Kuwait awards Gamal Abdel Nasser street road project

07 December 2010

Consortium will build 11km elevated road and related infrastructure in West Shuwaikh area of Kuwait

Kuwait’s Public Works Ministry has awarded a KD242m ($840m) contract a consortium of the local Boodai Construction Company, Italy’s Rizzani de Eccher, Spain’s OHL and Italy’s Trevi Group to build a road and related infrastructure in the West Shuwaikh area of Kuwait.

The work involves the construction of an elevated 11-kilometre-long road, with linked roads, paths and rainwater drainage systems at Gamal Abdel Nasser street.

The winning consortium’s bid was 6.6 per cent lower than the KD259m price submitted by the second-lowest bidder, the consortium of the local Kuwait Petro Energy and Korea’s GS Engineering.

The project is one of 550 new projects the Public Works Ministry plans to develop over the next four years. The ministry is planning to spend $11.5bn in this period to develop the country’s infrastructure.

The Public Works Ministry is set to tender the main construction package on the estimated KD161.9m ($575m) Nawaseeb road project in February next year. The work will involve upgrading the current 42km-long road into a six-lane divided highway, with five interchanges and grade separated U-turns. The ministry expects construction work to begin in December 2011.

In 2008, the ministry appointed the US-based Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to provide design and construction management services for the project. The Nawaseeb road, also known as Route 40, links Kuwait with Saudi Arabia and is a major trade crossing between the two states (MEED 3:12:10).

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