Summit to discuss Saudi bridge, tunnel projectsLeading construction companies will explore upcoming tender opportunities for the development of cost-effective and durable bridge and tunnel construction projects in Saudi Arabia at a key summit in Jeddah next week. To be held fr More… |
Hyundai wins Kuwait contract for $2.6bn bridgeA Kuwaiti company has signed a contract with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. to design, build and maintain a major bridge in the Gulf state, a stock exchange filing said on Wednesday. Kuwait's Combined G More… |
Saudi, Egypt officials to dicuss bridgeThe proposed Gulf of Aqaba bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt will be on top of the agenda of a Saudi-Egyptian Business Council meeting next month, a report said. The meeting, the first in the post-Mubarak era, will be held in Jeddah, a More… |
Painting work starts at Bahrain bridgesBahrain Ministry of Works said painting work has begun at several bridges on the main roads in Muharraq area as part of its BD1 million ($2.65 million) project. This contract is the first phase of the ministry's plan to paint all the highw More… |
Bridge linking Bahrain, Qatar to go aheadA long-planned bridge linking Qatar to Bahrain will be constructed, Bahrain's foreign minister said on Thursday, without giving a time-frame for the delayed project. 'It is a must for both countries, even without More… |
New bridge opened in JeddahA new bridge was inaugurated in Jeddah yesterday (August 8), the ninth project to be completed in the city in one year. The bridge, at the intersection between Prince Majed Road and Hira Street, is15.2 metres wide and 800 meters long, said More… |
$3bn bridge with Qatar on track says BahrainBahrain said work on a $3 billion bridge project linking the island to Qatar is on schedule, playing down a report which said the project, aimed at boosting trade and travel between the two Gulf Arab nations, had been put on hold.   More… |
Bahrain-Qatar $3bn bridge on hold againA long-planned $3 billion bridge linking Bahrain and Qatar has been put on hold and the project team scaled back, sources close to the project said, amid escalating costs and increased political tension. The 40-kilometre causway linking ga More… |
King Fahad Causeway 'can't cope with traffic'Increasing traffic jams and the frequent movement of heavy trucks on King Fahad Causeway is proving dangerous, the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has said. It said it does not, however, have the technical and engineering c More… |
King Fahad Causeway 'sinking'The King Fahad Causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia is gradually sinking into the sea, it has been alleged. Increasing traffic jams and the frequent movement of heavy trucks has reduced its lifespan and left it in urgent need of repai More… |








