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Oman targets 10% nationalisation in construction firms
ME Construction News   16 March 2017   Oman   Middle East  
FILE PHOTO - SHUTTERSTOCK (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Proposal from Oman Society of Contractors will see a gradual increase to 15% Omanisation by 2020.</p> <p>A senior Omani official has said that the Sultanate is working on a proposal to make it mandatory for construction companies to have an Omanisation ...
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Oman’s SEZAD awards infra contracts worth $220m
ME Construction News   15 February 2017   Oman   Middle East  
Port of Duqm perspective (source: ME Construction News)
<p>The Special Economic Zone Authority in Duqm (SEZAD) has awarded contracts for infrastructure works to four local companies in Oman, according to a report by the state news agency.</p> <p>Yahya bin Said al-Jabri, chairman of board of directors of SEZAD signed ...
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New tourism blueprint for City of Duqm
Oman Observer   03 February 2017   Oman   Middle East  
Duqm touristic development perspective (source: Oman Observer)
<p>Multinational professional services firm Deloitte has been commissioned to put together a tourism strategy for the City of Duqm, the vibrant nucleus of the mammoth Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under development on Oman&rsquo;s Wusta coast.</p> <p>The blueprint ...
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Boskalis wins €480m Oman port scheme
The construction index   16 January 2017   Oman   Middle East  
Duqm port (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of intent for the award of a €480m (£419m) contract for work at Duqm port in Oman.</p><p>The project involves the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a bulk liquid berth terminal. Boskalis ...
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Oman’s ONEIC bags four contracts worth $14.3 million
ME Construction News   01 December 2016   Oman   Middle East  
Pylons (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Oman National Engineering and Investment Company (ONEIC) has bagged four contracts worth around $14.3million.</p> <p>In posts on its website, ONEIC CEO Dr. Rashid Bin Mohammed Al Ghailani said that two contracts were awarded by the Dhofar Power Company ...
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Omran awards two contracts for Muscat waterfront project
ME Construction News   24 November 2016   Oman   Middle East  
Mina Al Sultan Qaboos Waterfront project (source: ME Construction News)
<p>The Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) has awarded two major consultancy contracts for the first phase of its ambitious $1.3 billion Mina Al Sultan Qaboos Waterfront project in Muscat, according to a post on the company’s website.</p><p>HD23, a joint ...
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Foster & Partners among firms signed up for 64ha Oman scheme
The construction index   18 November 2016   Oman   Middle East  
Mina Al Sultan Qaboos Waterfront (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Early contracts have been signed for a 64-hectare development on the waterfront of Muscat in Oman.</p> <p>Signings include Foster &amp; Partners and Hoehler and Al Salmy as architectural consultants to the development.</p> <p>Oman Tourism Development Company ...
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China’s investment in $10.7bn city in Oman to provide building boost
The National UAE   21 August 2016   Oman   Middle East  
Oman is expected to run an average fiscal deficit of 11 per cent of GDP over the next five years, according to BMI Research. Bildagentur-online / UIG via Getty Images
<p>An agreement between Oman’s government and Chinese investors to develop a new US$10.7 billion industrial city near the port of Duqm will help Oman’s flagging construction sector, which is expected to this year post its slowest growth since 2000, according ...
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