IHG to open world’s largest voco hotel in Saudi Arabia.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is continuing to expand its footprint across Saudi Arabia with the signing of voco Makkah, in
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Construction Projects in Middle East
L&T, Sinopec said to win Saudi Aramco’s $18bn Marjan, Berri deals.
India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas, South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction (Hyundai E&C), Norway’s Subsea 7, and
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Qatar Petroleum and Chevron Phillips Chemical sign agreement for a mega-petrochemical plant in the United States.
Qatar Petroleum has signed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC to develop a new world-scale petrochemical project in
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McDermott wins Saudi Aramco’s $4.5bn Marjan EPCI contracts.
American contracting heavyweight McDermott has won two engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contracts with a combined value of $4.5bn
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New Saudi shipyard to be built in South Korea.
Saudi Arabian tanker giant Bahri is set to order very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs) from a large-scale shipyard being
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Saudi Arabia invites South Korea for Neom, Qiddiya, first nuclear plant.
The Crown Prince’s invitation was extended during his official visit to South Korea on 26-27 June, when he met President
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Bahrain MPs propose to ban expats from 35 professions
Members of Bahrain’s Parliament have proposed to ban expatriates from working in up to 35 different professions, and while a
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August 2019 launch for Bahrain’s underwater park with Boeing 747.
Bahrain’s Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, said the kingdom would open the world’s largest
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Bilfinger Middle East wins three contracts from Adnoc in Q1 2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has announced that it has awarded German construction company Bilfinger three separate projects
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Saudi’s Privileged Iqama system to allow residency, work without kafeel
Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet – chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – has
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Aramco plans to buy Shell’s stake in Saudi refining JV.
Saudi Aramco plans to buy Royal Dutch Shell’s 50 percent stake in Saudi refining complex SASREF, a joint venture between
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$1.36bn Jubail Island ‘residential sanctuary’ launched in Abu Dhabi
Jubail Island Investment Company (JIIC) says its $1.36bn Jubail Island development is, “poised to become Abu Dhabi’s most desirable residential
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Construction work on Saudi Arabia’s $500bn Neom City to begin soon.
The project team for Saudi Arabia’s $500bn (SAR1.9tn) Neom giga project will start moving on-site in the “coming […] months”
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The 20 most influential Arab leaders in Middle East construction industry.
Arab countries are the home of some of the world’s most popular construction business achievements, and the managing directors, chairmen,
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SEWA awards $500mn deal to Elsewedy Electric and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems consortium.
Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a consortium of Elsewedy
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