Regional News
Work in full swing on East Sitra Town
Bahraini officials said work is moving at a steady pace on the East Sitra Town project, which once completed, will be home to 3...
Regional News
Regional News
GCC launches $35.6bn projects in first quarter
The GCC construction market is estimated at $2.2 trillion, with over 22,000 active projects as of Q1 2021, according to a new...
Regional News
GE starts operations of 500MW Iraq power plant
GE Gas Power has announced the opening of the Samawa Power Plant in the Iraqi governorate of Al Muthanna...
Regional News
MEA hotel construction pipeline slows down
Hotel development across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) has slowed for more than a year, with hotel construction in the...
Regional News
Water treatment market to hit $187.4bn by 2031
The produced water treatment sector is likely to expand considerably over the next 10 years with its market value set to hit $...
Regional News
New CEO takes charge at Reynaers Group
Dirk Bontridder is set to take over the reins at Reynaers Group as its new CEO/Managing Director, from May 3, with...
Regional News
Tenders due for South Sabah Al Ahmad City
Kuwait is set to float tenders for South Sabah Al Ahmad City, a major residential project, later this year after getting...
Regional News
Armstrong offers free trial of its Pump Manager
Armstrong Fluid Technology, a leading manufacturer of intelligent flow equipment, including pumps, valves, heat exchangers and...
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Private investment push
Giga-projects are being opened up for global investors as Saudi Arabia steps up its drive to further its development ambitions which encompass a prism of opportunities in...
Saudi Arabia
Neom: Drawing the line
Ambitions run high for the $500-billion Neom development, which not only aims to become the world’s first digitally sustainable cognitive city – where world-...
Saudi Arabia
The Red Sea Project: Rising along Red Sea
In little over three years, a dream project has been taking form over a 28,000-sq-km pristine site along Saudi Arabia’s west...
Saudi Arabia
Dual challenge
Overseeing two giga-projects – The Red Sea Project and Amaala – is definitely a huge challenge, John Pagano, the CEO of the two projects, tells Gulf Construction, adding...
Saudi Arabia
Amaala: Wellness in focus
With site formation works now drawing to a close at Amaala – the stunning wellness destination nestled along the Red Sea coast in the northwest of Saudi Arabia...
Saudi Arabia
Diriyah Gate: Honing on heritage
The CEO of Diriyah Gate Development Authority tells Gulf Construction that contracts worth billions are expected to be announced this year at the Diriyah Gate development...
Saudi Arabia
Spark: Driving energy ambitions
Gulf Construction speaks to the President and CEO of Spark to gain an insight into the ambitions, incentives and progress achieved on site of the mega energy hub in Saudi...
Saudi Arabia
Masar: Massive transformation
In line with plans to transform Makkah into one of the best cities in the world, the western part of the city is in the midst of a major redevelopment programme to create...
Saudi Arabia
AlUla: Living museum
An ambitious plan to transform AlUla historical region into “the world’s largest living museum” was kick-started with the launch of a masterplan known...
Green Buildings
Green Buildings
Green vision takes shape in Sharjah
Sharjah Sustainable City hopes to set a working model for future cities, incorporating several environment-friendly features to...
Green Buildings
First certified recycled aluminium window
Technal, a leading architectural aluminium systems brand owned by the Norwegian multinational Hydro group, which is the world&...
Green Buildings
Circal effective in reducing CO2 emissions
A recent case study of a project in the UK demonstrated that some 146.98 tons of CO2 emissions were prevented by using Technal&...
Green Buildings
Geberit records major drop in eco impact
Geberit, a European market leader in the sanitary products sector, has been making impressive strides in its drive towards...
Cladding & Facades
Cladding & Facades
Composites open up a new dimension
Architects and designers have begun to realise the huge potential afforded by high-performance composite materials, such as...
Cladding & Facades
Al Liwan sports distinctive elevations
Al Liwan, an outdoor mixed-use development developed by Seef Properties in the Hamala area of Bahrain, is set to open its doors...
Cladding & Facades
Al Liwan sports distinctive elevations
Al Liwan, an outdoor mixed-use development developed by Seef Properties in the Hamala area of Bahrain, is set to open its doors...
Hardwood & Softwood
Hardwood & Softwood
AHEC reinforces presence, digitally
With the coronavirus pandemic having made face-to-face interactions difficult, AHEC continues to create awareness of the...
Hardwood & Softwood
Danube to distribute Italian coatings brand
UAE-based Danube Building Materials says it has reached an agreement with top coatings manufacturer RAR Holdings, for the...
Kitchens
Kitchens
Slim Ceralook is an efficient performer
Ideal Standard’s Ceralook combines an elegant design with clever features that make life easier and more comfortable for its...
