A responsible attitude towards nature, climate-friendly energy technology, economical use of resources and access to clean drinking water are criteria that will decide our future. This applies in particular to the design and construction environment, given that buildings have an operating life of 40 to 80 years. Hence, sustainability is increasingly becoming...
Alstom shaping region’s mobility landscape
Alstom, a global leader in rail transport and sustainable mobility, is working closely ...
Dake Rechsand looks to greening the desert
With water scarcity being at the root of many challenges that the Middle East faces, ...
Dalma Mall showcases green benefits of chillers
New heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) technologies are disrupting the ...
$1.8bn sustainability projects in Dubai
Dubai Municipality said work is currently under way on Dh6.6 billion ($1.8 billion) ...
A slender 300-m-tall skyscraper will soon reach its full height on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, on its way to boasting one of the world’s tallest ceramic facades. wasl Tower is strategically positioned along the emirate’s main thoroughfare. Framed by the world’s tallest tower Burj Khalifa and the new City Walk Development, the ...
Reynaers in its element with innovation
Reynaers Aluminium, a leading European provider of sustainable architectural aluminium ...
From the Dubai Metro expansion project in the UAE to the Riyadh Metro project in Saudi Arabia, which is currently the largest metro project in the world, large-scale rail expansion is set to take off in a dramatic way over the next decade in the Middle East. The region’s most ambitious project – The Gulf Railway, which will stretch over 2,000 km...
Paschal monitoring system cuts build time
Paschal Concrete Forms, the regional office of German formwork solutions provider Paschal ...
Alfares to launch second steel fabrication factory
Alfares International Company Steel Industry & Scaffolding of Saudi Arabia has chalked ...
Turn on the TV or look at your smartphone and you immediately realise we are entering an era of super-viruses and other similar threats. People everywhere are now highly sensitised towards the need for personal and public hygiene. With the ongoing Covid-19 crisis impacting the way we live and think about hygiene standards, companies require to think ahead ...
Ideal Standard ready for ‘challenges of the future’
In line with its mission to use innovations and design to make life better for its ...
Touchless is the way to go, says Geberit
The current Covid-19 outbreak has created a heightened awareness of the need to maintain ...
The news that the 2021 Formula One calendar will feature a brand-new race in Saudi Arabia, which will make its debut in Jeddah has sent ripples of excitement in the Red Sea port city’s real estate and hospitality sectors, apart from obviously among sport enthusiasts. The event will see the world’s best drivers battle on city streets in a ...
Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) has taken delivery of two state-of-the-art ...
TRSDC ‘awarded $2bn contracts in three years’
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind Saudi Arabia’s ...
Renault Trucks has started marketing a new model – the Renault Trucks T X-Port – which has been specially converted and certified for the African and Middle Eastern markets. Based on a Renault Trucks T Euro 6 model with an 11-litre engine, this truck is being produced by the brand’s Used Trucks Factory in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The truck...
Volvo, Daimler ink new fuel-cell joint venture
The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck have signed a binding agreement for a joint venture to ...
Scania launches first series of electric trucks
Scania – a part of Traton SE, a world-leading provider of transport solutions ...
Genie, a unit of global lifting solutions specialist Terex Corporation, has announced the ...
Al-Bahar on 770G truck promotion drive
Mohamed Abdulrahman Al-Bahar (Al-Bahar), the authorised dealer of Cat machinery, heavy ...
In the previous tech talks, MH Hydraulics FZC, a leading hydraulic solutions provider in the Middle East, focused on oil contamination. In the September, October and November 2020, it highlighted the importance of clean hydraulic oil and the ways to prevent oil contamination. In this article, the company explains the importance of choosing the right hose ...
Leading global experts from the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) and technology giant Siemens took part in the Expo 2020 Dubai’s Urban and Rural Development Week, which put the focus on “how the world’s population will live and grow in harmony with our planet.” The final day of the third pre-Expo thematic ...
Saudi mega showcase structure ready
Saudi Arabia has announced that the construction work on its country pavilion at the Expo ...
US Pavilion work substantially completed
The US has announced that it has completed substantial construction of its Expo 2020 Dubai ...
