Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
By John Lee. Hill International has announced that it has received a contract from the Iraq Ministry of Youth and Sports to provide design, review, and construction management services in connection with the Al Samawah Olympic Stadium in Samawah, Iraq. The 28-month contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately IQD 2.6 billion ($2.2 […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. In a week when progress appears to have been made in the long-running dispute over control of oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan, a Canadian company has announced another new oil find in the region. Meanwhile, our Expert Blogger Ahmed Mousa Jiyad takes a closer look at the activities of China, and the […]
By Robert Tollast. For a new series for Iraq Business News, I will be interviewing Iraqi and foreign professionals and asking them about their experiences working in Iraq. For the first edition I spoke with Hameed Abid, an architect who has worked on some 600 projects in Europe and the MENA region. Hameed’s first project […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Construction and Housing announced on Tuesday the launch of three housing projects across the country. Al-Shorfa reports that the projects, which are expected to cost a total of 125 billion Iraqi dinars ($107 million), are intended to alleviate the country's housing crisis. The projects comprise 900 housing units, […]
A consortium of architecture and design firms from Michigan, USA, has been hired to design a $600 million, 2.8 million-square-foot new petroleum engineering university in Basra. CBS Detroit reports Iraq’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ali Al-Adeeb, has been touring projects created by the firms that are part of Icon Global Architecture Engineering […]
Subsequent to ENKA’s contract awards to GEA Heat Exchangers for the Erbil and Sulaymaniyah power stations in the north of Iraq, the leading Turkish construction company ENKA has for the third time made a choice for two air-cooled condensers from GEA Heat Exchangers. As with the two previous power stations, the gas turbine power stations […]
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has invited written proposal for Standardization Services in Iraq. For the complete information concerning the Request for Proposal (RFP) please visit the UNIDO Procurement website. (Source: UN)
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 21st November 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,751 (-0.7%)/ $1,866 (-0.9%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 4.8bn and the weekly trading […]
By John Lee. Zaha Hadid has reportedly been chosen to design the new £630-million Iraqi Parliament building in Baghdad. According to Architects Journal, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) landed the project despite coming third in a design contest for the prestigious building, which was won by London-based Assemblage. It is understood that the company has been working […]
By John Lee. The US Department of Justice has said that an Iraqi construction company has paid $2.7 million to resolve allegations that it bribed a former US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) official to win contracts in Iraq. Iraqi Consultants and Construction Bureau (ICCB), headquartered in Baghdad, had reached the settlement of alleged violations […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Turkey and its neighbours, Iraq and Syria, have been in dispute over water for five decades. Iraq and Syria accuse Turkey of using more water than it should, while Ankara says the other […]
By John Lee. French company Schneider Electric has won a contract to build a power plant in Iraq. The 64MW plant will be built in the Nasir district in northern Dhi Qar province, near the stadium in the area. Schneider employs more than 140,000 people in over 100 countries. Last year revenues were $32bn. (Source: […]
