Bahrain’s Ministry of Works has invited bids for 13 projects worth about BD17 million in January 2012, a senior official said.

The tenders cover infrastructure and construction projects for other ministries and government bodies, said Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Services Ahmed Al Khayyat.

Tenders in the roads sector included the BD750,000 Al Jasra Intersection with Mazari’a Avenue revamp project; BD1.25 million roads revamp works in Nuwaidrat; BD1.229 million Shaikh Hamad Highway revamp project; and BD850,529 Shaikh Duaj Intersection with Palace Avenue, said Al Kayyat.

The awarded projects in the roads sector during January 2012 included the BD508,000 consultation services project to improve the roads design guide in Bahrain; the BD528,618 revamp works for roads 2513 and 2559, Block 925 in Riffa; the BD923,498 revamp project of Avenue 1 extension in Sitra; and the BD388,937 Salman Ahmed Al Fatih Avenue revamp project (phase 1) in Sitra. – TradeArabia News Service