Abu Dhabi will invite bids for the first phase of the Dh1.5 billion ($408 million) Shuweihat power and desalination project in mid-February, according to Abdullah Al-Naimi, director of privatisation at Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (Adwea).
Al Massa Cinema has opened a new complex comprising three cinema theatres in Sharjah, UAE, and plans are afoot to increase the number to eight in the next two months, said Hesham Abdul Khaleq, director of the company.
Cummins Power Generation (CPG), through its local distributor Universal Engineering Services (UES), has supplied twenty 1 MW Cummins diesel generator (DG) sets to the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) of Oman.The generator sets help meet peak demand for power in the Sharqiya region.
Dubai Investments Park Development Company (Dipd) plans to build Dubai's first $100 million private power plant in collaboration with a foreign firm to supply power to all industrial and residential units within its business park which is under construction near Jebel Ali port.
About 100 exhibitors are expected to take part in the first Hardware, Tools & Houseware Exhibition to be held in Dubai, UAE, this month.The exhibition, the first such show to be organised in the Middle East, will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from February 6-9.
AmmanConstruction is an industry with inherent risks, with projects involving long-term commitments in a fast changing environment.The difficulties inherent in civil engineering and building projects frequently means that expectations of the parties remain unfulfilled.
DubaiA major conference aimed at building officials and administrators will be held in Dubai, UAE, next month.The Fifth World Congress and Exhibition of the World Organisation for Building Officials (WOBO) will take place from March 26 to 29 at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry premises.
Iraq has signed a $419 million deal with Russia's state-owned Technoprom Export to resume construction of the country's largest power station after work came to a halt at the time of the 1991 Gulf War.
Oman's Tender Board has approved a shortlist of companies prequalified to bid for berths and civil works for a new port and fishing harbour in Sohar.The port will now cost 40 per cent less than the earlier announced RO96 million ($250 million), said a project official. This is because bids for the project had been lower than expected, he explained.
The Lulu Centre, considered to be Doha's largest department store, is fast nearing completion and will be ready for inauguration by mid-February 2000.Only part of the shelving work remains to be finished, said Packker Koya Ali, general manager of the department store. The decoration work alone is estimated to cost more than QR3 million ($824,175).
Egypt's AIC, formerly Arabian International Construction, said its civil portion of a $60 million project in Port Said would be completed by December 2000.The project focuses on the construction of a 1,200-m jetty, a joint venture project with Italian firm Rodio. AIC responsibility amounts to $37 million.
The Kuwait Ministry of Public Works will offer vital government projects to the private sector for both planning and execution of the ventures. but the ministry will continue to be responsible for planning and implementation of government buildings.
Kuwait's Municipal Authority has approved a plan to build the $5.3 billion Subiya City. The megacity in a northern, uninhabited part of the country will be linked to the capital by a $1.5 billion, 22-km causeway bridge spanning Kuwait Bay.
The Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed a management agreement with the UAE-based Al Jaber Group to operate a new deluxe hotel under development in Dubai.The Shangri-La hotel, currently under development, will feature 300 guestrooms and suites and approximately 110 service apartments.
HSBC Bank Middle East Qatar has opened the HSBC Tower, its new $10 million headquarters on Abdulla bin Jassim Street in Doha. The new facility overlooking the Corniche is located 100 m away from the bank's existing main office building and comprises a basement and six floors.
UAE Minister of Public Works and Housing Rakad bin Salem bin Hamad bin Rakad has signed a number of contracts for maintenance, upgrading and expansion of roads and bridges, including Al Dhaid-Madam Road, Fili Link Road and Masfout Link Road worth a total of Dh24.4 million ($6.6 million).
