Transportation & Highways

 TRUCK MARSHALLING YARDS - AQABA

Client: Aqaba Development Corporation.

Location: Aqaba

Services Provided: Supervision

Construction Cost: 1.9 million USD

Starting Date: 2005

Completion Date: 2006

Project Description:

The establishment of three yards to regulate the movement of trucks on the road to Aqaba back in three different locations the principle items of work included:

Clearing and grubbing of the area

all earth works

the construction of all necessary drainage structures including pipe and box culverts, ditches, channels, protection works, drainage facilities and grouted riprap

the construction of a parking area, granular sub-base, aggregate base, coarse, bituminous concrete binder and wearing courses

- steel guardrail

- all miscellaneous - related works such as road signs, pavement marking, roadway markers, etc.

- paved islands and fences

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION - ALSHARQ

Client: Ministry of Public Works and Highways

Location: Madinat Al Sharq / Yemen

Services Provided: Construction Supervision

Cost:13.7 million USD

Starting Date: 2004

Completion Date: 2007

Project Description:

Madinat Al Sharq-Al Daleel Project consists of approximately 65 km road starting at Madinat Al Sharq city, and ends near Al Daleel town. The road will connect Al Daleel town in Ibb Governorate located 71 km from Sana’a on Sana’a Road with Madinat Al Sharq city located 45 km west of Ma’aber city on Ma’aber - Bajil Road.

The road crosses Dhamar - Al Hussainiyah Road at Utma town, approximately 65 km south west of Dhamar.

The Project also includes the construction of Irish Crossing with a length of 300m.

3 HISTORIC CITIES STREETS REHABILITATION

STREETS REHABILITATION & LANDSCAPING FOR 3 HISTORIC CITIES

Client: Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA)

Location: Jerash, Karak, Madaba - Jordan

Cost: 18 million

Starting Date: 2006

Completion Date: 2007

Project Description:

Detailed Design for Jerash, Karak and Madaba

The main Specific Project Objective of the Project is to improve local economic growth, social cohesion, and municipal governance in the historic cities of Jerash, Karak and Madaba, by endowing these historic cities with revitalized and well functioning urban centres. This aim has a good chance of being achieved due to the high tourist potential of the three areas, whose development is a major precondition for the general development of the three urban areas.

The compatibility of urban development with cultural heritage conservation and appropriate use has to be the main concern of planners and has to lead all plans, programmes and projects, including urban infrastructures. The three cities in question, Jerash, Karak, and Madaba have in common a number of features. One of the key problems affecting all the medium-sized cities in Jordan is the decay of the urban environment. In fact, urban space is threatened by physical decay, traffic and parking congestion, lack of appropriate management and visual clutter.

Services Provided:

- Assistance in Physical Planning.

- Street and parking rehabilitation and furnishing

- Traffic Studies

- Footpaths pavement and stairs rehabilitation and furnishing.

- Street lighting,

- Electrical power supply,

- Telecommunication works.

- Water, Wastewater and drainage networks rehabilitation,

- Vertical and horizontal traffic signalization.

- Landscaping.

Design of Ma'een / Mkawer - Royal Road

Client: Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Location: Hammamat Ma'een/Mkawer, Jordan

Services Provided: Design & Tender Document

Cost: 3.7 million USD

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

Length of Road = 17 km, No. of lanes = 2

The Project was divided into two Phases: first Phase with a length of 6 km and the second Phase with a length of 10 km

(TIS) Zahran Gate Project

Client: Eng. Hisham Ahmad Musa Zahran

Location: Amman - Jordan

Services Provided: Technical proposal and provide the employer documents and maps, information and statistics for the study of traffic in coordination with the relevant official

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of traffic generated by Zahran Gate that is planned to be constructed at the ramp that connects Queen Zain Al Sharaf Street Queen Alia International airport road (Figure 1). It is a six storey building with a total area of 15,910 m2, including a 4-storey underground parking (8,010 m2). The function of the proposed building is providing offices and the related services. The leased area is limited to 5,485 m2 (Table 1). Two access points were planned. The first access is directly at the ramp, with enough consideration is given to provide enough length for vehicle queuing at the entrance at peak hours. However, this access was not approved by Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) technical staff. According to GAM, access to the front side of the building can be provided only within the building premises. The second access is located in the backstreet, which serves also loading and loading traffic.

Queen Alia Int. Airport Highway

Supervision of the Construction and Rehabilitation of Queen Alia International Airport Highway from Na’ur Intersection till Madaba Intersection and Construction of Service Road (Part B)

Client: Ministry of Public Works & Housing

Location: Airport Road - Amman, Jordan

Services Provided: Construction Supervision

Construction Cost: 19 million USD

Completion Date: 2018

Project Description:

Improvement of part of the Queen Alia International Airport Road a distance of 10.5 km and increasing the number of lanes as 3 lanes in one direction, and the service roads (4 lanes) on either side of the airport road and link road service with the airport road intersections of the same level or corridors lower number (4) as well as to the establishment of pedestrian bridges and pedestrian sidewalks, and replacement of the existing drainage channel in the median internal shoulders of the road and a concrete barrier work includes improvements to the road. This is in addition to the implementation of the work of lighting and traffic diversions and all required traffic safety work and the work of planting trees and coordination of the site,

Works also include Retaining walls and Sub-base and base coarse.

