The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has invited firms to bid for the construction and maintenance of roads and infrastructure at the planned USD2.3 billion South Al-Mutlaa development project, setting 7 February as the deadline for the submission of the bids. The firms which were prequalified to bid for the contract include: i) China Railway International Group; ii) China State Construction Engineering Corporation; iii) Salini Impregilo (Italy)/Kolin (Turkey); iv) China Railway 18th Bureau Group; v) China Tiesiju Civil Engineering; vi) China Camc Engineering Company; and vii) Sinohydro Corporation. The South Al-Mutlaa city will be spread over a 104 square-kilometre land area in the Jahra governorate, west of Kuwait City. When completed in 2019, the city will include 30,000 housing units, with expected population of 400,000. (MEED)