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SNC-Lavalin lands Riyadh airport project

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it, together in a consortium with Toledo Arabia Company, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by the Saudi Riyadh Cooling Company (SRCC) to provide district cooling services for the King Khalid International Airport in, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The value of SNC-Lavalin’s share in...

SNC-Lavalin win Qatargas Refinery Project

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Qatargas for a Water Recycling Facility at its Laffan Refinery 2 plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. SNC-Lavalin is providing engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning services for the Recycling Facility to handle treated industrial water from the Laffan Refineries 1...

CB&I wins $2.8bn Oman chemical plant contract

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I),the energy infrastructure group, said its joint venture with Taiwanese group CTCI Corporation has won a $2.8 billion contract from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its plastics industrial complex project. With 125 years of experience and the expertise...

Petrofac win Aramco EPC contract

Petrofac has won a contract by Saudi Aramco to undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction of a sulphur recovery plant as part of the company’s Fadhili programme. Fadhili is a greenfield development located 30 km west of the city of Jubail in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. When completed, the gas plant will have...

RasGas awards EPC contracts to Chiyoda

Qatar’s RasGas Company (RasGas) has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract on its new Helium 3 project to Chiyoda AlMana, according to the report. It has also signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for Helium 3 with Air Products. The new Helium 3 plant, expected to produce up to 0.4 billion standard...

Adco signs $334 EPC deal for Mender oilfield

Adco, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd., has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the development of the Mender field to China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, CPECC. The value of the contract is is US $ 334 million. The contract covers the construction of gathering stations, pipelines and...

McDermott awarded QP EPC contract

McDermott has been awarded new EPC contract by QP (Qatar Petroleum) for the North Field Alpha gas development project, offshore Qatar. The contract includes front-end engineering design verification, detailed engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) as well as the commissioning of a new six-legged, 15-slot wellhead jacket and temporary drill deck. As part of the...

Moving Abroad Checklist

Initial Considerations

Will your partner be travelling with you?

If so, what will they be giving up in your present home and will they be able to continue with their career in your new home? You will need to check whether a separate visa is required for your partner to work or if your visa gives that right. If they are unable to work you will need to decide on the effect on your finances and what alternatives are available to give a fulfilling life (home business, training, voluntary work).

Are you taking family with you?

Moving with family raises many exciting opportunities, but also can create challenges. The HSBC Expat Explorer survey indicates that expat kids can take six months to settle in to their new country (see article). Getting young or even older children to prepare to move and leave their friends and family behind can be a challenge and should be thought through.

The options for education is another area that needs to be thought through.

Moving your child to a new country with a different education system can be a great opportunity to broaden their experience, but if they are close to key exams the timing can make this inadvisable. If you do take your family with you, it is important to decide between joining the local school system or choosing an international school.

Where will you be living?

Whether you will be living in a house or apartment, furnished or unfurnished, these decisions will affect what you need to take with you. The time you are planning to live overseas will also affect whether you should leave your property at home empty, rent it out or sell it. See the article Sell, Store or Ship.