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Work on $2bn Omagine to start in 2017
Construction work on Omagine, a $2.5-billion mixed-use tourism and real estate project to be developed on a 1-million-sq-m...
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Kuwait set to award $27bn contracts
Kuwait’s projects market continued to expand in the second quarter of this year in spite of low oil prices and the state...
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Flower-shaped tower for Qatar
Qatar will construct two buildings designed by late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, including a tower shaped like a desert flower close to the site of the 2022 Fifa...
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$1.6bn waterfront goes up in Egypt
Egypt-based Jumeirah Real Estate Investment & General Trading Company and Sakan Developments are to build a major mixed-use...
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Bahrain ownership law to boost property market
The recent decision by the Bahraini government to allow foreigner investors 100 per cent ownership in various sectors of the...
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Salini Impregilo inks $955m Kuwaiti job
Salini Impregilo, an Italian specialist in the construction and civil engineering business, has signed a $955-million contract...
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Iran eyes $12bn green power
Iran is planning its first tender for utility-scale renewable energy projects by the year end as it begins a green power buildout that could draw $12 billion of...
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Cairo Metro awards Line Three work
Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) has assigned the rail work for Cairo’s Metro Line Three to the ETF-ORC...
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550 new hotels on way across the Middle East
A total of 154,576 rooms in 550 hotels were registered under contract in the Middle East in June, a 23.5 per cent increase...
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Jazeera to build new terminal
Kuwait’s government has allocated land to Jazeera Airways for the construction of a dedicated passenger terminal and car-park buildings at Kuwait International...
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Bahrain harbour project progresses
Work on the Zallaq Harbour project in Bahrain is progressing well with several of the key development phases completed as per...
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Aqar plans $1bn Duqm development
Property investment firm Al Khonji Real Estate and Development (Aqar) has inked deals for the lease of land in Oman’s Duqm Special Economic Zone for the...
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Firms vie to build gas plant
A number of regional and international firms are competing for a contract award linked to the establishment of a major nitrogen gas plant to serve the needs of the giant...
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Bahrain to build hi-tech 50,000-seat stadium
Plans are under way to build Bahrain’s biggest integrated sports stadium featuring a football pitch, an underground...
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SNC-Lavalin wins Qatar contract
SNC-Lavalin, a leading engineering and construction group, said it has been awarded an engineering consultancy and support services contract by Oryx GTL, a joint venture...
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JV secures Kuwait pipeline deal
Penspen, a global provider of engineering and management services to energy firms, said its joint venture with Lebanese project design and consultancy group Dar Al...
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Omran’s three new hotels on track
Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran), the master developer of major tourism, heritage and mixed-use projects in Oman, is on track to deliver three new hotels in...
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Hill wins hospital deal
Hill International, a global leader in managing construction risk, said it has won a contract from Health Assurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) to manage the construction...