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WorleyParsons win Sarita Bay LNG job

WorleyParsons has said that it has signed a contract with Steelhead LNG in connection with the proposed Sarita Bay LNG project which is on Vancouver Island, Canada. The proposed project is a 24 land-based facility being developed jointly by Steelhead LNG and Huu-ay-aht First Nations. The contract is for the provision of preliminary front-end engineering...

Hyundai win $126m Saudi power project

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company has been awarded a $126 million project from the Saudi Electricity Company to lay power transmission lines in Saudi Arabia, a report said. As per the contract, Hyundai E&C will build 249 km of a 380-kV transmission line within the Saudi capital of Riyadh, stated a report in...

UAE firm to build $2.6bn Bosnian resort

Buroj Property Development are planning to build a luxury resort on a mountain near Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at an investment of €2.3 billion ($2.6 billion), said a report. The project will see the Dubai group construct villas, residential buildings, hotels and shopping malls, stated an AP news report. The mountain ski...

T&T wins HK airport expansion

Turner & Townsend are to provide a range of services for the development of the new three-runway systems at Hong Kong International Airport. Its role covers master planning, procurement strategy and risk management services. HKIA has more than doubled the volumes of passengers, cargo and aircraft movements since its opening in 1998 and is fast...

Parsons scoops Iraq water project

Parsons has won a contract to carry out front-end engineering designs (FEED) for a system to supply treated seawater to state-owned South Oil Company in Iraq. The contract will see Parsons completing 14 separate studies for a system that will deliver 12.5m barrels of water per day (bwpd) to oil fields in southern Iraq. These...

Tecnicas win Gasco $700m gas contract

Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas has been awarded a $700m contract for a natural gas project in Abu Dhabi by GASCO. The contract covers Package 3 of GASCO’s Integrated Gas Development Expansion Project aimed at producing 400 million cubic feet of additional gas from its offshore fields and alleviating the emirate’s rising gas shortage. The project consists...

Egypt, Gazprom to pen LNG supply

Khalid Abdel Badie, head of Egypt’s state gas company said Egypt will sign the deal for LNG supply with Gazprom during this week. Abdel Badie told Reuters that Gazprom’s representatives arrived in Cairo to negotiate the quantities of gas to provide through 2020. According to the country’s oil minister, Sherif Ismail, the deal for seven shipments...

Aecom to manage World Trade Centre

Tishman Construction, a subsidiary of  Aecom, is to serve as construction manager for Silverstein Properties’ 175 Greenwich Street project, also known as 3 World Trade Centre. The $1.5bn building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Construction is under way and the foundations have already been completed. The 80-storey tower, which...

Black & Veatch wins design of plant

Black & Veatch has been appointed as design and engineering consultant for a desalination plant that will give a dramatic boost to water supply in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city. Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest producer of desalinated water. Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)’s Jeddah 4 scheme will enhance water resources for the...

BAM wins Swiss Hospital contract

Swiss contractor Marti and BAM have bagged the contract to build a new university teaching hospital in Switzerland. BAM’s project share is approximately €70m (£52.4m), carried out by BAM Swiss and BAM Deutschland. The team’s proposal beat eight other bids. The Felix Platter-Spital in Basel will have 240 beds and will be the country’s largest...

Arabtec $102m deal for villa projects

Arabtec, the Dubai based construction company says it has signed two deals totalling AED375 million with Emaar Properties. In a statement to the Dubai bourse, Arabtec said the first contract covered the construction of townhouses and villas for the Al Mira Residential project in Dubai. The project will be completed by May 2016. The second...

Vestas wins 36 MW order in Jamaica

The order was placed by the U.S.-based project developer BMR Energy. The contract comprises the supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines as well as civil and electrical works for the construction on the project. An interconnection transmission line will be constructed separately by the local utility. Turbine delivery is planned for the third...