DOHA: Halcrow, a company under CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, has been awarded a call-off consultancy services contract to provide professional road safety engineering, road design, quantity surveying consultancy and contractor supervision services to the Assets Affairs – Roads Operations and Maintenance Department of the Public Works Authority, Ashghal.
The new commission will put CH2M HILL Halcrow at the forefront of the programme of initiatives outlined in Qatar’s National Road Safety Action Plan, which sets Qatar on a path towards an ambitious long-term vision of “a safe road transport system that protects all road users from death and serious injury”.
The firm will provide various technical resources and locate a number of transport specialists at Ashghal’s offices to help implement a series of road safety improvement programmes, including those affecting pedestrians, schools, rural roads and intersections.
Max Clark, CH2M HILL’s Transportation Business Development Lead, MENAI, said: “CH2M HILL’s global transport planning experience and growing involvement in O&M and asset management projects in the Middle East made it the most qualified engineering consultancy to work with Ashghal to improve road safety in Qatar.”
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