Infrastructure and transport drive $5.5bn boost to GCC projects in April

Saudi Arabia the primary driver, with 67% of the total value of announcements. Projects worth $5.5 billion had been announced across the...

RAK Government launches integrated COVID-19 stimulus package

Bodies have agreed on three levels of support for payment exemptions, postponement of fees and the provision of consultancy and assistance. The...

Coronavirus: 50,000 inspection visits carried out by Dubai Municipality on construction sites

Inspection visits carried out across 12,331 under-construction buildings across last two months. Dubai Municipality (DM) has announced that it has intensified monitoring...

Kuwait construction sector facing mass closures due to COVID-19 lockdown

Kuwait Business Impact Survey finds that 39% of construction related businesses have shut down operations since lockdowns instituted. Approximately 39% of businesses...

Kuwait’s Al Mazaya Holding says UAE subsidiary has sold Dubai property for $20.9mn

Deal will be implemented in both cash and kind, developer says. Al Mazaya Holding, a Kuwaiti real estate development company, has said...

Coronavirus: JLL report reveals Cairo real estate was stable in Q1 despite influence of COVID-19

Market report indicates hotel sector was affected the most by the pandemic. JLL has said that despite COVID-19 affecting the real estate...

Coronavirus: COVID-19 and its impact on the construction market in the region

Director Dan Hughes and Philip Cronin, head of claims at Omnium Resolve look at the strains on project delivery during the outbreak...

Volvo CE reports drop in first quarter sales

Equipment giant says depressed demand due to Covid-19 led to year-on-year fall of 17% in sales while operating income and order intake...

Market analysis: The driving force of JVs in Saudi’s mega infrastructure projects

Rita Allan, senior construction and projects associate, Pinsent Masons, looks at why some projects fail where others succeed. Driven by rising populations...

Introducing HKA to the industry

HKA is the new global brand that unites the former Construction Claims and Consulting Group of Hill International and associated subsidiaries. HKA...

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