| Bilfinger Berger bids for $1.8 billion Qatar projects
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Bilfinger Berger AG, Germany's second-largest builder, has submitted bids for $1.8 billion in Qatari construction contracts, including a highway project in the north of the country.
The winning bidders for the $1 billion North Road and the $800 million North Sewage Treatment project is expected to be announced within four to eight weeks, Mahmoud El Khafif, Mannheim, Germany-based Bilfinger Berger's regional manager, said in an interview yesterday.
The two contracts, to be awarded by Qatar's Public Works Authority, is part of a five-year, $6.9 billion infrastructure spending plan. Companies interested in either project will have to cope with construction material inflation, with price increases of between 10 and 20 per cent in Qatar in the last year, El Khafif said.
Iran soon to accept bids for two more nuclear power plants
TEHRAN, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - Iran will soon announce a tender for the construction of two more nuclear power plants in the south of the Islamic Republic, an official of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Sunday. Ahmad Fayazbakhsh said the power plants will each have a capacity of 1,000 to 1,600 megawatts and will be built at Bushehr where Russia is completing the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant. Iran has been at the center of international concerns since January 2006 over its nuclear program, which some countries, particularly the United States, suspect is geared toward nuclear weapons development. Tehran has consistently denied the claims, saying it needs nuclear power for civilian purposes. Fayazbakhsh said some major European and Asian contractors have already displayed interest in the construction of NPPs.
With a little study, you can buy confidently at auction
While investors are typical auction buyers, you can be, too, if you're prepared, can stay cool and take a little advice from the big boys. "The main thing is to know what you're doing," says Edward McCormick, owner and broker of McCormick Realty who also has an auction company in Huntsville. "Do your homework." If you've never been to an auction, then it's time to attend one, or better yet attend several of them. McCormick says it's free to watch, you don't have to buy anything and they're informative. You might even see a house sell in your neighborhood, giving you a feel for neighboring house values. If you're shrewd, you'll just watch the auctions to see how they operate so you can decide if this is how you want to buy a house. Beau Cole, third generation auctioneer and owner of Cole Auction in Huntsville, says auctions typically attract investors, developers, some speculators and some individuals.
Dubai Municipality auctions 12 commercial villas and 12 shops
DUBAI The Dubai Municipality held the first-of-its-kind auction to lease out its villas and shops located on the main Jumeirah Road stretching from Union House to Burj Al Arab. A total of 12 commercial villas and 12 shops with sizes between 3,500 square feet to 5,000 square feet were auctioned to those who participated in the bidding at the free and fair auction, organised at the municipalitys club in Al Jaddaf. The villas can also be used for residential purposes. Salah Al Qaiwani, Head of the Specialised Contracts and Investment Section, Dubai Municipality, said, The municipality had built villas mixing traditional and modern designs as part of the Jumeirah Road Beautification Project. The road has already been expanded from four to six lanes and it has become a posh street in Dubai housing a large number of restaurants, shops, clinics, shopping centres, beauty salons and clubs.
Online bachelor auctions himself
A bachelor who auctioned his hand in marriage on eBay only did it to win back the one true love of his life - an ex-girlfriend from Croydon who captured his heart five years ago. Mark Broughton, from Oxford, took the drastic step of literally putting himself on the online market at the end of January in the hope of tracking down the girl, Natalie. However, the auction ended in heartbreak for 37-year-old Mark after a hoaxer won the bid for his hand in marriage for just £17. The former parking attendant has contacted the Croydon Guardian in a last-ditch attempt to find Natalie, who was working as a hospital receptionist the last time he saw her. He said: "Me and Natalie met over the internet seven years ago and I would travel down to see her at weekends.
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