China State Construction Engineering Corporation Middle East has been appointed as the main contractor for Phase One of Peninsula, a waterfront project strategically located in the heart of Business Bay, by UAE property developer Select Group.

Integrated facilities management services provider Emrill has announced annual new contract wins and renewals of over $90 million with a number of projects being clinched in new sectors, thus demonstrating the organisation’s successful expansion in 2021.

Global energy company Engie, in collaboration with Saudi-based contracting firm Nesma and private desalination company Mowah, has broken ground on the Al Rayyis seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant.

Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been awarded an energy performance contract by Abu Dhabi developer Aldar Properties.

Orascom Construction, a leading global engineering and construction contractor in the region, has announced that it has added $785 million of new awards to its backlog in Q4 2021. This takes its total value of new awards to $3.5 billion in FY 2021, up 22 per cent over the same period last year.

Vinci, a global player in concessions, construction and energy businesses, has completed the purchase of Cobra IS, the energy business of Spanish civil and construction engineering giant ACS, (including the renewables platform) in a deal worth €4.9 billion ($5.5 billion).

UAE-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) says it has secured two sizeable offshore contracts worth AED8.2 billion ($2.23 billion) from Saudi energy giant Aramco for its multibillion-dollar Zuluf incremental project.

Dubai-based Imdaad has secured a key contract from leading developer Nakheel to provide hard facilities management (FM) and data loss prevention (DLP) management services for its ‘The View at The Palm,’ the observation deck that offers a 360-degree view of Palm Jumeirah, the Arabian Gulf and Dubai’s skyline.