Saudi Arabia is now the cynosure of the world with its regular announcements of giga-projects – including some revolutionary ones – and the global construction sector’s magnet with a pipeline of projects estimated at $1.1 trillion.  The latest mega project to be announced was the “the world’s largest downtown” to be ...

$500bn mega-city: Disproving naysayers

Neom is real and is taking shape now, putting paid to doubts that this ambitious mega-city ...

Diriyah marks major milestones

Work on the $63.2-billion programme to restore, preserve and celebrate Diriyah as the ...

Mega downtown!

What is designed to be the world’s largest modern downtown is set to take shape in ...

Red Sea wonders

Work on two of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism destinations, The Red ...

The colourful glass fins that adorn the façade of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (Dewa) new Research and Development Centre and the vaulting skylight of the NESR Oilfield Research & Innovation (Nori) Centre in Saudi Arabia serve much more than an aesthetic purpose. These building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) solutions generate ...

Tental curtain-wall expands design horizons

Technal, a brand of Norsk Hydro – the Norwegian group whose business focuses on ...

Leading Japanese trucks brand UD Trucks says it is looking at boosting its market penetration further in the region in 2023, on the back of outstanding performance over the past two years, having registered an average of 30 per cent growth. Its largest market by volume is Saudi Arabia, where the trucks manufacturer has expanded into virtually every market ...

Iveco’s first S-Way trucks enter kingdom

Globe Marine Services Company, one of the biggest logistics, shipping and transportation ...

DAF launches new vocational range

DAF, a leading Dutch truck manufacturing company, says it has completed its New Generation ...

Juffali raises the bar on servicing in the region

Juffali Commercial Vehicles (JCV), which represents global leader Daimler Trucks, Vans ...

The wide choice of American hardwood species available provides architects and designers with a wonderful palette of colours, textures and grains from which to make furniture and design interiors. Yet, what is not available is a very durable wood species that can be considered for outdoor applications such as cladding or decking. Also, their use in ...

Havwood’s Magna boasts reusability

UK-based Havwood says its Magna collection, which delivers the highest standards in wood ...

In the coming decades, a radical overhaul in how the construction industry operates must take place in order to make the sector sustainable into the future while also ensuring it plays a leading role in hitting the vital environmental targets we all depend upon. This will necessitate major shifts across the industry and the way the built environment ...

Digital planning and construction using the BIM (building information modelling) method has brought about fundamental changes in the construction industry. The holistic and model-based approach means that planning and construction processes can also be optimised and accelerated within the sanitary industry. Geberit’s aim is to create simple and ...

We have previously considered whether a contract provision allowing a party to terminate for convenience is enforceable in the Middle East. We looked at whether it might be unenforceable in itself, because it is in conflict with the law (we looked at UAE Civil Code) or whether the operation of such a provision might be invalid, also on the basis of ...