Ahad Holdings has announced the completion of piling works on its $100-million Le Reef project in Bahrain. The piling contract had been awarded to Bahrain Foundation Construction Company (BFCC) by the newly-formed holding company.
The $2.4-billion Sohar Aluminium smelter, a joint venture between Rio Tinto Alcan, Oman Oil Company and the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, was officially inaugurated last month.
Environmental monitors in placeSCOTT Wilson has designed an environmental monitoring and management system that provides automated real-time updates and analysis for Diyar Al Muharraq, one of Bahrain’s largest mixed-use master-planned projects.
Bahrain is to build a business, technology, retail and leisure ‘city’ at a cost of $1 billion, according to Talal Alzain, the chief executive officer of Mumtalakat Holding Company, the government’s investment arm. Called @bahrain, the city will be built alongside the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.
Dubai-based Collaboration, Management and Control Solutions (CMCS), a leading provider of project portfolio management solutions and a Primavera authorised reseller (PAR), will launch new offices in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt this year as part of its aggressive expansion across the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah last month launched massive development projects worth SR54 billion ($14.39 billion) in the kingdom’s new industrial zone in the Eastern Province.
iCrete, a clean technology leader and the world’s premier concrete technology company, announced recently the availability in North America, the Middle East, and the Far East of customised and patented high-strength concrete mixes designed for use by providers of precast and pre-stressed concrete.
Qatari pre-engineered building (PEB) specialist BSI-Steel is busy with a host of projects in the country. These include a two-storey shopping mall, an aircraft hangar at Doha International Airport, a cold store warehouse, labour housing, a precast factory, an international school, and a giant logistics warehouse.
Rental Solutions and Services (RSS), a global provider of rental power and cooling, has appointed Dyarco International (DITC), a diverse group of companies based in Doha, Qatar, to supply its temporary cooling and rental power services in the country.
Al Wa’ab City has undertaken a major exterior facelift of its showrooms and offices along Salwa Road in Doha, Qatar.
First Bahrain has broken ground on its 716,000 sq ft logistics and warehousing project at the Bahrain Investment Wharf (BIW) in Hidd, Bahrain. Contractor Abdullah H Al Darazi and Sons is pursuing an aggressive schedule to complete the work by the end of this year with the entire $45 million project due for completion in 18 months.
A JOINT venture of Foster + Partners and Buro Happold has won a contract to design four stations along a new high-speed railway line in Saudi Arabia, which will link the cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah. Running a length of 444 km, the Haramain High-speed Railway (HHR) will pass via Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.
MEVA Formwork Systems declares that research has confirmed the stability and reliability of plastic formwork facing in tough, on-site practice.
Germany’s Hochtief will build an 8-km-long shopping centre in Qatar for more than 1.3 billion ($1.71 billion), the biggest single order ever for its construction division. The Barwa Commercial Avenue project is set to be completed by mid-2012 for a group of investors that includes the Qatari government with a 45 per cent stake.
