KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Bhd subsidiary in Qatar has clinched a new project worth RM269.2mil for the construction of the Al Wahda Arches and Visitors’ Centre in Doha.
The specialist engineering and construction services company said it was the only pre-qualified firm from the Middle East that was involved in the international bidding for the project. The other competitors were from South Korea, Italy and France.
“The Al Wahda Arches are the main segments of the Artscape works which are part of the Lusail Expressway project. It will consist of two arches with a visitors’ centre suspended beneath it,” the company said in a statement yesterday.
The project work scope involved connection designs, steel material supply, fabrication and erection of steel arches, installation of cable net and hangers, as well as the 4,000-tonne strand jacking of the visitors’ centre to a height of 40m and hanging it through hangers and cross bracing cables from the arches.
“This project is scheduled to be completed by June 2016, and upon completion it will be rated as one of the most prominent landmarks in Qatar,” it said.
Eversendai executive chairman and group managing director Tan Sri AK Nathan said that this was a long awaited project in Qatar and securing it reflected the company’s strength, particularly in the Middle East and Qatar.
