The second phase of the reclamation works at Bahrain Financial Harbour have been given the go-ahead. The reclamation works, estimated at BD9.7 million ($25.73 million), will cover nearly 179,000 sq m and will be completed by April 2006, BFH holding company announced.

“A 2,670-m-long road, lined with greenery and water channels, will be constructed, to link the eastern and western sides of King Faisal Corniche,” Janahi Engineering and Consultants firm managing director and BFH company adviser Ahmed Janahi said.
Work resumes on Durrat Al Bahrain
Manama: Reclamation and construction work has now resumed at the site of a $1 billion (BD378 million) Durrat Al Bahrain resort in the south of Bahrain.
Work had earlier been brought to a halt in Ras Al Bar to review the original designs.
Work will continue at the site until 2008, but areas are expected to be opened to the public as stages of the project are completed.
TAV inks $350m Cairo airport deal
Cairo: TAV, a unit of Turkey's Akfen Holding AS, signed a $350-million contract with the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Aviation to build a third terminal at the Cairo airport, a report said.
The terminal is expected to have a capacity of 11 million passengers a year and the ability to receive 15 flights at a time, according to EHCAA head Ibrahim Manah.
TAV will subcontract part of the job to its Egyptian public sector partner, the holding Company for Roads and Bridges. Construction is expected to begin this month and finish in 2007.
Officials said the government would announce a tender towards the end of this year for bids from international companies to manage the new terminal, with the France's Aeroport de Paris expected to bid.
Tendering for grand mosque soon
Manama: The main construction package for BD15 million ($40 million) Haji Hassan grand mosque – to be located at Seef in Bahrain – is due to be released for tendering soon. The building will cover an area of about 18,000 sq m. The local Gulf House Engineering has been appointed to draw up the designs of the mosque.
200 housing units for Busaiteen
Manama: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has ordered that 200 housing units be built at Busaiteen in Bahrain, for people with derelict homes in the governorate. He also ordered that a committee be set up, including the Ministry of Works and Housing and Muharraq Governorate, to demolish all damaged houses. It will report to him within three months.