MIDDLE EAST Development Company (Medco) has completed its Terex Construction product line-up with the addition of the Terex articulated and rigid dumptruck range to its distribution portfolio for Saudi Arabia.

NINE international engineering companies have been shortlisted for a $1.2-billion contract for the expansion of Oman’s flagship refinery at Sohar.

KUWAIT’S delayed refinery and clean fuel projects are now poised to move ahead following the award of consultancy contracts to British engineering company Amec and US-based Foster Wheeler, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported. The KD4-billion ($14.2 billion) Al Zour project aims to build the Mideast’s largest oil refinery while the $4.

A CROATIAN public relations specialist has unveiled his vision of a gigantic spherical dome which he is hoping will be built in Qatar in time for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

IN line with its expansion plans throughout the Middle East region, Famco (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Company), the Al-Futtaim Group’s distributor of commercial vehicles, construction and industrial equipment, has launched its operations in Qatar.

AHMED Mansoor Al A’ali’s Structural and Mechanical Division (AMA-SMD) has its eyes set on major projects in the region especially Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar and is currently looking for partnerships with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors.

POLARIS International’s new waterproofing membrane plant in Bahrain has been running at a utilisation rate of 80 per cent since its launch earlier this year, with a second line set to boost capacity next year.

THE Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has maintained its position as an important destination for American hardwoods with more than $43.

NINE international companies or groups are vying for a contract that could be worth as much as RO60 million ($155 million) to design and consult on the construction of Oman’s first major railway, a tender board official said. “The companies have been asked to submit new bids to give the process more time.

HABTOOR Leighton Group (HLG), operating as Leighton Middle East Contracting, has been awarded a healthcare project worth SR1.18 billion ($316 million) at King Fahad Medical City in Saudi Arabia. The project, referred to as PPNNCC, will be delivered in a joint venture with Al Latifia Trading and Contracting.

WORK on a major new causeway in Bahrain to a BD1 billion ($2.66 billion) coastal development is now expected to start at the beginning of 2015, after almost a decade of delays. It will provide direct access to the Northern Town project from the Seef District, bypassing Budaiya Highway altogether, municipal councillor Hussain Al Sagheer said.

Exova names Mideast-Asia head EXOVA, the world’s largest dedicated testing group, has appointed Ahmed Aboushady as managing director for its Middle East and Asia operation. Aboushady will be responsible for delivering Exova’s growth plans through its network of 10 specialist laboratories across the Middle East and Asia.

BAHRAIN is planning to construct thousands of housing units over the next five years worth a staggering BD2.1 billion ($5.6 billion), funded by a GCC ‘Marshall Plan’. Housing Minister Bassem Al Hamer announced the massive scheme recently, as he addressed a joint session at the National Assembly.

QATAR is the most expensive country in which to build in the entire Middle East amid a huge volume of construction projects under way in preparation for the 2022 Fifa World Cup and to deliver the country’s National Vision programme, a report said.

THE total value of construction projects in the Gulf region has reached $1.68 trillion, according to a latest report by BNC Network, an online project tracker based in the UAE. Of this, projects worth $489.39 billion are currently under construction, $81.45 billion are in the tendering phase, $125.12 billion are in design phase while $265.

WORK on the beachfront Duqm Crowne Plaza in Oman is on track and the hotel is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year, according to press reports.

THE Gulf region is forging ahead with plans to improve its transportation infrastructure with $121 billion worth of road and bridge projects already under way or in the planning phase, said an expert ahead of a key industry event in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

NASS Commercial has launched a new range of Case wheel loaders on the Bahrain market, which have been designed to offer utmost safety on site, thereby reducing lost time injury (LTI) while increasing productivity.