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Kentech win major work in Azerbaijan & Georgia

Kentech Global Services (KGS) has been awarded a major work in Azerbaijan and Georgia with a major multi-disciplinary commissioning technical services contract by BP. KGS will provide a fully managed service for the provision of qualified commissioning technicians in Azerbaijan (Shah Deniz 2 and SCPX) and Georgia (SCPX only) under a three (3) year contract....

Hill wins $2.7m Saudi hotel project deal

Hill International, the global leader in managing construction risk, announced  that it has received a contract from DUR Hospitality in connection with construction of the Diplomatic Quarter Marriott Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two-year contact has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $2.7 million. The Diplomatic Quarter Marriott Hotel will be a five-star...

Wood Group wins Shell Industrial Services contract

Wood Group has secured a new three year contract with Shell, to deliver industrial services to the St Fergus gas processing plant in Aberdeenshire and the Mossmorran gas processing plant and Braefoot Bay marine terminal in Fife, Scotland. Wood Group PSN’s industrial service line business, Wood Group Industrial Services (WGIS), will provide fabric integrity maintenance...

Cape Announces Contract Win in UAE

Cape UAE is delighted to announce that they have secured 5 years long term contract for carrying out shutdown maintenance programme with Doosan Babcock at GASCO Habshan Bab Complex, providing integrated Access, Insulation, Coatings and Refractory services. Doosan Babcock are a specialist in the delivery of engineering, aftermarket and upgrade services to the thermal power,...

ALEC wins Al-Maktoum airport terminal expansion

ALEC has secured the work for Al Maktoum International Airport, Passenger Terminal Building Expansion. The first phase of this project increases the built up area of the Passenger Terminal Building from the existing 66,107 sqm to 145,926 sqm. The departure building will see the expansion of the public hall, commercial areas and offices as well...

Balfour Beatty wins extension contract for London Metro

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £170 million two-year extension to its Track Partnership contract for London Underground. Track Partnership, an alliance between Balfour Beatty Rail and London Underground, is responsible for delivering essential track renewal work across the London Underground network. Balfour Beatty Rail was appointed to the initial contract in 2010, which included...

Drake & Skull wins QR340M Doha metro work

Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), has announced that the Fujita Corporation has awarded Drake & Scull Rail (DSR) a QR 340 Million contract related to the delivery of the first phase of the Doha Metro Depots. The Fujita Corporation is undertaking the construction of the Red and Green Lines of Doha Metro’s Depots. Under...

KBR wins FEED contract in Canada

KBR, Inc.  announced it has been awarded a multi-phased contract for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. The Woodfibre LNG Project is located in the District of Squamish near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Under the terms of the contract, KBR’s Houston office will provide FEED services for the...

£5m Boost for two Scottish Hydropower Schemes

Albion Community Power (ACP) has committed close to £5m to the development of two new hydropower schemes in the Scottish Highlands. The two run-of-river schemes – Liatre Burn, on the Glen Cannich estate, and Abhainn Bruachaig, near Kinlochewe – will generate approximately 2.8 GWh of renewable electricity per year, equivalent to the electricity consumption of...

Alstom awarded Hong Kong MTR upgrade

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €28 million by Mass Transport Railway Corporation to replace the track circuits of five MTR lines and Airport Express in Hong Kong’s metro network by early 2019. Metro track circuits, which are part of the signalling system, are used to ensure the integrity of the rails and detect the position...

Galfar wins $299m Oman construction project

Construction Services for Yibal Khuff Project On plot with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has been awarded to Galfar Engineering & Contracting SAOG for the value of approximately RO 115 million ($299m). Duration of the Contract is 51 Months.The scope of works includes construction of new Central Processing Facility in Yibal khuff area which includes Civil,...

Hyflux Singapore firm to build Desal Plant in Egypt

Singaporean firm Hyflux, to build $500m desalination plant in Egypt Hyflux Ltd (Hyflux or The Group) is pleased to announce that it has been given a letter of intent for a contract by the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) to construct the Ain Sokhna Integrated Water and Power Project in Egypt....