Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has last month awarded two major earthworks contracts for the Khalifa Industrial Zone in Taweelah. The contracts, which together cost Dh1 billion ($272.
Adnec hands over Capital Centre plotsAbu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) has handed over more than 80 per cent of Capital Centre plots to developers, which will be transformed into a mixed-use development of 23 towers spread over an 8 million sq ft site.
UAE-based Al Wasit Machinery, the Sumitomo Construction Equipment dealer in the region, has recently secured a contract to supply excavators to Atheena, a major Greek construction company working on a number of projects in the UAE.
Omniyat Properties has announced the launch of Octavian, the developer’s eighth project in Dubai so far and the first for the year. Enabling work will start in the third quarter of this year with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.The Dh1.
Mabani Steel, a leading designer, manufacturer and erector of pre-engineered steel buildings (PEB) and hot-rolled steel structures (HRRS), has announced the completion of its hot-rolled fabrication facility at its 124,000 sq m factory site in Ras Al Khaimah.
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has unveiled plans for The World, that will help the island development off the coast of Dubai to once again re-establish the emirate as a centre for the global pearl trade. Pearls of Arabia, as the project will be known, will feature a high-quality offshore entertainment, retail and educational centre.
Sweet Homes, a leading UAE-based developer and total solutions provider to the real estate sector, has announced the commencement of the preliminary phase of construction for its Dh1.7 billion ($462.9 million) Rainbow Towers project in Emirates City.
Rubber World Industries, a leading manufacturer of closed-cell rubber insulation ‘Gulf-O-flex’ in the Gulf and South East Asia, expects to double its revenues this year, to more than Dh60 million ($16.33 million), on the back of a rapid growth in the Middle East markets.
Target Engineering Construction Company, a subsidiary of Arabtec Holding, has won three contracts in Abu Dhabi totalling Dh792 million ($215.65 million).
Hill International has been awarded a contract extension to provide project management services for the Dh2.5 billion ($681 million) Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi. Hill’s original two-and-a-half-year contract was worth Dh11.6 million. The new three-year extension has an estimated value to Hill of approximately Dh29.8 million.
Abu Dhabi Municipality has entered into a Dh753.7 million ($205.3 million) contract with Al Jaber Group for the reconstruction of the new Mafraq interchange.
Nakheel says it has completed the handover of all buildings at International City in Dubai. “All 387 buildings have been handed over to owners and residents across all nine internationally-themed precincts which make up the residential district of International City,” says a spokesman for the developer.
A Dh26.8 million ($7.29 million) beautification project for Port Saeed area, known as Port Saeed Plaza, has received the approval from the Dubai Municipality.
Clarke Bond, a multi-disciplinary engineering and management consultancy, has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi. “The investment demonstrates the firm’s commitment to the Gulf region and is a key component of Clarke Bond’s ambitious strategy to grow revenues by 250 per cent in the next four years,” says a spokesman for the firm.
