Kuwaiti firm secures Al Areen contract

30 January 2008
KEO International has been appointed lead project manager, construction manager and supervising engineer for the Downtown Al-Areen project in Bahrain.

The $550m development in the south of the Kingdom is being developed by Kuwaiti-based Gulf Holding Company.

In early January, local contractor Downtown Construction Company was awarded a $11.5m contract for the development of the project’s infrastructure. The company will be responsible for constructing roads, water storage facilities and other services. Work is scheduled to begin in February and will take 15 months to complete.

UK company Atkins is the main designer of the 260,000 square metre development (MEED 17:1:08).

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