A RENEWED focus on health, safety and environment (HSE) with a particular emphasis on industry-specific solutions has helped Hassan Ebrahim Bukamal & Sons reach greater heights in the market while meeting clients’ particular requirements with state-of-the-art technology and eco-friendly products.

SAUDI ARABIA has given the go-ahead to implement its prestigious Landbridge project that would link the kingdom’s east and west coasts with a railway line, bringing about a dramatic change in the region’s transport system.

AL LATIFIA Trading & Contracting Company continues to boost its impressive portfolio with landmark Saudi developments including one of the largest data centres in the Middle East and a multi-purpose development for the General Organisation for Social Insurance (Gosi).

DESIGNS have been unveiled for an ambitious project to expand Kuwait International Airport in order to establish it as the new regional air hub in the Gulf.

AS PARTof its Green Mosque campaign in the Middle East, Grohe, the world’s leading premium brand for sanitary fittings, has introduced some innovative water-saving measures at one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.

WORK on the state-of-the-art Muscat International Airport in Oman is moving at a fast pace and the new facility is expected to become operational by October 2014, according to the Times of Oman.

BAHRAIN Bay, the country’s high-profile, master-planned $2.5-billion waterfront community, has awarded the main contract for the construction of the iconic Four Seasons hotel to Belgium-based Six Construct. This selection signals the launch of Phase Two of the project, which includes the podium and tower construction.

QATAR-BASED Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate Company (Basrec) said that the construction has begun on its super-regional retail and entertainment destination, Doha Festival City.

BAHRAIN’S Information Affairs Authority (IAA) president Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said the authority is planning to build a media city in the kingdom on the lines of such facilities in Dubai (UAE), Amman (Jordan), Cairo (Egypt) and Marrakesh (Morocco).

THE foundations have been laid for the first phase of the QR25.6-billion ($7 billion) world-scale deepwater New Doha Port in Mesaieed, Qatar, which will be completed in 2016. The port will be completed in three phases with the second phase to be launched in 2020 and the third in 2030.

BAHRAIN’S Diyar Al Muharraq has appointed Irish engineering company Jennings O’Donovan and Partners as the primary infrastructure designer to the Diyar Al Muharraq development off Muharraq.

TECHNOMARINE, a company specialising in the building and design of custom marina systems, has been awarded a contract by The Wave, Muscat in Oman to build the main pontoon for its 400-berth marina within the masterplanned planned development.

ROLLC Company for Automatic Doors and Security Systems, has recently launched two new products – acoustic shutters and insulated fire-rated shutters – which have been well-received by the market, according the Saudi Arabia-based company.

THE Loft Gardens, a midrise transparent residential block project in Turkey, was one of the 13 projects honoured with the prestigious Riba International Award for architectural excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba).

GALFAR Engineering and Contracting Company has won a major contract to widen the Izz-Adam section of the Nizwa-Thumrait Road in Oman. The 46-km-long road project worth RO50.87 million ($129 million) is expected to be completed in 912 days excluding 60 days for mobilisation.

THE Saudi Railways Organi-sation (SRO) has awarded a €6.74-billion  ($9.4 billion) contract for the second phase of its high-speed Haramain railway project to the public-private Saudi-Spanish Al Shoula consortium.

DUBAI-BASED Watersmile Company is expanding in the Middle East region in a big way, having established itself as one of the leading suppliers of water coolers and green filtration systems that provide drinking water solutions for venues of heavy footfall such as schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, stadiums, factories as well as homes and of

Advanced fire system launched ELECTROMAN has introduced the next-generation fire suppression technology in Oman, with its 3M Novec 1230 fire protection fluid that has been designed to alleviate concerns for human safety, performance and the environment.