Major plans have been launched that will enable Dubai to handle a massive 190 million passengers per year by 2010. “This figure includes 70 million passengers passing through Dubai International Airport and 120 million through the new Jebel Ali Airport,” says Anita Mehra Homayoun, director of marketing and corporate communications at the DCA.Capacity ...
Bahrain airport to grow eastwards
Consultancy bids are currently being evaluated for the first phase of a BD70 million ($186 ...
New Egyptian airport under expansion
Marsa Alam Airport – constructed as a part of a $1.2 billion project to create a mega ...
Moving innovations from elevator ace
Having recently clinched a $150 million contract to supply a host of passenger moving ...
NSS provides access where it counts
Having supplied access solutions for some of the leading airports in the world including ...
Dubai Festival City, the Middle East’s largest privately-funded, mixed-use development taking shape on the banks of Dubai Creek, is set to open five major components over the next year, starting with the launch of the flagship Toyota showroom at the project’s automotive park this month. Other showrooms that are are being built include those for Lexus, ...
RAK Ceramics opens its ninth factory
RAK Ceramics has opened of its ninth factory in the emirate at a cost of Dh180 million ...
Emaar launches major residential towers
Following the successful launch of the first two towers at Dubai Marina’s Park Island ...
The Supervision Committee for the Expansion of Abu Dhabi International Airport (Scadia) is ...
Saudi steel major Attieh Group, which has close to five decades of experience behind it, has been reaping the benefits of a buoyant market and continues to gain strength in the region. The steel market has been booming over the past two years during which prices have been high and demand increasing. This has spelt good news to Attieh, as with all those ...
Construction work is set to begin this month on a new steel coil centre being set up by ...
New engineering solutions ace set up
Anew engineering solutions and steel fabrication specialist company was set up early this ...
Riding on its success as a construction steel trader in the late seventies, Pan-Gulf Group ...
Zamil Steel clinches Qatargas order
Zamil Steel’s Structural Steel Business Unit (SSBU) has been awarded a contract worth ...
Arobust rotating laser that levels itself automatically within seconds is the latest development from the laser laboratory of Hilti, a global construction tools and fastening specialist. “Every bit as robust as it looks, the sturdy new Hilti PR 20 can take the tough conditions of outdoor work on construction sites. This highly accurate tool for levelling ...
Turkish contractor Bin Beleila Baytur making its debut in Dubai with the construction of 10 high-quality, high-rise apartment towers along the seashore of the Jumeirah Palm’s main trunk is using an Atlas Copco QAS 14 generating set to assist it on the project. Rated at 13 kVA at 50 Hz, the QAS 14 also provides 9 kW lighting power for a trailer-mounted ...
Green systems cope with rugged locations
Ingersoll-Rand (IR) has recently launched its new Environmental Generator range, which are ...
The Otis Elevator Company’s local affiliate Otis (UAE) has been awarded one of the most-sought-after contracts in the elevator sector – that of supplying and installing elevators in Burj Dubai tower which is destined to become the tallest building in the world. Competition among the leading elevator suppliers for this prestigious contract was tough but...
Elevator major aims high
In pursuit of its global expansion plan to become the technology leader across the ...
The iconic Dar Al Awadi Complex shopping centre and office tower – claimed to be currently the tallest building in Kuwait – was poised for handover to the owner at the end of last month (June) following completion of structural and finishing works. Rising 171 m high, the 34-storey pentagon-shaped tower is now a highly prominent landmark in Sharq in the ...
Ahmadiah rises to yet another challenge
Renowned local contracting firm Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company has added yet ...
Glass and steel give tower a distinct class
The Dar Al Awadi is not just another 34-storey tower with a mall covered with curtain ...
Quality products floor the market
Hassan Abul Company completed the installation of a total of 32 kitchens – fitted with ...
Hitachi relied upon for an uplifting role
THE Elevator Division of Ahmadiah Trading and Contracting has supplied and installed 10 ...
The design of an HVAC’s (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) airside system plays an important role in attaining the optimum air quality and comfort level in air-conditioned spaces. However, achieving the right design with efficient energy consumption is a great challenge1-10. Research into how the different designs of the HVAC systems affect ...
GC updates you with the latest tenders available in the Gulf region. BahrainTender No SP-2005-10. Construction of sports halls for the General Organisation for Youth and Sport at Umm Al Hassam. Bid bond is BD5,000. Open to contractors registered with the Cost Engineering Directorate for works under category AA, A and B. The works comprise demolition, ...
Nürnberg Global Fairs and the Bahrain Convention and Exhibition Bureau will organise two major events – the third Water Middle East 2005 and the Intelligent Building Middle East 2005 – at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, later this year. While Water Middle East will be held from November 14 to 16, the Intelligent Building Middle East 2005 ...
More than 200 companies from around the world will take part in the Abu Dhabi ...
Oman launches $15bn Blue City
The Omani government in partnership with private investors unveiled the $15 billion Madina ...
LG launches AC academy in Jeddah
Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics in partnership with HG Ibrahim Shaker ...
Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), an interior design firm specialised in hotel and hospitality design since 1964, is experiencing a tremendous demand for its award-winning services and is drawing on its extensive, world-wide resources to meet the challenges and deliver the projects on time. “We have quite a lot of projects at hand and more are in the final ...
Saudi Ceramic unveils new sanitary ware
Saudi Ceramic Company (SCC), one of the largest ceramic manufacturers in the Middle East, ...
Alarabi in new Abu Dhabi venture
Alarabi Decoration and Construction Company of Saudi Arabia is poised to spread its wings ...
GKD aims to spread its woven magic
Leading technical weaving mill GKD (Gebr Kufferath, Duren) of Germany is looking to ...
Romeo triumphs in diverse projects
Having successfully completed Dubai’s majestic Al Qasr hotel at Madinat Jumeirah with ...
