HE the Minister of Works Eng. Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf toured Hamad Town Intermediate School for Boys to inspect work progress in the project. The Minister was accompanied by the Assistant Undersecretary for Construction Projects & Maintenance Eng. Mona Al Motawa, Construction Projects Director Eng. Wadeea Marzooq and a number of engineers from the Ministry. During the visit, the Minister was briefed on the latest developments in the project. The construction works for the school building have been completed and work is underway to complete the first storey of the building. Work on the electricity sub-station for the school is now near completion. The Minister stated that the Ministry of Works was keen to benefit from the support granted to them by the Gulf Development Program, by increasing the number of projects implemented or supervised by them for the purpose of improving the quality of services provided to Bahrain’s citizens.
This comes upon directives from HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and also in line with the Government’s efforts to support this initiative; headed by HRH the Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and supported by HRH the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. This is also followed up by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministerial Services & Infrastructure Committee HH Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. The BD3,850,321 Hamad Town Intermediate School for Boys is funded by the Saudi Fund. The Government has allocated a land of a total area of 11403m2 to the Ministry of Education, and a construction land of a total area of 14550m2. The 4 storey school building comprises of 30 classrooms and has a capacity of 1050 students.
The school also includes multi-purpose laboratories for science, computer, home science and the library, in addition to offices for the teaching and administrative faculty, sports hall, other service facilities such as toilets and a guard room. The school building has been designed based on the latest MoE’s requirements, which include sustainability, green buildings and energy saving measures; such as thermal insulation for roofs and walls, double-glazing windows to reduce noise, sensor taps in bathrooms, acoustically insulated vinyl flooring, and paints with low volatile and anti-carbon organic compounds to paint walls internally and externally. The design also takes into account providing all the facilities needed for students with special needs, such as constructing a special parking lot close to the main school entrance, providing slopes on all entrances, using non-slip vinyl flooring in all rooms, corridors and stairways, in addition to providing 4 elevators close to all entrances and toilets with a size that properly accommodates the needs of those students. Parking spaces, a bus-stop and a waiting area for students are to be provided in coordination with MoW’s Roads Planning & Design Directorate.
