The Middle East has rapidly positioned itself as a global hub for sports, both as a host of major international events and as an emerging centre for long-term sports investment and innovation, according to a report by management consultancy Kearney. The report, titled “From Passion to Profit: Unlocking Value in Sports,” highlights the Middle ...
‘City built for play’ takes shape
Construction of Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga-project and entertainment ...
Bahrain to make waves with first-of-kind surf park
Bahrain recently marked a significant milestone in the regional leisure and tourism sector ...
Geberit water solutions built for stadiums
In the demanding realm of stadium construction and operations, where performance, ...
Kinetics delivers a sound solution for luxury resort
Kinetics Group, a leader in noise and vibration control solutions, has successfully ...
50 years of success is a remarkable achievement. What would you consider some of the milestones of this journey? ALUPCO’s journey began in 1975 with a clear vision from its shareholders: to industrialise aluminium in Saudi Arabia, where no aluminium industry existed at the time. To achieve this, the company’s founders hired Alu Swiss, the ...
The real estate and construction sectors in Makkah and Madinah are undergoing a significant transformation, driven by Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 – which aims to diversify the national economy and to increase religious tourism – and the recent opening of the property markets of these holy cities to foreign investment. While direct foreign ...
ROSHN drives Makkah housing, azm initiative
ROSHN Group, Saudi Arabia’s leading multi-asset class real estate developer and a ...
In a significant development for Saudi Arabia's energy sector, GE Vernova has successfully rolled out and delivered the first HA.03 gas turbine from its Dammam facility, the company announced. The HA.03, described as GE Vernova's largest, most advanced, and most efficient gas turbine, was delivered to the Taiba 1 Plant located about 100 km southeast...
Atlas Copco unveils its largest container ESS
Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has launched the ...
Cummins adds genset, BESS solutions to portfolio
Building on the success of its acclaimed Centum Series generator sets, Cummins Power ...
The construction landscape is evolving, and modular construction has emerged as a game-changing solution for the Middle East’s unique challenges. Unlike traditional building methods, modular construction involves assembling prefabricated units, or modules, in a factory setting, which are then transported to the site for installation. For a region ...
Earth Riyadh Hotel set for rapid build
CIMC Modular Building Systems (MBS), which secured the contract for the Earth Riyadh Hotel ...
Digital twins pave way for sustainable modular buildings
Relocatable modular buildings (RMBs) represent a sustainable construction method where ...
The Middle East’s data centre market is entering a period of unprecedented growth, with billions of dollars in public and private investment driving the development of cutting-edge digital infrastructure. Fuelled by national digital transformation strategies, the rise of smart cities, and soaring demand for cloud and AI capacity, the sector is opening ...
du’s first hyperscale data centre on anvil
Turner & Townsend, the global professional services company, has been appointed to ...
Invisible but essential: ESG value of power cords
As data centres work to meet growing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) demands, ...
Hamm, a compaction specialist which is part of the Germany-based Wirtgen Group, recently introduced its latest battery-powered tandem rollers, stepping up efforts to eliminate operating emissions from road construction machinery. The new pivot-steered HX 70e VV-S, a fully electric roller with two vibration drums, is designed for use on inner-city ...
Bomag’s BF 350 navigates city streets with ease
Bomag, a global leader in compaction technology, says its city paver BF 350 C-5 impresses ...
Dynapac’s SD and XD smart pavers put the operator first
Dynapac recently unveiled its new SD and XD series of pavers, which are said to combine ...
There is a new statutory regime governing construction activities within Dubai, including Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and other free zones. It applies to construction in most sectors, expressly excluding airports and infrastructure works. Not all details are known yet but we have a lot to consider and there will be more to come. This is Law ...
