Bahrain's Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning recently held a training workshop for the prequalification of engineering contracting companies.

A large number of engineers, managers, project managers and staff from the Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs took part in the event hosted by the Cost Engineering Directorate of the ministry in co-ordination with the Human Resources Directorate.

The workshop aims to improve projects quality and provide a modern and updated database capable of handling all kinds of contracting companies and assess their performance on a regular basis to benefit all parties involved, whether contracting companies or entities from the government and private sectors, said a statement from the ministry.
 
The objectives included clarifying the prequalification procedures for contracting companies, enhancing awareness about the importance of this service that the ministry provides through the Cost Engineering Directorate and improving co-ordination amongst the concerned sectors and directorates and their representatives at the Ministry in relation to the prequalification service, it added.-TradeArabia News Service