04 22.86 e 26.3248778 n 50.0730167 e 26.3248778 ; 50.0730167 bin quraya group . type privately held company limited industry various founded 1975 as asco headquarters dhahran key people president awad bin quraya vice president hamad bin quraya general manager h. black services equipment rental construction & trade number of employees 2100 website www.binquraya.com bin quraya group through its rental division bq rental is the leading mobile cranes and heavy equipment rental firm in saudi arabia with one of the middle east s largest heavy equipment fleets . 1 2 the company is based in dhahran saudi arabia with clients and projects all over the kingdom . 3 contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 heavy equipment fleet 4 major clients 5 external links 6 references history edit in 1975 mr. awad bin quraya and mr. sadiq a bahrain national formed a joint venture company known as asco with a paid up capital of sr. 100 000.00 to pursue small projects on sub contract basis from the main contractors for saudi aramco projects . the hard work and dedication of asco was soon recognized by saudi aramco and it was included in the list of short form contracts for civil & mechanical work . at that time the company employed 20 25 workers including the owners and the only equipment the company owned at the time was an old crane three pick ups trucks and a couple of compressors . in 1982 mr. sadiq decided to quit the partnership and subsequently bin quraya est. technical services & general contracting a sole proprietorship of mr. awad bin quraya was established . in a short period of time the establishment was registered with saudi aramco as a mechanical contractor . the earliest projects were pipeline contracts and required a number of heavy equipment that had to be rented . therefore mr. awad decided to purchase various types of equipment needed for the projects simultaneously hiring qualified personnel and using the profits earned from projects for equipment purchase . this resulted in obtaining bigger projects from saudi aramco . the real upswing in business occurred in 1986 when saudi aramco s east west pipeline reconditioning project at abqaiq was tendered and bin quraya est. succeeded in winning long form contracts in the project . due to project requirements bin quraya est. procured a sizable inventory of heavy equipment especially construction cranes . currently the establishment employs 2500 employees and has a fleet of 250 cranes of various capacities and other construction equipment such as wheel loaders bulldozers graders backhoes pipe layers side boom tractor heads & trailers dump trucks and other plant equipment . divisions edit bq rental mobile cranes and heavy equipment rental bq build construction bq power electric generators rental heavy equipment fleet edit bin quraya possesses one of the largest heavy equipment fleets in the middle east with over 250 construction cranes in capacities ranging from 20 to 500 tonnes 4 and more than that number in various other heavy equipment . bin qurayas fleet includes cranes from the following manufacturers liebherr tadano the manitowoc company formerly grove cranes caterpillar inc. major clients edit saudi aramco weatherford shell halliburton sabic total s.a. schlumberger saudi electricity company bin laden group petro rabigh satorp sinopec marafiq saipem royal commission for jubail and yanbu external links edit official website bq rental website references edit 1 bin quraya heavy equipment fleet . accessed january 10 2013 . 2 500 tonne liebherr for bin quraya july 5 2011 . accessed january 10 2013 . 3 clients page of bin quraya s website . accessed january 10 2013 . 4 500 tonne liebherr for bin quraya july 5 2011 . accessed january 10 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bin quraya & oldid 647210631 categories 1975 establishments in saudi arabiacompanies established in 1975construction equipment rental companiescompanies of saudi arabiahidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 07 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view