PASCHAL teams from Europe, the Middle East and India have put their heads together in facilitating the construction of a 300-km multi-lane expressway that will connect Oman’s capital Muscat with Sohar, two of the Sultanate’s largest cities located in the northeast on the Gulf of Oman.

DOKA, the formwork technology leader from Austria, is expanding activities in the region, and has named Dubai its hub for the Middle East. The first stage of expansion for Doka within Jafza itself was completed back in January with the move to a significantly larger and logistically optimised 50,000-sq-m facility.

SAUDI ARABIA'S Al Mdarij International Marketing Company (Mimco) has recently started a new division to cater to the demand of the country’s booming construction sector and strengthen its presence in the local market.

KEY players in the GCC formwork industry have credited cost savings and technical enhancements to the sector’s recent resurgence.

A LEADING contractor in Iran has turned to Meva formwork to help build an ambitious large-scale housing project in the Western Iranian city of Kermanshah, where 57 residential buildings, 15 storeys each, are being built to provide new homes for more than 5,000 citizens.