Empower bags $50m contract for district cooling plant in Dubai

Contract covers the construction and maintenance of a 45,000 refrigeration-tonne facility in Business Bay district. Empower, the UAE-based district-cooling services provider, has announced...

Khalifa Port to handle all of Abu Dhabi’s RORO cargo

The UAE capital’s roll-on/roll-off volumes grew by 18.8% in 2014 compared to the previous year. Abu Dhabi Ports plans to move all...

Italy’s Pramac supplies 44 gensets to Losail motor circuit in Qatar

The units will be used to light MotoGP championship events in Doha. The Italian genset manufacturer Pramac has renewed a generator-supply agreement with...

Dubai approves 15km metro expansion for Expo 2020

Discovery Gardens, Dubai Investment Park, and Furjan among communities to be served by Red Line extension. The Dubai Metro is set to...

Louis Berger wins $100m transport contract in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

US firm to be project management consultant for Madinah transport plan. Louis Berger, the international engineering consultancy, has won a $100 million...

Dubai Airports investing $1.2bn to upgrade DXB terminals

Concourse D is scheduled for opening later this year, with construction work on track. Dubai Airports is investing $1.2 billion in new...

Saudi Arabia to open bidding for Jeddah Metro construction

First public trains set to run on $12bn rail system in 2020. Saudi Arabia plans to open bidding for the construction of a $12bn...

Qatar ‘may not require cooling systems at winter World Cup’

World Cup Organising Committee exec reportedly said holding event in winter could negate need for sophisticated cooling systems. Qatar may not require...

France’s Egis lands contract for Um Alhoul Economic Zone in Qatar

French engineering group to oversee construction of 27 sq km development south of Doha. Egis, the French engineering group specialising in infrastructure...

Saudi port seeks to lure freight shipments from Jebel Ali in Dubai

King Abdullah port looking to attract Riyadh cargo currently shipped via the UAE. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Port is looking to give the...

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