THE Baytik Industrial Oasis (BIO) in Bahrain, spread over 154,400 sq m of land, is now 75 per cent complete. Located within Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) in Hidd industrial area, BIO is first project of its kind in the kingdom, and is being developed by Bahrain-based Baytik Industrial Investments (BII), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...
CONSTRUCTION work on the much-awaited Bahrain-Qatar Friendship Causeway is expected to ...
ALFANAR Construction has won contracts worth SR363 million ($97 million) for the ...
QATAR Entertainment City (QEC) has awarded a QR100-million ($27.4 million) contract to HBK ...
GC updates you with the latest calendar of events from the Middle East and beyond. SEPTEMBER17-19: Irish Sustainable Building Show at the Royal Dublin Society Main Hall Complex, Dublin, Ireland. 18-22: Indarch 2009, a trade fair on interior architectural products for the building industry, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre – NSE Exhibition Complex, Mumbai,...
GC brings you the latest tenders available in the Gulf region and beyond. KuwaitTender No AC/UM/1/2009/2010. Maintenance and renovation of buildings and construction works for the facilities of the General Administration of Customs in the port, Abdali border, Kubari Alawazm custom and Um Al Maradim custom and various locations of the Customs. Bid bond is ...
Projects in the Gulf. BAHRAIN Durrat Al Bahrain – Durrat Marina – MasterplanOwner: Durrat MarinaBudget: $1.9 billionScope: The project calls for the design and construction of a state-of-the-art marina resort, which will include 50 buildings that will vary between six and 30 floors. The focal point of the development is the 300-boat marina, offering ...
HANSGROHE, a global name in the bathroom industry, has unveiled its Axor Urquiola bathroom suite – a collection of more than 80 contemporary pieces designed by Patricia Urquiola. Axor Urquiola creates an ambience of lightness and energy, featuring a wide range of fixtures that allow large scope for customising – to mix and match the pieces and transform...
Doka upgrades column formwork
DOKA has upgraded its KS column formwork which now comes fitted with the long-life Xlife ...
Parallel linking boosts Hitachi loaders
HITACHI Construction Machinery (Europe) (HCME) has expanded the popular ZW wheel loader ...
tHE UK-based Fibercill has launched 30-minute fire-rated doorkits, which meets the need ...
ALTERNATIVE green energy resources are fast becoming a reality with significant advances in fuel cell technology being made by Cummins Power Generation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of power generation and technology. Based on current progress, solid oxide fuel cell-based mobile power products will be commercially available within three ...
Dow displays solar power prowess
THE Dow Chemical Company recently showcased its innovative products in Abu Dhabi to ...
Terex launches super-quiet generators
TEREX has launched the all-new T70, T90 and T120 Super Quiet generators that incorporate a ...
MORE than 650 regional and international companies from 38 countries hoping to ride the Saudi investment wave and tap the country’s buoyant construction sector are expected to showcase their products and services at Saudi Arabia’s premier construction show in Riyadh next month. Saudi Build 2009, the 21st edition of the International Construction ...
Formwork focus
PASCHAL’S circular formwork solutions will take centre stage when the German formwork ...
Concrete solution
TECWILL will premiere its modern concrete production solutions at Saudi Build, with its ...
Innovative line-up
SOPHISTICATED computer numeric control (CNC) profiles processing machines will take centre ...
New benchmark
AT SAUDI Build, Uponor will raise the curtains on its latest piping technology for towers, ...
SWITZERLAND-based hardware specialist Hawa, whose innovative systems effortlessly operate large, elegant sliding wall systems around the globe, has launched yet another product designed for large partition walls made of wood. The latest automated sliding hardware system – Hawa-Motus 150/H-matic – was premiered at Bau 2009, an international trade fair ...
AL WATANIA Gypsum Company, one of the largest producers of gypsum powder in Saudi Arabia, ...
PROJECTING itself as a concrete specialist in Saudi Arabia, Al Kifah Building Materials Company (AKBMC) continues to grow its business throughout the kingdom, promptly responding and even anticipating the needs of the market. Towards this end, it has undergone vertical and horizontal expansion to enfold a range of factories, right from crushers and ...
Al Kobaisi group eyes regional expansion
THE Al Kobaisi Group of Companies is looking at major regional expansion as part of its ...
