Until recently Sowwah Island was just a lonely patch of desert in the Persian Gulf. Now the roughly 100-hectare island, which is part of Abu Dhabi, is a hive of activity as work progresses on the construction of a new business...

On July 1, 2010, SGS was awarded a contract to provide Supply Chain Services for the construction of a new metallurgical plant by one of Russia’s largest producers of pipes, railroads and metal products. During the one-year...

Alstom, the world leader in the supply of hydropower equipment and services, and Sanko, the Turkish industrial holding, today inaugurated the 100 MW Cevizlik hydropower plant. Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

The development of the CLOV project on Block 17 in Angola has been approved by the partners and the principal contracts awarded. Statoil has a 23.33% stake in Block 17.

As operator of Block 17, Total announces the launch of development of the CLOV project and the awards of the principal contracts. This project is the fourth development pole in Angola’s deep offshore Block 17, after Girassol,...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that its affiliate, Kellogg Brown and Root South Africa (Proprietary) Limited (KBR SA) has entered into a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) transaction that is another step in KBR's...

On 29 June, Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom, and Andreï Bokarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transmashholding (TMH), signed a contract for the design and manufacturing in Russia of key components for the EP20...

In July 2010, SGS was officially approved to execute Building Certification and Building Inspection Services in its new office in Tokyo by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). From now on, SGS can...

Skanska has been contracted to construct the R4 motorway between Košice and Milhost in Slovakia. The contract is valued at EUR 78 M, about SEK 735 M, which will be included in order bookings for the third quarter. The client is...

Skanska has reached an agreement to sell an office project in Helsinki to the German property company Commerz Real. The sales price amounts to approximately EUR 38.4 M, about SEK 375 M, and the capital gain to about EUR 6.7 M,...

AREVA has signed an Early Work Agreement with Horizon Nuclear Power, joint-venture between E.ON and RWE, for site specific design studies on its EPRTM reactor which the two German utilities are considering for construction in the...

Alstom has signed an extension of an operation and maintenance contract with Gas Natural Fenosa for its combined cycle units* in Sant Adrià del Besós (Barcelona) and San Roque (Cádiz) power plants, in Spain. The contract confirms...

On 24 June 2010, Alstom inaugurated a new production facility for steam turbines, gas turbines, large turbo-generators and related equipment for the North American fossil fuel and nuclear power generation market. It will also...

Alstom has been awarded two contracts, worth approximately €450 million in total, by Indian private utility GVK Industries to build two units at the new Jegurupadu III combined cycle power plant in East Godavari District, Andhra...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Tourist Development and Investment Company (TDIC), a master developer of tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, to provide logistics...

KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been appointed to an alliance that will design and build one of the world's largest advanced tertiary wastewater treatment plants for Melbourne Water in Melbourne, Australia. The plant,...

TRANSTU, the Tunis transit authority, has awarded Alstom a contract valued at €58 million to supply 16 additional Citadis tramsets and maintenance services for its entire fleet of Citadis trams.

During the first quarter of 2010/11 (from 1 April to 30 June 2010), orders booked by Alstom amounted to €3.1 billion. Sales, at €4.7 billion, were slightly down as compared to the same period of last year.

Alstom has signed a contract worth €100 million with the Brazilian renewable power generating company, Desenvix, subsidiary of the Engevix engineering group, to build a 90 MW wind farm complex in Bahia, Brazil. With the working...

Alstom, a world leader in the supply of hydropower equipment and services, has signed a contract with Kiewit Alarie Partnership(KAP) to supply three turbine generator sets to Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Lower Mattagami...

Skanska has sold the Hjälmarekajen office building in Malmö for SEK 400 M and the capital gain amounts to SEK 120 M. The buyer is Svenska Vårdbostäder AB which will continue its operations as Executive Property Svenska AB. The...

SGS has widened its service portfolio and from now on offers its clients a greater scope of Construction Materials Testing services covering both the East and West coast of Australia in order to address the high demand for high...

Skanska has been awarded the contract to design and construct a new prison in London. The contract amount is GBP 100 M, or about SEK 1.2 billion, which will be included in second-quarter order bookings. The contract was signed...

Skanska has sold its Grunwaldzki Center office property in Wroclaw in southern Poland. The sales price amounted to EUR 76.5 M, approximately SEK 735 M, and the capital gain to EUR 12.5 M, about SEK 120 M. The buyer is the German...

Skanska is to sell the land and development project for the Swedish Security Service’s new head office in Solna to the state-owned Specialfastigheter Sverige AB, which owns and manages buildings for special purposes like...