Roads, bridges, and civil works delivered for the ministries that shape the country.
Al Zahraa General Contracting, Import & Export Company has been part of Egypt's road and bridge programme since 1995. Founded and chaired by Eng. Hesham Zidan, the firm has grown from a specialist contractor into a full-scope civil infrastructure partner — trusted by the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Transport, and the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces to deliver projects that carry traffic, freight, and daily life across the country.
Our work spans the complete spectrum of road and bridge construction: from initial design support and programme planning through to multi-phase execution, quality assurance, and final handover. We maintain a fully self-owned heavy machinery fleet — asphalt pavers, rollers, excavators, loaders, graders, crushers, transport vehicles, and batching plants — which gives us schedule certainty that sub-contracting cannot match.
Geographically, our projects have taken us across infrastructure corridors in the Nile Delta, the Cairo metropolitan region, and broader national programmes. We have worked in Tanta, Al-Hussania, Abo-Hammad, Al-Nofaa, Al-Salhia, and on some of Egypt's most significant connecting roads and bridges.
How we work is as deliberate as what we build. In-house engineering, long-tenured project teams, and direct leadership accountability on every job — these are the operating choices that have kept us on the approved vendor registers of Egypt's ministries and public works authorities for over three decades.
Figures updated annually — full project register available on request.
Al Zahraa was founded in 1995 on a straightforward proposition: build well, deliver on time, and keep the client's word above everything else. Three decades on, the proposition has not changed — the scale of the work has.
Foundation. Established in the mid-1990s as Egypt began a sustained programme of road and bridge modernisation, Al Zahraa took on early contracts alongside the Ministry of Housing and the General Authority for Roads and Bridges. What set the firm apart from the start was a decision to invest in its own heavy machinery fleet rather than sub-contract — a decision that still defines how we work today.
Growth through the 2000s. As demand for regional connectivity grew, so did our capability. New categories of work — dual-carriageway rehabilitation, bridge superstructures, drainage-integrated highway upgrades — became part of the standard scope, and the firm's headquarters at 127 Mohamed Farid Street in Abdin became the coordination hub for a workforce spread across active sites in the Delta and beyond.
The last decade. The last ten years have seen Al Zahraa involved in flagship national infrastructure — including work on the Regional Ring Road, Al-Mehwar, the Al-Masoura Bridge at km 10+160, and multi-phase corridor programmes in Tanta, Al-Hussania, Abo-Hammad, Al-Nofaa, and Al-Salhia. Each project has added to a technical library the firm now brings to every new tender.
Today. We remain independently chaired, family-anchored, and technically led. That combination — long-view ownership plus engineering-first management — is what our clients tell us they value most.
"From the establishment of Al Zahraa Construction Company in 1995 until today, we have stood by the principles of discipline, technical excellence, and integrity. These values have guided our journey and shaped every project we've delivered. Our mission has always been to contribute meaningfully to Egypt's construction sector and to build lasting partnerships through quality, reliability, and trust.
With over three decades of leadership in Egypt's construction industry, I take pride in seeing Al Zahraa grow into a trusted name known for its consistent performance and strong client relationships. We remain committed to delivering high-impact projects across roads, bridges, and civil works — while setting benchmarks in execution, safety, and sustainability.
The work that lies ahead of Egypt — in transport corridors, in urban expansion, in cross-governorate connectivity — is significant. Al Zahraa intends to be part of it, with the same standards we started with in 1995."
Eng. Hesham Zidan
Chairman & Founder, Al Zahraa General Contracting
To be recognised across the Middle East as a leading civil-infrastructure contractor — the partner ministries and authorities turn to when a project must be built to specification, on schedule, and to last. We aspire to expand Egypt's engineering export capacity through selective regional work, while continuing to invest in the people and equipment that make delivery possible at home.
To design, manage, and execute high-quality road and bridge projects that improve mobility, safety, and economic connectivity — using advanced construction methods, a fully-owned heavy machinery fleet, and a workforce trained to international standards. We measure ourselves on three things: technical quality, delivery discipline, and the durability of the built asset over its full service life.
