Sligo-based company Jennings O'Donovan & Partners has secured a €2.8m contract for major works on a massive new housing and commerical development in Bahrain.

Located on the northern shores of Muharraq in the Arabian Gulf, the Diyar Al Muharraq project will provide housing for over 100,000 people in around 30,000 housing units.

The boundaries cover an area of 12 square kilometers.

The role of Jennings O'Donovan & Partners will be in designing and supervising construction of some of the main infrastructure there, including roads, bridges, water supply, waste and storm water treatment, irrigation, eletctricity and communications.

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The firm has already carried out a great deal of work in the Middle East and also in Eastern Europe throughout its 60-year existence. It currently employs 45 people in Sligo and a further 22 through offices in Bahrain, Riyadh, and Bucharest.

David Kiely, Director of Jennings O'donovan & Partners said development of international business was identified in recent years as vital to the company's future, and they are are glad they have now "been awarded an extremely prestigious project which is of huge importance to our firm."

"It is crucial for us to deliver on this project so as to firmly establish our reputation in the Middle East,"he added.

(LB)