From the Dubai Metro expansion project in the UAE to the Riyadh Metro project in Saudi Arabia, which is currently the largest metro project in the world, large-scale rail expansion is set to take off in a dramatic way over the next decade in the Middle East.

Paschal Concrete Forms, the regional office of German formwork solutions provider Paschal Werk G Maier, says its Maturix system for intelligent concrete monitoring helps speed up work on projects, having proven to have reduced the time taken to complete projects by as much as 50 per cent.

Alfares International Company Steel Industry & Scaffolding of Saudi Arabia has chalked out an ambitious strategy for growth despite the current global health crisis and is eager to launch a second factory to strengthen its foothold and offerings to the market.