Iraq's Minister of Construction and Housing, Mohammed Sahib al-Daraji [Darraji], has reportedly discussed plans for Highway No. 2, which runs from Baghdad to the Turkish border, with a Danish engineering design company. According to the report from AKnews, the company concerned is called "Coy", but Iraq Business News believes it to be COWI Holdings. The minister […]
Iraq's minister for construction and housing plans to spend $9.8 billion on roads, bridges and housing between now and the end of 2016, reports Bloomberg. Mohammad Saheb al-Darraji (pictured) said the country is budgeting $5.8 billion for roads and bridges and $4 billion for housing. The current annual budget is $112 billion. The country needs 2.5 […]
The Iraqi government has agreed to hold talks with China’s Poly Technologies on a plan to build a highway linking the country with Turkey and Syria, according to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek. Iraq’s minister of construction and housing will discuss the design of the project with Denmark’s COWI Holding A/S, said government spokesman Ali […]
Construction Week Online reports that Iraq’s Minister for Construction and Housing, Mohammad Sahib Al Darraji [Muhammad Sahib al-Daraji], is in discussions with Chinese companies regarding the construction of the road linking Baghdad with Zakho on the Turkish border, known as Highway No. 2. Al Darraji spoke with specialist firms during a visit to Beijing and […]
The Ministry of Construction and Housing is to build a highway linking Baghdad with Turkey, according to a report from Azzaman. The 508 km road is to be financed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This project is a challenge to the ministry since it assumes great economic significance for the country,” the ministry quoted […]
Iraq's Ministry of Trade has issued a tender for the paving of roads in the vacinity of Samawah silo. Deadline for receipt of bids is 17th January. Please click here to download details (Arabic).
The Mayor of Baghdad has inaugurated new al-Nahrwan bridge, which links Baghdad to northern and southern Iraqi provinces and helps traffic of trucks to the northern areas of the country without having to pass by the capital, according to the Baghdad Mayoralty in a statement on Sunday. “The project, a vital one for the movement […]
“The World Bank’s agreement allowed a Danish company to implement the project, in cooperation with a local company,”
Baghdad Mayoralty has allocated ID200 billion to pave roads in the Iraqi capital in 2010. “Work will be executed through 13 contracts,” the mayoralty’s media office said in a release on Tuesday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that five million square meters will be paved this year in Baghdad. ( Aswat Al […]
