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| FCC looks to position itself in Bahrain and Oman with 2.5 billion euro contracts  FCC, the Citizen Services company, is currently evaluating contract offers worth 2.5 billion euro in Oman and Bahrain. FCC's CEO Juan Bejar made the announcement during his trip to Oman and Bahrain this week. Meeting with government officials and business leaders, he said that FCC wants to become a loyal partner in the development of infrastructure in these countries, utilising the company's experience in transport systems and water systems.Through the offers in Bahrain and Oman, FCC is looking to strengthen its position in the Middle East, where it recently won a contract to build a section of the Doha metro red line in Qatar. Last month an FCC led consortium also commenced work on the Riyadh metro where it building lines 4, 5 and 6 of the 6 billion euro project. In Bahrain, Bejar underlined the importance of infrastructure and citizen services such as refuse collection and water management for the country's economy, and highlighted FCC's interest in developing all types of infrastructure in the country. FCC Aqualia, the company's water division, is bidding for three projects which are currently in the prequalification phase. Two of these projects are in Bahrain and one in Oman. In Bahrain the biggest project FCC Aqualia are bidding for is the design, construction and 10 year operation of the Tubli water treatment plant, which has a capacity of 200.000m3/day. One of the projects in Oman is the design, construction and 20 year operation of a desalination plant in Salalah, with a 200.000m3/day capacity. The second project is the 5 year operation and maintenance of the smaller (20.000m3/day) Majis desalinisation plant in Sohar. In Oman, FCC has already pre-qualified for the Diba-Lima-Khasab highway project, valued at 500 million euro, in the Straits of Hormuz zone. In addition, FCC have just formed a consortium with an Indian company and a local Omani company in order to present an expression of interest for the construction of a railway project. The first 250km section of the project is valued at 720 million euro. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |