Neal Sandler

GE-Chinese Firm to Build Largest Israeli Pumped Storage Plant

April 13, 2016

General Electric subsidiary Alstom and China contracting giant Sinohydro Corp. have signed an agreement in principle to build, operate and maintain what would be Israel’s largest pumped-storage project, a 340-MW facility to be built in northern Israel.

Israel Court Questions Legality Of US-Led Offshore Gas DeaI

Neal Sandler

April 6, 2016

The largest-ever infrastructure investment in Israel’s history—possibly $10 billion—has been halted and could face delay of at least a year following a March 27 domestic court ruling that rejected the framework for the U.S.- Israeli developers of the Leviathan offshore gas field.

European Firms Join Bids for $400M Israel Interchange

Neal Sandler

March 29, 2016

The winning team among Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Israeli bidders will be picked this summer for the P3 highway project in Jerusalem.

Israel Seeks Big Foreign Builders To Push Residential Projects

Neal Sandler

March 16, 2016

Government will hire up to six global contractors to expedite building as housing shortage worsens.

Israel Boycott Movement Has Links to Global Construction

Neal Sandler

February 21, 2016

Global building products giant CRH is latest to exit the Israel market, but firm says its sale of a 25% stake in a large local cement firm was not due to boycott pressure.

Israeli Eco-Friendly Concrete Firm Aims Growth at US Coasts

Neal Sandler

January 13, 2016

Two Israeli marine biologists have joined that country’s start-up craze, using $1 million in new investor cash to develop their innovative, environmentally friendly concrete for marine infrastructure and expand their company, ECOncrete Ltd., into the booming U.S. coastal-upgrade market.

Spain's ACS Beats Global Bidders For $500M Israel Rail Power Job

Neal Sandler

January 5, 2016

Losing bidders included China Railways Construction Corp. for job that is part of $3-billion electrification upgrade program.

Abengoa-owned solar thermal plant, Arizona

Companies

Global Energy Giant Abengoa Moves To Prevent Bankruptcy

Alex Padalka Neal Sandler

Debra K. Rubin

December 16, 2015

The Spanish renewable-energy giant Abengoa, which applied for preliminary creditor protection in November, is laying off staff and halting some operations, a company spokeswoman tells ENR.

Dead Sea Replenish Project Seeks Bids for First Phase

Neal Sandler

December 15, 2015

Jordan and Israel are moving forward with the first phase of their ambitious Red-to-Dead Sea project to build jointly new pilot-scale facilities to boost the water supply to both countries and replenish the severely depleted Dead Sea, which borders both nations

Could China Pullback in Africa Open Door for Western Firms?

Market observers debate construction impacts of Asian giant's growth slowdown.

Saibal Dasgupta Shem Oirere Neal Sandler

December 1, 2015

China, which stunned western companies by expanding its footprint in Africa in the past decade to fuel its economic boom, is curtailing that construction investment as its economy cools off.