Construction & Real Estate

Aqualia wins three-year renewal to operate Saudi floating desal plants

Spanish water company Aqualia has secured a three-year contract renewal from National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) for the operation and maintenance of three floating desalination plants in Yanbu with a combined capacity of 150,000 cu m of drinking water per day. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Tadweer awards contract for Abu Dhabi’s first greenfield material recovery facility

Abu Dhabi-based Tadweer Group has awarded a key contract to Spanish environmental solutions company Urbaser to develop the emirate's first greenfield material recovery facility. Set to be operational in 2028, the project is designed to process 400,000 tonnes of waste annually. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Acciona wins Haramain High-Speed Rail FM services contract

Spanish infrastructure major Acciona has announced that its facility service unit has been awarded a three-year contract to provide technical train cleaning and housekeeping services for the Haramain High-Speed Railway, one of Saudi Arabia's most advanced transportation systems. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Talgo snaps up $1.5bn Saudi Railways order for high-speed trains

Talgo, a leading Spanish company specialising in the design and manufacture of high-speed lightweight trains, has secured a new order worth €1.3 billion ($1.53 billion) from the Saudi Arabia Railways for supply of 20 high-speed trains. This comes after Talgo's successful delivery of 35 trains to SAR in 2018. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Acciona launches groundbreaking solution to transform desal efficiency

Leading Spanish infrastructure major Acciona has unveiled a groundbreaking digital solution (a dual-model AI technology) aimed at improving the energy efficiency and sustainability of reverse osmosis (RO) desalination — one of the most energy-intensive processes in the water sector. ...