With the end of the ISIS war, Iraq is on the path of reconstruction and economic resurrection that calls for sustained investment to the tune of over $900 billion within the next decade, said an industry expert.
Oman’s Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) has signed two agreements worth a total of RO48.4 million ($125.5 million) for the construction of a service corridor for Duqm Refinery products and two roads at Duqm Port.
Work on the $1.1-billion Bahrain Airport Modernisation Programme (AMP), the largest infrastructure project in the kingdom, is progressing at a steady pace, reported BNA citing a senior minister.
Terex Cranes said it has delivered two all-terrain Demag AC 300-6 cranes to Integrated Logistics Company (ILC), a leading logistics provider in the Middle East. ILC said it plans to put both the cranes to work at several worksites across the Gulf.
Eagle Hills Diyar said work on its exclusive Marassi Shores Residences project in Bahrain is progressing ahead of schedule with completion expected earlier than July 2019. Significant headway has been made on the luxury seafront property, which is the second residential complex at Marassi Al Bahrain.
Kuwait is set to launch 20 major development projects worth KD21.7 billion ($71.6 billion), including a railway network and a waste management plant, as part of its 2018-2019 development plan, said a report. Of these projects, Kuwait’s massive hydrocarbons sector has the lion’s share with a value of KD11.
Opec member Kuwait plans to spend more than half a trillion dollars by 2040 to boost its oil and gas output and refining capacity, said a report. The announcement comes despite Kuwait projecting a budget deficit in the next fiscal year for the fourth year in a row due to low global oil prices, reported the Kuwait Times.
The Qatar World Cup venue designed by the late renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid will be ready by the end of 2018, said a report, citing senior officials responsible for the project.
Bahrain-based Nass Industrial Services said it has achieved a major milestone with the successful completion of the fabrication of 50 pot superstructures for Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) Potline 6 project.
Bahrain-based Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali Group said its structural and mechanical division (AMD-SMD) marked a major construction milestone last month by delivering the first potshell equipment for Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) Potline 6 expansion project.
Welding tools from Leister Technologies, a leading manufacturer of welding equipment, were used by the Swiss firm’s Dubai-based partner BMC Gulf to implement a major welding job involving hundreds of watering troughs at an ambitious livestock project in Sudan.
Saipem, one of the world leaders in drilling services, said it has secured an onshore engineering and construction contract worth $750 million from Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company in Oman.
Bahrain is set to build a new integrated medical city complex in the north of Muharraq governorate which will include a maternity hospital, a sclerosis therapy centre and an elderly-care facility, said a report.
Oasis Mall Juffair, a multimillion-dollar project in Bahrain by the Landmark Group, is expected to open this August. Built over an area of 58,400 sq m, the multi-storey shopping and entertainment centre is set to become a family destination, with exclusive retail spaces, multi-themed restaurants and fast-food chains.
Omani authorities have begun a feasibility study for the construction of a new port near Sur Industrial Estate in the sultanate, said a report. The study will be ready by the first half of the current year, reported the Times of Oman, citing a report by the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE).
Bahrain completes key road Bahraini authorities have completed a key link to the Northern Town project, which involved the construction of a 1.2-km-long road with four lanes in each direction, connecting Janabiya-Budaiya Interchange to the new town.
