An ambitious economic plan dubbed ‘New Kuwait’ launched early this year aims to steer the nation’s growth in an era of depleting oil revenues and transform the country over the next 17 years. By 2035, the forward-focused roadmap aims to triple revenues, reform the education system and streamline regulations so as to encourage the private ...
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New Avenues
The Avenues mall in Kuwait is huge; its sheer size can be gauged from the approximately ...
Hub for Jazeera Airways
Work on a new terminal for Jazeera Airways at Kuwait International Airport is scheduled ...
Raising the bar
One of the largest healthcare projects in the Middle East, the 1,171-bed New Jahra ...
NFT seals historic deal for Kuwait airport
NFT Kuwait says it has been awarded the biggest contract of its kind in Kuwait for the ...
Jeddah's latest iconic landmark will bring a taste of the Italian city of Milan when it opens in the first quarter of 2018, and is destined to become a hub for fashion, hospitality, leisure and entertainment in both Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. The Galleria project that sits off Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Street – also known as Tahlia Street...
Redefining shopping
Work has started on Al Nawras, a mega mixed-use development in Jeddah designed to create ...
A haven for the family
A mega 12-building complex featuring penthouse apartments with unique private rooftop ...
Mercedes-Benz has had one amazing ride over the past two years, with milestones such as celebrations of more than 100,000 units sold in the Gulf, closing a major deal for nearly 550 trucks in Saudi Arabia, and the inauguration of a premier global testing facility in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Mercedes-Benz’s business operations in the region are managed by ...
Bobcat reaches out with new telehandler
Bobcat's new TL30.70 compact telehandler with its three-tonne maximum lift ...
A pesky problem in material handling
Rodents are a live challenge to businesses when they find their way into premises through ...
Al Naboodah to sell DAF trucks
DAF Trucks of the Netherlands has signed a strategic partnership appointing the Al ...
Axor, a designer brand of the German sanitary fittings leader Hansgrohe Group, has been selected to bring elegant bathroom design to The Alef Residences serviced by W Dubai – The Palm on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE. For beachfront properties in the searing hot Middle East, bathrooms are often the heart of the home. That is why the design team ...
New Morning with RAK Ceramics
Ras Al Khaimah-headquartered RAK Ceramics has boosted its range of sanitary ware and tiles ...
Geberit’s Formula One concept
Sanitary and piping specialist Geberit and Formula One car developers have one thing ...
Ideal Standard sets the trends
Trendsetting design and innovation were the hallmarks of Ideal Standard’s stunning ...
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With the rising trend towards building skyscrapers in the region, there is a growing need to develop systems that protect these high-rises not only against the climatic elements such as the sun, wind and rain but also provide safety and security, says facade systems specialist Reynaers Aluminium. To meet these requirements, Reynaers has been striving to ...
Terrart adds new dimension to buildings
Universal Building Materials Merchants Company (UBM), Saudi Arabia’s leading ...
Guardian to shine on tallest tower
Guardian Glass, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float and ...
Glass unlimited!
German glass manufacturer sedak will start fabricating glass in record dimensions of up to ...
Chiali Services, a subsidiary of the Algerian Chiali Group, has used Paschal formwork systems to construct a circular concrete water tank of 3,000-cu-m capacity. TTR Trapezoidal girder and Modular universal formwork from the Germany-based Paschal were employed to build the tank, as part of the renovation of the fresh water system in the Algerian ...
Peri ups its scaffolding activities
Peri, a leading German manufacturer of formwork and scaffolding systems, has recently ...
Considering that the average adult spends 14 hours a day indoors, the quality of indoor air is of vital importance. The use of low-emitting building products on applications such as walls and floors can therefore play a major role in reducing the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the indoor air that can significantly affect our comfort of...
‘Cutting’ down waste
CDE Global says it has an ideal recycling solution that not only addresses the ...
The construction sector in Saudi Arabia is poised for solid growth, with over 4,700 active construction projects worth $852.3 billion and more than 700 projects set to begin work in the next few months, said a report released ahead of a major industry event to be held next year in Jeddah. The eighth edition of The Big 5 Saudi, a premier construction ...
Turkey’s Mapa wins $262m water transmission deal
Saudi Arabia has awarded a major contract worth SR985 million ($262.3 million) to ...
Saudi Arabia is set to build one of the world’s mega cultural, sports and ...
Kapsarc named kingdom’s smartest
The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (Kapsarc), designed by the ...
Al Kifah launches ‘green concrete
Saudi-based Al Kifah Readymix & Blocks has launched eco-friendly ‘green ...
Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions for some participant countries have reached above-ground level, a key milestone in construction on the 4.38-sq-km site in Dubai. Images released by Expo 2020 organisers show the impressive pace of progress on these pavilions in the event’s three theme districts – Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability. These ...
Expo deals total $2.9bn
Preparations for the mega Expo 2020 Dubai event are firmly on track, with Dh10.8 billion ...
Louvre Abu Dhabi museum inaugurated
The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France, was ...
Dubai launches Route 2020 tunnel drilling work
The UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid ...
UAE ‘has second largest pipeline of malls in EMEA’
The UAE has the second largest pipeline of shopping centres under construction in the ...
Many observers would mark out the Middle East (perhaps harshly) as being quite uncompromising in the way project risks are placed in construction contracts. More than this, the approach to contract risk in the Gulf is sometimes likened to the more adversarial positions which used to be prevalent in other regions. In other words – some say – ...
