Contract marks the next stage of progress for the project.

Saraya Bandar Jissah, the company developing an integrated residential and leisure development in Muscat, has signed a contract with Nagarjuna Construction Company International, for advanced earthworks on the project.

The contract marks the next stage of progress for the project, which has residential units, two five-star beach front hotels, diverse community services and recreational facilities. Nagarjuna will provide the foundations for the site development, including bulk earthworks, the lagoon structure and platforms for roads and transport networks.

Set to take place over the next 18 months, the contract will help prepare the Saraya Bandar Jissah site for the next stage of its development, which would include infrastructure and building works.

“We are pleased to start the first stage of the development of the Saraya Bandar Jissah project. This is an important step which will position the project and see it take its founding shape in this stunning location,” said Sheikh Hamood bin Sultan al Hosni, CEO of Saraya Bandar Jissah, in a report by Times of Oman.

Halcrow Middle East was appointed to oversee the engineering design for the project.

Bhaskar Reddy, director of operations of Nagarjuna Construction Company said: “This is a significant addition to our portfolio in Oman’s tourism and leisure sector. We are pleased to be able to play a part in this project.”