EMIRATES Steel has commissioned the region’s first heavy section mill at a cost of around $650 million. The steelmaker said it can now produce large-size sections, beams, columns and sheet piles.

ARABTEC Construction has secured a Dh561-million ($152 million) contract from Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC) to carry out expansion work at Dubai International Airport.

ETIHAD Rail, the state company building the first cargo train line in the UAE, has begun construction on the first segment of the Dh40-billion ($11 billion) project.

EMIRATES Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has completed the fourth phase of the 70,000-refrigeration-ton (RT) district cooling network at the Business Bay in Dubai. With this, it has accomplished the integrated district cooling services to the entire project one month ahead of schedule.

DRAKE & Scull Abu Dhabi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI), has won a contract to perform  mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for an iconic government facility in Abu Dhabi, which is due for completion by March 2013.

THE Supreme Council of Energy (SCE) for Dubai has launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a key project that will be managed and operated by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa).

ABU DHABI has approved a raft of projects including the delayed branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums after a review of development plans, signalling the emirate’s support to state-linked enterprises.

Geant takes space at Dragon Mart NAKHEEL has signed a lease agreement with international supermarket chain Geant Hypermarket for a 10,000 sq m space in Dubai’s Dragon Mart Phase Two.

IN a major initiative to bolster healthcare, Abu Dhabi has given the green light for the building of six world-class hospitals, according to The National.

SPANISH tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has signed an agreement with Modern Emirates Heavy Equipment for exclusive distribution of its products in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Oman. Modern Emirates has its headquarters in Dubai (UAE) and offices and premises in Oman, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Kuwait.

A REGIONAL air-conditioning (AC) expert has urged constructors and real estate developers in the Gulf to correct the sizes of current air-conditioning and set the right sizes for future air-conditioning for the benefit of end-users.

THE Al Habtoor Group has announced the launch of one of the region’s biggest and most luxurious hotels and entertainment developments to be built on a prime location on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. The new complex will be built on the one million-sq-ft property opposite Al Safa Park that currently houses one of Dubai’s first hotels.