KBR Awarded Contract by Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation for Project Management of World’s Longest Marine Causeway
November 13 2008 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract
by the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation (the �QBC Foundation�) to
provide design management, project management, and construction
management services for the Qatar-Bahrain road and rail marine
crossing. The Qatar Bahrain Foundation is a bi-national institution
created in 2006 by the Emir of Qatar and the King of Bahrain for
the purpose of developing and managing the causeway project. Dr.
Ahmed Hassan Al-Hammadi, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the
Foundation stated, �The Foundation is pleased to have KBR, an
international company of the highest reputation, working in
partnership with us to manage this prestigious project. KBR�s
Management and Engineering team was selected after two competitive
tendering events from among five international companies that
expressed interest.� KBR�s work on the contract, in association
with Halcrow, a U.K. based international engineering company, is
expected to begin immediately with the first two phases consisting
of management planning and design oversight. The Qatar Bahrain
Causeway is a four lane, 40 kilometer long, highway corridor
consisting of roadway sections on reclaimed embankment and natural
islands, low level bridge structures and signature suspension
bridges. The project also includes freight and passenger rail
lines, providing a direct connection for high speed freight and
passenger rail between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of
Bahrain. It is envisioned that the railway will eventually be
extended in each direction connecting Istanbul, Turkey to Muscat,
Oman, and becoming the main rail link for the Middle East Gulf
Coast Countries. �KBR is honored to be selected as the Project
Manager for this significant bi-national transportation
infrastructure project,� said Bruce Stanski, KBR President,
Government & Infrastructure. �I am confident that, working in
partnership with the QBC Foundation, KBR�s expertise and unwavering
commitment to our client will lead to the successful completion of
this long awaited project.� Dubbed the �Friendship Bridge,� the
Qatar-Bahrain Causeway is symbolic of the longstanding, positive
relations between the two countries. Once complete, the causeway
will be the world�s longest marine causeway, connecting the two
countries from the West Coast of Qatar near the Zubarah fortress
and the East Coast of Bahrain south of its capital Manama. KBR is a
global engineering, construction and services company supporting
the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil
infrastructure sectors. The company offers a wide range of services
through its Upstream, Downstream, Technology, Services, Government
and Infrastructure, and Ventures business segments. For more
information, visit www.kbr.com.
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