Bahrain’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has awarded Sasakura Engineering Company of Japan the BD10 million ($26.5 million) Ras Abu Jarjur brackish water reverse osmosis desalination plant work. Sasakura will work to augment the potable water production capacity of the plant by 3.2 million gallons per day, increasing the plant’s production capacity ...
Al Hamad wins BFH first phase
Sharjah-based Al Hamad Contracting Company has won the $250 million engineering and ...
Bechtel has announced the reopening of the south span of Al Mat Bridge – a key ...
A $2 billion causeway, and natural gas and electricity deals between Bahrain and Qatar ...
A two-day conference held at Muscat’s Al Bustan Palace Hotel focused on major new ...
Gulf Construction updates you with the latest tenders available in the Gulf region. BahrainTender No SP/30/2003. Refurbishment of Ayn Umm Ash Shaum garden. Bid bond is BD1,500. Open to contractors classified as A or B class by the Ministry of Works and Housing. Documents can be obtained from the Director, Research and Development Directorate, Main ...
With an eye on bauma 2004 – the leading construction equipment exhibition to be staged in Germany from March 29 to April 4 – design engineers at Atlas-Terex have been focusing on completing the 05 series generation of mobile excavators – the successor of the extremely popular 04 series. The result: the four new models 1305 M (13.9 tonnes), 1505...
Liebherr lines up innovations
AS THE world’s largest manufacturer of mobile excavators, Liebherr is using the bauma ...
ZF’s newly-developed range of axles and transmissions – precisely matched to one ...
In response to the increasing demand for reach trucks in the global materials-handling sector, Japanese equipment manufacturer TCM has revamped its reach forklift to efficiently meet current usage needs for this type of equipment. TCM recently unveiled a new line of reach truck models (1.0-1.8 tonnes), which incorporates several breakthrough features. The ...
Building on experience
For more than 40 years, the Jeddah-headquartered Al Muhaidib Building Materials Company ...
Zamil Steel has unveiled an ambitious strategic plan, which expects to see the company ...
Apollo's latest detector ensures ease of installation, reliability in daily operation and simplicity of design, giving a new edge to conventional detection. Apollo Fire Detectors launched its new range of conventional fire detectors known as Orbis at the Intersec Dubai (the sixth international commercial security, police, fire, safety and rescue ...
Notifier, a leading manufacturer of commercial fire alarm systems and part of ...
Reinforcement processing equipment manufacturer Schnell says that its special production software – Graphico Optimo (GO) – and the fabrication equipment – Bar-wiser – offer the benefits of high productivity and flexibility, while machining reinforcement bars. Says a spokesman for the Italian company: “Bar-wiser cuts and bends bars of any shape ...
Stainless steel key to durability
The durability of a reinforced concrete structure is vital especially in a structure of ...
BAM will feature – Bamtec – its innovative and economic system for designing, ...
BHS-Sonthofen, the German manufacturer of construction machinery and filtration technology, plans to launch its new innovations to the twin-shaft batch mixer at the bauma 2004, the leading construction equipment exhibition to be held in Germany at the end of this month. Says a spokesman for BHS: “The market requirements with regard to efficient mixing ...
ICF points way to energy efficiency
Insulated concrete form (ICF) is one of the emerging technologies in the cement and ...
Muscat-based Oman Cement Company (OCC), which reports a boom in business following a ...
Dubai-based Ahmed Ramadhan Juma (ARJ), which enjoys the status of a leading engineering products supplier in the UAE, plans to further extend its network in the region by opening new offices in Dammam and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. The company, which began operations in the early 1970s in the UAE, has grown in strength especially in the field of fluid ...
A tough sewer Protecto offered
A Bahrain-based firm has recently introduced a ductile iron pipe system which is said to ...
Liner contains waste water problems
CIM Industries, a US-based manufacturer of industrial membrane systems, has recently ...
Revolutionary treatment system launched
Septech Emirates has launched a new product – BioSol – which it claims will ...
Boon Edam Group Holding, the Netherlands-based manufacturer of high security doors, perimeter control doors and security barriers, has been granted the right to use the name Royal Boon Edam. Mayor Van Beek of the municipality of Edam-Volendam, where the company’s main offices are located, handed over the official decree recently to Erik Huber, the owner of...
Fleming provides a decorative accent
Canadian manufacturer Fleming Steel Doors and Frames has expanded its product line with ...
Hawa caps a success story
Switzerland-based hardware specialist Hawa has enhanced its existing line of products to ...
