SIGNIFICANT NEW VENTURES

As of the late 80s, the group undertook expansion into a number of significant new ventures:

• Restructured in 1988, the already 30-year-old operations in Kuwait through the establishment of Al-Bahar & Bardawil Specialities (B&B)
• Started in 1993 a specialized contracting operation in Lebanon, Bardawil Specialities sal, which eventually became focused on geotechnical contracting
• Started in 1997 a UAE based factory, Speciality Engineering Chemicals-SpEC, focused on the manufacture of construction chemicals
• Started in 1997 a specialised concrete repair business in Saudi Arabia in JV with a leading general contractor
• Started in 1999 a new trading and specialized contracting business in Qatar (Bardawil Specialities-Qatar)