New hope has rekindled in the hearts of construction players in Kuwait following a newspaper report in mid-February that the oil-rich Gulf nation has approved an allocation of KD837 million ($2.76 billion) for 110 projects planned during fiscal year 2023-2024, which will start this month. According to the Arabic language daily Al Qabas, Kuwait’s ...
4pc growth until 2026, says Pace’s CEO
Please comment on the state of Kuwait’s construction sector and what are your ...
Major landmarks near completion
Having recently handed over facilities at the new campus of Kuwait University, leading ...
Construction work has started on a third green city while the ground is set to be broken shortly on the fourth such city under the successful The Sustainable City brand in the region, and the developer says it is now pursuing big ambitions in the sustainable development space – locally, regionally, and globally. The pioneer of sustainable cities in ...
Sponge Cities make a splash in region
A new urban development model aimed at creating sustainable and resilient urban ...
URB advocates ‘empowering cities’
The next generation of sustainable cities will be “empowering cities” that put ...
Cement and concrete manufacturers should be looking long term at offering cement not as a material but as a sustainable solution and service, and this can be done by adopting circular technologies targeting three areas – energy, carbon dioxide and materials and minerals, according to experts at McKinsey & Company. By adopting circular ...
JV aims for future of low-carbon concrete
A3&Co, a strategic and technical consulting firm focusing on the cement sector, has ...
First DAC-to-concrete facility on way
The world’s first on-site, fully-integrated Direct Air Capture (DAC)-to-concrete ...
New PCM process to keep homes cool
Researchers at Purdue University in the US have developed a scalable, automatable process ...
Vegetal concrete helps achieve green goals
Vegetal concrete, derived from biomass or agriculture waste, provides high potential for ...
Plans for a vertiport in Ras Al Khaimah were announced last month by VPorts, a world leader in the design, construction and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure. This follows an earlier announcement of plans to set up an AAM Integrator World Centre in Dubai. Speaking to Gulf Construction’s Sree Bhat, Dr Fethi Chebil, President and ...
Liebherr, one of the largest construction machine manufacturers in the world, unveiled its new mid-size wheel loaders as well as large wheel loaders from its XPower series last month at the Conexpo 2023 construction trade show held in Las Vegas, US. The new mid-size wheel loaders feature a significant increase in performance compared to the previous models,...
Collision mitigation system boosts safety
Delivering on its vision for zero accidents, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has ...
World’s first all-electric skid-steer unveiled
Following the release last year of the Bobcat T7X, the world’s first all-electric ...
Next-gen units give more power to operators
The new Cat 950 and 962 next-generation wheel loaders are designed to deliver premium ...
Swiss sanitary solutions provider Geberit recently launched a number of innovative products in the Gulf region and in Lebanon and Jordan. Among them were its new CleanLine50 shower channel and a major expansion of its Option Mirrors line, which now includes a total of 40 models. With CleanLine50, Geberit has expanded the range of CleanLine shower ...
Orbit enters UAE with three innovative products
Orbit Coatings, a leading innovative and sustainable coatings solutions provider and a ...
Pearl expands choice of PU-based adhesives
Dubai-based Pearl Polyurethane Systems has introduced its new PearlBond adhesive range, ...
A major differentiator for leading regional private construction firm SIAC Construction, is being family-run. This is according to board member and business leader, Seif Ragab, who runs the business alongside his father Nehad and brother Marwan. “There’s a beauty to a family-run business. The values and leadership run all the way down to the ...
Geberit offers new BIM Plug-in
Digital planning and construction using the BIM (building information modelling) method ...
We don’t often discuss enforcement of judgments. It isn’t as interesting as discussing substantive disputes but it is the essential final link in any plan to recover contractual damages. Whatever smart provisions you have on governing law and dispute resolution, only local courts are able to enforce against a judgment debtor’s assets in any...
