Officials of Lusail Real Estate Development Company and Al Jaber Engineering at the contract awarding cermony.
Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC) recently awarded Al Jaber Engineering a contract to build the infrastructure of the Seef Lusail North and Waterfront Commercial districts of Lusail City.
As part of LREDC’s support for local enterprise, the package includes the development of the entire infrastructure for that area, which includes streets, pavements and lighting systems. In addition to the work for sewage and “storm networks”, and all portable water and irrigation systems, the agreement will see Al Jaber Engineering develop and connect all power grids and telecommunications networks as well as the central water, gas, district cooling, and waste management networks.
With work already underway, construction is expected to finish in October 2015.
Commenting on the contracted work Essa Mohamed Ali Kaldari, LREDC chief executive officer, said, “Lusail endeavours to work with the local contractors who adhere to the highest safety and quality standards within the construction industry. Therefore, we chose Al Jaber Engineering due to its commendable reputation, extensive expertise, and previous delivery.”
Khalid al-Hammadi, LREDC executive director (Infrastructure), said, “One of our objectives at Lusail is to support local contractors to participate in Lusail city bids. This contract has been awarded for work at the commercial waterfront area, at the heart of Lusail City, which contains a plaza, a financial centre and a commercial district.”
Al Jaber Engineering chief executive officer Osama Hadeed said, “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract as it enables us to contribute to the construction of Lusail, the City of the Future.”
Lusail City extends over an area of 38 sq m and comprises four islands and 19 multi-purpose quarters. The city will also include sine 22 hotels and is set to house 20,0000 inhabitants and 170,000 employees.