Infrastructure delivered under Kandal Group, since 1971.
Najem Al-Ibdaa and Kandal Group share common ownership. The thirty projects featured on this site are a curated selection of our largest and most significant deliveries — chosen from a much wider record of contracting, civil engineering, and infrastructure work executed under the Kandal Group name since 1971. Najem Al-Ibdaa carries that heritage forward across Iraq, Kurdistan, and the wider MENA region.
Across thirty signature projects shown
Origins
Founded in 1971 in Duhok as Kandal Group. The Deralok Bridge project (1976) and a portfolio of Sarsink touristic developments represent the group's earliest showcased footprint.
Institutional clients
Long-running relationships built under Kandal Group with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the United Nations, the Sandi Group, and the Iraqi ministries of Housing, Local Administration, Irrigation, and Municipalities.
Coverage
Projects in Arbil, Sulymaniyah, Duhok, Kirkuk, Mosul, Anbar, Wasit, Baqoba, and Taji — nine provinces with a clear footprint across Iraqi Kurdistan.
Delivery by infrastructure type.
- 1Water & Sanitation×8$32.8M
- 2Hospitality×2$20.1M
- 3Camp Construction×5$13.2M
- 4Healthcare×1$10.1M
- 5Industrial×1$9.0M
- 6Housing×1$6.8M
- 7Life Support×1$4.2M
- 8Civil Construction×2$3.1M
- 9Power & Energy×3$1.9M
- 10Infrastructure×2$1.6M
- 11Irrigation×1$1.2M
- 12Roads×1$1.2M
- 13Hydrogeological & Survey×2$92K
Bar length reflects relative delivered value per sector.
Recognition for a record of on-time, on-budget delivery.
- × 7
US Army Corps of Engineers
Letter on file - × 3
UN — UNDP
Letter on file - × 3
Iraqi Ministry of Housing
Letter on file - × 3
Iraqi Tourist Commission
Letter on file - × 2
UN — FAO
Letter on file - × 2
The Sandi Group (DoD)
Letter on file
Original letter scans available on request.
Thirty showcased projects · 1971 → present, still active.
- Decade1970s
- Decade1980s
- 1981–1984
Sheikh Sa'ad Water Project
Water & Sanitation$10.6M - 1981–1984
Salamiah Irrigation Project
Irrigation$1.2M - 1985–1988
Trebel Water Project
Water & Sanitation$8.8M - 1987–1990
Water Project for Villages at Mosul and Duhok
Water & Sanitation$6.1M - 1989–1990
Water Bottling Factory
Industrial$9.0M - 1989–1990
Gara Mountain Water Project
Water & Sanitation$4.2M
- 1981–1984
- Decade2000s
- 2000–2001
29 MW Power Station
Power & Energy$1.5M - 2001–2002
Hydrogeological Assessment for Hareer Basin
Hydrogeological & Survey$26K - 2001–2002
Hydrogeological Assessment for Erbil Basin
Hydrogeological & Survey$65K - 2001–2002
Batel Power Sub-station (33/11 KVA)
Power & Energy$180K - 2001–2002
Kani Mael Power Sub-station (33/11 KVA)
Power & Energy$210K - 2001–2002
Bardarash Water Project
Water & Sanitation$150K - 2002
Expansion of Cham Barakat Water Project
Water & Sanitation$1.2M - 2004–2005
4 Camps for International Police Advisors
Camp Construction$5.8M - 2005
US Army Corps of Engineer Camp
Camp Construction$2.9M - 2005–2010
Life Support USACE Camp Petrol Base Andrea
Life Support$4.2M - 2005
Sulymaniyah Resident Office USACE
Camp Construction$1.8M - 2005
Sulymaniyah IPLO International Camp
Camp Construction$1.6M - 2005
Kirkuk IPLO Camp
Camp Construction$1.2M
- 2000–2001
- Decade2010s
- 2010
Said Sadeq Water Project
Water & Sanitation$1.3M - 2010
Qiliyasan Bridge Project
Infrastructure$970K - 2010
Construction Vehicle Service Center USACE
Civil Construction$725K - 2012
Shvan Tourist Village (50 Villas + Restaurant)
Hospitality$16.4M - 2014
Medicano Hospital
Healthcare$10.1M - 2016
Construction of 3 of (6 Floors) Buildings
Civil Construction$2.4M
- 2010