QATAR Entertainment City (QEC) has awarded a QR100-million ($27.4 million) contract to HBK Contracting (Hamad bin Khalid Companies) to complete the project’s second phase within 18 months.

Phase Two of the project includes the construction of roads, sewage network, water systems, and the main irrigation system.
HBK will also be implementing the electrical works such as road lighting as well as the construction of six bridges over a canal and installing a traffic system.
QEC, a 1-million-sq-m waterfront project, is being built in the Lusail development, north of Doha, by Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH).  The mixed-use development contains retail, residential and hospitality components with a focus on entertainment.
QEC has recently completed Phase One of the infrastructure work where the 1.5-km water canal dividing the northern district of the city from its southern district had been completed.
Yousef Darwish, general manager of QEC, said: “We are pleased to award a reputable national company the infrastructural work. The completion on time is one of our top priorities as completion of other phases is dependent on this particular activity.”
Sheikh Ali bin Hamad Al Thani, HBK chairman added: “We are delighted to get this assignment and our involvement in creating to what will help position Qatar as a tourist destination within the region. One of the main factors of success is an outstanding infrastructure work – which is what we plan on delivering on time.”
Earlier this year, an agreement was signed with theme park operator Six Flags to establish Six Flags in QEC as a major entertainment theme park in the region.