s fourth project for Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa). In 2009 it was awarded a QR750m contract for the construction of the Duhail and Umm Qarn Reservoirs.

Another contract for the construction of two reservoirs and associated works in Shahaniya was secured in 2010, and in June this year the Group secured the contract for the construction of the Al-Kaaban reservoir and pipeline.

In July the Al-Habtoor Leighton Group secured a QR450, order for work with Germany’s Siemens on a tram network for Qatar Foundation’s Education City campus, located on the western edge of Doha.