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Value of Contract 264,763,900.000 K.D |
Date of Enterprise 13/09/2010 |
Date of Handing over 11/09/2015 |
Scope of Work
This Contract comprises of the Construction, Completion, and Maintenance of Roads, Overpasses, Stormwater, Drainage, Sewer and other Services for Jahra Road
The works shall include but not limited to the following:
The upgrading of the existing Jahra Road together with the upgrading of associated sanitary, storm water drains and other services in the Contract area. The location of the upgrading works is at the western edge of Kuwait City and the upgrading extends from Jahra Gate to the United Nations Roundabout following a south-eastern to north-western alignment. The existing Jahra Road provides an important link into Kuwait City for the existing and future western settlements and in addition it serves the existing infrastructure of Kuwait University, PAAET, several major hospitals, the Ministry of Defense, Shuwaikh Port and other land users. Several important roads traverse Jahra Road namely extension to 4th Ring Road, Ghazali Street, Airport Road and 2nd Ring Road.
The upgraded Jahra Road will be carried on a new pre-cast segmental viaduct, approximately 7.2 km long and this will require the Contractor to establish a suitable segmental pre-casting facility to meet the Contract requirements. The Contract package also contains one 620 meter long section of depressed road which will have two roundabout bridges to service the local traffic. The elevated Jahra Road dual carriageway will generally be supported by piled foundations with single piers. The Jahra Road viaduct is typically six to eight lanes wide and the access ramps, of precast segmental construction are either one or two lanes wide. The link road viaducts, of precast segmental construction, vary in width from four lanes to six lanes.
The following is a summary of the Project Highlights:
Bridges & Tunneling Works : 400000 m2
Paving & Road Works : 558000 m2
Pedestrian Steel Bridges : 10 Units
Storm-water Drainage Works : 38000 MR
Water Supply Works : 33000 MR
Sewage Drainage Works : 16000 MR
Gas Pipelines : 7000 MR
Cables : 43000 MR
Communication Ducts : 11500 MR
Street Lightening System ,Road Marking & Signage Works
General Site Works: Landscape& Irrigation System