Skip to main content

Prequalification tender for Oman carriageway project floated

The Tender Board of Oman has floated, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, a prequalification tender for building Section 2 of the Daba-Lima-Khasab carriageway in the country's Musandam Governorate. Section 2 of the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) project involves a 65km stretch between Daba and Alkhalidya. The project will involve 18 valley and wadi bridges covering 3.79km in combined distance, and up to seven tunnels with a joint length of 7.32km. Of the tunnels, the biggest has a length
June 13, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
The Tender Board of Oman has floated, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, a prequalification tender for building Section 2 of the Daba-Lima-Khasab carriageway in the country's Musandam Governorate.

Section 2 of the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) project involves a 65km stretch between Daba and Alkhalidya. The project will involve 18 valley and wadi bridges covering 3.79km in combined distance, and up to seven tunnels with a joint length of 7.32km. Of the tunnels, the biggest has a length of 2.2km. The construction costs are predicted to reach about US$1 billion.

The closing date for prequalification bids is on 11 July 2013. Among the companies that are keen on the projects are reported to be 3086 Daewoo Engineering and Construction of South Korea, Yuksal Construction, 2709 STFA of Turkey, CCC, 2379 Ghantoot Transport of the UAE, NUEC, 3340 Makyol of Turkey, GKC Projects of India, Leighton Middle East, SEW Infra of India, GS Engineering of South Korea, Kayson of Iran, 945 Strabag Oman, 4921 TOTO, 5739 Hyundai Engineering & Construction of South Korea, 5544 Sinohydro of China, Galfar, IsoluxCorsan of Spain, 4148 Mapa GUNA, 980 OHL Construction of Spain, Hanjin Heavy Industries of South Korea, Sambu Construction of South Korea, Oman Shapoorji, Orascon, 3149 Impregilo of Italy, Ozkar Construction of Turkey, 5177 Vinci of France, Wade Adams of the UAE, 4138 Bechtel, Impresa of Italy and Cyfield

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Korean company carrying out Kuwait bridge contract
    October 31, 2014
    The Kuwaiti Government has awarded a US$520 million bridge construction contract to South Korean construction firm GS E&C. The deal will see GS E&C building a 12.43km bridge that features eight lanes. The central 7.72km section of the bridge will be constructed over water, in Al Asimah Governorate. The Doha Link Bridge will connect Entertainment City with Shuwaikh Port and is due for completion 36 months from now.
  • Strasbourg bypass surveys halted over environmental concerns
    September 27, 2017
    Further delays are looming for construction of the western Strasbourg bypass, a controversial toll motorway project in north eastern France. The government is concerned about environmental issues after Arcos, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Vinci responsible for building the bypass, said it was going to carry out field surveys in 1.5 hectares of what many consider environmentally sensitive areas.
  • Increasing importance of alternate truck routes
    February 14, 2012
    The fabled Silk Route from China to Europe takes many forms, and is again becoming increasingly important as Patrick Smithreports The ancient Silk Road was never a single caravan route, but covered hundreds of kilometres in width extending in length for around 10,000km. This is the view of the European International Road Transport Union (IRU), and many other countries and organisations, who point out that it is a system of routes covering many countries via a series of branch roads that dates back some 2
  • Stockholm bypass contract awarded
    March 4, 2016
    The contract to build a new highway bypass and interchange in Stockholm has been awarded by the Swedish transport authority, Trafikverket. The work will be carried out by Züblin Scandinavia, the Swedish subsidiary of Ed Züblin, in partnership with STRABAG subsidiary STRABAG Sverige. The work involves building a 950m long section of highway, including a complex interchange and is worth some €76 million. The works being carried out by Züblin in the district of Akalla north of Stockholm include sheeting and sh