Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has tendered two contracts covering the construction of public buildings across five districts at its Al-Mutlaa City residential project.

The first tender covers construction in the N5 and N6 districts, while the second covers N1, N3 and N4. The tenders were issued on 30 August, with a bid submission deadline of 30 September.

The project is a housing scheme located 38.3 kilometres northwest of the Kuwait metropolitan area. It covers approximately 104 square kilometres and is expected to house up to 400,000 people. The mixed-use development will include residential, social, commercial and light industrial areas.

In March 2023, MEED reported that PAHW had appointed France-based Egis as a project management consultant for the Al-Mutlaa City development.

Under the agreement, Egis is providing programme-level service management, construction logistics and interface management services.

The scope of work also includes cost management, a digital programme management system and a project management information system for the scheme.

Al-Mutlaa City is one of the largest housing infrastructure projects being developed by the government as part of Kuwait’s Vision 2035.

UK analytics firm GlobalData expects Kuwait’s construction industry to grow at an average annual rate of 7.1% in 2025-28, supported by investment in renewable energy, transport and oil and gas projects, as well as spending under the New Kuwait 2035 National Development Plan.

Under this strategy, the government plans to invest KD350m ($1.1bn) to develop several sports projects in the country.

The residential construction sector is expected to register average annual growth of 3.8% in 2025-28, supported by the government’s plan to build 65,500 housing units by 2029 through five projects.