Slim drive gives 'full rein to creativity'
Italy-based automatic entrance specialist Ditec has introduced Volo, which it claims is ...
The benefits of the use of alkali-resistant (AR) glassfibres in GRC (glass reinforced concrete) was among the topics discussed at the recent GRCA International Congress. The Technical University of Dresden in Germany presented three papers on various aspects of AR glassfibre textile reinforced concrete – a form of GRC that is not yet in common use but the...
Bauer Maschinen, a leading specialist of foundation equipment, says it is well poised to taken on the challenges of the future, having recently acquired large production and storage facilities close to one of its existing bases in Germany. “Last year, Bauer Maschinen developed new manufacturing facilities for the fabrication of its specialist foundation ...
Austria-based Doka, with its new motto ‘Setting the Pace in Formwork Technology’, will be launching its newly-developed wall formwork system – Framax Xlife at the bauma 2004 in Munich. Doka says its new motto would spell out pace-setting dynamism not only in developing system innovations and new service offerings, but also in terms of optimising ...
High-tech concrete pumps lead the show
Leading construction equipment manufacturer Putzmeister, which has provided its equipment ...
New-gen loaders to be launched
Leading equipment manufacturer Orenstein and Koppel (O&K) is launching the L 25.6 – ...
Switzerland-based manufacturer of testing instruments – Proceq – claims that its ...
The completion of the $60 million seven-storey development – The German Centre – next year is expected to see the further strengthening of relations between the two traditional trading countries of Germany and the UAE, and encourage the relocation of existing major German companies and government agencies under one roof. In addition, the facility coming...
Lintec, the Germany-based mixing plant manufacturer, has over the past eight years, ...
Streif Baulogistik’s debut at the recently-concluded Intersec – the biggest ...
Tenders are expected to be announced next month for the construction an estimated $65 million-plus twin-tower complex to house the country’s radio and television corporation. The Qatar Broadcasting Services Complex will be built adjacent to the corporation’s existing facilities which are housed in a leased building in the West Bay area of Doha. It will ...
Firm launches new GRC prefab units
Qatar-based portacabin specialist Aal Imran Housing has recently started producing a new ...
Leader makes rapid strides in market
Rapid Access – said to be the largest and fastest-growing supplier of powered access in ...
Luxury by the bay
Over the past 33 months a barren stretch of land next to the Doha Sheraton in Doha’s ...
Pearl of a plan
Qatar’s United Development Company (UDC) is set to launch a new $2.5 billion project ...
Planning has begun on the proposed facilities expansion of Airport Expo Dubai – the purpose-built exhibition site for the Dubai air show – in the UAE. “Initial plans to further develop facilities including creating more car parking space, possible expansion of one or both of the two exhibition halls and the creation of an on-site conference centre, ...
$5.4bn Dubailand breaks ground
The ground-breaking ceremony of the Dh20 billion ($5.44 billion) Dubailand was held ...
Emaar Properties has launched the concluding phase of The Springs, the company’s ...
Garden to have dedicated access
The uniquely designed Gardens Shopping Mall under development by Nakheel has commenced ...
GSG lands Arabian Ranches order
GSG International, an Italian manufacturer of accessories for aluminium doors and windows, ...
Eearly 600 national and international companies are expected to promote their products and services at the International Turkeybuild Istanbul 2004 Fair from May 5 to 9. The trade show on building materials and technologies will spread over an area of 52,000 sq m in seven halls at the Tuyap Fair and Congress Centre in Istanbul,Last year’s event ...
Kale unveils major expansion plans
Kale Eksport, the foreign trade arm of the Kale Group, has unveiled major plans expansion ...
The largest and longest established trade fair for the region’s construction and contracting industry – the Big 5 2004 – will expand into the Sheikh Rashid Hall at the Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre, with a dedicated product sector devoted to marble, ceramic and stone products and machinery. Last year, the fair had ...
Some 300 firms are expected to promote their products and services at the fifth Doha ...
ISH to make Dubai debut in MayDubai: ISH Gulf Kitchen + Bathroom 2004 and Lightstyle Gulf ...
Gulf Construction updates you with the latest calendar of events from the Middle East. MARCH 4-7: Windows 2004, fifth window, glass technology, accessory-related industry and auxiliary products fair, in Istanbul, Turkey.7-10: 10th Middle East Corrosion Conference and Exhibition, at the Gulf International Convention Centre, Bahrain.14-17: Front 2004, ...
