Harsco Corp. last week announced new orders totaling about $5 million to support infrastructure projects in the Gulf Region of the Middle East.

In the United Arab Emirates, Harsco will support the construction of two parallel roads linking the eastern sector of Dubai to the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, about 40 miles. Harsco’s award draws on its versatile scaffolding and formwork equipment as well as its design experience in supporting complex highway bridgework and other structures. Harsco’s involvement in the parallel roads project is expected to continue into the first half of 2010.

In Saudi Arabia, Harsco has renewed its contract to supply rental scaffolding and installation support services through the western operating region of the electric power plant network, including its two large energy facilities where Harsco maintains full-time scaffolding inventories to ensure rapid customer uptime.

Harsco is based in Harrisburg, Pa.