Tag: Middle East
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Saudi’s WEC seeks developers for Rabigh 3 IWP mega plant
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Company (WEC) is seeking expressions of interest for a mega SWRO project in Rabigh, north of Jeddah.
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Q&A Ziad Bouars: "When you come it’s just sand"
Ziad Bouars, commissioning manager at Sidem-Veolia, explains why he has no intention of swapping a projects role out in the field for a desk job back at head office
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Is water in the grip of a skills crisis?
In an engineering-heavy sector such as water, it’s a truism that well qualified people are thin on the ground. But is it more accurate to say that the global water industry in the grip of a skills crisis?
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The Long Read: The changing EPC landscape
There is a big shift going on in the water sector, and it’s exemplified by the Suez-GE deal. While the focus of services offered by engineers has always ebbed and flowed along a spectrum of consultancy, design work, systems integration, and delivery, nowadays customers’ decision-making processes are pushing at the boundaries of these traditional project…
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Interview: Pedro Almagro, CEO, Abengoa Agua
As comebacks go, Abengoa’s has been pretty impressive. The company that has been through a traumatic one-and-a-half years, in April 2017 wowed the industry with a massive €240 million contract win from Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power.
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ACWA Power’s Padmanathan outlines acquisition plans
ACWA Power has stated an interest in acquiring parts of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation when it privatises in 2018, reports The National.
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GS Inima and Veolia among six to prequalify for Oman project
GS Inima and Veolia Middle East are among six entities shortlisted for a desalination plant project in Khasab, Oman, reports Times of Oman.
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Grundfos gains outpace global pumps market
Pumps manufacturer Grundfos has reported organic sales growth of 0.5 per cent for 2016, helped by a strong second half.
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How we delivered Az Zour North phase one
"With hindsight we were very lucky to get everything through on time and that our construction partner Hyundai Heavy Industries was on time. Fortunately we escaped a lot of those little wrinkles that need sorting out during construction, and can drag on and on, and so we kept to time," says Andy Biffen, chief executive…
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Suez buoyed by strong International division
Suez has reported organic revenue growth of 1.1 per cent for the year ended December 2016, driven by a 4.7 per cent rise at its International division.
