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title: SYSTRA receives Special Award for design role on iconic bridge project
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# SYSTRA receives Special Award for design role on iconic bridge project

![SYSTRA receives Special Award for design role on iconic bridge project](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/9490a577a3059dcdb77b6d8f8dac0a.jpg)

The award is from the Kuwait Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
At a ceremony on 7th May, His Excellency Mr Hossam Abdullah Al-Roumi, Kuwait’s
Minister of Public Works, presented SYSTRA project director Mohamed Akraa with
the ‘Special Award for Infrastructure Project 2017’ in our capacity as the
international design consultant.

The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway is one of the largest, most iconic
transport infrastructure projects in the Middle East and one of the world’s
longest maritime causeways (with the Doha link). As lead designer, SYSTRA has
delivered more than 15,000 drawings and more than 620 reports for the project.

More than 260 SYSTRA employees from France, Korea, India and Dubai collaborated
for more than three years on the design. This award is testimony to their
achievement.

Jean-Charles Vollery, Chief International & Development Officer, said: “SYSTRA’s
work on this bridge has demonstrated our technical excellence to the world and
shown that we are capable of carrying out highly challenging engineering design
projects. I congratulate all those who have made this project such a great
success and contributed to our receiving this award.”

The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway is scheduled to open at the end of
2018. It will reduce the distance between Kuwait City and the Subiyah area from
104km to just 36km and the journey time from around 70 minutes to less than 20
minutes. It will facilitate the integration of the northern regions of the
country with the densely populated central and southern regions and contribute
to reducing traffic congestion on surrounding roads. The project also includes
the construction of motorway access roads on land partially reclaimed from the
sea, two artificial islands housing maintenance facilities, two ports for
administrative purposes and main administration building with its iconic
visitors’ centre.

SYSTRA ranks 12th in the world in bridges among international design firms in
the _Engineering News-Record (ENR)_ rankings, compiled before the acquisition of
International Bridge Technologies in 2017.

![20180507_204239](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20180507_204239-1024x768.jpg)

_Mohamed Akraa, SYSTRA project director, receiving the award from the Minister
of Public Works, His Excellency, Mr Hossam Abdullah Al-Roumi

![certificat-subiyah](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/certificat-subiyah.jpg)