Abengoa, an international provider of sustainable solutions for the infrastructure, energy and water sectors, has announced that it has produced the first permeate – that is, the first desalinated water – at the Rabigh 3 desalination plant which it is building in the Saudi city of Rabigh.

Petrofac, a leading global provider of oilfield services, says it has achieved the provisional turnover of facilities (PTOF) for Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s (KNPC) Mina Abdullah Refinery Package 3 (MAB1).

Global professional services consultancy WSP Middle East, along with Belgian infrastructure group Besix and US construction major Turner International Middle East (TIME), celebrated a pinnacle health and safety milestone at the Uptown Tower project site in Dubai with their team clocking 10 million working hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI).

Leading UK steel fabricator Cleveland Bridge, which is owned by Saudi-based Al Rushaid Group, has fallen into administration, reported the Construction Index. The collapse of the top British engineering group came after Covid caused delays to several of its global infrastructure projects.

Jassim Transport & Stevedoring set for Boursa Kuwait listing Jassim Transport & Stevedoring Company (JTC), a leading provider of ports and contracts logistics services as well as heavy equipment and power leasing in Kuwait and the GCC, says it is in the process of completing the private placement to increase its shareholders’ base.