Because the roads and bridges we build carry other people's lives — commuters, freight, emergency response, national supply chains. That responsibility sits at the centre of every decision we make, from the tender room to the last kilometre of asphalt.
Six values, chosen deliberately, held consistently — the ones that decide how we tender, staff, build, and hand over.
We commit only to what we can deliver, and we deliver what we commit to. Our word to a client is contractual before any signature is applied.
Every design decision is defensible on drawings, on site, and in the finished asset. We build to specification, not to shortcut.
No project schedule is more important than the person executing it. Our HSE culture is a hiring standard, not a training slide.
Programme control, cost control, quality control — the three disciplines that separate a contract completed from a contract closed properly.
We adopt new methods when they measurably improve safety, quality, or speed — not because they are new.
Our longest-standing client relationships have run through more than a decade of consecutive projects. That is not accidental — it is a strategy.
Timeline reflects publicly disclosed milestones; full project register available to prospective clients on request.
1995
Al Zahraa General Contracting, Import & Export Company is founded by Eng. Hesham Zidan in Cairo. First contracts secured with public-sector clients in the road sector.
Late 1990s
Strategic decision to build an in-house heavy machinery fleet, rather than rely on sub-contracted equipment — a defining move for the firm's later delivery capability.
2000s
Expansion into bridge construction and dual-carriageway rehabilitation. Firm establishes recurring work with the General Authority for Roads and Bridges.
2010s
Involvement in flagship corridor and ring-road programmes. Regional Ring Road, Al-Mehwar, and multi-phase Delta corridor works enter the portfolio.
Mid-2010s
Delivery of the Al-Masoura Bridge at km 10+160.
Late 2010s
Tanta corridor works — Sandal → Zefta, Phase 1: 10 km of dual-way road.
2020s
Continued expansion of workforce and fleet; concurrent execution across Al-Hussania, Abo-Hammad, Al-Nofaa, and Al-Salhia corridors.
Today
Over three decades of continuous operation, delivering for the ministries and authorities that shape the country's infrastructure.
Al Zahraa is deliberately structured so a single contract can be delivered end-to-end without external hand-offs — engineering, project management, execution, machinery, and QA all sit under one roof.
Working alongside client-side designers and consultants, our engineering team validates constructability, sequences the programme, and closes the gap between drawing office and site.
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Programme control, cost control, and QA integrated from tender through handover — with a single accountable project manager on every job.
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Asphalt pavers, rollers, excavators, loaders, graders, crushers, transport fleet, batching plants — owned, maintained in-house, and available on the schedule the project needs.
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Documented QA/QC at every construction stage, laboratory-tested materials, an active HSE programme, and environmental controls appropriate to the works.
Learn moreNo gaps, no restructurings, no rebrands. The company that signs the contract is the company that finishes it.
Recurring work with the Ministry of Housing (Central Agency for Reconstruction), the Ministry of Transport (General Authority for Roads and Bridges), and the Ministry of Defense (Engineering Authority).
Schedule certainty because we don't queue for equipment.
We don't outsource judgment on constructability, sequencing, or method.
Earned-value tracking, weekly cost-loaded schedules, and monthly client reporting are standard on every job.
Independently chaired, technically led, and structured for continuity.
Al Zahraa holds the contractor classifications and management-system certifications required by the public-sector authorities we work with. Detailed accreditation documents are available to prospective clients on request.
Egyptian Federation for Construction & Building Contractors
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management
ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety
Ministry of Housing – Approved Contractor Register
Additional Accreditations Available on Request
Long-tenured, engineering-led, and directly involved in every major tender and delivery.
Chairman & Founder
"Every project we deliver is a promise kept — to the client, to the ministry, and to the people who will use the road or cross the bridge."
We work with the ministries and public-sector authorities responsible for Egypt's road, bridge, and civil infrastructure programmes.
Ministry of Housing
Central Agency for Reconstruction
Ministry of Transport
General Authority for Roads & Bridges
Ministry of Defense
Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces
Additional public-sector relationships available on request.
Roads, bridges, civil works — from planning through handover. We'd welcome the conversation.
