Poyry wins engineering services contract
Pöyry awarded engineering services assignment for expansion of Lausanne railway station, Switzerland. Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has appointed Pöyry, as part of the engineering consortium 4G, for the “Galette – Bâtiment Voyageur” (passenger building) main lot at Lausanne station. Pöyry is deploying expertise from across departments including civil engineering, railway engineering and buildings divisions to...
SapuraKencana enters EU with TANAP contract
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has expanded its global footprint by making its entry into Europe, securing a RM510 million contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (“TANAP”) from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.S. The contract, awarded to SapuraKencana via its wholly-owned subsidiary company, SapuraKencana TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd. (“SKTLO”), is for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and...
China Builds Foreign Talent Database
China is to build a database of overseas talent as part of a digital platform to match foreign experts with potential employers, a senior official has said.China Daily reports that the platform, the first project of its kind in the country, will include all legally employed foreign workers’ nationalities, areas of expertise and industry, their...
Drake wins UAE MEP contract
UAE contractor, Drake and Scull, reported that its engineering unit has won a Dh334 million ($90.94 million) deal for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works on a hotel being built on the Palm Jumeirah. As part of the agreement, Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE) will complete the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and handover of detailed...
Hanwha Group win $2.12 Iraq deal
Hanwha Group has signed an order for an additional $2.12 billion in social infrastructure construction for the Bismayah New City project, just four months after the visit of Chairman Seung Youn Kim to Iraq in late 2014. Bismayah New City Project is a contract Hanwha Group won from the government of Iraq in 2012 to...
Mammoet awarded Cameron LNG job
Mammoet has been awarded the heavy lift and heavy haul contract for the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana USA. The multi-billion dollar project will be comprised of three natural gas liquefaction trains with approved liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity of 1.7 billion cubic feet per day. “We are very happy to work on one...
Foster awarded Jeddah transport plan
Foster + Partners has won the contract to develop a city-wide public transport plan for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The work includes the design of metro, ferry, bus, cycle, public spaces and stations. The Jeddah Public Transport Programme (JPTP) consists of a three-line metro and light rail system, bus network, marine ferries and taxis and the...
Metito wins $28m Egypt water projects
Metito is taking part in four strategic municipal water projects in Egypt worth more than EGP220 million ($28.8 million). The National Organisation for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD) has assigned the first the Arymon Waster Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) and the Shabbily Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), which are expected to be completed next year...
Arabtec’s $36bn Egypt Project deal
Arabtec has agreed terms with Egypt’s Ministry of Housing for the first phase of a $36.70 billion plan to construct one million homes across the country, they said last week. They will sign a contract with the ministry “at the earliest opportunity” for this first phase, according to a statement to Dubai’s bourse. This will...
Arabtec wins $283m Aramco contract
Dubai’s Arabtec has been awarded a Dh1.04 billion ($283.16 million) contract from Saudi Aramco to build 380 villas in Saudi Arabia, the contractor said today. Arabtec, which this week put four of its five Saudi subsidiaries up for sale, said it would complete the project in Al Dhahran within 28 months. The company said it...
Aecom & Laing O’Rourke land Stadium station
Aecom and Laing O’Rourke have landed the tender for a £52m station in Perth, Australia. Construction of the train station at the new Perth Stadium site will begin within months. The project to build Stadium Station and its associated railway infrastructure is part of a AU$358m integrated transport solution for the new Perth Stadium. Aecom...
Chinese firm wins RAK contract
China Harbour Engineering Company wins a $40.8-million marine and infrastructure works contract from Al Hamra Real Estate at its Falcon Island project in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) UAE. Designed to house the first Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certified real estate of its kind in the Gulf, Falcon Island will feature 150 of...