Costain Abu Dhabi Company has won a contract from Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (ADGAS). The project is scheduled to be completed within nine months.

Orion Marine Group, a heavy civil marine contractor, has won a contract of approximately $23m. Onsite construction of the project is expected to commence during the first quarter of 2011 and last approximately 18 months.

Gibbs & Cox, an independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm, has appointed Warren Lundblad as vice president of engineering.

Marine contractor Cal Dive International has promoted its current vice president for finance, Brent Smith, to the position of executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of the company.

KBR has won second contract from BP to undertake the second stage of concept selection and definition for the onshore terminal and export pipelines for BP's West Nile Delta Development in Egypt.

Construction services firm KBR has won two contracts from the Republic of Iraq Ministry of Oil through the South Refineries Company. Work on the projects is expected to commence immediately.

Jennings Ackerley architecture + design and LDA Architects have signed a joint venture agreement to provide specialized, design-build architecture and engineering services to the health care and bioscience industries.

Turner Construction Company has won a $100m contract to manage the renovation and expansion of Harrah's Cherokee Hotel Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina.

American Community Development Group (ACYD) has signed term sheet to acquire a motel in the St. Petersburg area. This is the first property contracted from the previous $4.4m of offers. The motel is capable of housing 42 people and can bring in an additional $300,000 in yearly recurring revenue.