International Projects

Tanzania Picks Arab Contractors for Stiegler Power Project

Hydro plant reservoir would inundate section of Selous Game Reserve

November 8, 2018

The contractor will construct a 134-m-high RCC dam and four saddle dams, with a combined capacity to impound approximately 34 billion cubic meters of water.

Msikaba Span Contract Let By South Africa Road Agency

Shem Oirere

October 17, 2018

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A joint venture of Portugal’s Mota-Engil and South Africa-based engineering company Concor Holdings Ltd. has won a $118-million contract for the construction of South Africa’s longest-span cable-stayed suspension bridge.

Acting Chief Engineer Picked for Ethiopian Dam

Shem Oirere

August 22, 2018

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Successor replaces murdered manager on the politically controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project.

Who Killed the Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Simegnew Bekele was found dead in Addis Ababa

Shem Oirere

August 7, 2018

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The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has promised investigations.

African Infrastructure

Bidders Sought for East Africa Expressway Project

Shem Oirere

June 25, 2018

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The expressway is expected to be financed by the European Union, French Development Agency and the African Development Bank.

African Infrastructure

West African Countries Invite Bids for Regional Railway Project

Joint 595-kilometer greenfield project would be build, operate and transfer

Shem Oirere

June 25, 2018

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The invitation for expression of interest did not state what gauge the new line will be, but in Ghana almost the entire existing rail system is narrow gauge.

African Infrastructure

Uganda Picks New Consortium for $4-Billion Crude Refinery

Government firms in partnership with firms based in the U.S. and Italy

Shem Oirere

May 24, 2018

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Uganda's first refinery is on track, following an earlier stalled effort. Mozambique also issues tender for a new refinery in Nacala.

Power infrastructure

Cash-Strapped Spanish Firms Lose Kenyan Power Contracts

Substation line to Uganda in limbo after transmission system operator terminates Abengoa subsidiary

Shem Oirere

May 3, 2018

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Inabensa wants to block Ketraco from awarding the tender to another contractor or cashing the bank guarantees provided for the African Development Bank-financed project.

Water and power

China Exim Bank To Fund Souapiti Hydro Project in Guinea

China International Water and Electric will build the $1.3-billion power plant

Shem Oirere

April 9, 2018

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The 450-MW plant follows a smaller project that was completed six miles downstream on the Konkoure River in 2015.

Energy

Chinese Firms Supplant Spanish Group in East Africa Power Transmission Project

Bankrupt Spanish engineering and construction group Isolux Corsan pulls out

Shem Oirere

March 13, 2018

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NARI Group Corp. and Power China Guizhou Engineering Co. will complete a 428-km-long, 400-kV electricity transmission line in East Africa.

ENR's Award of Excellence

On March 21, 2019, hundreds of your colleagues will gather at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City for ENR's 54th Annual Award of Excellence Black-Tie Gala. Just like past events, in 2019 you will have the opportunity to network with more than 1,000 construction leaders and make critical connections, while joining us to celebrate the Top 25 Newsmakers for their achievements in 2018 and be inspired by the Award of Excellence Winner.

ENR

Dec 17, 2018

A 25-kilometer tunnel to divert combined sewer overflows along London’s Thames River is being built to meet European Union regulations, although the country is preparing to exit the EU.

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