Shanahan Engineering awarded Saudi Arabia JIGCC contract

Firm has worked on over 350 power generation projects around the world. Chinese EPC corporation Sepco-2 has awarded Shanahan Engineering a contract...

INTERVIEW: Hill International’s Imad Ghantous

"When it comes to the Middle East, the elephant in the room is Saudi Arabia". As market conditions in the GCC region...

SITE VISIT: La Perle, the story behind a show like no other

How MEP engineering keeps the magic sparkling night after night. Almost exactly a year ago, the doors of a show like no...

RAK Municipality and Masdar launch ‘Model Villa Initiative’

Masdar will serve as technical adviser on the initiative which will launch later this year. Ras Al Khaimah Municipality has partnered with...

ABB to deliver WindSTAR transformers for offshore wind project

Transformers are designed specifically for floating wind turbines. ABB has won a contract from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind that will see it...

Egypt signs $1.2bn agreement with Russian-Hungarian JV for rail infrastructure projects

Deal will see JV manufacturing and suppling 1,300 new railway passenger vehicles. The Egyptian Minister of Transport has signed a $1.2 billion...

National Bank of Kuwait says 2,500 workers safely evacuated from under construction HQ site following massive blaze

Kuwait Fire Department safely evacuates workers in ‘record time and without any injuries', bank says. National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) says that...

ARCON first to use EPD software to verify ready-mix concrete in Dubai

ARCON now able to "substantiate" end-to-end life cycle programmes for construction materials. Al Naboodah Construction Group's ready-mix producer ARCON (Al Naboodah Ready-mix...