This project will be located behind Emiri Diwan administrative centre on Doha corniche in Qatar covering a development area of 750,000 square metres. The project involves Development of Msheireb Downtown Doha (Formerly Heart of Doha City) mixed-use scheme comprising several districts, including mixed-use quarter, a retail quarter and a commercial area. This project, it will offer its residents unparalleled views across the water to the West Bay with a mix of 1-4-bedroom apartments, featuring state-of-the-art smart home technology, in Qatar’s most upcoming desirable neighbourhood.The development will contain hotel, retails, residential, mosques, culture, heritage, school and government buildings ranging from 3 to 30 storeys. More than 100 buildings will be constructed to offer housing, workspace, cultural and community facilities, while preserving key heritage buildings. Msheireb is the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, that will revive the old commercial district with a new architectural language that is modern, yet inspired by traditional Qatari heritage and architecture – its proportion, simplicity, space, light, layering, ornament and response to climate. Utilising the latest in sustainable technologies, Msheireb will adhere to the highest standards in green building. The strategic objective of the Msheireb project is to reverse the pattern of development in Doha, which has tended towards isolated land use, reliance on car transportation and energy hungry structures. Msheireb Downtown Doha will become a new social and civic hub in the city centre – a place where it is enjoyable to live, work, shop, visit, and spend time with family and friends. Msheireb Enrichment Centre is a landmark destination created by Msheireb Properties to serve as an educational portal to showcase Qatar's glorious past and soaring ambitions for the future.The Mushiereb site is bordered by Al Rayyan Road to the North, Jassim Bin Mohammed street to the East, Musheireb Street to the south and Al Diwan Street (part of Ring Road) to the West. The mixed-use scheme includes an interchange for Doha’s proposed metro system, a shopping mall, hotels and a commercial district. The commercial area will be called Headquarters Gateway. The client has invited contractors to pre-qualify for the building construction contract on this scheme. The estimated $220 million package for which contractors are being invited to pre-qualify involves the construction of a national archive building, an annex to the Diwan Centre, and a building for the Emiri Guard which is part of the country’s armed forces. All buildings are designed according to environmentally sustainable building standards, with the aim of receiving a platinum rating, the highest available, from the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) rating system developed by the US. The total built-up area of the buildings is about 144,000 square metres. An award for the main contract is expected by the end of this year and construction is expected to commence by the first week of January 2010. US Construction International is acting as the project manager.