Over 30 speakers from around the world are expected to participate in the first Gulf SME Forum to be held in Oman. The Forum, to be organised on October 23 and 24 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Muscat, will scrutinise issues related to developing Gulf-based start-up and scale-up businesses, the organiser Intevents said.
The latest development from Hempel is its new revolutionary tin-free antifoulant, which, according to the manufacturer, is the perfect solution to an impending global ban on the use of TBT (tributyltin) antifoulant paints. "Hempel's new Globic SP-ECO is the tin-free choice of the future," says a Hempel spokesman.
Metito (Overseas) Limited has installed two mobile containerised water treatment plants in Sharjah to ensure water supply for industrial and drinking purposes at Hamriyah. The plants were installed on behalf of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa).
Umm Suqueim beach work starts Work has started on the Umm Suqueim beach project, which involves development of the beach in Dubai, UAE, into a tourist attraction. It will include coffee shops, water sports accessory shops, seafood cafes, boat rental agencies and traditional boat-building yards.
Four new fishing harbour projects are being developed at key places along Oman's coast during the current Five Year Plan, a report said. Apart from Al Ashkara, a construction contract for which was signed recently, new fishing harbours are also being built at Saham, Liwa and Sohar.
The new 17-storey Seef Tower located within the Seef Mall compound in Bahrain is expected to be completed this month, a top Housing Bank official said. General manager Isa Al Thawadi said the tower will have an area of about 9,000 sq m, including office space and a restaurant. The bank owns Seef Properties, which manages the mall.
CMS Energy Inc, a US power provider, said it has won a $1.6 billion contract with the UK's International Power, Europe's largest independent electricity producer, to build a power and water desalination plant in the UAE.
The UAE Ministry of Public Works and Housing will carry out 56 new projects at a total cost of Dh1.192 billion ($320 million), it was reported. Besides this, a total of 95 ongoing projects worth Dh2.691 billion are under completion.
The UAE Offsets Group (UOG) has signed a Dh 1.662 billion ($452.9 million) deal with a consortium of a unit of Technip and a local firm to build a water pipeline from Fujairah to Al Ain.
A US air-conditioning repair and maintenance specialist is to set up a regional base in Bahrain that will serve the Gulf and Middle East. US Chiller Services International will set up operations in a venture with Coil Tech, a Bahrain-based HVAC specialist.
Major international companies with expertise in designing, constructing, financing and marketing waterfront projects are likely to attend the Waterfront and Marina Development International Exhibition and Conference to be held in Dubai.
A RO3.42 million ($8.88 million) water supply project in the wilayat of Al Amerat in Oman is progressing as per schedule. The project comprises pipeline connection to houses over a distance of 2 km and setting up of two concrete water tanks with a storage capacity of 10,000 cu m and 55 cu m respectively, local media reported.
UAE's Ministry of Public Works and Housing is planning to construct new roads in the Northern Emirates, a report said. Work on these projects, costing Dh1.1 billion ($290 million), will start at the beginning of next year.
More than 40 firms from the UK are set to exhibit at the Big 5 Show 2001, which will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE, from October 27 to 31.
Qatar's Ajjaj Trading Company has reopened its building materials showroom at Najma after extensive renovation carried out over the past three months. The showroom was the first in Doha for electrical and mechanical fittings when it opened in 1992, said general manager Jamil Akbar.
The second stage of the dredging and reclamation work on Bahrain's Amwaj Islands project is expected to be completed by September next year. The land formation and reclamation work which currently under way involves an estimated eight million cu m of sand. The project covers an area of 2.
Alstom wins power contract Bahrain has awarded French engineering group Alstom Power a $300.4 million contract to build a 700 MW power station at Hidd island, the official Gulf News Agency reported. It said the decision was taken during a cabinet meeting and would make the plant the biggest in Bahrain.
11-14: Malbex 2001, Sixth Asian international stone technology exposition, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 15-19: 7th Annual Facilities & Management Conference, at the World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. 17-18: FIDIC Conditions of Contract and the Dispute Adjudication Procedure Seminar, Hilton Brussels, Belgium.
Almost half of the buildings in the urban limits of Dubai do not have car-parks for their residents, according to a Dubai Municipality study. The survey showed that out of 51,784 buildings in urban Dubai, 26,798 buildings were without a car-parking facility.
Dubai Municipality's spending on various infrastructure projects rose by 24.2 per cent over a period of three years, according to figures released by the civic body's Statistics Centre. More than 60 per cent of the expenditure was related to road developments, said a report. The municipality spent more than Dh1.475 billion ($401.
Dubai Municipality is to introduce an updated code of building specifications and conditions with special focus on safety and environmental standards. Contractors and professional consultants should adhere to the new code to obtain and maintain building licences, a local newspaper report said.
Emaar Properties has appointed Rikaz Development Company, a real estate investment and marketing firm in Saudi Arabia, as its representative to promote its world-class residential projects to Saudi investors through sales offices in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.
