Qatar Daily News

The pace and scale of coastal construction in the GCC has been rapid in the past five years and despite the recent economic slowdown, there are still significant areas of growth with mega projects in construction and new tenders being announced.

Marine & Coastal Engineering Middle East will bring together key stakeholders from a diverse range of cutting edge marine projects, representing a unique opportunity to benchmark the region’s leading marine developments. The event set to open tomorrow, and continues between 20 – 23 June, 2010 at Millennium Hotel, Doha, Qatar

The meet would discuss the need for adopting a holistic and sustainable approach to waterfront developments. The experts would also discuss the effects of coastal and marine construction on ecosystem in the Middle East.

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he first phase of the new multi-billion dollar world-scale deep water port at Mesaieed in Qatar will be completed by 2014, said a top official associated with the project.

The new port is being designed to meet Qatar’s requirements “well beyond 2030 and  will provide further impetus to Doha’s development, the economic zones being set up and to the growth of the Mesaieed Industrial City as a whole, the Gulf Times reported.

“Dredging and excavation will begin next year. A great deal of construction activities on the QR16 billion ($4.4 billion) first phase would be seen in 2011, Craig Holland, vice-president of Aecom, the programme and construction manager for the New Doha Port Project, was quoted as saying in the report.
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