TradeArabia News Service reported that Diyar Al Muharraq has signed USD 14.4 million contract with Hyder Consulting, the international advisory and design consultancy, to offer a range of design and supervision services for the key project.
A company official said that under the deal, Hyder will provide design and supervision services for half of the ambitious 12 square kilometer project.
Diyar Al Muharraq is one of the biggest mixed use residential urban developments undertaken by a private sector in Bahrain. Situated on the northern shores of the Bahrain’s Muharraq island the USD 3.2 billion is unique in offering an unprecedented lifestyle for people of all incomes to enjoy as the pricing structure and selection of freehold properties is accessible to buyers across the income levels.
Diyar Al Muharraq’s masterplan maps out a self contained city with many accessible, landscaped public spaces, incorporating around 40 kilometers of waterfront which includes sandy beaches and a marina. This will be among the largest publicly accessible waterfront in the Kingdom. The development also includes provision for numerous community spaces and facilities, abundant landscaping, a number of international 5-star hotels and a large shopping mall with extensive parking, business district and light logistic and support area.
As per report, its physical scale is also impressive with the expected number of planned properties standing at 30,000 which will house over 100,000 people on completion. Diyar Al Muharraq’s long term strategy includes a plan to support the ministry of housing’s social housing program.
The report added that all of this requires extensive and detailed infrastructural support and Hyder Consulting, operating through its global network will supervise early infrastructure development including roads, bridges, traffic, geotechnical, water, electricity, communication, sewerage, drainage, district cooling and landscape architecture.
Mr Aaref Hejres CEO of Diyar Al Muharraq said that “Our vision is to create a unique city for the future, offering a choice of housing and a quality lifestyle for all. He said that we need therefore to focus on providing an extensive, modern and fully functioning infrastructure, capable of ensuring that our new city functions efficiently and offers the maximum convenience for residents and visitors alike.”
He said that “Hyder Consulting is well equipped to take on such challenges and satisfy the needs of such a large development and we are confident that they will take the master plan forward from the conceptual stage to become a long awaited reality.”
Mr Rod Athey Pollard project manager at Hyder Consulting Bahrain said that this was the largest single project won by Hyder Consulting in the Kingdom.
