SAINT-GOBAIN Gyproc has opened a $60-million plasterboard manufacturing facility in the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) to meet a growing demand for lightweight building systems in the region.
YAMMINE Contracting Company (YCC) has embarked on a Middle East expansion, which saw the opening last month of a branch office in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, as a first step. The UAE-headquartered company is a specialist in diamond cutting of reinforced concrete, concrete coring, rebar fixing (mechanical and chemical anchor fixing), and waterproofing.
SIEMENS Energy has secured an order worth $184 million as part of a project to expand Abu Dhabi’s power distribution network.
DORMA, which was a major supplier to the UAE’s Burj Khalifa project, the world’s tallest tower, has reached a historic milestone of 100 million door closers, underlining its position as a world market leader in the door system segment.
RITCHIE Bros Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than 2,000 pieces of equipment and trucks to more than 600 on-site and online bidders from 49 countries at its second unreserved Dubai auction of the year, held last month.
THE Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has opened seven new metro stations – Emirates, Airport Terminal One, Al Karama, Emirates Towers, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Marina, and Ibn Battuta. Mattar Al Tayer, chairman of the board and executive director, RTA, said the new stations were ready to receive passengers.
SCHON Properties has awarded a Dh82.25-million ($22 million) construction contract to Commodore Contracting, in a bid to speed up construction within Zones Two and Four of the Dh3-billion ($1.12 billion) Dubai Lagoon, a fully-integrated residential community.
NEW Zealand’s Pultron Composites has launched a purpose-built factory for the manufacture of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) rebar in the UAE, in a strategic move to better serve its customer base in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
SWEET Homes Holdings (SHH) has unveiled plans for a Dh149-million ($40-million) shopping mall within its Dh2.2-billion Ajman Uptown project. The luxury retail establishment, which will have a total built-up area of 78,387 sq m, is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012.
Community centre taking shape CONSTRUCTION has started on the first of two community centres within Dubai’s Victory Heights, which on completion will offer residents a wide range of recreational facilities, including swimming pools, children’s play areas, basketball courts and barbecue areas.
ROTANA, one of the leading hotel management companies in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, will add 800 hotel rooms across three new properties at the Capital Centre development, which is currently under construction adjacent to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
ABU Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge) has awarded a joint venture contract worth Dh6.2 billion ($1.7 billion) to Tecnimont and Samsung Engineering to build a petrochemical plant as part of the UAE’s Ruwais refinery complex expansion. Under the terms of the contract, Samsung Engineering-Tecnimont will build a $1.
DUBAI Properties Group (DPG), a member of Dubai Holding, has announced the launch of Nuzul, a dedicated community for skilled labour focused on providing an enhanced lifestyle to the emirate’s labour workforce.
EMIRATES Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has begun the third phase of the 70,000 refrigeration ton (RT) district cooling network for the Bay Square within Business Bay in Dubai. This is part of its move to provide integrated district cooling services for the entire Business Bay project.
