Press release
23 December 2024On September 7, Ashghal, Qatar’s Public Works Authority, took delivery of pumping station PS70 in Doha. With its capacity of 680,000 m³ a day, this structure is the largest of its kind among the Gulf countries.
It was designed and built by a consortium led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets that includes Entrepose Projets and QDVC, a subsidiary of Qatari Diar (51 %) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets (49 %).
The contract, valued at €360 million, was awarded in 2009. Construction was completed in June 2012, which the consortium followed with a two-year maintenance period pending the commissioning of the wastewater treatment plant connected to pumping station PS70. The consortium delivered the pumping station as a turn-key solution that includes control systems and a 45-kilometre pipeline connecting the pumping station to the wastewater treatment plant.
This project provided several VINCI Group companies an opportunity to work together and leverage their synergies. Accordingly, the project’s subcontractors included: Cegelec Portugal (SCADA design and implementation) and Cegelec Qatar (electrical works), which are both subsidiaries of VINCI Energies; VINCI Construction Terrassement, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction; and WMI (technical support), a subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets is active in Qatar through its 49 % participation in the QDVC joint venture, which is currently building the light rail system in Lusail, the Sheraton park and underground car park, the south red line of the subway system in Doha, and the New Orbital Highway, a ring road in the Qatari capital.
