Construction Week Viewpoint

Construction Week's editor Ashley Williams sits down with deputy editor Anup Oommen to discuss the surge of construction activity from the Sultanate of Oman with a broad range of contract wins, project deliveries.

Oommen discusses the recent $130m engineering, procurement, construction, and management (EPCM) services contract by Petrofac from the Sultanate’s exploration and production firm, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for the Mabrouk North East Development Project.

While, Williams talked about what Oman's General Budget 2020 will means for the countries infrastructure sector, as well as overseas firms expanding into Oman.

Construction Week's editor Ashley Williams sits down with deputy editor Anup Oommen to discuss the surge of construction activity from the Sultanate of Oman with a broad range of contract wins, project deliveries.

Oommen discusses the recent $130m engineering, procurement, construction, and management (EPCM) services contract by Petrofac from the Sultanate’s exploration and production firm, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for the Mabrouk North East Development Project.

While, Williams talked about what Oman's General Budget 2020 will means for the countries infrastructure sector, as well as overseas firms expanding into Oman.

Construction Week's deputy editor, Anup Oommen, sits down with chief reporter Ranju Warrier to discuss the main construction projects and contract wins that highlights the Middle East's focus on Africa.

Ranju Warrier shares key details from Dubai-based AMEA Power and Tadawul-listed Saudi Electricity Company awarding contracts to Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC). She also talks about clean energy projects and sports developments constructed in the African region.

Anup Oommen sheds light on the major power purchase agreements (or PPAs)in the region, and delves into the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development's (ADFD) interest in African development projects.

Construction Week's deputy editor, Anup Oommen, sits down with chief reporter Ranju Warrier to discuss the main construction projects and contract wins that highlights the Middle East's focus on Africa.

Ranju Warrier shares key details from Dubai-based AMEA Power and Tadawul-listed Saudi Electricity Company awarding contracts to Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC). She also talks about clean energy projects and sports developments constructed in the African region.

Anup Oommen sheds light on the major power purchase agreements (or PPAs)in the region, and delves into the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development's (ADFD) interest in African development projects.

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with Ludwig Bouldoukian, Hyatt's regional vice president of development for the Middle East and Africa, to gain insights on the hospitality chain's plans for 2020, its Middle East pipeline, and its new lifestyle hotel in Dubai.

The Middle East has seen a surge in hotel construction during the last decade, but the market will need to slow down in terms of new projects, says Bouldoukian, who sees "the start of a downcycle" in the region.

This will bring to the forefront developers who are serious; who can deliver; who have the financial backing - the kind of developers that Bouldoukian says Hyatt wants to work with.

In addition, Bouldoukian speaks about Saudi Arabia's megaprojects such as The Red Sea project and hints at talks with Qiddiya developers.

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with Ludwig Bouldoukian, Hyatt's regional vice president of development for the Middle East and Africa, to gain insights on the hospitality chain's plans for 2020, its Middle East pipeline, and its new lifestyle hotel in Dubai.

The Middle East has seen a surge in hotel construction during the last decade, but the market will need to slow down in terms of new projects, says Bouldoukian, who sees "the start of a downcycle" in the region.

This will bring to the forefront developers who are serious; who can deliver; who have the financial backing - the kind of developers that Bouldoukian says Hyatt wants to work with.

In addition, Bouldoukian speaks about Saudi Arabia's megaprojects such as The Red Sea project and hints at talks with Qiddiya developers.

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with deputy editor Anup Oommen to discuss the projects such as The Avenues and Alba that are located in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Oommen talks about how Bahrain has laid the foundation stone for its 2,000m2 Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai site, as well as Bahrain’s King HM King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa inaugurated Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) Line 6 Expansion project, one of the biggest brownfield developments in the kingdom.

Williams discussed the progress on The Avenues - Bahrain Phase 2, with construction work set to commence in Q1 2020, and US-based HALO Defence Systems choosing Bahrain as its Middle East headquarters.

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with deputy editor Anup Oommen to discuss the projects such as The Avenues and Alba that are located in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Oommen talks about how Bahrain has laid the foundation stone for its 2,000m2 Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai site, as well as Bahrain’s King HM King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa inaugurated Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) Line 6 Expansion project, one of the biggest brownfield developments in the kingdom.

Williams discussed the progress on The Avenues - Bahrain Phase 2, with construction work set to commence in Q1 2020, and US-based HALO Defence Systems choosing Bahrain as its Middle East headquarters.

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with Patrick Parsons environmental consultancy director, Josh Smithson, about the firm's involvement with the Neom project in Saudi Arabia and its plans for expansion into Africa.

Ecologists at the engineering consultancy firm have been involved with the Neom project in KSA since 2018 across multiple projects stages, including conducting habitat, mammal, bird and reptile surveys.

Smithson also talked about the firm's plans to enter the African market and will be aiming to establish partnerships to boost its presence in the continent

Construction Week's editor, Ashley Williams, sits down with Patrick Parsons environmental consultancy director, Josh Smithson, about the firm's involvement with the Neom project in Saudi Arabia and its plans for expansion into Africa.

Ecologists at the engineering consultancy firm have been involved with the Neom project in KSA since 2018 across multiple projects stages, including conducting habitat, mammal, bird and reptile surveys.

Smithson also talked about the firm's plans to enter the African market and will be aiming to establish partnerships to boost its presence in the continent