WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff wins Kuwait project

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WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff wins Kuwait project

WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the leading professional services consulting firm, has been awarded a major highway design project in Kuwait. The project involves developing concept and detailed designs to upgrade Kabd-Sulaibiya Highway in the Kuwait Metropolitan Area.

It also includes preparation of tender documents and tender evaluation, followed by construction supervision assignment in the later stages, said a statement from WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff.

WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff’s completed projects in Kuwait include Package One of the Kuwait First Ring Road upgrade project where it provided design and construction supervision services.

It has also finished the design and tender documents work for the Second Ring Road, Third Ring Road, Cairo and Damascus streets upgrade project, besides the Nawaiseeb Road upgrade, Al Andalus, Al Grenata and Sabah Al Nasser areas rehabilitation for improvement of sewerage and infrastructure and South Surra area road network upgrade.

A major player in the region, WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment.

The company said its expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources.

It is involved in high-profile projects such as Al Mutlaa housing project, Kuwait; the Orbital Highway Contract One, Doha Metro, Qatar Rail Strategic Programme Management, and Al Wakrah Bypass Road, all in Qatar; Rabigh PP2 and Makkah Public Transport Programne, in Saudi Arabia; New York University in Abu Dhabi, and Dubai Mall expansion,Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase One, Seventh Heaven at Al Barari in Dubai, all in the UAE.

Source: Trade Arabia

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