Construction agreement for light industries park in Oman signed

Muscat: Sandan Development has signed a construction agreement with Towell Construction & Co (TCC) to build the country’s first integrated light industries park.
The contracting firm will start work on the first phase of the park after one month and the whole project will be completed after two years, according to Said Al Rashdi, executive manager at Sandan.
Sandan Light Industries Park will spread over an area of 250,000 square metres and will accommodate 2,400 workshops, automobile showrooms, building material shops, 450 office space and 1,400 residential units.
The project, which is fully invested by local investors, has a strategic location at Halban in the middle of Muscat Express way and Al Batinah Express way, and five kilometers away from Al Muabailah exit on the Expressway.
As many as 15,000 people will be accommodated, who will have all facilities inside the park. The park is planned to accommodate a mosque, a hypermarket, a hospital, restaurants, shops, banks and travel agencies.
Referring on the progress so far, Al Rashdi said that about 90 per cent of ground levelling work has already been completed, which was a difficult work due to high standards adopted by Sandan. Leveling land was a critical process because it is the first step.
Al Rashdi added that when the company launched the project, there was a big demand for the units offered on sale, thanks to an attractive package of incentives.
Al Rashdi explained that Sandan has received 14 construction bids from local and international construction firms after the launch. ”We studied carefully the offers and made our opinion to award the construction of the park to TCC, which is one of the most important companies operating in the Sultanate."
Husain Jawad Abdul Rasoul, chairman of TCC, said that winning the industrial park project is a source of great pride for the company. The company will cooperate with Sandan to have a long-term relation in future projects that will support national economy and create more jobs for Omani youths.
“The industrial park is a pioneer project that reflects innovation and creation required for the future period to support development and progress in the Sultanate,” noted Khaled bin Sulaiman, business development advisor at TCC.
“We are very happy to win this project and will not spare effort to execute the first phase, which is a 350,000 square metres and deliver it to Sandan with highest quality and on time,” said M K R Sai, the newly appointed chief executive officer at TCC.