Kuwait’s housing authority tenders public buildings contracts

22 February 2012

Projects will involve building municipal buildings at housing developments

Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has invited contractors to submit bids for two contracts to build public buildings at two of its housing developments.

The bid submission date for both contracts is 25 March.

The first contract is for the construction of construction of public buildings at Area D of PAHW’s Sabah al-Ahmed town project. The Sabah al-Ahmad development is located 50 kilometres south of Kuwait City. When completed, Sabah al-Ahmad will comprise 9,000 housing units for Kuwaiti citizens. The development will also include commercial, health, sports, educational and other private residential areas. The local Al-Dowailah Engineering is the design consultant.

In August last year, the PAHW awarded a KD34.3m ($123.5m) contract to the local Alamiah Building Company for the contract to build the public buildings of suburb C at the development.

The second contract tendered is for the construction of public buildings at two sectors in PAHW’s Jaber al-Ahmed town.

The PAHW projects are part of Kuwait’s efforts to provide housing for the country’s rapidly growing population, which is expected to increase by 63 per cent over the next 20 years, rising to 5.4 million people in 2030, from its current population of 3.4 million.

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