Operating as Gulf Leighton LLC, Leighton Asia (Southern)'s share of the project is worth US$32 million.
The joint venture is responsible for the construction of 15 kilometres of roads in and around the development, five bridges, and underground services including drains, sewers, water mains and telecommunications.
Work will commence immediately and the project is due for completion in August 2008.
The project is Leighton Asia (Southern)'s first in Dubai. It follows the award to the company last month of the US$407 million Al Shaqab Equestrian Academy in Doha, Qatar.
The City of Arabia is a US$1.1 billion, 1.8 square kilometre development at the heart of Dubailand, and serves as its gateway and main residential and retail centre. The development will contain business and administrative offices, schools and clinics, luxury apartments, shops galleries, restaurants and a theme park.
Dubailand is a 280 square kilometre entertainment and leisure development that is integral to Dubai's aim to become one of the world's top tourism destinations.
The Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group was established in 1988 and owns a number of companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The two brothers, Ilyas and Mustafa, are from one of the leading merchant families in the UAE and are major operators in the property, automotive, jewelry, hospitality, food storage and food retailing industries.
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Leighton lands USD64 million project in Dubai
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, July 10 - 2006 at 14:45
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Leighton Asia (Southern) has been awarded a USD64 million contract in JV with Kier Dubai LLC for the construction of roads and infrastructure for the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group's City of Arabia development in Dubai.
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For further information, please contact:In Hong Kong
Chris Gordon
General Manager, Corporate Affairs
Leighton Asia
Phone: +852 2823 1493
Mobile: +852 9092 0827
In Dubai
Graeme Dunn
General Manager
Gulf Leighton LLC
Phone: +971 4335 4030
Mobile: +971 506 402 503
About Leighton Asia
Leighton Asia operates through two separate operating entities:
Leighton Asia (Southern) - which covers operations in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India and the Arabian Gulf - and
Leighton Asia (Northern) - which covers operations in Hong Kong, China, Macau, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The two companies achieve combined annual revenue of more than A$1 billion (US$750 million) and employ over 4,000 staff across Asia. Leighton Asia (Northern) and Leighton Asia (Southern) are part of the Leighton Group, Australia's largest project development and contracting group with annual revenues approaching A$10 billion (US$7.5 billion).
For further information on Leighton Asia, visit www.leightonasia.com
For further information on the Leighton Group, visit www.leighton.com.au
About Kier Kier Group plc is a leading construction, development and services group specializing in building and civil engineering, support services, private house building, property development and the Private Finance Initiative. The Group employs over 8,000 people worldwide and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.6bn.
For further information on Kier Group, visit www.kier.co.uk
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorMonday, July 10 - 2006 at 14:45 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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