POEA MARKET UPDATE

Marketing Branch No. 26 Series of 2007

ASIAN CONTRACTORS IN THE UAE

More than $20,160 million worth of special projects to be constructed in the UAE. Below is the selected checklist compiled from reports of the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED).

Company Selected Projects Value ($ million) Emirates

CHINA

Catic Completed a five-star hotel 90 Fajuirah

China Harbour Engineering Awarded the Najmat Abu Dhabi marine works package 55 Abu Dhabi Working on the Dibba fishing port relocation in Dibba 50 Selected as engineering procurement contractor for Habshan-Fujairah na Abu Dhabi China Petroleum Engineering pipeline Construction

Corporation China State Completed construction of villas on the Palm na Construction & Engineering Working on the first phase of the parallel roads scheme in AI-Qouz and 163 Dubai Corporation AI-Barsha

Building Bayswater tower in and on Gate residential project 49;272 Dubai

Sinoma International Building a cement and slag grinding facility 50 Dubai Constructing a Greenfield cement plant 280 Fujuirah HONG KONG Aedas Consultant on the and tower Designed the Shining Towers mixed-use na Dubai complex na Abu Dhabi

CSHK Vancouver Tower blocks 389 Dubai

Hip Hing Awarded the main construction contract for 70-floor HHHR tower 204 Dubai MALAYSIA

Bumimetro Building the Rainbow towers project 109 Dubai

Supervision consultant for Dubai Techno Park infrastructure CHSS na Dubai

Contractor on Swiss tower project and Fortune Executive Tower at IJM Corporation Berhad 48;35 Dubai

177 Abu Dhabi Part of a joint venture executing the MEP package on KBK project

na Dubai Project manager for Najmat Abu Dhabi project on Reem Island KLCC

25 Dubai Working on a fit-out contract in joint venture with Dubai-based Mice LCL Interiors Kraftwork on the Atlantis resort

Palm Jumeirah resort and tower (with Dubai-based AI- na Dubai MRCB Construction Company Fattan Properties)

Peremba Construction Working on AI-Fattan towers at Dubai International Financial Centre; Movenpick hotel in Deira 109,18 Dubai

Teo A Khing Design Consultants Masterplan for Palm Deira; masterplan for the Meydan race course na Dubai development

Tidal Marine Awarded the dredging and reclamation contract for the Mina al -Fajer 164 Fujairah development

Veritas Project management services for Bonyan International Investment Group na Regional

Zelan Building Sidra tower at Dubai Media City 87 Dubai

JAPAN

Hitachi Corporation Part of a consortium to design, build and equip the monorail system on 245 Dubai the 4,500 Part of consortium building the red and green lines for Dubai Kajima Corporation Kinisharyo Manufacturing 385 trains for Dubai Metro 455 Dubai

Completed pipe network for the Shuweihat water transmission network Marubeni Corporation with Japan's Taisei Corporation 781 Abu Dhabi

Mitsubishi Corporation Part of the consortium building the red and green lines for Dubai Metro 4,500 Dubai

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 91 Building the automated people mover at Dubai International Airport Dubai

Part of the consortium building the red and green lines for Dubai Metro Dubai Obayashi Corporation 4,500 Part of a consortium to design, build and equip the monorail system on Dubai 245 the Palm Jumeirah

Osaka Monorail na Providing technical support to the client for the Palm monorail system Dubai

Shinryo Corporation 52 Supplying chiller plants to Palm District Cooling for the Palm Jumeirah Dubai

Shimizu Corporation 176 Awarded the contract to build interchange 8 on Shaikh Zayed road Dubai

Taisei Corporation Providing pre-construction advice on Nakheel's Tall Tower project na Road upgrades ;pipe network for Shuwihat with Japans Marubeni Dubai Corporation Dubai;Abu Dhabi 276,781 Tanenaka Part of consortium working on the expansion of Dubai International Dubai Airport 981

Toshiba Working on power island for the -power and desalination plant with Mitsubishi Corporation 421 Dubai

SINGAPORE Selected by Abu Dhabi Airports Company to operate Abu Dhabi na Abu Dhabi Changi International Airport for 18 months na Dubai Design for Life Working On designs for the new near Musrif Park

Sembcorp Awarded phase 1 of Mediterranean Gardens project at the Gardens of 131 Dubai

Discovery Surbana na Abu Dhabi Prepared designs for the Royal complex mixed-use development na Lead consultant for Bin Salem Group hotel project Abu Dhabi

SOUTH KOREA Doosan Heavy Industries Bidding for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for a na Umm al-Qaiwain & Construction desalination plant

Hyundai Engineering & na Dubai Construction Completed the first phase of stage one of the Jebel Ali port expansion Company In consortium bidding for the first phase construction of Khalifa Port Hyundai Mipo Docky~d na Awarded a contract to supply two 46,000 dwt tankers to Gulf Abu Dhabi

Kumho Navigation Group Construction na Dubai & Engineering Bidding for the new air traffic control tower at Abu Dhabi airport na Sambo Abu Dhabi Working in joint venture with the local Middle East Foundations on two stations for the Dubai Metro project

Samsung na;350 Corporation Lead contract on the Surj Dubai; bridges for Palm Jebel Dubai Ali

Shinsung 100 Dubai Corporation Working on a commercial tower at na Dubai Abu Dhabi SK Engineering & Pre-qualified for the first phase of the Sahil, Asab and Construction Shah full field development

For up-to-date information on the projects, go to www.meedprojects.com . Source : MEED 31 Aug.-6 Sept. 2007 Issue Vol. 51 No.35