If you want to build skyscrapers in Egypt and the Sahara, you might well want to secure the services of Orascom Construction. The Egypt-based company offers construction services in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Orascom Construction performs large-scale commercial, industrial, and infrastructure engineering and building services; principal operating units include the Besix Group in Belgium and Contrack International in the US. In 2015 Netherlands-based parent company OCI N.V. spun off Orascom Construction as a independent publicly traded company.