Construction companies in the Gulf region are on the look out for skilled staff across most roles and specialisations in spite of the oil slump, according to a panel of company directors from the construction sector who spoke at a leading industry event held in Dubai. There is a continued need for skilled staff in...

The Italian firm,  Salini Impregilo has been awarded a €300 million ($332 million) contract for the construction of primary urban infrastructure in Shamal, a residential area 100km from Doha, Qatar. Salini Impregilo, part of the consortium created with Bin Omran of Qatar, has said that it beat three competitor consortiums from the Gulf area, Asia...

Construction group Carillion has stated that one of its units has won a $124.2-million contract from BP for the construction of a residential complex at the Khazzan tight gas project site within Block 61 in  Oman. A leading integrated support services company, UK-based Carillion has a substantial portfolio of public private partnership (PPP) projects and...

Egypt has signed a  $4.6bn construction deal with Arabia Group. Egypt’s housing ministry signed a construction deal worth about 35 billion Egyptian pounds ($4.6 billion) with Egyptian real estate developer Arabia Group, a statement from the Cabinet has said. Initial agreement for the project in the Cairo suburb of 6th of October City was made...

Construction and engineering company McDermott Middle East has wins initial work contract by Saudi Aramco for a key power supply system replacement for the offshore Marjan field. Work is expected to be executed through the fourth quarter of 2016 and will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2015 backlog. The overall brownfield project comprises integrated...

Shapoorji Pallonji construction major has won a KD150 million ($525 million) contract to build, operate and maintain colleges of social science, law and Shariah & Islamic studies, prayer areas and a faculty club for Kuwait University. The 42-month contract was recently signed during a ceremony under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Higher...

A joint venture of Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast has won a $220 million construction contract for package 3 of Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre  project the report said. The two-year contract was awarded by Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran), reported the Muscat Daily. As per the agreement, Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast, a subsidiary of India’s Shapoorji Pallonji...

Aibel has been awarded the EPC contract for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 8 billion. “The fact that Aibel has won this prestigious contract proves that we can assert ourselves in keen competition, that we have a sound implementation model and...

Target Engineering Construction Company, which maintains a strong presence in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, will be responsible for executing a variety of construction projects in the oil and gas sector. Target was awarded seven contracts totalling AED 930 million from Saudi Aramco   The three main contracts are focussed on improving Saudi Aramco’s downstream facilities. Target...