BERGER Paints launched its new floor coating system range at the Gulf International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Bahrain last month.The new range includes hard-wearing, abrasion-resistant coatings available in a wide variety of colours, with excellent mechanical properties.
Contracts awarded for Fox Hillsdamac Properties has awarded two contracts that will enable work to commence on site at its Piazza development in Fox Hills, Lusail, Qatar.
QATAR’S ‘Tornado’ Tower has been voted the best tall building in the Middle East and Africa by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
SAUDI Arabia plans to award a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to expand an airport in the city of Madinah at a cost of SR9 billion ($2.4 billion). The new terminal is expected to be completed within a maximum of four years, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper quoted Abdullah Rahimi, who heads the country's civil aviation authority GACA, as saying.
IN a unique project of its kind, EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) together with Saudi construction company Al Rashid has been awarded one of the largest security projects in the Middle East, construction of a security fence around Saudi Arabia at a cost of $3.5 billion.
AL WATANI Gypsum Company, which launched commercial operations in Yanbu in April this year, claims to be the only company in Saudi Arabia that produces gypsum powder with French specialisation using state-of-the-art technology.
LEADING architects and building consultants attended a technical seminar in Bahrain hosted by Kuwait-based Kirby Building Systems, recognised as one of the top three pre-engineered steel building (PEB) companies in the world.The seminar focused on Kirby’s solutions related to curved steel beams, storages and structural steel buildings.
ZAHID Tractor has signed a joint venture with Schwing-Stetter, one of the world's leading manufacturers of equipment for the concrete industry, to supply the Stetter brand in Saudi Arabia. Under the pact, Zahid will offer Stetter batching plants, transit mixers, concrete recycling equipment and complete systems.
WORK on Logistics Village Qatar (LVQ) is to start this month, according to the developer Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC).Located at the Industrial Area, Logistics Village Qatar will cover an area of 1 million sq m and will be developed in three phases.
