Computerised Traffic lights Cut Delays by 20 percent

Workshop on Sustainable Development for Coastal Areas in the Arabian Gulf

DT News Manama Former Ministry of works and Housing Undersecretary and coastal planning and engineering consultant Nayef Omar Al kalali will be hosted as a keynote speaker at the coast and marine engineering summit which will be held in Abu Dhabi from April 24 to 27, 2016.

Isa Town Flyover Work ‘on track’

Part of the BD50 million Isa Town flyover project, taking traffic from Manama to Sanad, is set to open to traffic within 10 weeks.
The pledge was made as Works Minister Esam Abdulla Khalaf toured the site to take stock of the situation. Ministry Under-Secretary Nayef Al Kalali said challenges during construction included proximity to live services, the necessity to adopt a proper sequence in construction and managing the high volumes of traffic through a complex and strategic section of the road network in Bahrain.

Pearls of wisdom on Gulf

The launch ceremony was held at the Jashanmal Bookshop, Seef Mall, under the patronage of Information Ministry’s Culture and National Heritage Assistant Under-Secretary Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa.

Gulf’s proverbs are pearls of wisdom, researcher says

The book “Pearls of Wisdom from the Gulf and the Globe” represents a compendium of the Gulf’s most commonly used proverbs, featuring 1,001 proverbs translated from Arabic into English.

Building on water

Running out of land to build on? Land reclamation comes to the rescue as the Middle East region moves towards the open sea to house residents and build hotels, says Shikha Mishra. In Bahrain, billions are being invested in infrastructure projects and more than 50 km2 of land has been reclaimed from the sea over the past 50 years…

Bahrain Int’l Airport expansion plan ready in July

New facilities at Bahrain International Airport to accommodate the latest generation of superjumbos like the A380 will be ready by the end of July, it was announced on Tuesday.
Nayef Omar Al-Kalali, undersecretary at Bahrain’s Ministry of Works, said that work on the airport’s remote aircraft apron project was progressing “according to plan”…

Crash black spot set for revamp

AN accident blackspot near a string of schools and kindergartens is to be urgently revamped, it was announced yesterday. The order came as Works Ministry Under-Secretary Nayef Al Kalali visited the notorious Road 3218 in Barbar yesterday.

Bahrain air base infrastructure work on track

Undersecretary of Public Works Affairs at the Ministry of Works, Nayef Omar Al-Kalali, recently inspected the progress at Sakhir Air Base. The visit came as part of the Ministry’s preparations for Bahrain International Air Show, which is to take place from January 21 to 23.

Bahrain’s reclamation rules

Bahrain’s Ministry of Public Works recently released a new manual to be adhered to for all land reclamation and dredging activity in the Kingdom. Last week the Ministry of Works undersecretary Nayef Al-Kalali discussed with Construction Week’s Benjamin Millington how the manual will help improve the process.

WE’RE ON THE MOVE!

Working in his office in the heart of the bustling and crowded metropolis of Manama or on site, Public Works Affairs under-secretary Nayef Omar Al Kalali is no stranger to the endless traffic congestion and the daily nuisance and frustration of a chaotic commute into the capital.

Workshop on Sustainable Development for Coastal Areas in the Arabian Gulf

Under the Patronage of his H.E. Eng. Essam Bin Abdulla Khalaf Minister of works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Kingdom of Bahrain, The Bahrain Society of Engineers is organizing a one-day workshop on “Sustainable Development for Coastal Areas in the Arabian Gulf on the 11th May 2015.