HLG's 2013 order backlog seen at $11bn

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, December 27 - 2012 at 05:11

Khalaf Al Habtoor, the chairman of Al Habtoor Group has said the construction joint venture in which he's minority shareholder, Al Habtoor Leighton Group expects its order backlog in 2013 to be at least Dhs40bn ($11b), Bloomberg has reported. The Dubai-based construction firm controlled by Australia's biggest construction company, Leighton Holdings, is seeing increased demand for building across the Middle East, Al Habtoor said. "They have started seeing an increase in the number of contracts," he said. "They have some in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Iraq."

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