Carillion Alawi wins contract
Muscat: The RO10.55 million ($27.4 million) Seeb Airport Interchange project has been awarded to Carillion Alawi, a leading civil contracting company.

The road project, one of several being implemented by Muscat Municipality in the capital area, will help address a major rush-hour bottleneck at the Seeb Airport roundabout, as well as streamline traffic along the key Sultan Qaboos Street.
Besides interconnecting with the Southern Expressway, the interchange will also facilitate smooth traffic flows in and out of Seeb International Airport, which is targeted for a major expansion over the next few years. Mobilisation work is currently under way.

Lock gates for Al Marsa
Manama: A pair of lock gates that will be used at the entrance of the canal system at Al Marsa Floating City arrived onsite at Amwaj Islands in Bahrain. The gates, to be located at the south end of the development, between the Meena 7 Towers and the Marina Club, are now ready to be installed.
International consultants the Halcrow Group designed the lock gates, each six m in length, while Nass Contracting Company was chosen as the constructor. They will soon be placed into a 40-m long, five-m deep lock basin that will accommodate boats up to 60 ft long. The watertight gates will be placed across the canal and as the water between the gates can be controlled, boats will be allowed to enter and leave the canal at their convenience regardless of the tide.

LifeStyle to sell Sabban
Doha: LifeStyle Homes & Properties, the first real estate sales consultancy in Qatar, will manage the sales of apartments within the luxury Sabban Towers being built on Porto Arabia in Pearl-Qatar, a $2.5 billion island being reclaimed offshore from Doha.
“We are glad to join forces with LifeStyle Homes & Properties to manage the sales of Sabban Towers which is poised to be one of the most luxurious projects in the world renowned Pearl-Qatar development,” says Arron Browne, sales and marketing manager for the Dubai-based Sabban Property Investments (SPI).

KEO ranks high on list
Kuwait City: KEO International Consultants has been ranked No. 82 among the top 200 international design firms in the Engineering News Record’s (ENR) latest survey. KEO’s chief executive officer Donna Sultan said: “In the markets we serve, all consultants including KEO, face an incredibly competitive environment fueled by heated construction growth, so to be ranked in ENR’s top 200 list is by itself an achievement for any firm. It is wonderful news to see KEO this year ranked No. 82 which demonstrates continued growth and commitment to our international work.”