About $32bn worth of large-scale urban construction projects are now being tendered in the Middle East, according to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC)
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JCB secures its first deal in gas-powered generator sector after signing a deal for 34.5MW in capacity with UK alternative electricity generating company AGR Group
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UAE-based consultant ARACO has been appointed to complete works on a $44m (AED160m) residential tower in the Majan Master Development in Dubai
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An Orascom Construction-FCC Aqualia JV has been awarded a $320m contract to build Egypt?s Abu Rawash Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Assessors from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance audited the security management system in place at Khalifa Port, Zayed Port, Mussafah Port, and Abu Dhabi Ports HQ
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The Dept. of Homeland Security has awarded eight contracts to companies to develop prototypes for the Trump administration’s proposed wall along sections of the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
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If initial lessons included in an interim status report on the cause of February’s failure of the main spillway at California’s Oroville Dam are heeded, hundreds of U.S. dams more than 50 years old may have to be re-examined and upgraded.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s assault on Texas and Louisiana, drones and small planes equipped with cameras and instruments fill the sky, getting a bird’s-eye view of the destruction.
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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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