World’s largest rooftop solar plant to be set up in Bahrain
FOULATH Holding, an industrial holding company with major steel investments and the parent company of Bahrain Steel and SULB, has announced its partnership with Yellow Door Energy, a leading sustainable energy developer in the Middle East and Africa, for a groundbreaking sustainability initiative to develop a 123-Megawatt-Peak (MWp) solar project i
More...Parsons snaps up $100m Middle East contracts
Parsons Corporation has announced that it has been awarded two contracts worth a combined contract value of more than $100 million to perform programme management and design engineering for two Middle East government customers.
More...UPAC opens new-look beachfront in Kuwait
United Projects for Aviation Services (UPAC), a leading company in commercial real estate and facilities management, has announced the official opening of the newly redeveloped Messilah Beach, Kuwait’s latest and most comprehensive beachfront destination.
More...Bahrain makes changes in Golden Residency rule
Bahrain has reduced the minimum real estate investment required for the Golden Residency from BD200,000 ($530,494) to BD130,000 ($344,821).
More...RIBA honours Middle East architectural excellence
The Royal Institute of British Architects last month (November) celebrated the best of the region’s new architecture by recognising nine winning projects of its inaugural RIBA Middle East Awards held during Dubai Design Week. This year’s projects celebrate the architectural ambition and diversity of the Middle East.
More...Siemens unveils Velaro high-speed train in Cairo
Siemens Mobility last month (November) unveiled its Velaro high-speed train to the Egyptian public for the first time at the TransMEA 2025, the region’s top exhibition for transportation and logistics in MEA.
More...India’s Nuberg EPC snaps up Oman plant order
India's Nuberg EPC, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the chemical process industry, has been awarded a contract to execute a Chlor-Alkali expansion project with a 120-tonne-per-day (TPD) capacity and a 80-TPD calcium chloride Plant for Al Ghaith Chemical Industries at Sur Industrial City, Oman.
More...NBK breaks ground on first global HQ in Bahrain
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Group, the largest financial institution in Kuwait, has broken ground on its first international headquarters in Bahrain, marking a significant milestone in the group’s regional expansion strategy, underscoring its longstanding commitment to the kingdom.
More...Bahrain awards $3bn deals in first nine months
Bahrain's government has awarded tenders worth BD1.16 billion ($3 billion) during the first nine months, the Tender Board announced last month (November) at the Gateway Gulf 2025, a major investment forum held in the kingdom.
More...CIOB urges Gulf construction leaders to follow SDGs
An ultramarathon runner and passionate environmentalist used his experience of a gruelling race through the Saharan desert to urge construction leaders across the Gulf region to be more mindful of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
More...Samsung C&T wins $1.3bn Qatar carbon facility deal
Samsung C&T E&C Group last month (November) received a letter of award from QatarEnergy LNG for the construction of a large-scale carbon compression and transport facility located about 80 km north of Doha in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract is valued at approximately KRW1.
More...L&T lands $140m Kuwait substation project
Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW), Kuwait has announced that it had awarded a key contract to Indian construction and engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for setting up 132/11kV substations within the South Sabah Al Ahmad residential development.
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December 2025 (Volume xlvi Issue 12)