In an attempt to offset the drop in oil revenues, Kuwait is turning to the private sector for undertaking projects. The Development Plan 2020 sees $116 billion to be spent on large-scale infrastructure projects. A dynamic development plan that involves an outlay of $116 billion on infrastructure projects until 2020, the government’s desire to propel ...
Al Kharafi putting final touches to projects
Four key projects being built by leading Kuwait-based contractor Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al ...
Al Ourifan reaps benefit of upgraded CDE plant
Al Ourifan, a Kuwaiti construction company and quarry operator, has recently upgraded its ...
Jeddah will have achieved in two years time some of its key ambitions. The world’s tallest tower, a high-speed rail, and a magnificent new airport – are all set to come to fruition by 2019. Jeddah will have a lot to boast about by 2019 – a date by which some of its most ambitious projects will see completion. These include the ...
Final countdown
Jeddah’s new international airport is fast nearing completion and will be able to ...
New ALJ office boasts innovative work space
A new office building currently under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will offer one ...
AVK to supply valves, hydrants to KAEC
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) has signed a long-term master ...
Gulf Construction was on hand as Daimler Trucks showcased new innovations at a trade fair in Hanover, while Mercedes-Benz’s heavy-duty trucks took to the track in southwest Germany. Daimler Trucks showcased more than 60 products, from construction vehicles to smart urban transport and distribution trucks, at the recent IAA International Motor ...
Iveco brings region-specific models
Iveco is focusing on a steady growth plan for the region, which involves boosting its ...
Ford unveils powerful Construction Series
Having made its Middle East construction vehicles debut in late 2014, Ford Trucks is now ...
Bobcat offers warranty on telehandlers range
Bobcat has over the last four years introduced a new generation of telehandlers designed ...
Paschal has provided its popular Modular formwork to help construct the Double Tree and Garden Inn by Hilton in Riyadh, boosting its growing portfolio of projects in Saudi Arabia. Paschal-Werk G Maier of Germany has added the Double Tree and Garden Inn by Hilton in Riyadh to its portfolio of projects in Saudi Arabia while also expanding the list of Saudi ...
Acrow dreams big, enters Africa, Europe
Acrow Gulf Scaffolds has big plans for the future which entail new and upcoming product ...
RMD launches new ground shoring products
RMD Kwikform, a construction equipment specialist, has unveiled new ground shoring ...
Peri’s self-climber rises to the challenge
Peri has developed a new self-climbing formwork with a very high load-bearing capacity for ...
New Meva formwork saves time and money
Meva this year introduced a new wall formwork system for civil engineering and ...
SARMAD FAKHRI, managing director of Kingspan Insulation, stresses the need to avoid ozone depleting substances, in line with the region’s commitment to phase out these substances. In 1987, 24 countries and the European Economic Community signed the Montreal Protocol. It is a protocol which aims to reduce and phase-out the use of ozone depleting ...
Abu Dhabi quality mark for Kingspan Kooltherm range
Kingspan Insulation says that its Kooltherm range of products, as well as Thermaroof TR27 ...
TSSC makes panels with Honeywell technology
Technical Supplies and Services Company (TSSC), a producer of insulated metal panels for ...
Ideal Standard’s new Design Bathroom Centre in Dubai will enable customers to find the right combinations of products to design their bathrooms. Ideal Standard, a leading provider of innovative bathroom solutions, has opened its Design Bathroom Centre in Dubai, UAE, which is described as the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa ...
Sanipex accessorises Blue Waters
Sanipex Group, a leading supplier of high-quality bathroom and plumbing products, is ...
Grohe, one of the leading bathroom fitting manufacturers, has been signed up to supply its ...
Dubai is set to hit headlines again – this time for a record-setting net-zero energy building. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has started construction of a new headquarters, which will be the tallest, largest, and smartest net-zero energy building (NZEB) in the world. Named Al Sheraa (Arabic for sail), it is being built in the heart of ...
UAE-based Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has launched the first-of-its-kind ...
First Solar gives Jordan largest solar plant
Investments in solar energy are no longer being made just as a means of complying with ...
A three-year study on how to improve construction processes and develop standards for digital construction in Qatar is set to be completed next year. NASHWAN DAWOOD of Teesside University, who is spearheading the initiative, highlights key issues. Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV 2030) – a roadmap grounded on four pillars of development: economic, ...
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