Kitchens
Demand-controlled ventilation marvel
Halton Group, a technology leader in ventilation, will begin providing its demand-controlled ventilation system, the Halton...
Kitchens
Grohe’s smart faucets ‘attuned to modern needs’
The new Grohe Eurosmart faucets combine comfortable functionality, refreshed design and minimal installation effort. Its...
Architecture & Design
Architecture & Design
Benoy’s design gives edge to Solitaire
Benoy, an international architectural firm, says steady progress is being made on Solitaire, a vibrant 65,000-sq-m urban...
Architecture & Design
Chapman Taylor wins Qatar hospital work
Chapman Taylor, a leading global architect and masterplanner, says it has been signed up by UCC Holding to develop the design...
Architecture & Design
Summertown seals Times Square contract
Summertown Interiors, a leading UAE sustainable fit-out contractor, says it has been awarded the contract for the...
Architecture & Design
Acciona completes Al Ain historic house job
Acciona Cultural Engineering has completed work on the exhibition space at Bait Mohammed bin Khalifa (BMBK), a historic house...
Architecture & Design
Prasoon paving way for innovative future
Prasoon Design Studio, a new-age Dubai-based architecture firm specialising in hospitality, residential, commercial, retail and...
Architecture & Design
K&A completes design for new border port
Khatib & Alami (K&A), a multidisciplinary design consultancy which operates primarily across the Middle East and Africa...
Trucks
Trucks
Questers join Gulf Ready Mix fleet
UD Trucks’ Abu Dhabi dealer Al Masaood Commercial Vehicles and Equipment marked a major milestone recently, having successfully...
Trucks
Volvo Trucks rolls out new-gen models
Volvo Trucks’ new generation of heavy-duty trucks – the Volvo FH, FH16, FM and FMX – are now entering serial...
TechTalk
TechTalk
TechTalk #9: Keeping the head space clean
In the previous tech-talks, MH Hydraulics FZC, a leading hydraulic solutions provider in the Middle East, discussed hydraulic...
Saudi Focus
Saudi Focus
Development firm set up for $20bn Diriyah Gate
Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) has set up a new subsidiary company, Diriyah Development Company (DevCo) to handle...
Saudi Focus
Muvi on track to open 307 screens by 2022
Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown cinema brand, muvi Cinemas KSA, is on target to launch 307 screens across the kingdom over...
Saudi Focus
OSC to build $570m facility at Spark
Dubai-based Oilfields Supply Center Limited (OSC) said it has awarded the construction contract for its new base coming up...
Saudi Focus
Masdar to start work on 300MW solar PV project
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar said its consortium with global renewable energy leader EDF Renewables is set to start construction work...
Saudi Focus
Acwa Power opens $320m green energy project
ACWA Power, a leader in power generation and water desalination plants, has inaugurated the 300MW Sakaka PV IPP, Saudi Arabia&...
UAE Focus
UAE Focus
Abu Dhabi seeks bids for PPP projects
Abu Dhabi is launching two major infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) projects under the Partnership Projects...
UAE Focus
Etihad Rail completes 25pc work at O&M facility
Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of UAE’s national railway network, has announced that construction work at its...
UAE Focus
Work in full swing on MBR solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said work is progressing at a steady pace on the 950MW Phase Four of the Mohammed...
UAE Focus
EGA starts up first section of Al Taweelah smelter expansion
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, announced the start-up of the...
UAE Focus
UAQ desal plant set for Q4 completion
More than 70 per cent of the work has been completed on a major water desalination project at Umm Al Quwain being built at an...
UAE Focus
One Za’abeel tower topped out
Ithra Dubai, the leading real estate developer wholly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, has announced the topping out of the structure of Tower A and Tower B...
UAE Focus
Nuclear plant begins commercial operations
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced the launch of commercial operations at Unit One of Barakah Nuclear...
UAE Focus
DCC launches first phase facilities
Dubai CommerCity (DCC), the first dedicated e-commerce free zone in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (Menasa...
UAE Focus
Utico wins Hassyan water reservoir contract
Utico, a full service utility company in Middle East and the only private water and power company in the UAE, said it has...
UAE Focus
Demag cranes deployed for power plant work
Al Faris, which claims to have the largest fleet of cranes and other heavy equipment in the Middle East, said it recently...
Expo Countdown
Expo Countdown
Expo projects win global sustainability rating
Eight infrastructure projects across Expo 2020 Dubai have been awarded the highest rating under CEEQUAL, the internationally...
Expo Countdown
Monaco completes solar panel work at ‘Rock’
The Principality of Monaco said it has reached a crucial stage in the construction of its country pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai...
