Qatar launches new tender for road improvement works

30 January 2014

Contractor sought for maintenance of expressways

Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has floated a new tender for the maintenance and improvement of roads in the country.

The contract entails maintenance of expressways and their connecting link, and repair and restoration of damaged road assets, bridge structures and their components to avoid road safety hazards and to ensure the safe movement of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the road network.

The core network of highways covered under the scope of this project include Al-Shamal Highway (North Road), Al-Khor (North Relief) Road, the Al-Wakrah-Mesaieed highway and connecting links of primary and secondary roads. In addition to the above, maintenance activities along Salwa International Highway and Dukhan Highway will be carried out on an on-call basis if required and as directed.

The deadline for bids is 4 March.

Earlier this week, MEED reported that Ashghal is preparing to tender design-and-build construction contracts on its estimated $12bn Sharq Crossing scheme in 2014.

The 12 kilometre-long project, which was officially launched in December 2013, is one of the biggest infrastructure schemes planned in Qatar. It involves building three bridges interconnected by subsea tunnels across Doha Bay, which, when completed, will link Doha’s new Hamad International airport with the city’s cultural district of Katara and the central business area of West Bay.

In early January, Ashghal awarded seven contracts worth a total of $2.7bn for a series of road schemes across the country.

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