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New norms for construction projects

Every construction project in Bahrain will have to conform to a new set of guidelines from today. They were launched yesterday by the Works Ministry, which plans to supervise projects undertaken by ministry-assigned contractors to ensure that they abide by the new requirements.
A 21-chapter booklet stating the new technical requirements has been distributed to all [...]

Bahraini developer to focus on affordable housing

The chairman of Bahraini development major Naseej, which was formally launched in the Gulf state this week, has said that affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues on the national agenda.
By managing the full spectrum of the construction and real estate business, Naseej’s plan is to create synergies that will help it [...]

@bahrain accelerates master planning with appointment of Aedas

@bahrain, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s ambitious mix of world-class commerce, entertainment and education facilities announced that they have appointed the award-winning international architectural firm Aedas as master planner of the project.
Adjacent to the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), @bahrain will offer a state-of-the-art Exhibition & Convention facility, a choice of Hotel accommodation ranging from mid-market to [...]

Power in numbers

It was Bahrain’s largest strike in recent history. it was the day when several thousand workers from Al Hamad Contracting downed tools and demanded their wages.
There was a buzz of excitement around the Al Hamad labour camp on the outskirts of Bahrain’s industrial area of Askar. We were the first reporters to visit the camp [...]

Sakhir City benefits to be highlighted

Sakhir City Development, an urban project to be built next to the Bahrain International Circuit, will outline the concept and vision of the @bahrain project to members of the Bahrain British Business Forum (BBBF) tomorrow (June 16).
Chief executive officer Nicola Pero will explain what the project, will deliver and how it will support Bahrain’s long-term [...]

Union raps ‘coercion’ of workers

BAHRAIN’S construction companies have been accused of waging a campaign to intimidate workers who join trade unions, according to a report issued yesterday.
The Belgium-based International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said it was “very worried” about a series of violations revealed in the annual survey of union rights.
It found workers were discouraged from union activity [...]

Wildcat Strike

Thousands of workers at a major Bahrain construction company staged a wildcat strike over pay yesterday. More than 5,000 workers at Al Hamad Construction and Development Company claimed they had not been paid salaries ranging from BD60 to BD90 for two months.
They also accused the company of delaying repatriation of the bodies of their colleagues, [...]

Waterfront City

A multi-million dinar “waterfront city” in Seef will include luxury homes, shops and leisure facilities, according to the company behind the project.

Marsa Al Seef is being billed as one of the country’s most exclusive addresses and will cover an area of 26 million square feet.

Building Bridges

Bahrain is moving full steam ahead with building, upgrading and expanding several key transportation hubs. Although the credit crunch is slated to cause some completion dates to be revised, the year 2009 will mark a milestone for the country’s primary infrastructure projects.

New city ‘will rise from sea’

Bahrain is set to see a new city developed on reclaimed land off Amwaj Island in a $3.2 billion (BD1.2bn) development, largely financed by Kuwait Finance House.
Diyar Al Muharraq will be one of the biggest mixed-use residential urban developments ever undertaken by the private sector in Bahrain, according to developers.
The project was launched yesterday, with [...]

‘Cement racket’ sparked crisis

Foreign racketeers are being blamed for a cement crisis which has crippled Bahrain’s construction industry.The suspension of supplies from Saudi is costing Bahrain’s contractors more than BD4 million a day, says sources.
They say supplies have been halted under tight new rules imposed as Saudi tries to combat international profiteering on the black market.
Thousands of labourers [...]

US Navy to finance link road

The US military is to foot the bill of up to $70 million (BD26.4m) for a new road connecting Mina Salman to Juffair. The road, which will begin from the existing APM Terminals facility at Mina Salman, will primarily serve the US Navy’s Naval Support Authority (NSA).
“The whole project would cost between $40m (BD15.1m) and [...]

Open trucks ban ‘to cost BD1bn’

A ban on using lorries, trucks and other unsafe vehicles to transport workers could cost the construction industry BD1 billion, it was claimed yesterday. Firms have time until the end of the year to replace their makeshift transport with proper air-conditioned buses.
However, Bahrain Contractors’ Society president Nedham Kameshki said the move would have major implications [...]

Labour Arguments

Work has resumed at one of Bahrain’s biggest construction projects, after six days of strike action led by foreign labourers seeking better pay and conditions.
On February 14, workers at the Durrat Al Bahrain construction site, a $6bn tourism and recreation development, ended a nearly week-long strike, after receiving a verbal agreement from management to consider [...]

Workers protest

More than 250 workers at the Mohsin Haji Ali Group yesterday went on a strike, demanding better wages.They refused to leave for work as company transport arrived to fetch them from their accommodation in A’Ali, said sources.
“Later, they gathered in buses and went to the Indian Embassy in Adliya to lodge their protest at the [...]