Orascom Construction adds $520m new contract wins in Q3Orascom Construction, a leading global engineering and construction contractor, said it has added $520 million of new awards to its backlog in the third quarter. Egypt accounted for approximately 60 per cent of the new awards while the US repres More… |
UAE contractors' order backlog hits two-year highUAE contractors have witnessed a robust growth in their order backlog over the last three quarters, with the backlog growing to a fresh two-year high of Dh27 billion in Q4, 2012, a report said. More… |
Depa narrows first quarter net lossDubai-based interior contractor Depa said its net loss for the first quarter of 2012 has narrowed to Dh8.7 million ($2.36 million) from last year's loss of Dh19.3 million thanks to an impressive order backlog. Announcing the Q1 results More… |
Causeway trucks backlog clearedHundreds of trucks waiting for the last four days to cross the King Fahad Causeway entered Saudi Arabia last night. Sources told our sister newspaper, the Gulf Daily News, the entire backlog of trucks was cleared after Saudi Customs author More… |
Cement backlog to prolong crisisThe backlog of work at construction sites in Bahrain will take at least two weeks to clear, cement importers said yesterday. Supplies from Saudi Arabia are expected to fully resume today following the intervention of Crown Prince and Depu More… |
Driving test failure rate upA failure rate of over 60 per cent of learner drivers on their first test is causing a backlog and a shortage of driving instructors, it was revealed. "Under normal circumstances, there would be sufficient numbers of instructors to ha More… |