Egypt’s Hassan Allam Holding has announced that its subsidiary, Hassan Allam Construction, in a consortium with Saudi Arabia-based Water & Environment Technologies Company (Wetico), has won a contract to execute engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works for the Abu Qir seawater reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant, located in Alexandria, Egypt.

Abu Qir Fertilisers & Chemicals Industries Company is the owner of the seawater RO project, according to regional projects tracker MEED Projects.

The scope of work for Hassan Allam Construction includes the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the main seawater desalination plant, which will have a production capacity of 80,000 cubic metres a day.

The Egyptian contractor did not reveal the value of the EPC contract.

“This project marks another milestone in our growing portfolio of water and desalination projects across Egypt and the region,” Hassan Allam said.