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Salini-Impregilo signs deal with PNG

Salini-Impregilo signed an agreement to jointly develop a $2 billion hydro project in Papua New Guinea for Hydro Project. The Government of Papua New Guinea and Salini-Impregilo have signed an agreement to jointly develop a hydroelectric project of 1800 MW. The agreement signed with the second largest nation in Oceania after Australia regards the development of...

Eagle Hills signs $3b Serbia deal

Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based developer has signed a contract with the Serbian government to redevelop part of central Belgrade. The Belgrade Waterfront will occupy 1.8 million square-metres and will be 68 per cent owned by the Abu Dhabi company, while the rest will be held by Serbia, according to the government. Total built-up surface...

Pöyry awarded Power Plant project Oman

Pöyry has been awarded owner’s engineer services assignment for 120 MW Musandam Independent Power Plant Project in Oman. The Musandam Power Company has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineer services assignment for the Musandam IPP (Independent Power Plant) Project. The assignment includes the design review of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor documentation as...

Asian Contractors win Saudi Project

Asian contractors win $290m Saudi Tasnee project Saudi Arabia’s National Industrialisation Company (Tasnee) said it has chosen Taiwan’s CTCI and Japan’s Chiyoda Corp to build a titanium sponge plant for its majority-owned Cristal subsidiary. The two contractors are expected to finish construction of the plant in Yanbu on the Red Sea coast in the first...

Ramboll design unveiled for Qatar stadium

The organiser of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar has unveiled the design of the fifth proposed venue, Al Rayyan Stadium, to be undertaken by Ramboll and Pattern. It will be built on the site of Al Rayyan Sports Club’s former stadium, which has been taken down for recycling by a team including UK-based Buckingham...

Fluor wins Tank Farm Contract in Canada

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) was awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPFC) contract by Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership for a tank farm development project in the Athabasca oil sands region in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of 2015. The project will provide storage...

Daelim wins contract for new Singapore port

Daelim team wins reclamation contract for new Singapore port Singapore’s Maritime & Port Authority has signed a S$2.42bn (£1.2bn) contract with Dredging International Asia Pacific-Daelim Joint Venture for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 project. The deal was signed at the inaugural Singapore Maritime Technology Conference. The project includes dredging of the waters, construction of wharfs...

Philex gets approval for mine in Philippines

Philex receives approval to develop $1.2bn Silangan mine in Philippines Philex Mining has secured regulatory approval to commence operations at its $1.2bn Silangan copper-gold project in Surigao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. Through the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued the declaration of mining project feasibility (DMPF)...

Jacobs to Support Development of Cities in Saudi Arabia

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced that it was awarded a two-year framework agreement from Saudi Industry Property Authority (MODON) for supervision consultancy services to support the development of three industrial cities in Saudi Arabia. Company officials did not disclose the contract value. Under the terms of this contract, Jacobs is managing and supervising...

SembMarine clinches FSO conversion from Teekay

Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) conversion contract worth S$56 million from Teekay for the Gina Krog Field in the North Sea. Sembawang Shipyard will work closely with Teekay to convert the shuttle tanker Randgrid into an FSO. Major conversion works include installation of a new helideck,...

Siemens wins $400m Dubai power plant contract

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has signed a turnkey construction contract worth Dh1.47 billion ($400 million) with Siemens for the expansion of the M-Station power and water desalination plant in the Jebel Ali area of the emirate. The M-Station, built at a cost of Dh10 billion ($2.7 billion), is the newest and largest power...

EnerMech wins Curtis Island LNG deal

Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, said it has been awarded multi-million dollar contracts for the air drying and nitrogen purging of all six gas storage tanks at Queensland’s Curtis Island LNG developments in Australia. Three LNG process plants are currently under construction, with train 1 commissioning phases now complete at one of the plants and well...