2,000 still owed for Grand Mosque expansion

Official says slow completion of compensation procedures hampering expansion plans. The owners of nearly 2,000 properties acquired for the Grand Mosque expansion...

Sharjah Municipality takes hard-line on cladding

New buildings to be denied completion certificate if they don’t have fire resistant cladding. Following an outbreak of fires across Sharjah, new...

Etihad Rail agrees to build Jebel Ali Port terminal

Intermodal port terminal will have the capacity to handle 5 million TEU’s per annum by 2030. Etihad Rail, the master developer and...

UAE-wide auction house JLL readies first sale

Al Nowais Group and Jones Lang LaSalle are launching JLL, a new entrant in the UAE auction arena. Al Nowais which...

Qatari construction to outperform developed economies

Gulf Arab state is expected to average around 12.5% growth annually for the next decade, Commercialbank Capital report says. Qatar’s construction market...

ADAC finalises preferred Midfield Terminal bidder

Arabtec led consortium aims to deliver 700,000m2 terminal building by 2017. Abu Dhabi Airports Company announced on Monday that the consortium consisting...

DSC signs $54m Business Bay tower construction deal

DSI subsidiary to complete work on 25 storey Binary tower by early 2014. Drake and Scull Construction announced on Sunday that it...

Construction Machinery Show Review

Ask most exhibitors at a trade event about their expectations for the show and they will tell you that they will hope...

Q-Fab celebrates Iron Planet launch

Qatar-based distributor and trading group Q-Fab says it has enjoyed a successful launch to its partnership with online auction house Iron Planet....

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