More than 15,000 workers and staff are currently engaged on the various onsite projects at Dubai World Central (DWC), helping the mammoth aviation city rise from the desert. That number is expected to increase substantially over the next three years as several tenders are awarded in the coming months.DWC, which creates a new benchmark in urban planning and ...
Canal dream
Peliminary excavation work is under way on the largest, most complex civil engineering ...
Bridging the Creek
Dubai has recently announced plans to build an iconic Sixth Crossing Arch Bridge, which is ...
Innovative Design
The west bridge of the Sixth Crossing at Dubai Creek is the world’s widest spanning arch ...
Building the Burj
The Burj Dubai tower will be the tallest structure ever built; when completed, it will be ...
GC updates you with the latest tenders available in the Gulf region and beyond. Qatar BahrainTender No 3/223. Construction and maintenance of Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Health Centre at Budaiya. Open to contractors classified as grade AA and A by Ministry of Works. Documents can be obtained from the Technical Office of Kuwait, Arig House, Mezzanine ...
Over the past decade or so, Sipco Paints has transformed from a small player with a limited product range to a technology and market-driven regional paint major that is quick to respond to trends and has the business acumen to optimise on all of its resources. A milestone in its history has been its recent merger with Dyrup Paints creating Univest – a ...
The idea of the Dynamic Architecture Group, which marks a new era in architecture, was born with the desire to have buildings that can adjust themselves to life, and that are part of nature. In fact, its buildings, in which each floor rotates separately, change their shape continuously and never look the same. Imagine a skyscraper that can revolve according...
Korea-based LG Electronics, one of the world’s top air-conditioner manufacturers and a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, has launched the Tropical Multi V Plus II technology system, which it says will bring about a revolution in the residential air-conditioner segment of the market. Equipped with sophisticated features and advanced...
Broen’s new valves make Mideast debut
Broen, a renowned manufacturer of precision valves for HVAC (heating, ventilation and ...
The UK-based EHS International intends to launch a number of new eco-friendly and ...
Accurately calculating and predicting the pressure that poured concrete will exert on the formwork, is one of the most important tasks when planning on-site concrete works. Sure knowledge of the expected loads will enable the site to choose the best building technique and the appropriate technical equipment.The introduction of new concrete types with ...
BASF has the formula for better grouting
Grout is used in post-tensioning to completely fill all voids and spaces between the ...
Jeddah plant boosts Bomanite’s presence
Bomanite Group International (BGI), a leading architectural concrete paving and flooring ...
Nomas, a Bahrain-based company, has made its foray into the real estate sector by unveiling its maiden $800 million real estate project in Bahrain. Set to come up in the Al Fateh neighbourhood, the sea-facing project will be a 35,000 sq m development featuring mixed-use and residential towers, said a spokesman for the company.The project will include four ...
Work starts on $1.6bn heaLth oasis
Work on Dilmunia, the $1.6 billion health island off the northeast coast of Bahrain, ...
New Holland fleet on the fast track
A fleet of New Holland equipment has been working at a feverish pace on the Sheikh Khalifa ...
KEO bags top award
KEO International Consultants has bagged the MIPIM Architectural Review commendation for ...
The purpose of a direct agreement is to give the financing bank(s) additional security (often referred to as “quasi-security”) over the construction and maintenance of a financed asset in order to protect their interests in the asset and the recovery of the facility loan amount. This includes any agreements for the off-take of also the products of the ...
A total of more than 200 exhibitors from 25 countries across the world have already signed up for gulfBID 2008, which is set to open next month (May 6 to 8), and show organisers are reported to be battling to meet increasing demand for exhibition space. This major event – to be staged for the third time in Bahrain – is recording massive interest from ...
Mohammed Jalal to promote Genie range
The engineering and technology division (E&T division) of Bahrain-based Mohammed Jalal ...
Carl Stahl returns with new systems
Carl Stahl, a leading manufacturer of wire ropes and lifting technology, will be returning ...
Chabros, a leading player in the wood and veneer supply industry will be showcasing its ...
Reach Contracting diversifies operations
Reach Contracting, which launched operations last November as a Bahrain-based contracting ...
New Holland’s new wheeled loader, the W270B, is working relentlessly at Bahrain’s Reef Island development helping the contractor undertake the earthmoving work with relative ease. One of the new machines of the Italian construction manufacturer, which has been recently launched into the Bahrain market by its distributor Ahmed Mansoor Al A’Ali (AMA), ...
Al Mahroos strikes the right balance
MH Al Mahroos, a leading Bahrain-based total solutions provider in the field of ...
New Cats score high on efficiency and reliability
Mohamed Abdulrahman Al-Bahar, the exclusive dealer for Caterpillar in the region, has ...
Volvo extends lead in high-lift segment
The Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), the European brand leader in manufacturing ...
BAHRAINDilmunia Island Owner: Ithmaar Bank Budget: $1.6 billionScope of work: The project calls for the design and construction of a Health Island located off Bahrain’s north coast. Built on reclaimed land off the Muharraq area, it will cover a total of 1.25 million sq m and include a diagnostic centre, alternative medicine centres, nutrition and diabetes...
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has last month awarded two major earthworks contracts for the Khalifa Industrial Zone in Taweelah. The contracts, which together cost Dh1 billion ($272.2 million) and involve more than 40 million cu m of landfill, have been awarded to Al Jaber Transport and General Contracting and Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting ...
Al Wasit delivers excavators order
UAE-based Al Wasit Machinery, the Sumitomo Construction Equipment dealer in the region, ...
Omniyat launches $327m Octavian
Omniyat Properties has announced the launch of Octavian, the developer’s eighth project ...
Mabani completes RAK facility
Mabani Steel, a leading designer, manufacturer and erector of pre-engineered steel ...
GC brings you the latest calendar of events from the Middle East and beyond. April1-4: Expo Build China 2008, at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China.1-4: MosBuild building and interiors show, at the Expocentre and Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia.1-4: Decotex Moscow, an international exhibition on design, furniture and finishes, in ...
German shower specialist Hansgrohe aims to unveil what it describes as “haute couture for the shower” at the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy this month (April 16 to 21). The Axor Starck Shower Collection, as it is called, has been created by talented French designer Philippe Starck and forms an intrinsic part of Hansgrohe's high-end Axor brand.The ...
LIQUID Plastics will arrive at Project Qatar later this month to launch its new campaign ...
HAVING recorded an unprecedented success both in exhibitor and visitor numbers, this ...
DUBAI Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) has, at last month's Wetex 2008, signed Dh12 ...
Dubai’s leadership role in sustainability praised
The eighth World Congress of the Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat (CBTUH) ...
Emirates International Investment Company (EIIC) will put the spotlight on the products and services offered by its portfolio of companies when it participates at Building Futures Gulf by Batimat later this month. Some of the innovative products that will be promoted include precast concrete fencing and wall systems.The leading Abu Dhabi-headquartered ...
Building Futures Gulf by Batimat, the first regional edition of the Batimat international ...
