CWE specializes in the construction of water and hydropower projects but its work runs the gamut including road and bridge, power transmission, drainage and sewage treatment systems, dredging, port maintenance, and interior design.
[2] It has had ethical lapses in competing for business with the World Bank debarment from bidding for a period of 3 years due to "integrity issues".
[3] In 2023, CWE was awarded a $212 million contract for the design and build of depots, terminals, a driving school, and permanent civil and structural works along bus routes for the Davao Public Transport Modernization in the Philippines.
Its parent company, CTE, seeks to develop a 49.5 MW wind farm in Thatta, Pakistan, and in 2011 signed on its subsidiary CWE and another company, China Huashui Development Corporation (CHDC), to install turbines manufactured by Goldwind.
[7] In 2013, the company planned to design, build and operate a 300 MW wind farm in Jordan with joint venture partner Goldwind.