Galfar wins $54m contract for rehabilitation works at Muscat International Airport

Galfar Engineering and Contracting, the Omani construction firm, has said that it has been awarded a $54 million contract to undertake key...

Analysis

Market Analysis: Oman in Perspective

The continuing recovery of oil prices, along with the introduction of natural gas production at the Khazzan gas field and the completion...

Features

How Hill International answered the Sultanate’s call

“The client’s brief for the projects has been achieved. They wanted state-of-the-art airports, and they’re going to get that. They’re not building...

Infrastructure

Muscat airport terminal works ‘on schedule’

Construction of a new international airport terminal in Muscat, expected to open in early 2017, is on course for completion, reports the...

Infrastructure

New Muscat airport ‘on track for completion in 2016’

Construction of the new Muscat International Airport will be completed this year, although work fell slightly behind schedule in 2015, a senior...

Consultant

Hill International wins $78m Oman airports contract extension

Hill International has won a one-year contract extension worth $78m for work on Muscat International and Salalah airports in Oman, the US-headquartered...

Features

Top 10 Gulf airport projects

1. Al Maktoum International Airport ExpansionCountry: UAEOwner: Dubai AirportsBudget: $33bnProgress: Enabling works Expansion plans for Al Maktoum International Airport were first announced...

Infrastructure

Ready for takeoff

The base for Oman’s impressive transportation infrastructure development lies in a vision tract launched in 1995. The key objectives laid out in...

Construction

Thousands of workers strike at Muscat airport site

[caption id="attachment_14524" align="aligncenter" width="436"] Construction workers working on the expansion of the Muscat airport have downed tools after the death of a...

Construction

Muscat airport gets steel terminal structures

[caption id="attachment_9959" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Installation of the structures will begin on September 22, ministry officials say.[/caption] The Omani government has announced the...