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Dubai opens final phases of Expo road

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the opening of the last two phases of roads leading to Expo 2020 site. The scope of work included the contruction of a flyover linking Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Expo Road as well as two others on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road to ensure a smooth traffic flow to and from the site of the ...

Shanghai Electric to showcase innovation

Shanghai Electric Group has announced that it is to join the Expo 2020 Dubai as the ...

Finland tops out sustainable pavilion

Finland has celebrated the topping out of the country’s sustainable pavilion – ...

Kuwait to highlight sustainability

Kuwait’s country pavilion will be a star attraction at the upcoming Expo 2020 Dubai ...

Carbonfibre composite portals unveiled

The three spectacular entry portals that will welcome millions of visitors from around the ...





Championship golf course for Diriyah

The Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) and Golf Saudi aim to jointly develop a new Greg Norman 27-hole championship golf course in Diriyah. This follows the landmark deal signed by Diriyah Gate Development Authority last year with the Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) Company, the world’s premier signature golf course design firm. The ...

Alfanar, First Solar eyeing power deal

Saudi-based construction group Alfanar said its consortium, comprising Al Blagha Group and ...

Salem Balhamer eyes ‘tremendous growth’

Dammam-based Salem Balhamer General Contracting Company has registered a seven per cent ...

Reynaers reinforces its strength with Ajdan Rise

Reynaers Aluminium, a leading European aluminium solutions provider, has supplied the ...

UD Trucks takes smart route to Saudi success

UD Trucks has long been a major player in the Middle East’s logistics sector; yet ...





Samsung wins $952m deal for Fujairah plant

Samsung C&T, a global engineering and construction company, has announced that it has been awarded a 1.15 trillion won ($952 million) contract by Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) to build a 2.4 GW combined-cycle power plant in Fujairah, the largest independent thermal power plant in the UAE. Fujairah F3 independent power project (IPP) is ...

Abu Dhabi eyes $2.72bn PPP projects

The Abu Dhabi government has announced its intention to procure approximately Dh10 billion ...

Abu Dhabi Ports plans to build new cruise jetty

Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the emirate’s ...

$517m residential city complete in Fujairah

The UAE authorities have announced the completion of work on the Dh1.9-billion ($517 ...

Famco unveils Mideast’s first Volvo uptime centre

Al Futtaim Auto & Machinery Company (Famco) has announced the launch of the Middle ...





HCE events secure key sponsorships

Haji Hassan Group, a leading construction company in Bahrain, has renewed its strategic sponsorship for the Gulf Construction Expo, the largest showcase for the building and construction sector in the Northern Gulf, being organised by Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions (HCE). The Gulf Construction Expo will be held next month (April 14 to 16) at the Bahrain ...

The Big 5 Saudi is postponed

The Big 5 Saudi construction show has been postponed to later this year due to the current ...

Advisory board appointed for Egypt event

The Big 5 Construct Egypt, the Cairo-based edition of The Big 5 series of exhibitions, has ...

Confex to put spotlight on booming FM sector

With the regional facility management (FM) market poised to hit an estimated value of ...

$30bn spend envisaged in Saudi green drive

Saudi Arabia’s renewables drive will significantly boost its economic ...





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