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CNH puts a strong Case forward in region

Case Construction Equipment, part of CNH Industrial, is reinforcing its commitment to the Gulf and wider Middle East with events planned and partnership programmes set in place. That is not all: in order to be closer to its dealers and customers in the region, CNH Industrial’s senior business director has relocated to Dubai, UAE. “I personally ...

$2trn projects in pipeline in GCC

The pipeline of projects planned in the GCC states to date amounts to $2 trillion, it was ...

Work starts on $738m power grid

Bahrain’s Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa launched a ...

Koreans help build $4bn Kuwait city

The governments of South Korea and Kuwait will jointly build a new city – The South ...

Turkish firms win $2.4bn Bosphorus Strait project

Two Turkish have consortia won tenders to build sections of a TL7-billion ($2.36 billion) ...





KAFD ownership to go to state wealth fund

Saudi Arabia is to transfer ownership of Riyadh’s floundering King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) from the Public Pension Agency (PPA), according to four sources aware of the matter. The move is an attempt to rescue the project, started a decade ago with the aim of making the Saudi capital a global financial ...

Saudi contracts value plunges 51pc in Q1

The total value of construction contracts awarded in Saudi Arabia hit SR27.9 billion ($7.4 ...

SBG secures $667m loan

Construction firm Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) has secured a SR2.5-billion ($667 million) ...

MAF malls to rise next year

Majid Al Futtaim plans to start construction work next year on two new landmark malls in ...

Jeddah power plant comes online

State-controlled Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has started up part of its new 2,640 MW ...





$272m waterfront destination goes up

Work is under way on Dubai Holding’s new $272-million waterfront destination along the creek within Business Bay.  Located on the Dubai Canal, the master-planned Marasi Business Bay is said to be the region’s first purpose-built yachting destination with a 12-km promenade, the UAE’s first-ever water homes, retail options, floating ...

$1.4bn UAE-Saudi highway on track

Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) said work was progressing well on the ...

Empower’s pipeline reaches 223 km in Dubai

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) said that its district cooling ...

Parsons wins sewerage job

Dubai Municipality has awarded a major consultancy and supervision contract to US-based ...

$816m hi-tech stadium on way

A landmark stadium with a seating capacity of 60,000 will be set up at a cost of Dh3 ...





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