Three locations have been selected for the EU programme, which aims to protect and enhance Algeria’s cultural heritage. Louis Berger will support Algeria’s Ministry of Culture on the first two of the three pilot sites:
- two buildings and a section of the protection wall of the Kasbah of Algiers, an urban inhabited site and ancient city
- the Berber Tomb of the Imedghacen, a funerary monument built between the third and fourth centuries BC in the region of Batna.
“We are proud to partner with Algeria’s Ministry of Culture to protect and enhance the country’s cultural heritage,” said Thomas Topolski, executive vice president and managing director, Middle East and North Africa. “Efforts to preserve and enhance these sites help safeguard them for future generations to enjoy and to support Algeria’s tourism sector, a potentially job-rich and lucrative industry for the country.”
The pilot rehabilitation operations are scheduled for completion in July 2018 and is part of a multi-disciplinary cultural heritage programme, which is supported by the EU with a €21.5m (£15.7m) contribution and by the Algerian government with a €2.5m contribution.
Louis Berger’s contract terms cover architecture and engineering design as well as construction supervision for site rehabilitation-related work. Louis Berger’s mission also includes supporting touristic enhancements, such as providing design for an information kiosk and monument lighting for the two buildings and a section of the protection walls of the Kasbah.
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