The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation has announced the award of one civil construction contract and one systems contract for the West Rail Phase I worth a combined value of $92.8 million.Costain-China Harbor Joint Venture won the contract for the construction of the West Rail Depot Buildings at a contract sum of $88.8 million. With the award of this ...
The $150 million Nathan Dam in Queensland, Australia, has won state government approval, ...
Vietnam is set to kick off an ambitious project early this year to develop the country's ...
AHI Roofing, the New Zealand-based manufacturer of Decrabond roofing systems, is now providing 50 years warranty for its products in the Gulf countries instead of the earlier 25 years.The warranty will be 25 years full, 25 years pro-rata on Decrabond products.The Decrabond systems' seven layers of coating protects the steel substrate from corrosion and ...
ALYAF Industrial Company, based in the Second Industrial City of Dammam, is a major ...
Sarnafil 'ideal for roof protection'
A BUILDING without a roof makes little sense, a roof that leaks, even less.Only the right ...
The Actros truck series for the Middle East has been designed from the ground up, according to Franz Amann, president, DaimlerChrysler AG Dubai branch.''The emphasis of the ground-up, bumper-to-bumper development of the Middle East-specification Actros range is on the adaptability, reliability and safety, economic efficiency and strength,'' he says.The range...
THE Next Generation Bobcat loaders are claimed to offer new levels of operator comfort and ...
3M Gulf has granted a licence to the Riyadh-based Saudi Factory for Fire Equipments Company (SFFECO) to produce the 3M Aqueous Film Forming Foam (3M AFFF).SFFECO, a major fire-fighting products manufacturer in the Kingdom, has its plant in Riyadh's New Industrial City.Signed between 3M Gulf's managing director, William R Schnier and Engineer Khalid ...
Apicorp building work on target
Work on the headquarters building for the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) ...
Austrian formwork specialist Doka says that with its d2 load-bearing towers and Top 50 ...
Tetra Pak plant expandsTetra Pak Saudi Arabia, the Middle East's leading packaging and ...
Riyadh: Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the ...
GRANITE has been, throughout the history of architecture, a material that has epitomised longevity, durability and quality. From ancient Egypt to today granite has been used in a variety of ways from monolithic structural components to contemporary thin slab cladding techniques.Granite has outshone other materials because of its ability to sustain the ...
Kuwait-headquartered Kirby, which has been expanding globally, is now setting up a new pre-engineered steel building plant in Hyderabad (India) to serve the Indian market supported by a sales distribution network of more than 15 offices in India. This state-of-the-art facility offers the full range of Kirby products and services conforming to international ...
Liff Industrial of the UK has launched a new range of industrial reverse osmosis water ...
Selecting the right flooring
With the growing sophistication of industrial processes, the flooring of an industrial ...
SPECIALIST manufacturer Bridgman Doors of the UK has introduced a ballistic door system which can be configured to protect against most commonly-used firearms from handgun and shotgun right up to a Nato rifle round in caliber.Protection against armed attack is the objective of the system called Bastion suite, says a company spokesman.The Bridgman Bastion ...
HONEYWELL of Germany has launched new a security system which the company claims satisfies ...
HEMPEL Paints has launched a new epoxy coating called Hempadur Mastic 45881, which is polyamide adduct cured and forms a tough and hard wearing surface.Developed specifically for the climatic conditions that exist in the Gulf region, Hempadur Mastic 45881 is ideally suited for the protection of structural steel work in medium to severely corrosive ...
The firm, which offers a diverse range of aluminium products, has clinched a string of ...
Insultec offers 'unique' concrete protection
CONCRETE protective coating Insultec 1 is enjoying growing acceptance in the Gulf market ...
KALEKIM, established in 1973, is a major producer of construction materials in Turkey ...
AS Syria steps up to strengthen infrastructure development in the region, Sigma Paints, a ...
AL Haleef Paint Factory, a Riyadh-based manufacturer of paints, bases its market strategy on the strength of the quality of its products.''Our strength is the high quality of our paints,'' says Saleh Ahmed Al Haleef, owner and general manager.The company manufactures decorative paints (water and solvent-based); industrial paints; putty and sealant; and ...
THE Dammam-based Zamil Rubber Products Factory has more than doubled its exports during ...
Zamil products cool the world
ZAC, which exports air-conditioners to 23 countries, has added several new units to its ...
Aluminium Bahrain's (Alba) $400 million project to build a coke calcining plant, seawater desalination plant, a new jetty and raw material handling facilities is all set to take physical shape at its marine terminal, following the completion of all the reclamation and piling work on the development.The prestigious project will help the firm join the ranks ...
construction work is well under way and on schedule on the prestigious headquarters ...
The advance reclamation contract on the new port and industrial area at Hidd was completed ...
BPC BUOYANT ON FUTURE
The ISO9001-certified company offers a wide range of standard precast concrete products ...
The Saudi-owned company Alaa Industrial Equipment Factory (AFI) aims to be the regional ...
Civil marine work on the new container terminal at Ruwais for the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge), a joint venture owned 60 per cent by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) of the UAE and 40 per cent by Borealis of Denmark.Work, being carried out by contractor Six Construct to the design of consulting group Mouchel, includes 330 m of 15-m high ...
Catnic, the UK-based manufacturer of metal lath, angle beads and other plasterers' ...
The Ministry of Water Resources has prequalified 17 international and local consortia to ...
The UAE emirate of Dubai will implement an urban plan effective up to 2012 which will ...
Tenders will be issued this year for the $1 billion Riyadh-based Electric Linkage ...
THE bridge connecting the 10th floors of the Gulf Towers was a challenging task for the post-tensioning subcontractor Constratech.The structural engineer of the spectacular building was faced with the dilemma of providing a connection between the two rigid cores of both towers at the 10th floor spanning over 18 m on its widest section, while being ...
ETA-New Materials Division (ETA-NMD), a pioneer in aluminium composite sheet cladding, has ...
The new 10-storey Gulf Towers, which is due to open this month, is poised to become a ...
0.01.2000GULF TOWERS was one of the major projects in which United Precast Concrete (UPC) ...
