Mace has secured more than 拢400m worth of international work, including its first contract in Syria and two in the Balkans

The firm has been appointed project and cost manager on a five-star hotel in the Syrian capital of Damascus for Bena Properties. It said the 拢63m scheme opened up a new market for the group and would be delivered on a 33 month schedule.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, it has won a deal to act as project manager on a 拢65m building in Bahrain. The 41-storey scheme in the Seef area of Manama will be the headquarters of Elaf Bank.

Dubai Real Estate Corporation has also appointed it to project manage a masterplan for the regeneration of the district of Umm Ramool.

Meanwhile, the group has been named project manager on a 拢139m resort complex in Montenegro, which includes the renovation of a luxury hotel and medical facilities by the Adriatic. Completion of the scheme is due in 2014.

In Serbia, Mace has secured a deal to project manage the refurbishment of a Fiat car factory. The 拢139m job in the central city of Kragujevac, includes dismantling the existing plant, removing industrial waste and building a new power station and boiler room.