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Sparrows Group secures Ichthys LNG contract

Sparrows Group has secured a three year contract to deliver fixed crane maintenance and lifting and rigging services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia. The agreement is the latest in a series of significant business wins for Sparrows and will see the company’s teams in Perth and Darwin, Australia, support...

Petrofac win US$1.3bn Kuwait project

Petrofac has been awarded a contract for Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) gathering centre project, GC 32, located in the Burgan oil field, south east of Kuwait. The lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project, valued at approximately US$1.3 billion, is the first sour gathering centre to be developed in the field and will process crude...

TechnipFMC awarded contract by Shell Offshore Inc

TechnipFMC  has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell), for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deep water project in the Gulf of Mexico. This new contract...

Sacyr win $244m EPC contract, Bolivia

Sacyr Industrial leads the consortium which has been awarded the main contract for the new cement plant in Potosí (Bolivia), signed with SEDEM (Servicio de Desarrollo de las Empresas Públicas Productiva) for ECEBBOL (Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia). This EPC contract, worth 241 million dollars, is the second of its kind in Bolivia (following...

Penspen secures Feruka-Harare pipeline contract

Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Petrozim Line (Pvt) Ltd to provide engineering, procurement services, construction and commissioning supervision for the latest phase of capacity expansion of the Feruka-Harare multiproduct pipeline. After successfully completing a study on the project over...

Parsons wins US$408m Sharjah airport expansion deal

Parsons announced that it was recently awarded the project management services contract for the Sharjah International Airport expansion in the United Arab Emirates. The client is Sharjah Airport Authority. Parsons’ project/construction management role will include oversight of the planning, design, construction, and commissioning of the airport’s expansion. The Sharjah International Airport expansion project will be...

TechnipFMC awarded an Onshore Contract in Ghana

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by ENI Ghana E&P Limited (a subsidiary of ENI, GNPC(1) and Vitol), for the onshore part of the OCTP(2) development of the Sankofa field, offshore Ghana. Under this contract, TechnipFMC will perform the project management, engineering, supply, construction and commissioning (EPC) for the Onshore Receiving Facilities (ORF) located in...

Carillion secures £90m Cyprus defence contract

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has awarded Carillion the contract to design and build a new communications facility in Cyprus, which will be a single story building, approximately 10,000 square metres in area, with temperature and humidity controlled environments. Construction will start in April 2017 and be completed by the end of January 2019. In welcoming...

SSH JV win $817m Hospital contract in Kuwait

SSH, in joint-venture with Studio Altieri, signed the main design consultancy agreement for the design of the Kuwait New Maternity Hospital (KNMH) with design and build contractor Impresa Pizzarotti & C SpA. As part of a national hospital regeneration programme, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is implementing a major healthcare investment into specialist healthcare services...

Salini Impregilo wins $435m Dubai mall contract

Salini Impregilo has signed a $435-million contract with Meydan Group LLC to build the Meydan One Mall in Dubai, UAE. The unique project will be part of the UAE and Dubai’s showcase to visitors in preparation for Expo 2020. The Mall is part of a massive urban development project located between Meydan and Al Khail...

Panalpina opens mega logistics hub in Dubai

Panalpina CEO Stefan Karlen officially opened the company’s new logistics manufacturing center in Dubai South. The 40,000 m2 facility, adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport, supports circular supply chains and will enable Panalpina to grow its logistics and freight forwarding business in the Middle East, Africa and CIS (MEAC) region. Three times bigger than the...

Hill wins Masdar mixed-use development contract

Hill International,  the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) to provide project management services during construction of the Masdar Institute Neighborhood, a development within Masdar City located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The three-year contract has an estimated...