An ambition to be a regional trading and logistics hub is driving Kuwait towards new horizons as the country makes determined efforts to spearhead the development of its transportation sector. While the oil sector continues to dominate the nation’s economy, transport is emerging as a vital area of growth. Kuwait’s 2018-2019 development plan ...
Link to Silk City
Work on the massive Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah causeway, one of the largest ...
Grand campus gateway
Leading Kuwaiti architectural, planning and engineering consultancy firm Pace has teamed ...
Regional landmark
Kuwait recently witnessed the grand opening of the fourth and final phase of its The ...
Human-centric lighting solutions from Sweden’s Parans Solar Lighting are now available from Bahri & Mazroei Trading Company (BMTC), a leading provider of electrical, lighting and water solutions in the UAE. This follows a deal between the two companies under which BMTC will provide end-to-end solutions, including engineering, design, supply, ...
Rexton set to ‘lead the LED revolution’
UAE-based Rexton Technologies has recently inaugurated the region’s largest light ...
Atlas Copco has introduced a new ultra-quiet, diesel-driven LED light tower for use in ...
Sylvania suite cuts energy use by 30pc
Sylvania, a leading global light specialist which offers innovative smart lighting ...
Philips switches to suit home decor
Philips Lighting – a world leader in lighting which last month changed its name to ...
A coating is only as good as the preparation of the underlying substrate. Preparation of a substrate involves cleaning and roughening it to achieve an appropriate surface profile to facilitate the chemical bond and mechanical adhesion between the substrate and the applied coating. In the case of concrete, the concrete surface profile (CSP) is used to ...
Evonik binders enhance durability
Corrosion gnaws its way stealthily through bridges, machines and buildings, whether of ...
Flexcrete offers lasting chloride protection
Tests carried out on UK’s Flexcrete’s Cementitious Coating 851 have confirmed ...
Inhibitor tackles scale, corrosion, odour
Cortec, a leader in VpCI and MCI corrosion control technologies, has developed a unique ...
Expertise Contracting Company, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading industrial service providers, recently took delivery of 37 Genie self-propelled telescopic boom lifts. Comprising a mix of Genie S-65 and S-85 boom lifts offering maximum working heights from 20 to 27.9 m, the delivery notably included the first two Genie Xtra Capacity (XC) SX-135 XC boom ...
Manitou unveils new models
The Manitou group, a leading rough-terrain handling equipment manufacturer, had two new ...
Case sees demand for large telehandlers
Case Construction Equipment sees an increasing trend towards larger models of telehandlers ...
The platform with 360-degree access
The US-based Lombardi & Son Masonry claims to offer the only aerial work platform in ...
The construction industry has traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies. But finally there has been a breakthrough. With the use of digital 3D models to virtually construct a building and recognise any conflicts in its design, the construction industry is producing results that many other industries have been experiencing for the past 30 years. At ...
Bentley acquires key software firms
Bentley Systems, a global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing ...
Following the successful launch of the MasterLine 8 series of windows and doors, Reynaers Aluminium has rolled out its MasterLine 10 windows, the latest of the MasterLine variants. The new model has been developed specifically for low-energy and passive buildings, making it a perfect fit in a contemporary architectural design, according to the leading ...
Assa Abloy introduces stylish new door closers
Assa Abloy, a global leader in door opening solutions, has updated its door closers ...
Buildeey Tech of Dubai says it has successfully launched the only integrated online ...
Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have jointly laid the foundation stone for the $7-billion Duqm Refinery project in the sultanate, said a report. Duqm Refinery will produce diesel, jet fuel, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), sulphur and pet coke as its primary products, reported the Times of Oman. It also seeks advanced ...
Kuwait government is set to spend heavily on the country’s infrastructure including ...
Kuwait is set to issue tenders for the expansion of a wastewater treatment plant in Umm Al ...
Al Raid to build giant retail hub in Oman
Al Raid Group, a specialist developer of retail shopping malls and leisure destinations, ...
Al Sahel Resort Company is set to develop a new five-star property on the southwest coast ...
Dar Al Arkan, a leading real estate developer in Saudi Arabia, has announced the launch of its SR600-million ($160 million) Mirabilia upscale residential villas within the Shams Ar Riyadh development in Riyadh. Strategically located on King Khalid Road, the SR10-billion ($2.6 billion) Shams Ar Riyadh is a premium development and is the first-of-its-kind in ...
High-performance fasteners and rivets supplied by the UK division of SFS UK are being used ...
Benoy unveils design for business school
Benoy, a global firm of design specialists, has unveiled new details, renderings and ...
US-based Imax Corporation and Dubai’s Vox Cinemas, the Middle East’s ...
KBR wins Feed deal for COTC complex
State oil giant Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Company (Sabic) have jointly ...
Belhasa Six Construct, part of the Belgian Besix Group, has been appointed as the infrastructure contractor for the recently announced Dh394-million ($107 million) Shindagha Bridge project in Dubai. The project was launched last month by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by...
Ducab, a global leader in the manufacture of copper and aluminium wire and cable products, ...
Foundation stone laid for $1.2bn Reem Mall
Al Farwaniya Property Developments has laid the foundation stone for Reem Mall, the ...
Consultant named for airport expansion
Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) has signed three agreements worth approximately Dh100 ...
Key Damac towers near completion
Damac Properties said its four-tower master-development Damac Towers by Paramount, is ...
Employers in the Gulf region put a high premium on maintaining complete control of the way construction contracts are operated. This means that a lot of contracts are “self-administered”. In short, a lot of employers just don’t like the idea of an independent nominated contract administrator taking decisions which affect the ...
