Work on a pottery museum, formally named the Clay Musem, is expected to begin shortly in in A'ali, Bahrain. The museum will be built on an area of 3,000 sq m at a cost of BD70,000 ($185,676), and will be financed by the Information Ministry. The work on the museum has been approved by the ministry and will take six months to complete. The project is ...
F1 track work is on schedule
Work on the Bahrain Racing Circuit (BRC), which will host the first Formula One Grand Prix ...
Architecture Studio of France has been awarded the contract to design Bahrain's first ...
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an ODA loan agreement ...
ACE Almoayyed (ACEA) has promised to redesign and redevelop the Manama suq in Bahrain ...
High frequency compaction rollers from Dynapac ensure a UAE contractor meets his commitments in a race against the clock on a highway project. WHen UAE-based Marwan Contracting Company was called upon to execute the construction of a new 2 km-long highway and a roundabout for the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club in a month's time, it had to rely on using ...
Mitsubishi Electric Saudi Limited (Melsa) says its hi-tech Elenessa machine-room-less elevators have been a major hit in Saudi Arabia. ''Elenessa, named to mean 'elevator and renaissance', is not just an architect's delight, but also a user's dream,'' says a Melsa spokesman. ''It offers improved ride comfort, freedom of layout and a universal design ...
Zamil cools tallest tower in Bahrain
Saudi-based Zamil Air Conditioners (Zac) has been awarded a contract to supply its Cooline ...
The Riyadh-based Aljomaih Holding Company will promote four new redesigned and upgraded TCM trucks in the 15-23 tonne lift category at SaudiBuild 2003. The trucks, manufactured by TCM, Japan, include a long list of improvisations that are expected to make them more efficient and easier to use. According to a spokesman for TCM, the performance of the four ...
In top form
Saudi Arabia's Al Romaizan Factory has added 16 new colours to its existing 38 colours of ...
Saudi-based Al Nafea Trading Establishment plans to introduce a new vinyl flooring ...
Insulation giant
In less than a decade since its establishment, Al Sharq Factory for Polystyrene ...
Steel prowess
Fuelled by the increasing interest in its products shown by the Saudi market, Carl Stahl ...
A major Sudanese construction expo is to be held this December in the country's capital Khartoum. The SudanBuild 2003 International Construction Technologies and Building Materials Fair is being organised by Forum Fairs and Promotions, a leading Turkish organiser of international fairs.The five-day fair, supported by the German company Internationaler Messe...
Stage is set for two Tuyap fairs
Tuyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organisation will hold two expos - the 16th Wood Processing ...
The construction sector has been one of the major contributors of growth in the Turkish ...
Top consultant eyes new markets
Aurkey's Seyas, an engineering and consultancy firm, which has been offering a wide range ...
Eleks, the export arm of Turkey's Elginkan Group says it ensures the success of the group ...
Aggreko Middle East, the regional office of the UK-based Aggreko, has been offering a wide range of services that have provided temporary power solutions to business establishments and industries in the region for more than a decade now. Aggreko, which started its Middle East operations at its Sharjah office in 1991, has flourished over the years to become...
Atlas Copco rents 1MW gensets through Gulf office
Atlas Copco is promoting its rental fleet's 1 MW containerised generating sets in the Gulf ...
Cat comes clean with emissions rating
Caterpillar says it has developed a revolutionary emission technology called Acert ...
Cummins powers leading saudi press
Six generation sets from Cummins are keeping the presses rolling at a leading printing and ...
Billions of dollars of investments will be needed in the Middle East's power generation ...
Switzerland-based Hawa has launched a new range of partitions which it says will allow the development of office spaces while simultaneously addressing contemporary calls for versatility and open-room layouts. ''The Hawa-Aperto 50/GL is the first system on the market for flush, stackable, sliding lightweight glass doors,'' says a company ...
Laser Tool Makes Marking a Breeze
Hilti has launched a revolutionary marking tool called the Hilti PM 24, which is a ...
Optima unveils the future generation
Optima Unilock Middle East (Oume) has launched a new system called Futurewall, which ...
