Qatar's Ashghal awards Tadmur a $197 million job for 34 km of roads in north Doha
Qatar's Public Works Authority, Ashghal, has awarded local firm Tadmur Contracting an estimated QR722 million ($197 million) contract to build roads and utility networks in the part of Doha that lies north of Al-Rifaa Street, MEED reported. Tadmur's bid was $47 million below the next lowest.
The scope covers more than 34 kilometers of roads, plot development, site clearance, backfill and earthworks, according to MEED. Tadmur will also install surface water and groundwater drainage, a foul sewer network and treated sewage effluent lines, and build a pumping station, an emergency flood pond, 3,735 parking spaces and verge parking bays. Secondary works include power distribution, water mains, manholes, gully pots, house connections, kerbs, paving, landscaping, street lighting, road markings and signs.
Six other contractors bid, all higher, MEED reported: Qatar Trading & Contracting Group at $244 million, Iris Construction Tourism Industry & Trade at $259 million, Lotus Trading & Contracting at $260 million, Generic Engineering Technologies & Contracting at $261 million, Alghanim International with National Industrial Contracting at $268 million and Hamad Bin Khalid Contracting Company at $281 million. The runner-up was about 24% above Tadmur.
Ashghal is still letting work while Gulf economies shrink. MEED's November business review cites IMF projections that every GCC economy except Oman will contract in 2026, with government infrastructure spending cushioning the blow even as tendering drops sharply. In October, SaudiGulf Projects reported four Ashghal contracts worth QR1.345 billion ($369.6 million), including a QR457.41 million Al Sheehaniya package for Qatar Trading and Contracting Group, the runner-up here.
MEED did not report a start date or completion schedule for the Al-Rifaa package.
Why it matters: Ashghal keeps awarding big local roads-and-drainage packages, and a 24% gap to the runner-up shows how sharply some Qatari firms are pricing. Pipe, pump and paving suppliers should go after the winners now.
Sources
- Ashghal Awards Four Roads and Infrastructure Contracts Worth $369.6 MillionSaudiGulf Projects, Oct 19
- Read the November 2026 MEED Business ReviewMEED, Nov 4
- Contractor wins $197m Doha infrastructure worksMEED, Nov 6