Engineering-Construction News

Engineering-Construction News



SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 19 May 2012

The Queensland government has withdrawn its support for a 9 billion Australian dollar (US$8.86 billion) coal port expansion in the northern part of the state, in a sign the country's resources boom is losing steam.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 19 May 2012

Iraq said Saturday that six international companies have submitted bids to build a 1,500-megawatt power plant in the central Iraqi province of Anbar.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 18 May 2012

Colombia will increase natural gas shipments to Venezuela by some 50% later this year, Colombian Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas said Friday.

SOURCE: TransCanada | 18 May 2012

TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) confirmed today the in-service date of the Bruce A Unit 2 reactor at the Bruce Power nuclear power facility in Ontario will be delayed.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 18 May 2012

Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) has unveiled its latest iron ore mine development plans to start the construction next year of its Turee Syncline project in Western Australia, according to referral documents posted Friday on the Australian government's environmental website.

SOURCE: KBR | 17 May 2012

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that KBR Building Group has been awarded a contract by CTL Packaging, USA, to construct a new manufacturing facility in Dallas, N.C. This represents CTL’s first manufacturing facility in the United States.

SOURCE: AMEC | 17 May 2012

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a three-year framework agreement by Government Procurement Service to provide environmental and sustainability advice, support and delivery services across the UK public sector.

SOURCE: John Wood Group PLC | 17 May 2012

JP Kenny Norway has signed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Norske Shell for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway. Valued at approximately US$9 million (NOK 55 million), this contract forms part of a global Enterprise Frame Agreement awarded to Wood Group Kenny earlier this year by Shell Global Solutions International BV.

SOURCE: Leighton Holdings | 17 May 2012

John Holland has signed a memorandum of understanding with Isaac Plains Coal Management to negotiate final contract terms on a one-year mining services contract extension, and begin negotiations on an additional three year agreement.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 17 May 2012

Enbridge Inc. said Wednesday it's moving ahead with C$3.2 billion (US$3.2 billion) in pipeline expansions, mostly to send more crude oil from Canada and North Dakota to the Midwest and eastern Canada.