Putzmeister truck-mounted concrete pumps have a pressure of 85 bar as standard, to provide vital performance reserve and to offer operators full use of compressive resistance of the delivery line. As operators most often are unaware of how much boom reach is required until on site, Putzmeister's pumps - which offer on average 25 bar more pressure than...
Doka launches new falsework
Doka has launched a new falsework said to be purpose-designed for tunnelling applications. ...
Sandvik Rock Processing (SRP) of Sweden, the new business sector within Sandvik Mining and Construction, has delivered and assembled a crushing and screening plant for Saudi Arabia's leading construction company, the Al Oasis Group. The group has recently decided to expand and incorporate a company, which would produce aggregate for its ready-mix and ...
Making machinery maintenance-free
Making machinery easier for technicians to service and troubleshoot in a similar manner is ...
US-BASED K-Rain Manufacturing has recently launched several new products on the international market, extending its range of gear-driven sprinklers and sprays to cover all sizes of turf applications. K-Rain, a leading manufacturer of gear-driven rotors, sprinklers, sprays, controllers and valves for the commercial and residential markets, has been ...
Photon to go on show at Water Middle East
UK-BASED Hanovia, a leading manufacturer of UV (ultra violet) equipment, will be unveiling ...
Saudi firm launches neutralisation plant
Saudi Company for Environmental Works (Sew) launched operations at its newly-built ...
White ants could be a cause for serious concern to the construction industry if the pre-treatment of building sites is not carried as per norms. While there exist a host of methods that offer varying results, a method of chemical-induced treatment introduced by Masa is highly effective against termites and could help in the protection of houses and buildings...
The Dubai office of the UK-based DicoTech, has been offering specialist engineering and ...
The efficacy of chemical water-proofing lies in the fact that it prevents the movement of ...
Revolutionary admixture enhances performance
Today's concrete contractors, producers, and specifiers require greater versatility ...
Dubai-based Al Fahed Tiles and Mosaic factory has added an air of elegance to the rest-rooms of phase I of the Madinat Jumeirah project. The company has supplied and installed granite vanity tops, bathtub surrounds, complicated moldings, ceramics and cladding to shower areas. It has also supplied and installed glass mosaic with different patterns for the ...
DSA: the architect by design
DSA Architects International was formed specifically to work on the Madinat Jumeirah, in ...
Cylingas handles LPG installations
Cylingas Company was responsible for the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) installations at ...
Al Futtaim Telecom wins PABX deal
Al Futtaim Telecom, in partnership with Alcatel, has bagged the contract for the supply ...
Interior design reflects the UAE's heritage
As interior designer for the prestigious Madinat Jumeirah resort, KCA International has ...
Dubai is to build the world's first underwater ultra-luxury resort hotel at a cost of more than $500 million. The 107,700 sq m Hydropolis Hotel development will rise out of the sea offshore Jumeirah to set completely new global standards with respect to the quality of experience and living.It is the brainchild of German investor Joachim Hauser, the ...
The UAE Ministry of Public Works and Housing has floated a tender for the construction of ...
Bonyan Emirates, a subsidiary of Ismail Akil Abbasi Group, said it planned to make ...
Ariston heaters for Arabian RanchesDubai: Paul Weil, the agent of Ariston water heaters, ...
A seminar recently held in Dubai focused on the need to design buildings with ...
Constru India 2003, the largest Indian construction and contracting trade show, will be held at the MMRDA Complex, Mumbai, India from November 11 to 14, 2003. The organiser claims that the exhibition, the fourth one in as many years, will see the participation of six major sectors of the construction and contracting sectors under a single roof. The ...
A vision of Middle East cities of the future will emerge in Dubai next month at Cityscape ...
Gulf Construction brings you the latest tenders available in the Gulf region BAHRAINDetails for the following three tenders can be obtained from the Cost Control Section, Ministry of Works and Housing (Housing Affairs), Technical Affairs Directorate, PO Box 5802, Manama, tel: 533000, fax: 534115, by payment of BD50. CD September 28:Tender No 27/03. ...
