Project Profile: Al Khobar 1 SWRO desalination plant

Angitha Pradeep speaks with Ignacio Lobo, project director, ACCIONA, about how one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest reverse osmosis desalination plants was delivered...

Insight: Reassessing fire strategies

Sam Alcock, Tenable Fire Engineering Consultancy’s Dubai director, speaks to MECN about how fire and life safety strategies need to evolve, so...

Aldar Properties sees 17% revenue growth to hit $2.28bn in FY 2020

Gross profit also rose 8% to $811.3m, while full year net profit steadied at $525.4m. Aldar Properties, the Abu Dhabi-based property developer,...

EWEC calls for bids for 150m imperial gallon per day desalination plant

Project is expected to begin commercial operations by Q1, 2024. Developers/developer-consortiums have been invited to submit expressions of Interest (EoIs) by the...

Azizi Developments receives completion certificate for Shaista residential project

284-unit residential tower is located in Al Furjan and is part of 46 projects expected to be completed this year by the...

Bahrain to begin major highway upgrade in April to ease traffic

Project includes the development of roads and highways, bridges and tunnels. Bahrain authorities have announced that a major project to develop the...

Qiddiya Investment Company inks MoUs with Saudi authority for greater SME engagement

Monsha’at will help QIC establish its own innovation centre while giving it access to its own research facilities and centres. The Qiddiya...

OPAZ and Sabeen Group agree to build 10,500sqm commercial-entertainment centre in SEZAD

Phase one of new centre will consist of cinemas, entertainment zones and an indoor golf course, as well as dining and retail...

Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre reopens construction waste crusher in Al Dhafra

Reopening aligns with Abu Dhabi’s vision of diverting 75% of its waste away from landfills. The Ghayathi Crusher in the Al Dhafra...

Egypt completes $192m rehabilitation work on 831km-long canals network

Minister adds that funding for the project has so far exceeded $256m and that an increase in funding is being studied. Hala...