THE international division of UK-based roofing and cladding specialist Lakesmere has secured its largest contract to date following the team’s appointment to complete work as part of the ambitious redevelopment of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
THE Elaf Group of Companies, a leader in the Saudi travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, has launched construction of four new hotels in Saudi Arabia. The total cost of these new projects – which will be located across Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah – has been valued at SR400 million ($106 million).
MORE than 400 people are working round-the-clock to ensure work on one of Bahrain’s biggest road projects is completed on schedule. Works Minister Essam Khalaf said the two-month afternoon work ban that came into effect last month would not affect progress on the BD25-million ($66.25 million) Mina Salman Interchange project.
THE Indian School Bahrain (ISB) is planning to construct a new campus and a higher education centre at a cost of BD2 million ($5.3 million) on a land area of 40,000 sq m. The land has been leased to the school by the Riffa Sports Club at West Riffa, said the chairman of the ISB executive governing board, Abraham John.
Omnix showcases Autodesk solutions OMNIX International, a leading distributor of digital software imaging solutions, recently highlighted its new line of powerful Autodesk design solutions at roadshows held in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
ALFANAR Construction has successfully commissioned the first two gas turbine (GT) units of Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) Hail-Two power plant’s Extension-Three project six weeks ahead of schedule.
AL JUBAIL Petrochemical Company (Kemya) has awarded engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts to Daelim Industries, Technip, and Tecnicas Reunidas for the construction of an elastomers facility in Saudi Arabia.
NORTON ROSE has advised a consortium which is expanding Madinah Airport in Saudi Arabia under a landmark $1.5-billion PPP (public private partnership) contract.
EXTRA workers have been drafted in to ensure Bahrain’s first national theatre, a BD19-million ($50.53 million) waterfront facility near the Diplomatic Area, opens on schedule. Construction of the theatre has been going on for 12 months and is scheduled to be completed by mid-November.
A RANGE of projects that span the Middle East have been chosen among the 100 most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure projects in the world, in the second edition of KPMG’s Infrastructure 100 report.
CARES has achieved the Ukas (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accreditation for its key sustainable certification scheme.
AECOM has won a $27.85-million contract to provide architecture and engineering services for King Khalid Medical City in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. When complete, the medical city will include a 1,500-bed hospital, research centre, accommodation, a conference centre, mosque, office building, car-parks and a community centre.
JACOBS Engineering Group has been awarded a design contract by Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), to build a plant in Saudi Arabia’s industrial city of Jubail.
BAHRAIN is looking at implementing laws that will pave the way for constructing green buildings across the country. The Central Municipal Council has approved the draft for new legislation which looks at reducing all types of pollution and increasing green zones and plantations.
BRITISH sports car manufacturer McLaren Automotive and its retail partner for Bahrain Al Ghassan Motors plan to build a new showroom in the kingdom. Scheduled to open in the autumn, the McLaren Manama showroom, will be built at the foot of the Bahrain World Trade Centre and form part of the Moda Mall luxury shopping complex.
INDIA’S state-owned Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) is looking at Saudi Arabia for setting up a three million tonne-per-year (tpy) steel plant as a joint venture with the local Rajhi Steel at an investment of $3.63 billion, according to press reports. “RINL is in talks with Rajhi Steel for a three million tonnes per annum plant in Saudi Arabia.
BAHRAIN-BASED locally-owned company Taha International Corporation has been awarded the dross management contract with Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s (OARC) plant currently under construction in Sohar, Oman. OARC’s plant will begin production in August 2013 and represents a significant milestone in Oman’s downstream aluminium development.
AS part of a larger local project team in Bahrain, Syrconsult International has developed preliminary plans for a major mixed-used park in Muharraq. To be built over an area of nine to 36 hectares, the Grand Muharraq Entertainment Park will have 60 per cent of open green area with 40 per cent allotted for commercial spaces.
