GCB to build new polymer facility in Kizad

GCB is a JV between Met T&S, M. Cecchi & Co and Arab Development Establishment. Gulf Compound Blending (GCB) and Arab Development...

EWEC requests EOIs for 2,000MW power project

Last date for submitting EOIs is 10 February. Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has requested expressions of interest (EOIs) for the...

Azizi announces new community garden spanning Azizi Riviera

Developer also announced a nine-storey residential tower overlooking the garden. Azizi Developments has announced the launch of an ‘aesthetically designed, lush green...

DSI appoints Tawfiq Abu Soud as new Group CEO

Abu Soud was formerly MD of DSI’s MEP and Water and Power subsidiaries for 17 years. Drake and Scull International’s (DSI) board...

Deyaar Development sees 7.4% increase in net profit for 2018

Real estate firm points out that revenues for the year fell to $175.2m from $204.6m in 2017. Deyaar Development, a leading UAE-based...

ENBD REIT says value of property portfolio is at $456mn for Q3 2018

Results are due to minor valuation losses due to a soft local real estate market. ENBD REIT, the Sharia compliant real estate...

Work on Aviation City project progressing according to schedule

Project aims to provide a base for the regional and international civil aviation industry. Work on the Aviation City project is progressing...

Acciona wins contract to build one of Saudi’s biggest desalination plants

The $571 million plant will be among the biggest in the world and supply enough water for three million people. Saudi Arabia's...

Rahail Aslam, group CEO, Select Group – Interview

"We’re quite happy with the market. It’s just that we have to work harder. As a business, it makes us fitter.". Last...

Worker welfare: A moral and legal obligation

Tatjana Stepanova, Worker Welfare manager at Cimolai Rimond, on why firms must take worker welfare seriously and how it benefits the bottom...

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