CH2M Congratulates Dubai Parks and Resorts on Opening Region's Largest Integrated Theme Park Destination
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - With the premiere of the Hollywood-inspired theme park MOTIONGATE™ Dubai in December, Dubai Parks & Resorts, LLC officially has opened the region's largest integrated theme park destination. The attraction, which also includes LEGOLAND® Dubai, the dining and entertainment district Riverland™, Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, LEGOLAND® Water Park and the Lapita™ Hotel, opened its gates to visitors following a four-year development plan by Dubai Parks & Resorts, LLC supported...
Fluor Selected as Engineering Services Provider by NCOC in Kazakhstan
IRVING, Texas & FARNBOROUGH, England - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a two-year engineering services framework agreement with North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) for conceptual studies and front-end engineering for its projects in the Caspian region. NCOC operates oil and gas activities under the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement, including Kashagan, one of the world’s largest offshore oil fields located in the Kazakhstan zone of the Caspian...
Federal Trade Arm, the U.S. Commercial Service Provides Support for CH2M Contract to Manage Development of India's First Smart Capital City
DENVER - With support from the U.S. Department of Commerce's trade promotion arm the U.S. Commercial Service, CH2M and the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh Capital Regional Development Authority have entered into a contract to develop Amaravati as India's first smart capital city. CH2M was selected as program manager to implement major infrastructure developments integrating digital technologies and intelligent design to transform Amaravati into a technologically-advanced capital city. The U.S. Co...
Preliminary Award of Project Zuidasdok to Fluor, Heijmans and Hochtief Joint Venture
IRVING, Texas & AMSTERDAM -Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Zuidasdok project has been preliminarily awarded to Zuidplus, the joint venture with Fluor, Heijmans and Hochtief. The contract includes widening and partial underground installation of the A10 South motorway and expansion of the Amsterdam Zuid station in the Netherlands. The design and construction contract is worth approximately $1 billion (€990 million) of which Fluor has a 42.5% share, Heijmans 15% and Hocht...
Dewberry Wins ALA and IPRA Design Awards for Glenview Park District Facility
Dewberry has received two major awards for the design of the new 10,416-square-foot Glenview Park District Park and Facility Services East building in Illinois. The firm received a gold medal from the Association of Licensed Architects (ALA) 2016 Design Awards Program, as well as the Outstanding Facility and Park Award from the Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) for exceptional and unique achievements in design and development. One of the many goals of this project was to use...
Chevron Awards Structural Integrity Services contract to Atkins
Chevron North Sea Ltd (“Chevron”) has awarded Atkins a three year framework contract for structural integrity services across selected fixed and floating platforms in the UK North Sea. Les Newman, director in Atkins’ Energy business, said: “Our team is driven by the market need to reduce unit operating costs by improving production and optimising integrity, built on a foundation of improving safety performance across the asset lifecycle.” The contract covers assets including...
Laing O’Rourke Again Demonstrates World-Class Metro Rail Delivery
In 2011 Laing O’Rourke, in a joint venture, was awarded the HK$450 million Admiralty Integrated Station and SCL Enabling Works contract by MTR Corporation in Hong Kong. Work started on the project in 2011 and at 5.55am on 28 December 2016, the first passengers boarded the first train headed towards the newly expanded Admiralty Station on the new South Island Line. The project involved the extension of the existing Admiralty Station, new rail tunnels and platforms, as well as adding a major...
Skanska Builds New Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles, USA, for USD 134 M, about SEK 1.2 billion
Skanska has, in a joint venture with Stacy and Witbeck, signed a contract with the City of Los Angeles to construct the new Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles, USA. The total contract is worth USD 191M. Skanska USA Civil will include its share of the contract worth USD 134M, about SEK 1.2 billion, in the order bookings for the first quarter 2017. The new structure will be a Los Angeles landmark. The design of the bridge, known as “The Ribbon of Light,” was created by Los Angeles-based archit...
NorthLink WA Central Section Contract Awarded
Great Northern Connect (GNC), a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke and BGC Contracting, has been awarded a $417 million contract to deliver the NorthLink WA central section for Main Roads Western Australia. Click here to read the joint media release issued by Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher and West Australian Minister for Transport Bill Marmion. The NorthLink WA central section is the second package of a program of works to upgrade Tonkin Highway to freeway stand...
Arup Installs 75 Metre Long Wind Turbine Blade in UK City Centre
An art installation made from a 75 metre rotor blade has been successfully installed by Arup in the centre of Hull as part of 2017 UK City of Culture celebrations. Designed by multimedia artist Nayan Kulkarni, the installation entitled “Blade” uses a 28 tonne rotor blade – the world’s largest handmade fibre glass component cast as a single object. Arup has provided project management, transport planning and structural engineering services – working closely with Hull UK City of Culture 2017,...
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February Issue 2026
