Habtoor Leighton wins $71.6m contract for Abu Dhabi’s Kizad

Work on infrastructure project begins this month and is set for completion in March 2017. Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has been awarded...

Dubai’s Emaar Malls reports 37% jump in net profit

Emaar Properties shopping-mall subsidiary records $230m profit for first half of the year. Emaar Malls, the Dubai property giant's malls and retail...

Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd airport plans private-aviation terminal

King Fahd International Airport in Dammam reportedly signs contract with XP Jet America to establish and run terminal . King Fahd International...

Carillion JV wins $125.3m deal for BP Oman gas project

Carillion Alawi to build accommodation and operational base for BP at Khazzan gas field. Carillion’s joint venture in Oman has won a £80...

Bechtel-led consortium begins tunnelling for Riyadh Metro project

The six-line Riyadh Metro network, which will be 176km long, is forecast to serve 400,000 passengers when complete. A consortium led by...

Al Jaber completes major Qatar petrochem crane lifts

Installation of two massive 1,300-tonne gas reactors part of series of 143 lifts. Al Jaber Heavy Lift and Transport has completed a...

Dubai’s RTA awards contract for internal roads in Al Barsha

Contract will complement an initial phase of road construction at Al Barsha South 1. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded...

Balfour Beatty, Kier ‘suffer major cost overruns’ over $8.4bn Hong Kong rail project

Rail link to mainland China to be delivered three years late, according to report. Balfour Beatty and Kier are suffering major cost...

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff wins Kuwait roads contract

Kuwait Ministry of Public Works awards design work to engineering firm. The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) in Kuwait has appointed WSP...

Germany’s Hochtief in $1.5bn deal for Riyadh airport expansion

International joint venture consists of Hochtief, Shapoorji Pallonji MidEast and Nahdat Al Emaar. A multinational joint venture led by Germany’s Hochtief has...