TO SUPPLY POWER TO THE PORT IN EMERGENCIES
WORKS MINISTRY COMPLETES BACKUP POWER
GENERATORS PROJECT IN KHALIFA BIN SALMAN PORT
The Assistant
Undersecretary for Construction Projects & Maintenance at the Ministry of
Works, Municipalities & Urban Planning Eng. Mona Al Motawa revealed that
the Ministry has recently completed the implementation of the backup power
generators at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Hidd; belonging to the Ministry of
Transport & Communications and represented by the Ports Directorate. Work
commenced in July 2014.
Al Motawa explained that
the project is a complementary project to Khalifa bin Salman Port Project,
comprising of constructing 2 buildings supplied with two 600 KVA generators
with the related electromechanical works. The implementation of the project
aims to accommodate the growing investment evolution in Bahrain, and also comes
as a response to calls from the Ministry of Transport Communications to improve
the industry sector, attract more foreign and local investments and keep pace
with global, continental and regional developments.
The Project aims to
supply essential and sensitive tools and equipment with power in cases of power
cuts in Khalifa bin Salman Port, where the backup generators will supply power
within seconds only. The project will serve the terminal, the customs building,
the medical quarantine building and the food inspection building.
The BD299,214 project
was implemented by Crown M. S Electrical & Mechanical Contracting. Work was
supervised by the project consultant UK’s HaskoningDHV/ACE Al Moayed. Work took
8 months to complete.
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