Style Consultant Engineers, a young Dubai-based practice, has found strong footholds in the fields of building design and renovation in the booming construction sector of the UAE, through providing clients with a complete package of designing and engineering services. The company, which started off with a modest beginning in 1993, today has numerous ...
Doka’s proven Dokaflex tables are helping speed up work on a new 40-storey office tower that is coming up in Jumeirah, as part of Dubai Media City. Located close to the Dubai Marina, the tower will include 11 floors for parking 1,099 cars, making it what is claimed to be the largest multi-storey car-park in the area.Throughout construction of the three ...
Geoplast, a low and high-density polyethylene and polypropylene products specialist from ...
Paschal opens Dubai office to meet demand
With more than 40 years of experience in the formwork industry, Paschal Werk G Maier of ...
Right from the day that Lawrence Miles, an engineer from General Electric (GE), found a way of overcoming the acute shortage of quality materials through the use of alternatives, the concept of value-engineering has come a long way. During World War II, GE was required to increase the production capacity of turbo chargers for B24 bombers from 50 to 1000 ...
GC brings you the latest tenders available in the Gulf region. BahrainTender No 213/2004/4430. Maintenance of a security system within the Ministry of Electricity and Water premises. Bid bond is BD200. Documents can be obtained from the Purchasing and Supply Directorate, Room 107, Ground Floor, Directorate of Purchasing and Supply, Ministry of Electricity ...
Hyster – a global supplier of lift trucks with the most comprehensive range in the industry – has recently announced the appointment of Alperton as its exclusive dealer for Iran. “Iran, a growth market supported by a varied economic base that includes oil, gas, manufacturing and agriculture, is a new venture for both brands,” says a UK-based ...
Ausa unveils new multi-service truck
Ausa has just unveiled its new model DV50, a multi-service truck that provides a unique ...
Jotun Paints, a leading manufacturer of protective paints and marine coatings, has announced several new innovative products being introduced in the region at a product launch in Abu Dhabi. One of the biggest industrial product launches for Jotun in recent years, it will also feature a conference as part of a global strategy for the company to retain ...
Samsung to build tallest tower
South Korean giant Samsung Corporation has been named the main contractor for the Burj ...
Emaar Properties has named Dutco Balfour Beatty-Al Ghandi and Consolidated Contractor ...
Viridian appoints Planters as distributor
Viridian International has recently announced the formation of Viridian Middle East and ...
Work progresses on Mall of the Emirates
As construction on the largest retail and leisure complex in the Arab world continues to ...
Kuwait seems to be on the way up. Judging by some of the new projects taking shape on the drawing boards of leading consultants, the horizon looks set to be punctuated with a series of sky-breaking high-rises – many 40 storeys and above. In the 40-storey-plus league are the Kuwait Business City, the Watya Complex, the National Mobile ...
Ministry complex breaks ground
Work has started on the prestigious Ministry of Interior headquarters project, following ...
University to make a dramatic impact
The Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) will strive to make a dramatic ...
Defining a new skyline
A number of skycrapers – among the first of their scale to be built in Kuwait – are ...
Ahmadiah busy with high-profile jobs
Following the completion of the prestigious Fahaheel Waterfront, Kuwaiti construction ...
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) is currently revising several standards that relate to the calculation of heat transmission in buildings. They include ISO 10456, ISO 6946, ISO 13370, ISO 10211, ISO 14683 and ISO 13786 and the revisions are being carried out to take into account the experience in the operation of the standards, improved ...
Arabian Fiberglass Insulation Company (Afico) is enjoying record sales throughout the GCC ...
Styrotech innovates with EPS materials
Riyadh Factory for Thermo Insulation and Packaging Materials (Styrotech), the manufacturer ...
Sharjah-based Electronic & Engineering Industries Company (EEI), a specialist in the ...
Al Muhaidib offers extensive range
Saudi-based Al Muhaidib Building Materials (MBM), a leading trader and importer/exporter ...
The Four Seasons Hotel – part of the prestigious West Bay Complex – aims to offer the business traveller and holiday maker the heights of luxury in Qatar when it opens its doors in the first quarter of next year. Anew five-star hotel – the centrepiece of the stunning West Bay business and residential complex in Doha – is poised to open its doors ...
Doka forms for landmark project
Doka Table Forms have provided outstanding performance during their debut performance in ...
State-of-art LV systems installed
IDC (Intelligent Data Communication) – which has successfully recently-completed the ...
Satco keeps the complex watertight
Contracting and trading company Satco International, which has recently completed its work ...
Cityscape 2004 has been hailed the most successful ever, with more than 10,000 visitors from 81 countries attending the Middle East’s premier property and investment event – marking a growth of 500 per cent on last year. Organisers of the three day conference and exhibition, which took place at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, from November 29...
Big 5 show declared a huge success
This year’s Big 5 trade fair recorded 19 per cent growth in visitor numbers compared to ...
Zamil Steel has been awarded a SR41.2 million ($11 million) contract to design, fabricate, ...
QDC lands $400m reclamation contract
Qatar Dredging Company (QDC), a subsidiary of United Development Company (UDC), has won a ...
Apart from a few exceptions down the decades, construction equipment have had diesel engines. But isn’t diesel old-fashioned, dirty, smoky, noise and on the verge of being replaced by super-modern hydrogen fuel cells?Well, no. Modern diesel engines are none of the above; and fuel cell technology is only in its infancy.The fact is that recent ...
Cemprotec E942 from Flexcrete is the ideal solution for combating the effect of ...
Powerscreen International – a leading Irish manufacturer of mobile screens – is ...
GC updates you with the latest calendar of events from the Middle East. DECEMBER6-10: Elec 2004, the International Exhibition for Electricity, Automation, Measurement & Control and Lighting, at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris, France.18-24: Kuwait’s Building & Reconstruction Exhibition at the Kuwait International Fair Grounds in ...
German office furniture specialist Voko Off Net Group, pleased with the response it has received at the recent Big 5 show in Dubai last month, is eagerly looking forward to cash in on the several enquiries it received during the show. The company, which put on display its latest room-partitioning system ‘IQm Office’ to an enthusiastic public at the ...
Ofis set to floor market with new solution
Ofis, the furniture, flooring and interior solutions business of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg ...
With the Middle East’s hotel sector poised for greater growth, Ariston is preparing for a huge spike in demand for products from its comprehensive range. Ariston, which supplies water heaters manufactured by the Italian (Merloni TermoSanitari) MTS Group, provides hotels in the region with products including instantaneous water heaters, solar water ...
Duravit to extend the joys of Happy D range
Asuccessful bathroom range is very much like a popular TV series – there always is an ...
Roca set to shine in newer markets
Spanish manufacturer of bathroom products and accessories Roca plans to sustain growth and ...
Free-standing baths make a splash
IN a bid to boost its Middle East presence, the UK-based Clearwater Collection put on ...
Compact units open new dimensions
German manufacturer Missel has a launched new standsalone bathroom concept that leaves the ...
The construction industry in Makkah and Madinah – which continues to ride high on the crest of an ongoing boom that is fuelled by a real estate bonanza – can look forward to even sunnier days ahead. Early last month, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah gave the nod to massive projects worth SR30 billion ($8 billion) for the development of Makkah, ...
Saudi-based pest control specialist Masa, which is celebrating its silver anniversary next ...
Qanbar Dywidag on expansion path
Qanbar Dywidag Precast Concrete Company Limited (QDC) with its long experience in the ...
