Drake & Scull win Dubai development contract
Drake & Scull International has announced that its Engineering subsidiary Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE) has won a AED 290 Million contract to undertake MEP works for a high end luxury mixed use development project in Downtown Dubai, which is scheduled for completion in 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, DSE will provide detailed...
Myanmar awards Oil & Gas contracts
Myanmar has awarded contracts to two international oil companies, Statoil and ConocoPhillips for oil and gas exploration in a deepwater offshore block, the official Kyemon Daily said earlier this week. The newspaper said the two companies’ regional subsidiaries – Singapore-registered Statoil Myanmar Private Ltd and ConocoPhillips Myanmar E&P Pte. Ltd. – agreed to invest $323...
Nesma secure $1.75bn infrastructure project
Saudi contractor Nesma & Partners has secured $1.75bn contract from the Umm Al Qura for Development & Construction Company for infrastructure work on the King Abdulk Aziz Road in Makkah. The road project is a major one planned to help alleviate pressure in the city, and is one of several key strategic development projects being...
SSH Bahrain awarded Highway Project
SSH Bahrain, in partnership with Hyder Consulting, has recently been awarded the engineering consultancy services for the design of the road and bridges as part of the widening and upgrading of the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah (SJAS) Highway by the Ministry of Works Municipalities and Urban Planning. This project is selected for implementation...
Hyundai HH wins Kaliningrad FLNG tender
Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea’s shipbuilder, has been awarded a Gazprom Flot tender to build a floating LNG terminal in Kaliningrad, Russia. As Interfax reported, HHI outbid its compatriots Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, and Samsung Heavy Industries in the tender, with a bid of USD 295 million. “The possibility of delivering LNG by sea will...
Oman inks 25-year, $600m deal to develop oilfields
The Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has signed a $600 million pact with Indonesia-based oil and gas leader MedcoEnergi to continue developing the Karim Small Fields (KSF) project in southern Oman, a report said. The contract builds on an existing contract from 2006, added the Oman Observer report. The agreement was signed by Raoul M Restucci,...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Nuclear Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announced it has won a 10-year contract to supply radioactive waste analysis to the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The multi-million pound contract, awarded by Sellafield Limited, confirms Amec Foster Wheeler’s position as a key scientific and technology support provider of nuclear decommissioning activities. Amec Foster Wheeler will perform laboratory-based analysis to characterise...
Vinci-Bouygues win $286m Cairo Metro contract
Vinci and Bouygues have been awarded a $286 million contract from Egyptian authorities to build the extension of Line 3 of the Cairo Metro system. The Egyptian authorities have demonstrated renewed confidence in the joint venture led by Vinci Construction Grands Projets alongside Bouygues Travaux Publics, and their Egyptian partners, Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors,...
Technip Wins Contract For Basra Refinery
Technip, in partnership with UNICO, a Japanese engineering consultant, was awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract on a reimbursable basis, for the upgrading of the Basra refinery. This contract, awarded by South Refineries Company (SRC) – Ministry of Oil, covers the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and warranty management phase of the refinery upgrading...
Balfour Beatty wins $100m prison expansion
Balfour Beatty Construction has won a contract to design and construct a new US$100.5m (£65.5m) extension to a prison in California. The project involves a 215,000-square-foot addition to the Kern County Justice Facility in Bakersfield. The project site – which has an area of more than 24 acres – is part of the larger County-owned...
Kier confirms £265m Mouchel takeover
UK construction company Kier has announced the acquisition of infrastructure consultant Mouchel, in a deal which will enhance the offering of the two firms to the water industry. The cash acquisition will create a merged entity with a turnover of £3.6BN, and strong infrastructure design capabilities. Kier is funding the takeover through the issue of...
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