Tag: doha metro

Qatar Railways Company, which is building a $35bn metro and railway system in the state, plans to award contracts for the elevated metro sections in the second quarter of next year.

QPM, one of the region's project management companies and the first Qatari firm in the field, has announced its support of - and participation in - the upcoming 3rd Annual Middle East Rail Opportunities conference.

Rail schemes are the main reason for the surge in regional tunnelling activity, but water and road projects are also keeping firms busy.

Under the patronage of Minister of Communications Salem Al-Utheina the Second Kuwait Metro and Rail Conference and Exhibition kicked off here yesterday, with large participation from rail, transport companies and experts from the four corners of the globe.

The challenges of Qatar's whopping $100bn infrastructure programme was the subject of debate at Construction Week's Building Towards 2022 conference in Doha on Tuesday.

Siemens will build 15 high-voltage sub-stations in Sheraton Park, the Ministry of Interior, Bin Mahmoud, Abu Sidra and Grand Hamad area, at a cost of QR700mn. The work is linked to the development of Doha’s Business district, power supply to Doha’s Metro Rail project and the future power requirements of the new international convention centre in West Bay.

Resourcing International, a subsidiary of the Resourcing Solutions Group has successfully tendered to recruit for Qatar Rail, the company at the core of Qatar’s ‘infrastructure dream’.

The Bangalore metro project has employed this technique successfully. The monopile has been successful for the Dubai metro rail and in a south east country, according to MEGA officials.

The emirate is planning to build a 131 km metro network and no less than 300 km of tram routes.

The Saudi Binladin Group won a contract to build a rail line linking the Haramain train route with a metro in Mecca