A new 50-storey high-end freehold residential building in Bahrain that will introduce a new standard in design ingenuity and luxury high-rise living is set for completion by mid-2008. Called the Infinity Tower, the $150 million skyscraper in Seef will feature some 350 luxury apartments, ranging from one-bedroom lofts to sprawling double storey four-bedroom...
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded Arab Bamako Contracting Company power ...
TCM of Japan has redesigned a range of heavy-duty forklifts as part of a drive to further ...
Work on Abraj progresses
Al Hamad Contracting Company has awarded contracts worth BD2.1 million ($5.5 million) for ...
GC updates you with the latest tenders available in the Gulf region. BahrainTender No SD-04/07. Implementation of the Saar sewerage scheme – Phase 3, Project 49320. Open to contractors registered with the Cost Engineering Directorate and having a commercial registration in the relevant field under category AA and A. Bid bond is BD5,000. Documents can be ...
BahrainAl Zehra Development Scheme at Sadad Area – MasterplanOwner: Al Enma’a House for Real Estate – Reef Bahrain – Liquidity Management Centre Budget: $1 billion Scope: The project calls for the design and construction of 40 townhouses and 37 villas, 10 three-storey residential and commercial buildings. The buildings will include 72 ...
Hilti, a Liechtenstein-based construction solutions provider, has just introduced into the market its new user-friendly, compact and extremely rugged PRI 2 rotating laser that promises to make interior finishing work a breeze. Whether it is levelling, setting out or alignment work, the robustly-built Hilti PRI2 – which has been designed for indoor use ...
To demonstrate the latest Foamglas cellular glass insulation solutions, Pittsburgh ...
Dewalt beefs up its heavy-duty range
Dewalt, a leading manufacturer of industrial power tools, has built five new heavy-duty ...
Amidst the global flurry of takeovers, Bahrain-based Investcorp has announced the acquisition of Armacell International – a market leader in the development and production of flexible technical insulation. Armacell makes insulation products based on elastomerics and polyethylene technologies that it sells to wholesalers, including insulation specialists, ...
Momentive Performance Materials, a new company created through the sale of GE's Advanced ...
Leading paints manufacturer Hempel has announced the acquisition of Lacor, which will ...
Tata waits with bated breath for Corus
The Corus, Tata Steel saga will cross another milestone when the shareholders of the ...
Leading design houses Campbell Design and dpa have amalgamated to form a single ...
Leading construction equipment and engines manufacturer Caterpillar has recently introduced its new D-series of 13 to 22-tonne wheeled excavator models, replacing the current C-series models. Besides the well-known C-series features that make the wheeled excavator a top-seller in the industry, the new D-series offers several new features that increase the ...
Volvo boosts power for popular EW series
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is introducing a new C-series generation of its ...
Terex gears for growth in market
Terex Construction (Coventry) – a company within the UK-based Terex Construction ...
New Holland B-series high on site safety
New Holland, a global, full-line construction equipment brand, has recently introduced the ...
Bobcat promises superior stability
Bobcat has expanded its range of mini-excavators with the recent launch of the new ...
Germany’s ties with the Middle East’s construction industry are set to reach greater heights as the world’s biggest construction show gets under way in Munich next month. For bauma, the world’s biggest trade fair on construction equipment and building material machinery, has chosen the Middle East as its partner region for this year’s event, which...
bauma 2007 set to be biggest ever
This year’s bauma – the 28th in the series of international trade fairs for ...
Putzmeister plans strong bauma show
Over an exhibition space of approximately 2,700 sq m at bauma 2007, leading German ...
Versatile cutting tool woos wood industry
The Weinig Group, a leading German specialist in wood processing machinery, now offers the ...
The profile machining centre SBZ 140 from Germany’s Elumatec, one of the leading ...
Leading Saudi-based paints manufacturer Raghadan has launched a new range of special-effect decorative paints, which it says will help meet the growing demand for contemporary patterns and techniques in the highly competitive decorative paints market segment. These paints can create a variety of effects – velvet, pearl, silky touch, marble and wavy – ...
The use of Radcon 7 by several companies on projects in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has ...