Expo Countdown
Besix completes work on French showcase
Besix Group, a leading Belgian group with a major presence in the Middle East, has announced that it has completed the...
Expo Countdown
Dubai gets ‘twin’ of Michelangelo’s sculpture
Italian authorities have installed a spectacular 3D replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture at the centre...
Expo Countdown
Oman’s pavilion set for June completion
Steady progress is being made on Oman’s country pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai with nearly 89 per cent of the work...
Expo Countdown
Malaysia’s Rainforest Canopy work on track
Malaysia has announced that work on its Expo 2020 pavilion – being modelled on the lines of the country’s unique &...
Legally Bound
Legally Bound
ICC revisits disputes consolidation
STUART JORDAN* takes a closer look at the new 2021 ICC arbitration rules, indicating that they are small and welcome steps by...
Real Estate
Real Estate
TRSDC secures $3.76bn green financing loan
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project in...
Real Estate
Namaa Doha breaks ground on high-end villas
Qatar-based Namaa Doha Real Estate has broken ground on its high-end villas project within Giardino Village, located in the...
Real Estate
Fontana opens mega residential towers
Fontana Real Estate has announced the opening of its largest residential towers in Bahrain, Fontana Infinity, providing its...
Real Estate
Binghatti launches its Mirage in JVC
Binghatti Developers, a leading real estate development company in the UAE, has announced the launch of its new residential...
Real Estate
Aldar unveils Yas 480-homes project
Leading UAE developer Aldar Properties has announced the launch of Noya Viva, the next phase of its premium Noya development on...
Real Estate
Bloom starts delivery of three-tower property
Bloom Properties has announced that it has begun the handover of luxurious apartments within its premium development, Bloom...
Real Estate
Azizi awards shoring contract for Riviera
UAE-based Azizi Developments has awarded Stromek Emirates Foundations the shoring, excavation, and dewatering works contract...
Real Estate
DMCC to build largest precious metals refinery
DMCC, the world’s flagship free zone and Dubai authority on commodities trade and enterprise, has announced the signing...
Contractors
Contractors
L&T wins contracts for Saudi solar projects
India’s top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) last month clinched two key...
Contractors
Acciona kicks off full operations at desal plant
Spanish infrastructure major Acciona says it has completed a major milestone in the construction of Dubai’s Jebel Ali Sea...
Contractors
ACC to build 300 villas at Jubail Island
Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has been awarded the construction contract for the first phase of 300 villas of Jubail...
Contractors
Alec, Butec set up new industrial JV
Dubai-based Alec Engineering and Contracting says it has joined forces with Butec, a design-build industrial contractor, to set...
Interiors
Interiors
Be well, work well
SAY Studio in Dubai recently rose to the challenge of creating a future working environment that would maximise productivity and staff wellness and become an exceptional...
Interiors
Plain and fresh
Plain’s outlet at the City Centre Mirdif in Dubai, which opened late last year, has been designed to ensure that the products of this UAE handcrafted dessert...
Interiors
Geberit boosts colour choice in bathrooms
Geberit Group, a European leader in sanitary products, has launched new trendy colours for the surface cladding of its products...
Interiors
Vimar offers smart access control
Italy-based home automation systems provider Vimar has launched new smart solutions for access control, which are described as...
Interiors
Adele raises the comfort quotient
Designing office furniture is a complex task because in addition to being comfortable, it must pass safety and resistance standards, comply with dimensional and ergonomic...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Manufacturers & Procurement
First certified recycled aluminium window
Tchnal, a leading architectural aluminium systems brand owned by the Norwegian multinational Hydro group, which is the world&...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Circal effective in reducing CO2 emissions
A recent case study of a project in the UK demonstrated that some 146.98 tons of CO2 emissions were prevented by using Technal&...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Geberit records major drop in eco impact
Geberit, a European market leader in the sanitary products sector, has been making impressive strides in its drive towards...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Armstrong offers free trial of its Pump Manager
Armstrong Fluid Technology, a leading manufacturer of intelligent flow equipment, including pumps, valves, heat exchangers and...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Demag cranes deployed for power plant work
Al Faris, which claims to have the largest fleet of cranes and other heavy equipment in the Middle East, said it recently...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Questers join Gulf Ready Mix fleet
UD Trucks’ Abu Dhabi dealer Al Masaood Commercial Vehicles and Equipment marked a major milestone recently, having successfully...
Manufacturers & Procurement
Demand-controlled ventilation marvel
Halton Group, a technology leader in ventilation, will begin providing its demand-controlled ventilation system, the Halton...