SMEC wins major contracts in Doha and Afghanistan.(PROFESSIONAL SERVICES)

DOHA -- Australia's Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC), is supervising sub-division development of one of the most prestigious areas of Doha, the capital of Qatar. The project, in Doha's West Bay area, involves construction of 12.5 km of roads in the new diplomatic area known as Zone 66--the future site of 32 embassies--and an adjacent coastal area known as Zone 61

Infrastructure development--which is under two separate civil works contracts--includes road works, water supply, surface water drainage and sewerage, electric power works, telecommunications, landscaping and reticulation works, and construction of a large underground pumping station.

The …