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 Sharjah 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 Jumeirah na Dubai 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 Business Bay and on Mirdif 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 Pentominium and Ocean Heights 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 Jumeirah Lake Towers 177 Abu Dhabi Part of a joint venture executing the MEP package on the Dubai Mall 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 Dubai Marina 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 Palm Jumeirah 4,500 Part of consortium building the red and green lines for Dubai Metro 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 Jebel Ali-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 Dubai Zoo 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 Dubai Sports City 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 .