KBR Wins $185 Mln Worth Extension To Manage Qatar's Expressway Program

(RTTNews) - KBR, Inc. (KBR) announced Thursday that it has been awarded an extension, valued in excess of $185 million, to its program management consultant or PMC contract for Qatar's Expressway Program.

The extension will see KBR continuing to deliver full program management capability for the next three years.

KBR, as Qatar's Public Works Authority's (Ashghal) program management contractor, is working to create a strategic and well-coordinated network of roads to support the goals of Qatar's National Vision 2030. The Expressway Program will provide critical road network links to key areas around the country, including industrial areas, airports, ports, residential, business and tourism districts

Since KBR's initial award in 2010, Qatar'sQAR 50B Expressway Program has become one of the world's largest transport infrastructure programs and comprises 40 major projects, 900 km of new and upgraded roads, and 348 bridges and underpasses.

KBR is responsible for overseeing supervision consultants, design consultants and construction contractors for this program of both new roads and road network upgrades.

The company noted that the revenue associated with this contract extension is in excess of $185 million and was booked into a backlog of unfilled orders for its Government Services Business in the first quarter of 2016.