Darb Al-Mashaer Project

Client: Makkioun

Location: Makkah- Saudi Arabia

Services Provided: Master Planning

Construction Cost: 800 million USD

Starting Date: 2006

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

Four kilometers to the East of Al Haram al-Shareef in the most sacred spot in the Islamic World (Makkah) lays the site of this project.

This site is considered as continuity to Al Mashaaer in Mina, where the pilgrimage takes place every year.

The concept of this project which consists of one million square meters built up area on a site of 20,000 m2, is to provide housing, hotels, souks, (Markets) transportation terminal, parking, offices and other facilities for both local community and visitors from all over the world, while maintaining the main pedestrian spine that penetrates the site leading pilgrimages from Mina to Al Haram.

Huwwara – Assarih Interchange Project

Client: Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Location: JUST - Yarmouk University Road - Irbid, Jordan

Services Provided: Design & Tender Documents

Construction Cost: 9 million USD

Starting Date: 2007

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

Design of grade interchange which consist of fly over bridge of four spans each of 35m, and round about.

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION - AL-BAIT INTERSECTION

Client: Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Location: Al-Mafraq - Jordan

Construction Cost: 11.3 million USD

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

The Project aims at the construction of  at-grade intersection at the University of Al-Bait to serve as an additional entrance for the City of Mafraq and the University of Al-Bait.

The Project is composed of the construction of an upper bridge on the main road Al-Mafraq/ Syrian Borders with a roundabout and in and out lanes (to and from the roundabout), while maintaining the E-ramp directed to Al-Safawi. The works include the construction of a median, storm water drainage, traffic signals, paintings, and a detour on the international road.

The main works are:

1. Miscellaneous works

2. Retaining walls

3. Cut and fill works

4. Concrete works

5. Asphalt related works

6. Protective barriers, signals, road painting,

(TIS) - ABDOUN HOUSING PROJECT

Traffic Impact Study Proposal for Abdoun Housing Project

Client: I.Khatib Office

Location: Amman - Jordan

Services Provided: Technical proposal and provide the employer documents and maps, information and statistics for the study of traffic in coordination with the relevant official

Completion Date: 2008

Project Description:

This technical proposal is drafted to conduct a traffic impact study for the Abdoun Housing complex Project Amman.

The proposed site is in Abdoun in proximity of American Emabssy. It is located along Prince Ali Bin AL Hussein Street in the south and Dimashq Street in the north.

The design project area is 29,000 m2 built over an area of 14,250 dunoms. It is designed to accommodate 163 apartments (each of 112 m2). The design provides 205 parking spaces.

Detailed Design Abdoun Corridor Street

Client: Greater Amman Municipality

Location: Amman - Jordan

Services Provided: Design & Tender Documents

Starting Date: 2008

Completion Date: 2009

Project Description:

Length of Road = 6 km (4km with 6 lanes, 2km with 4 lanes)

Works include the design of services road and parallel parking (car stops), at-grade intersections, grade-separated intersection, two  bridges with a length of 75 m on a 6-lane road, and a length of 50 m on a 4-lane road

National Taxi Demand Model

Client: Public Transport Regulatory Commission (PTRC)

Location: All Governorates (10 Governorates) - Jordan

Completion Date: 2009

Project Description:

The project is focused on the extent to which the taxi fleet should be resized to serve current and future demand for taxis in each governorate included in the Scope of Work.

In the first stage of the Project, the Client (i.e. PTRC) seeks to know the adequacy of the existing taxi fleet in each governorate. This is to gain an understanding whether the current taxi fleet is too small or too large.

In the second stage, the PTRC wants to know the likely future demand for taxi services for each governorate out to 2014.

Detailed Design for Al-Resalah St.

Client: Greater Amman Municipality (GAM)

Location: Wadi As-Seir & Al-Kursi - Jordan

Cost: 4.9 million USD

Starting Date: 2008

Completion Date: 2009

Project Description:

Length of Road = 4 km (2 km with 4 lanes, 2 km with 6 lanes)

The Design includes 3 at-grade intersections, one grade-separated intersection with a bridge (one span, 50 m), one culvert under the road (length = 3 km). Works include lighting, surface drainage, and other services.

Traffic Control In Cement Factory Alrashadi

Client: A member of LAFARGE

Location: Amman - Jordan

Services Provided: Technical proposal and provide the employer documents and maps, information and statistics for the study of traffic in coordination with the relevant official.

Starting Date: 2007

Completion Date: 2009

Project Description:

Select the following key elements:

1. Truck Park, entry and exit from the factory

2. Attitudes of staff, visitors and staff buses

3. Traffic to and from the crusher gypsum

4. The organization of truck waiting in the packing

5. Identification and design of the street between the silo (Silo) and the new fuel tanks

6. Clarifying the features of the road in the area laundries, car maintenance

7. Regulate traffic in the yard between the entrance to the staff and administration building. The arena is located between the administration and mobilization.