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Kuwait Arab Contractors has been awarded infrastructure services contract worth KD112.7 million ($367 million) by the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) for the South Sabah Al Ahmad Project, located 80 km south of capital Kuwait City, reported Arab Times.
The 61.5 sq-km city is formed of ten neighbourhood clusters arranged around the city’s central business district, and bordered by a ring of light industrial buildings.
Set to be the urban core for the country’s southern sub-region, The City will be home to an estimated 280,000 residents, while creating another 145,000 jobs in a diverse range of industries including construction, medicine, manufacturing and culture.
It will also boast extensive green open spaces and multi-layered public transport systems that promote wellbeing and sustainability.
Awarding the contract, PAHW said a total of 14 companies had expressed their interest in the project but Kuwait Arab Contractors emerged the winner with the lowest bid.
The scope of work includes construction, completion and maintenance of main road works for the South Sabah Al Ahmad City as well as provision of infrastructure services and setting up of rainwater tanks, it stated.
The entire project work wuill be completed within the next three years.