Louis Berger wins $100m transport contract in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Louis Berger, the international engineering consultancy, has won a $100 million consultancy contract for an ambitious public-transport programme in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.The...

Infrastructure

Saudi Arabia to open bidding for Jeddah Metro construction

Saudi Arabia plans to open bidding for the construction of a $12bn metro rail system in Jeddah later this year, with operations set to...

Infrastructure

Louis Berger JV awarded $79m Doha Metro contract

The Qatar Railways Company has awarded the Louis Berger-Egis Rail joint venture a $79 million contract to provide project management consultancy services...

Infrastructure

Etihad Rail, Dubai’s RTA sign rail agreement

Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has signed a strategic agreement with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority...

Infrastructure

Riyadh Metro tunnelling work ‘to start in April’

The digging of tunnels for Riyadh’s $22.5 billion metro project is expected to start in two months, according to media reports.Parts for...

Features

Rail: Egypt’s fast track to recovery

Four years after a populist uprising that tore down the Hosni Mubarak regime and two years on from the ill-fated reign of...

Infrastructure

Exova wins $5.6m Doha Metro testing contracts

The London-listed scientific-testing firm Exova Group has won contracts worth over £3.7m ($5.6m) to test key infrastructure on the Doha Metro project,...