MOHAMMED Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi and Sons has recently completed the construction of the men’s campus of the College of Business Studies in Kuwait.

Covering a 247,000-sq-m site to the north of the Farwaniya Hospital, close to the National Stadium in Al Ardiya, the college project for the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) was completed on scheduled in October, says a spokesman for Al Kharafi.

Under a $115-million contract, the Kuwait contracting company was responsible for the construction and commissioning of academic buildings, including connecting bridges and shelters, a learning resources centre, a college administration building, communal facilities buildings and an energy building, which accommodates the water tanks that are used for irrigating the landscaping. Each building has a separate basement parking area and emergency shelters.

The campus also includes three car-park buildings to provide ample parking space for students and staff at the college as well as a substation and security buildings. Soft and hard landscaping including roads, paving and drainage, and sports facilities such as a gymnasium, soccer field, basketball and tennis courts, as well as other civil and mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works have also been completed by Al Kharafi.

College of Business Studies ... newly completed.

The project offers a total built-up area of 167,000 sq m.

Among the highlights of the college campus is the connecting bridge that links the administrative buildings of the men’s and women’s campuses. This fully air-conditioned structure featuring aluminium cladding and glass works has been built over the one of the Kuwait’s busiest roads, he points out.

Other architectural highlights of the project include the space frames over the external area of the library building and over external gates.

“The project has involved the use of huge quantities of concrete and steel and extensive earthworks both for the foundation and the external works,” says the spokesman.

Gulf Consult was the design consultant on the project while the construction management company was Hill-SDPM.