Kuwait Employment and Career News
Current Master Plan hoped to create new jobs
During the latest MEED conference, which concluded yesterday, it was announced that the pre-qualification process for designing the new airport terminal is currently going on, and it is hoped to be the world’s first high-rated passenger terminal for environment-friendly design.
Following this, Richard Hoyes, the Technical Director at URS Scott Wilson, gave an overview about the current status of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Mega Port on Boubyan Island. It was said that although there are several engineering challenges for the project, they are proceeding. The project, on completion, is hoped to be economically beneficial to both Iraq and Kuwait.
The Chairman and Managing Director of Agility, Tarek Sultan, emphasized that there is synergy between Iraq and Kuwait, and Kuwait will be converted into the right place to live and work for people doing business with Iraq.
He emphasized that Kuwait should focus on getting planned transport infrastructure without delay, and reduce the size of public sector, which work more towards expanding its private sector. This will help in improving its economy, as the Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT) Laws were conceived to create public sector growth, as opposed to the private sector.
Meanwhile, Eng. Saad Soud Al-Muhibly, Director of Master Plan Department in Kuwait Municipality, outlined the current master plan for economic and industrial growth of Kuwait by 2030. He revealed that by 2030, the number of workers in Kuwait will touch 2.8mn from 1.9mn. Currently, the vital services in Kuwait are not in a position to meet the demands placed on them.
Therefore, the Master Plan seeks construction of new cities in northern and southern parts of Kuwait, to meet growth projections, with emerging new industries. Based on estimates, this will help in creating nearly 1.3mn new jobs, which, in turn, will require new entertainment areas, more clean water, new schools, and electricity for power grid.
The Director of Planning and Urban Development for KEO Infrastructure, Geoffrey Batzel, pointed out that Kuwait’s current metropolitan area is well-designed and expansion into other areas is rather easy using the current framework to built upon.
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