The Cost Engineering Directorate of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning, in coordination with the Human Resources Directorate, conducted a training workshop for the prequalification of engineering contracting companies, with the participation of a large number of engineers, managers, project managers and staff from the Municipalities & Urban Planning Affairs.

The workshop aims to improve projects quality and provide a modern and updated data base capable of handling all kinds of contracting companies and assess their performance on a regular basis to benefit all parties involved, whether contracting companies or entities from the Government and Private sectors.

The objectives of the workshop included clarifying the prequalification procedures for contracting companies, enhancing awareness about the importance of this service that the Ministry provides through the Cost Engineering Directorate and improving coordination amongst the concerned sectors and directorates and their representatives at the Ministry in relation to the prequalification service.