Oman’s Ministry of Manpower has announced work visa fees for expats will increase by 50%. Fees for private sector workers will rise from OMR201 ($522) to OMR301 ($782). Times of Oman cited an official as saying the change would become law when it is published in the official Gazette. The official told the publication a...

Saipem has been awarded new contracts and change orders in the E&C Offshore segment, for an overall amount of about 1 billion dollars. In particular, the most significant are the notification of award by Saudi Aramco of two EPIC contracts (Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Construction), under the Long Term Agreement in force and renewed in 2015...

Saipem has been awarded new contracts and change orders in the E&C Offshore segment, for an overall amount of about 1 billion dollars. In particular, the most significant are the notification of award by Saudi Aramco of two EPIC contracts (Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Construction), under the Long Term Agreement in force and renewed in 2015...

Técnicas Reunidas is awarded by MGT Teesside Power to design and build the Tees REP Power Plant in Teesside, United Kingdom.  MGT Teesside Ltd, a UK based company, has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR),in a consortium with Samsung C&T, for the execution of a contract to build a new with combined heat and power in Teeside, United...

Arup has been selected to develop HAUT, the highest wooden residential building in the world to date, counting 21 floors. We will work in partnership with Lingotto, Nicole Maarsen, TEAM V Architecture and Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij. The 73 metre high residential tower located in the Amstelkwartier will include 55 apartments, public plinth Hortus bicycles and...

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed an Operating Support Services Agreement (OSSA) at a ceremony held at ENEC’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi in the presence of senior management representatives from both companies. Under the agreement, KHNP will dispatch experienced and qualified nuclear plant personnel to the...

The joint venture led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets, alongside Bouygues Construction’s subsidiary Bouygues Travaux Publics and their Egyptian partners Orascom Construction and Arabco Contractors, has won the Phase 3 contract for Line 3 of the Cairo metro. The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and the President of the French...

Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC, a subsidiary of L&T has bagged an order worth 93.1 Million USD from a prestigious client to construct a regional airport in the Sultanate of Oman. The scope of works includes construction of passenger terminal building, ATC complex, cargo and other service buildings including mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works, special systems and...

The Dubai developer Nakheel has  awarded construction contracts worth Dhs 2.3bn for three of its retail projects in Dubai, UAE. The company has confirmed the builders of Deira Islands Night Souk, Warsan Souk and The Circle Mall. Combined the three projects comprise nearly 2.3 million square feet of retail space and over 6,700 shopping, dining...

Drake & Scull, the leading engineering and construction company who are based in the  U.A.E., has been awarded a $33.4 million contract for an upcoming mixed-use development in Dubai’s Jumeirah district to provide a new dimension to the emirate’s leisure and trade segment. The company’s subsidiary Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE) will be delivering mechanical,...

The Oman-based  company, Al Hassan Engineering Group has won construction contracts worth $20 million relating to energy-related projects from the Gulf region, said a report. Its subsidiary Al Hassan Engineering Company has won a $12-million deal from Petroleum Develpment Oman (PDO) for the implementation of the ‘Mabrouk Pipeline Construction Project,’ reported the Oman Observer, citing...

Bouygues, the French construction contractor, has signed the UK’s biggest ever building contract to deliver phase three of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment. In spite of submitting the highest price bid it beat rival short listed bidder Balfour Beatty for the complex residential job, which will consist of 1,305 Gehry and Foster + Partners designed...