Bahrain’s projects grab national honours at quality awards

Manama : In a major achievement, Bahrain’s seven highest quality projects were named national winners at the MEED Quality Awards for Projects. Bahrain’s national winners, whose combined project value is estimated at over $787 million, include the Bahrain Four Seasons Project (entered by Six Construct) as Leisure and Tourism Project of the Year; Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs’ Demolishing and Re-Build of Hala Club Project as Small Project of the Year; Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant and Sewer Conveyance System Project (entered by Arcadis) as Power and Water Project of the Year; and Tatweer Petroleum’s Light Oil Steam Flood Project as Oil and Gas Project of the Year, sponsored by Parsons.

Bahrain Property Mushakara Trust’s Danaat Al Madina Project (entered by Eskan Properties Company) bagged three national trophies in the following categories – Sustainable Project of the Year, sponsored by Besix; Residential Project of the Year and Mixed Use Project of the Year.

John Iossifidis, Executive Vice President, Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Mashreq, which is the headline sponsor of the awards, said, “Bahrain’s construction industry is projected to exhibit sustainable growth prospects in the next few years. This industry experienced enormous investments from the public and private enterprises during the past few years and there are optimistic signs.”

This is Bahrain’s best performance in the awards, with seven projects winning the national winner accolade compared to five in last year’s edition. They will now compete at the regional level against national winners from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for GCC-wide recognition in various categories.

“The projects were evaluated by an esteemed judging panel against criteria that included engineering, construction excellence, sustainability and innovation,” informed Richard Thompson, Editorial Director at MEED. 

The 2016 MEED Quality Awards for Projects will be distributed at a ceremony on May 25 on the sidelines of the culmination of the MEED Construction Leadership Summit, a high-level gathering of the Gulf’s construction leaders.