أlass reinforced cement (GRC) components, based on CemFil glassfibres, are said to have been produced for the first time in the Middle East in 1977. Three decades later the cement-based composite material with alkali-resistant fibres randomly dispersed throughout it has grown in popularity and has been widely used in the Gulf, on striking projects ...
When it comes to drainage products that guarantee excellent hygienic properties and comply with the strict European hygiene standards, the Blucher range has been many a customer’s first choice for over 40 years. Its high-quality stainless steel products have been installed in dairies and food-processing factories worldwide, including in the Gulf where ...
ACO bags Queen’s award for innovation
ACO Technologies, a leading UK-based drainage systems manufacturer, has recently been ...
While doors are often taken for granted by users, for architects and manufacturers they constitute an important element and Dorma says it has always risen to the challenge. “Aesthetic elegance, functionality, durability and preventive fire protection are just some of the parameters to which we apply our innovative efforts and expertise,” says a ...
Technal scores ‘first’ with new door
Technal Middle East has launched a revolutionary door system – the hi-tech sliding door ...
New software eases energy calculation
Recognising the increasing awareness of environmental issues and energy conservation, ...
Hawa, an internationally-recognised specialist in designing innovative sliding hardware ...
Heralded as the fifth element of the construction world, Luccon, a revolutionary concrete from HiedelbergCement, has been generating keen interest from designers and architects alike. GáÃermany’s HeidelbergCement has come up with a revolutionary kind of concrete called Luccon or translucent cement, an innovative building material that is expected to ...
Al Kifah set to open new plant
Saudi Arabia-based Al Kifah Batching Plant (AKBP) is setting up a purpose-built production ...
With the demand for readymix concrete growing exponentially on the back of a building boom ...
Obtaining test evidence against the required performance criteria is one way to demonstrate that a product will perform in a building. However, it might still fail when installed. This can be because:• The product was tested to an inappropriate standard; • The product failed the test but was supplied regardless;• The product supplied was not the same ...
Firestopit helps keep the fire out
The stability of a building in a fire depends upon the performance of all the component ...
International Barrier Techno-logy, a manufacturer of proprietary fire-resistant building ...
Leading Saudi Arabia-based paint manufacturer Al Jazeera Paints Company has recently ...
It’s small. It’s rich. And it’s thinking big. Qatar is setting a scorching pace as it unleashes a flood of billion-dollar projects including magnificent towers, man-made islands, hotels, gas projects, a mega airport, industrial zones and a slew of other massive projects that rival some of the iconic developments under way in the region. The ...
Hub for Learning
A drive to develop what Qatar identifies as its greatest resource – the potential of its ...
Grand venue
What is designed to be the Middle East’s largest convention centre is currently taking ...
Pearly dream
With reclamation complete on The Pearl-Qatar, a $2.5 billion mixed-used island located at ...
As more key players enter the market and the broadcasting of large-scale developments continue, contractors and consultancies alike struggle to find the required number of skilled professional staff to run projects in what is now a fiercely competitive market. On a daily basis, Digby Morris’ consultants speak with clients who are having to turn away work ...
To the construction industry, partnering is not a novel concept. In fact, interest in partnering and partnering-related arrangements has been on the rise in the industry since the late 1980s. However, the industry has become disillusioned with the benefits of partnering over the years and, as a result, has for some time, treated the concept with scepticism....
Kuwait’s M A Kharafi Group has won two key construction contracts at Dubai World Central (DWC), the 140 sq km urban aviation community being built in Jebel Ali. M A Kharafi & Sons has been awarded the turnkey construction of DWC’s Dh1.5 billion ($408 million) Dubai Logistics City (DLC) headquarters and office park, scheduled for completion in March ...
$544m Europa Greens development unveiled
Tebyan Real Estate Development has launched the first phase of its Dh2 billion ($544 ...
$150m Marina towers contract goes to MESC
Abyaar Real Estate has named Dubai’s Modern Executive Systems Contracting (MESC) as the ...
Mizin, the real estate development company of Tatweer, has completed the roadworks at ...
GC brings you the latest calendar of events from the Middle East March1–4: Focus Kitchen and Bath, an international specialised exhibition on kitchens and bathrooms, Gostiny Dvor–Moscow, Moscow, Russia.2–5: Baumec, an international exhibition for building machinery and equipment, at the Fiera Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.3–5: Egypt Pool – Aquatherm, a ...
