Prospective bidders are understood to include Ahmed Mansour A’Ali (AMA) and AA Nass, both local, Belgium’s Six Constuct,Cyprus-basedGP Zachariades , Abu Dhabi-basedAl-Jaber Establishment,Dubai-based Wade Adams Contracting and Saudi Arabia’s Nasser Hassan.

The contract, valued at about BD 20 million ($52.6 million), entails the construction of a 25-kilometre stretch of dual-carriageway, five grade-separated interchanges and associated three-span flyovers. The contract duration is 24 months. A team of the local Ismael Khonji Associates and the UK’s High Point Rendel is the consultant (MEED 30:8:02).

The Durrat al-Bahrain resort is scheduled for completion in 2008 and will include a water park, a golf course, a marina, a shopping mall, an international exhibition centre, two hotels and residential units. The water park is under construction while start-up on the remainder of the infrastructure awaits the completion of reclamation work, which is being carried out by a team of Saudi Archirodon with Royal Boskalis Westminsterof the Netherlands.