Kuwait-based Mushrif Trading and Contracting Company (MTCC) says its recently-opened a joint venture company in the UAE – Mushrif National Construction Company (MNCC) – will provide it enough leverage to expand its business in the fast-growing market.

The new company, which MTCC has launched with its Abu Dhabi partners Group 3 Consultants, has its main office in Abu Dhabi.
MNCC has been established to provide a first-class construction service to both public and private sector clients predominantly within the utilities and oil and gas sectors, offering customer-orientated solutions across the spectrum of construction contracts, says a company spokesman.
“The company will provide clients with a comprehensive solution to their business requirements and will operate under traditional forms of content but will, in addition, seek to provide innovative solutions that may provide financing and operation and maintenance, he adds.
MNCC is backed by MTCC’s impressive track record of construction operations in Kuwait, which is complemented by the business development and trading expertise provided by Group 3 Consultants.
 “Initially, MNCC will concentrate on projects in the infrastructure, water and wastewater sectors, as well as capitalising on its experience and capabilities in micro-tunnelling.
MTCC is part of Al Wazzan Holding Group of Companies and has more than 35 years experience as a heavy civils and infrastructure contractor and is one of the leading and fastest-growing construction companies in the Gulf region.  It currently has projects worth more than $380 million in hand.
The ISO9001-certified company is a Grade 1 contractor for roads, sewage and building works (infrastructure) with the Central Tenders Committee, Kuwait.
MTCC owns and operates a modern fleet of construction equipment and plant, and has more than 1,400 experienced and dedicated employees with a proven and successful track record in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa, the spokesman says.
It also has close working relationships with many of the funding agencies and has established offices in Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Iraq.
The Iraq office has been set up through a local joint venture partner, he adds.
Mushrif undertakes EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and design-and-build projects in the following areas:
• Heavy civil works and pipelines;
• Runways and major highways;
• Wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations;
• M&E (mechanical and electrical) services and instrumentation for public works;
• Operation and maintenance of environmental facilities; and
• Micro-tunnelling and specialist construction services.
In addition, Mushrif has a specialised electro-mechanical division set up in 1995, which services the oil and gas, and power and energy sectors. The company has engineers with the required approvals with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), says the spokesman.
Mushrif has executed a number of high-profile projects including a $107 million pipeline transmission project in northern Kuwait, which involved supply and installation of a 450 km pipe network, including more than 100 km of 1,200 mm ductile iron pipe. The pipeline carries treated effluent from Kuwait city to Abdally in northern Kuwait, where it is re-used for irrigation purposes. It has also recently completed the Tubli tertiary treatment plant expansion in Bahrain, which is one of the largest ozone treatment facilities in the region.
Recently, the company has diversified its activities to include building, marine and specialist construction services fields, and a number of projects are currently under execution including the Beit Al Zakat headquarters and the Kuwait University marine science building in Kuwait, he says.
As part of its growth in the region, Mushrif has established a separate trading division and secured the GCC agencies of a number of water and wastewater products.
The company is able to supply competitively-priced products for the wastewater sector including pipes, pumps, package treatment plants and other support equipment and materials, he concludes.