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Gammon scoops £139m contract to build a data centre in Singapore

Gammon Pte. Limited, a subsidiary of Gammon Construction Limited, has been awarded a data centre project in Singapore for Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale, carrier and cloud neutral, multi-tenanted data centres across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Located in the Woodlands area of Singapore, the data centre will comprise a six-storey precast...

New GES contract win for WorleyParsons Saudi Arabia

WorleyParsons has been awarded a General Engineering Service (GES) contract by Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) to help optimize the production of its facilities. WorleyParsons will offer all engineering & consultancy services for the refinery, which includes Feasibility studies, basic/concept studies, detailed engineering, procurement and construction support, and pre-commissioning/commissioning assistance. The services will be...

Wood wins contract to expand Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania

Wood is providing engineering, procurement and construction management services to Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross Gold) for the Phase Two expansion of the Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania. The award follows Wood’s early involvement in the project executing the feasibility study for the Phase Two expansion and reinforces the company’s longstanding global leadership in the development...

Aker Solutions Secures US123M Troll A Platform deal

Aker Solutions secured a contract valued at over NOK 1 billion from Equinor to deliver a module for the Troll A platform that will help increase output at one of Norway’s largest natural gas fields. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is the company’s latest award for work at phase 3 of the...

KBR Awarded EPCM Contract by BOC to Develop Majnoon Field in Iraq

KBR has been awarded a contract by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for the development of the Majnoon Oil Field in Basra, Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide overall project management, multi-discipline engineering support, procurement and construction management services to BOC under a two plus one year extendable service contract. “KBR has...

Jacobs team lands Ireland’s first metro contract

Jacobs Engineering Group, in consortium with Idom, has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) as Employer’s Designer for the development and implementation of Ireland’s first metro system, central to a new multi-modal transport strategy to support Dublin’s continued economic growth. Working collaboratively with the National Transport Authority (NTA) and TII, the Jacobs Idom consortium...

Hill International to manage luxury resort ugrade project in Malaga, Spain

Hill International have announced they will manage the complete remodeling of the Princess Estepona and Costa del Sol Resort for Ikos Resorts. Located on the Mediterranean coast just south of Malaga in Spain, the project will raise the Resort from a four-star destination to a five-star guest experience. For Ikos, the project represents a further...

KBR Awarded pre-FEED Contract for INPEX LNG Project in Indonesia

KBR announced it has been awarded a pre-FEED contract by INPEX Corporation through its subsidiary INPEX Masela Ltd for the Abadi onshore LNG Project in the Arafura sea in Indonesia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a cost competitive, pre-FEED package utilizing its well proven design and execution methodologies. The pre-FEED will...

Balfour Beatty JV wins £370m contract in Hong Kong

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has announced that a subsidiary of its 50:50 Far East joint venture, Gammon Construction, has been awarded a c.HK$4bn (c.£370m) construction contract for a large scale residential development, ‘Lohas Park Package 9’, by Wheelock and Company Limited. The development, located at Tseung Kwan O bay in the Sai Kung...

Arabtec wins AED 433Million Dubai Infrastructure Project

Arabtec Holding PJSC, a leading contractor for social and economic infrastructure, today announced that its subsidiary, Arabtec Engineering Services (“AES”) has been awarded an infrastructure project from Dubai Municipality for the DS188 Jebel Ali Industrial Sewerage and Drainage System for AED 433 million. The project will commence in May 2018 for a duration of 30...

BV consortium secure Manila water infrastructure upgrades

Manila Water appoints Black & Veatch to advance Water Infrastructure as part of extensive Capital Investment program. Manila Water is looking to significantly increase capital spending in the 2018-2027 period to improve water sustainability. The investment will focus on developing water and wastewater infrastructure with the aim of improving services and creating more sustainable living...

Vinci consortium picked for €72m construction of Africa Cup Stadium

The consortium comprising VINCI Construction subsidiary Sogea-Satom (leader), Egis, Baudin-Chateauneuf and Alcor has won a significant contract to design and build a stadium in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire’s political and administrative capital. Worth €72 million, the contract calls for the construction of the main stadium in Yamoussoukro and the refurbishment of four training facilities located near...