Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has appointed the UK’s Mott Macdonald as project manager for the planned Musaimeer pumping station project.

Mott Macdonald had submitted the lowest bid for the project management deal in January, and after a lengthy evaluation period was awarded the contract.

The client received technical proposals in late 2016 and commercial prices in March for the main engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the pumping station, which will be located near Hamad International Airport and will provide surface water and ground water drainage for southern Doha. The project has faced a number of delays in the procurement phase, with Ashghal originally having planned to have issued tender documents in August 2014.

The station, near Hamad International airport, will provide surface water and ground water drainage for southern Doha. It will have a capacity of 2 cubic metres a second (cm/s), and a maximum of 20 cm/s when surface water flows are present. The scope of works includes the construction of the proposed pumping station and 7 kilometres of marine outfall pipelines.

US-based CDM Smith is providing consultancy, design and construction supervision services on the project.