ETIHAD Rail, the UAE’s Dh40-billion ($10.89 billion) national railway network, has been gaining pace both in terms of construction on site and in the number of clients and should be ready to start shipping goods by the end of this year. The ambitious development has made rapid progress since its inception in 2009, with construction and planning work ...
Qatar Rail flags off ambitious project
WITH the award of a QR8.4-billion ($2.18 billion) design-and-build contract on the Doha ...
IT’S a railway station announcement of seemingly no importance. In the UK, it asks ...
Naue fortifies subsoil with nonwovens
NAUE, a Germany-headquartered company with decades of geosynthetics experience, says its ...
BRITISH Expertise, a leading organisation supporting British companies working to offer professional services internationally, believes the Middle East – and particularly the GCC – offers ample opportunities for its members and has increased its focus on the region. In partnership with the Middle East Association, the organisation has recently ...
Laidlaw to expand interiors portfolio
HAVING boosted its portfolio of brands considerably over the past two years, the UK-based ...
RMD solutions raise two Oman airports
FORMWORK systems from the UK-headquartered RMD Kwikform are being employed on diverse ...
Polypipe systems gain popularity in Qatar
POLYPIPE Terrain has seen its plastic pipework, water treatment and irrigation systems ...
REYNAERS Aluminium has achieved Passive House certification for its innovative CS 104 door with insulating panel and its CW 50-HI curtain-wall system, thus substantially increasing the top-of-the-range sustainable, energy-efficient architectural aluminium solutions it offers. The certificates add further credibility to the European aluminium systems ...
Emirates Glass battles heat with coating
WITH rising temperatures around the globe affecting energy use, energy costs hitting the ...
Peri solutions help cut green impact
RECENT projects like Masdar City in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain’s Sheikh Zayed Desert ...
RAK Ceramics boosts green initiatives
RAK Ceramics, the world’s largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles, has stepped up its ...
Jotun to phase out lead chromates worldwide
JOTUN plans to phase out the use of lead chromates, a toxic chemical compound, from all of ...
DELMATIC is supplying an advanced lighting management system for the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to provide networked control of lighting. The system combines the technologies of IP (internet protocol), Lon (local operating network) and Dali (digital addressable lighting interface), resulting in high-speed, ...
GE to light roads with innovative fittings
GE LIGHTING, the lighting business of General Electric, has introduced its award-winning ...
GENERAL lighting accounts for the lion’s share of the global lighting sector – ...
TINY hairline cracks are inevitable when creating a new concrete structure. It’s the nature of the environment: the earth, and therefore the foundation, will probably move a little. For the most part, these hairline cracks are not a cause for concern. Many structures will shift and settle for decades, and with proper planning, still be just as ...
Cortec sealer reaches even smallest pores
CORTEC Corporation, a world leader in innovative corrosion protection solutions, has ...
Even stainless steel needs protection
STAINLESS steel does corrode and needs passivation treatments to delay corrosion, claims ...
CATERPILLAR has introduced its seventh-generation Cat 988 – the new 988K – and the new 986H wheel loader, which has been designed especially for quarry applications. The 988K was presented for the first time at bauma, the international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles...
Doosan unveils top performers for region
DOOSAN Infracore Construction Equipment has launched the new-generation DL550 wheel loader ...
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Terex extends range with crusher, screen
TEREX Finlay has expanded its offering of crushers and screens for the quarrying sector ...
KANOO Machinery, part of the Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo group of companies, is promoting a new range of Utilev forklift trucks that has been introduced in response to regional market demands for units that deliver a cost-effective solution for lower intensity, lighter duty handling operations. The range was recently introduced by Nacco Materials Handling Group ...
Bobcat's smallest rotary Is a smooth operator
BOBCAT’S new TR38160 rotary telehandler, which replaces the TR35160 model, now ...
QATAR’S leading sustainable real estate developer Msheireb Properties has awarded a consortium comprising Japan’s Obayashi Corporation and Qatar’s HBK Contracting, a construction contract worth QR2.5 billion ($686 million), Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The contract was awarded for the penultimate stage, Phase Three, of its flagship ...
OMAN’S premier lifestyle destination The Wave, Muscat, hit the ground running in ...
DRAKE and Scull Construction (DSC) has been awarded a SR1.725-billion ($459 million) ...
TAV Insaat, one of the top three airport construction companies in the world based in ...
SEMBCORP Industries’ (Sembcorp) subsidiary Sembcorp Utilities (Oman) has signed ...
LOUVRE Abu Dhabi, the first of three iconic museums on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, achieved its first major construction milestone when the first concrete pour was carried out for one of the four piers that are to hold the dome of the structure. Being developed by Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), master developer of major tourism, ...
THE Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has invited bids from private sector developers for a ...
BECHTEL will soon launch a global centre of engineering excellence in the UAE initially ...
ILYAS and Mustafa Galadari Group (IMG Group) has officially unveiled in Dubai The IMG ...
Damac launches golf community project
DAMAC Properties, the largest private developer of luxury real estate in the Middle East, ...
MORE than 9,200 visitors attended gulfBID, gulfInteriors and the inaugural Gulf Property Show – Bahrain’s biggest business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) events for the construction, interiors and property sectors that were held simultaneously last month (May 7 to 9). HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of ...
Delta Industrial builds on success
DELTA Industrial Supplies Company Delta Industrial Supplies Company, which made its debut ...
Isola showcases new pre-mixed cement plaster
ARABIAN Chemical Industries (Isola), a manufacturer and supplier of construction ...
45,000 attend 10th edition of Project Qatar
SOME of the building and construction sector’s most innovative companies gathered in ...
sbie draws 20,000 visitors to Jeddah
MORE than 20,000 visitors attended the 22nd Saudi Building and Interiors Exhibition (sbie) ...
LEISTER, a leader in the development, production and sale of tools for welding and processing plastic, is launching the new Triac ST, successor model to the popular hand-held tool Triac S. “Triac S is, by far, the most common tool used for welding plastic in the world. Its renowned sturdiness and durability have been the cornerstone of this success, ...
SCHNEIDER Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has launched 150 kVA and 175 ...
IN the September 2012 issue, Gulf Construction described how, on project finance transactions, lenders’ advisers will be heavily involved in reviewing and approving the project documents. Project finance loans are provided against project cash flows, rather than the assets of the project company. Any risk to the project cash flows endangers the ...
EXTERNAL spend accounts for 70 per cent of the cost of a typical construction project, yet the way the industry manages its procurement activities today makes it hard for construction firms to ensure they are getting the best value for the dollars they spend. FROM TOP: Baier, Garemo and Lohr. The ability to plan and ...
Gulf Construction brings readers the latest tenders issued for material supply, design, construction and maintenance work in the Gulf region. BAHRAIN • Tender No SP-2013-01. Construction of the three-storey HRH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa multi-social centre. Bid bond is BD5,000. Documents can be obtained from the ...
Gulf Construction provides an update on the latest design, building and construction related events from the Middle East and beyond. JUNE 3-5: Hospital Build & Infrastructure Middle East, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai, UAE. 4-7: Project Lebanon, a trade exhibition for construction technology, ...
