PUTZMEISTER, a leading construction equipment manufacturer, and German Concrete Works (GCS), the largest floor screed contractor in the Middle East, are together taken screeding technology to new heights in the region.

A UNIT of Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has won the main €416 million ($578 million) construction contract to build a mall in the capital of the UAE.

ETIHAD Rail, the master developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has awarded a Dh3.3-billion ($898.3 million) civil and track works contract to a consortium comprising Italy’s Saipem, Tecnimont and the UAE-based Dodsal Engineering and Construction.

Greenline busy with contracts GREENLINE Interiors (GLI) of the UAE is currently working on four projects in Saudi Arabia, which includes fit-out work on two auditoriums inside the Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, fit-out work for the Yamama Family Villas, the Royal family’s Rawda Palace, and all the special and presidential suites at

RAS Al Khaimah’s leading property developer RAK Properties has partnered with Hülsta Furniture, a leading German furniture manufacturer, to offer world-class interiors to customers of its Mina Al Arab development. Under the agreement, Hülsta will design the interiors and furniture of a show villa in Mina Al Arab for demonstration purposes.

SYSKA Hennessy Group, a leading global consulting, engineering and commissioning firm based in the US, has opened a permanent office in the Dubai Internet City. Syska Hennessy Group’s global presence is continuing to expand with the formation of Syska Hennessy Group Mena.

FACILITIES management firm Imdaad has started construction of a state-of-the-art complex in Dubai’s Jafza South.The complex is designed to provide maintenance services for Imdaad’s fleet of more than 150 small, medium and heavy vehicles.

SEVEN new schools in Abu Dhabi, designed by global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan for the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), are set to open this academic year.

DRAKA, a leading designer and manufacturer of fire performance cables, zero halogen power cables and building wires, has supplied more than 20 km of fire-resistant cables to boost fire safety at the four-storey Dubai Mall in Dubai, UAE. Spread over 1.

CRISTAL Hotels and Resorts has opened a four-star business hotel in Abu Dhabi, taking an important step towards becoming a premier business and leisure hotel operator in the region.