News Polish firm to build $10.6bn ammonia plant in Egypt Egypt’s General Authority for Investment (GAFI) will commission Polish energy company Hynfra to build a green ammonia plant, local media report. The plan is to produce ammonia for export to…
News OMA redesigns Turin’s Egyptian museum as journey into the light A team made up of Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Italian practice Andrea Tabocchini Architecture has redesigned a gallery in Turin’s Egyptian Museum. The new “Gallery of…
News China State Construction considers industrial zone at New Alamein China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) is to examine the business case for building an industrial zone in New Alamein City, a mega development on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast that may…
News Three companies chosen to modernise Africa’s oldest metro line A consortium made up of Egyptian contractor Orascom Construction, Bouygues subsidiary Colas Rail and Japanese engineer Hitachi has been chosen to modernise Cairo’s Metro Line 1. The €800m deal will…
News Egypt unveils $21bn tourist complex on Mediterranean coast Egypt has unveiled plans to invest $21bn in a huge tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, business website Zawya reports. The so-called “SouthMed” scheme will be developed by the government…
News Egis wins management role on 22km Alexandria metro line France’s Egis will be the lead consultant for the Abou Qir Metro line in Alexandria, Egypt. It’s a 22km-long route running from the city’s Misr Station to Abu Qir, a…
News Work starts on final reactor at Egypt’s first nuclear plant Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel al-Sisi attended a virtual ceremony to mark the beginning of construction at the fourth and final reactor for the $25bn El…
News First three buildings completed for financial district of Egypt’s new capital China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) yesterday handed over the first three buildings of the $3bn central business district of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, local news sites reported. Prime Minister…
News Egypt declares GERD talks with Ethiopia over Egypt has declared the latest round of talks with Ethiopia over the latter’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on a tributary of the Nile River to be over without agreement.…
News How they built the Grand Egyptian Museum Some things take longer than expected. Next year sees the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau outside Cairo. It’s 22 years since Egypt’s then-president Hosni Mubarak…
News December edition of 21CC podcast explores refugees building Britain and more The December edition of the 21CC podcast is now live, featuring stories about refugees working in UK construction, the logistical challenges of the site Christmas lunch, and the epic project…
Projects Nearly there: Previewing the Grand Egyptian Museum First conceived in 1992, the world’s biggest museum is expected to open this year. GCR’s David Rogers got the chance to take a look. The scale of Grand Egyptian Museum’s…
News Egypt chooses consultants to design 34km Cairo metro line The Egyptian Ministry of Transport has chosen a joint venture of French consulting engineers Egis and Setec to work on the design of the second phase of Cairo Metro Line…
News Egypt plans €340m upgrade to Cairo rail corridor Egypt’s National Railways has announced a plan to modernise the 125km rail corridor that runs along the east bank of the Nile between Cairo, Giza and the city of Beni…
Projects Hill reports on progress of flagship El Alamein tourist complex US consultant Hill International has released images of progress on Marina Towers, a major tourist resort and one of the main elements of the Egyptian Housing Ministry’s New Alamein City…
News Norway’s Scatec to build $450m green fuel plant in Egypt Egypt yesterday signed a $450m deal with a Norwegian renewables company to build a green methanol plant to produce fuel for ships, Ahram Online reports. The agreement signed by the…
News Egypt plans construction of world’s longest artificial river Egypt is planning to build a 114km artificial river to increase food security and boost its agricultural exports. The New Delta project, which the Egyptian government says will cover a…
News Egypt approves Russia’s plan for third reactor at El Dabaa power station Russia’s state-owned nuclear engineer Rosatom has received permission from Egypt’s nuclear regulator to build a third reactor at the El Dabaa site on the Mediterranean coast, World Nuclear News reports. …