Dijlah Engineering is a general contractor in Basra. It has delivered 34 public projects between 2011 and 2025.
Dijlah Engineering was founded in Basra in 2007 and builds public works across the governorate: roads and bridges, city streets and entrances, schools and electrical networks.
Our published record lists 34 projects delivered between 2011 and 2025, with contracts worth about 142.5 billion Iraqi dinars and more than 80 kilometres of roads built and rehabilitated.
The company also runs two computerised asphalt batching plants, at Al-Zubair and Al-Qurna.
Dijlah Engineering is a subsidiary of Al Sagban Holding for General Contracting.
- Founded
- 2007
- public projects delivered, 2011 to 2025
- 34
- Contract value
- 142.5bn IQD
- Roads built or upgraded
- 80+km
Vision, mission and values
Our vision
To be the contractor Basra's public bodies rely on for roads, bridges, water and buildings, delivered with accuracy, integrity and safety.
Our mission
To bring expertise and skill together in one team and help rebuild and develop the country, with works built to specification.
Responsibility
We do what we commit to, and answer for what we build.
Quality
We test materials and check the work before handover.
Planning
Every project starts with a plan and a schedule before the first day on site.
Teamwork
We work with the owner and the subcontractors as one team.
How we work
Three phases on every project.
Before construction
We study the drawings and specifications, set the implementation plan and schedule, and identify the materials with long lead times.
During construction
Regular progress reports, site meetings, schedule updates, technical tests of materials and works, and a record of what was actually built.
Handover
We hand over the works with their as-built drawings and follow up the owner's remarks during the warranty period.
Before construction
We study the drawings and specifications, set the implementation plan and schedule, and identify the materials with long lead times.
During construction
Regular progress reports, site meetings, schedule updates, technical tests of materials and works, and a record of what was actually built.
Handover
We hand over the works with their as-built drawings and follow up the owner's remarks during the warranty period.
Safety
The company's safety programme applies to our own staff and to every subcontractor and supplier who enters our site.
- The company's safety rules, instructions and procedures
- Iraqi laws and instructions in force
- Accountability for safety at every level of the company
Tested to Iraqi standards
Materials and the finished mix of our two asphalt plants are tested to Iraqi standards.
Two asphalt plants, at Al-Zubair and Al-Qurna
Al-Zubair plant
Computerised batch asphalt plant
Al-Qurna plant
Computerised batch asphalt plant
Two computerised batching plants. Incoming materials and the finished mix are tested to Iraqi standards, and measuring and testing equipment is calibrated regularly.
Aggregate bins
Drying drum
Hot elevator and screens
Weighing and mixing with bitumen
Loading the truck
The paved road