Bahrain projects win major awards

Bahrain achieved a major breakthrough when seven of its highest quality projects were named national winners at the MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with Mashreq.

Bahrain’s national winners, whose combined project value is estimated at more than $787 million, include the Bahrain Four Seasons Project, entered by Six Construct, as Leisure and Tourism Project of the Year; Youth and Sports Affairs Ministry’s Hala Club Project as Small Project of the Year; Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant and Sewer Conveyance System Project, entered by Arcadis, as Power and Water Project of the Year; and Tatweer Petroleum’s Light Oil Steam Flood Project as Oil and Gas Project of the Year, sponsored by Parsons.

Bahrain Property Mushakara Trust’s Danaat Al Madina Project, entered by Eskan Properties Company, scooped a trio of national trophies in the following categories – Sustainable Project of the Year, sponsored by Besix; Residential Project of the Year and Mixed-use Project of the Year.

“Bahrain’s construction industry is projected to exhibit sustainable growth prospects in the next few years. This industry experienced enormous investments from the public and private enterprises during the past few years and there are optimistic signs that this will continue. We congratulate all the winners for delivering and contributing towards the growth and sustainability of the industry,” Mashreq executive vice president and group head of corporate and investment banking John Iossifidis said.

This is Bahrain’s best performance in the awards, with seven projects winning the national winner accolade compared with five in last year’s edition. They will now compete at the regional level against national winners from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE for GCC-wide recognition in various categories.

“The projects were evaluated by an esteemed judging panel against criteria that included not only engineering and construction excellence; but also sustainability and innovation,” said MEEDeditorial director Richard Thompson.

“They are a testament to the quality of projects being built throughout the Gulf and MEED is honoured to be able to recognise these achievements to highlight their contribution towards the future development of the projects industry in the region.”

The winners of the 2016 MEED Quality Awards for Projects will be announced at a ceremony on May 25. For more information on this year’s awards programme, please visit www.MEED.com/MQAP.

Source: GDNonline