Praveen Chandran

Founded in 1977, Bahwan Engineering Group is part of Bahwan Holding LLC, one of Oman's foremost business houses. The Group has emerged as one of the largest engineering construction, trading & services groups in Oman. For four decades, the Engineering Group has been associated with nation-building projects, not only in Oman but in the UAE too. Its core values have enabled the Group to successfully execute numerous projects to exacting standards. BEC, today, executes integrated multi-disciplinary construction projects under one umbrella, involving Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Elevators & Escalators, Diesel Power Generation etc. It is also involved in trading in Electrical , Mechanical , Chemical products and Facilities Management Services, within Oman and the UAE. With more than 7,000 employees, including about 900 engineers, the group has established itself as the leader in integrated construction projects in sectors such as Oil, Gas & Power, HV Transmission & Distribution, Airports, Hotels, Hospitals and Commercial-Residential Complexes. Major engineering contracts for integrated projects, such as Oman LNG (Train I & II), Qalhat LNG (Train III), Sohar Seawater Intake and Return System, Sohar Power & Desalination Plant, Barka and Sohar Power Transmission System, Sohar Fertilizer Plant and Marmul Polymer Flooding amongst others, attest the Group’s growing reputation as the country's premier preferred engineering contractor. BEC is the first company in its category to achieve ISO 9000 certification for "Project Management and construction activity comprising Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation works associated with Oil, Gas, Power and Industrial Projects"​. BEC has well documented “HSE Management System” in line with international standards and is certified for OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001. The company has excellent HSE performance track record as one of the safest contractors in Oman.