Bridges Middle East 2009

Our inaugural Bridges Middle East 2009 event in November 2009 was a resounding success. With key input and participation from the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, the event received massive international and regional support and was attended by over 200 experts who work across bridge design and engineering.

Bridges Middle East in the Press

City 7, aired November 22. 2009

Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Design to be Unveiled
Gulf News, November 20. 2009
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The design of the world's longest marine causeway, the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway, will be showcased this Sunday at the Bridges Middle East Conference in Abu Dhabi, programme manager KBR announced on Thursday.

Qatar-Bahrain causeway construction to start in 2010
The National, November 22. 2009
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“We’re negotiating the price and will maybe make savings of 20 per cent or more,” Jaber Ali al Mohannadi, the general manager of the Qatar Bahrain Causeway Foundation, said at IQPC’s Bridges Middle East conference in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Qatar-Bahrain causeway work to being Q1 2010
Arabianbusiness.com, November 22. 2009
www.arabianbusiness.com/574257-qatar-bahrain-causeway-work-to-being-q1-2010
"We are evaluating the final design and cost of the project and expect construction to start early next year," Jaber al-Mohannadi, general manager of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, told a conference in Abu Dhabi.

Work on world’s longest sea crossing to begin in 2010
Gulf News, November 22. 2009
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/work-on-world-s-longest-sea-crossing-to-begin-in-2010-1.530887 Work on the proposed Qatar-Bahrain causeway project, tipped to be the world's longest sea crossing, is likely to begin in the first quarter of 2010, a source familiar with the developments told reporters Sunday.

Capital spending spree hits the road
The National, November 23. 2009
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About 19 road and bridge projects have been budgeted to be finished by 2015, said Dr Parviz Djahani, a motorway consultant for the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, during the Bridges Middle East 2009 conference at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre yesterday.

Qatar-Bahrain Causeway to be Finalised Soon
Khaleej Times, November 23. 2009
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Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, which is behind the mega joint venture to interconnect two small but economically vibrant nations, on Sunday, unveiled the project before the experts at the two-day Bridge Middle East 2009 conference being organised by International Quality and Productivity Centre or IQPC, here in the capital.

Bahrain-Qatar Causeway Construction to Start in 2010
Wall Street Journal, November 23. 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704779704574551400154288502.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Jaber Ali Al Mohannadi, general manager of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, said at a conference in Abu Dhabi that the cost of the 40-kilometer causeway project was about 20% lower than originally anticipated, due to a drop in raw material and equipment prices as a result of the world financial crisis.

Al Ittihad, November 23. 2009
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Al Khaleej, November 23. 2009
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Al Khaleej, November 24. 2009
www.alkhaleej.ae/portal/bb99a669-8093-4016-a300-4d1b6927bad6.aspx

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