AL HARAMAIN is a new entrant into the concrete market, but unlike several of its more ...
BMI to market Lytag across Middle East
THE UK-based Lytag has signed an agreement with Bulk Materials International (BMI) for the ...
SEALANTS are required to seal two substrates together, to fill the gaps/holes and to form a protection barrier. Sealing problems usually arise where leakages of air or liquid would affect the functional capability of the structure. As an example, sealing problems lead to seepage of water, causing corrosion of reinforcement in concrete members and ...
Kabbani offers latest waterproofing system
BMC, the waterproofing and insulation division of Kabbani Construction Group (KCG), ...
A VISION to build an efficient and technologically-advanced ceramics production facility that will rank among the best worldwide is now close to being realised as the finishing touches are being put to the world-scale factory in Saudi Arabia. Work on the mega Future Ceramics factory in Dammam is fast progressing with overall civil works being 96 per cent ...
Zamil supplies two steel structures
ZAMIL Steel, which holds a global leadership position in the design, manufacture and ...
MDEC designs its biggest project yet
THE Future Ceramics factory is the biggest project that Modern Design and Engineering ...
SAUDI-based Manarat Al Jazirah Electro Mechanical (MJEM) has successfully maintained its ...
Safety secured with Setra’s systems
SAUDI Electronic Trading Company (Setra) is in charge of providing the low-current systems ...
A VISIT to Yas Island reveals it all. Abu Dhabi is buzzing with construction activity as the emirate gears to host its first-ever Formula 1 race this November. While other countries in the region have been trying to cope through the global economic fallout, the emirate has been forging ahead with its flagship developments such as the $40-billion Yas Island ...
Heights of luxury
TWO of the tallest buildings in the Gate District on Reem Island – the Sun and Sky ...
Golf Gardens Well On Course
ANOTHER project being developed by Sorouh Real Estate is the Golf Gardens, a luxury ...
Busy with Bawabat
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made on the Dh3 billion ($817 million) Bawabat Al Sharq ...
On track
NATIONAL Projects and Construction (NPC), one of the leading Abu Dhabi-based construction ...
THE Middle East has seen an increase in public-private partnerships (PPP), which in the simplest form, involve the private sector in public sector projects, usually where a government service is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. PPP as a form of procurement is widely used in many jurisdictions ...
THE Big 5 PMV, the region’s most important event for construction plant, machinery, equipment and vehicles, will be staged in a new world-class home in Dubai, UAE. The third edition of the event – which runs alongside The Big 5 from November 23 to 26 – will take place in The Arena, Sheikh Saeed Halls, at the Dubai International Convention and ...
Waterproofing under the microscope WATERPROOF Membranes 2009 takes place next month at the ...
NEXT year’s Power-Gen Middle East, considered the region’s premier conference and ...
THE Gulf International Exhibition for Construction, Interiors & Furniture 2010 ...
WITH the start of construction work on the Dubai World Trade Centre District in Dubai, Liebherr tower cranes have swung into action on the project. The first phase of the redevelopment, being undertaken by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), was awarded to Al Jaber Engineering and Contracting (Alec) in May last year at a value of Dh3.4 billion ...
Belimo opens Dubai training facility
BELIMO, a Swiss manufacturer and distributor of electric actuators for motorised control ...
RAK Ceramics has launched a new brand of 4.5-mm-thick tiles that is said to set a new ...
ARABTEC has won a contract worth Dh687 million ($187 million) for the construciton of ...
TURKEY is now a leading exporter of construction services. Its construction sector is a driving force of the country’s economy, with links to about 150 sub-sectors. Turkey ranks third after the US and China in the list of the world’s largest contracting companies, published by ENR-Engineering News Record, with 23 of its companies listed among the top ...
Contractors sharpen focus on the Gulf
THE Arabian Gulf region, where Turkish contractors have been active since the 1980s, will ...
Putzmeister helps tunnel link continents
PUTZMEISTER concrete pumps and a concrete wet-spraying machine are playing an important ...
HAVING established itself as one of the largest ceramic producers and exporters in the ...
Atlas powers courthouse contract
AN Atlas Copco XAVS 307 oil-injected screw compressor is currently being employed for ...
