SirajPower wins second prominent residential project in Dubai

This is the first fully financed solar rooftop project for the residential sector in the Middle East. UAE-based SirajPower has announced that...

Egypt builds the world’s biggest agricultural drainage treatment plant

The one million cu. m. per day plant will contribute to the cultivation of 70,000 acres in Sinai, Egypt. HE President AbdelFattah...

Bloom Properties announces significant construction progress on JVC projects

Bloom Towers hits 72% completion mark, while Bloom Heights is at 60% completion. Bloom Properties, the Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer, has...

SEWA enhances preventive maintenance in distribution stations

SEWA has prepared specific programmes for the periodic and preventive maintenance of distribution stations and transformers. Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA)...

Coronavirus: Actions construction businesses can take to lessen the effect of the pandemic

Nesreen Osman, partner, construction and infrastructure, Pinsent Masons offers some key advice on measures you should be taking. Over the past month,...

Unesco to rebuild two historic Iraqi mosques

‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’ initiative also aims to provide employment opportunities and job training to Iraqi citizens. Plans have been unveiled...

Egypt working on $1bn road infrastructure projects, says Sisi

President of Egypt reveals total cost of establishing 40 bridges in East Cairo. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has revealed that...

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...

$9.09 million building to be developed at Al Mazunah Free Zone

Project aims to present integrated services and facilities required by investors, business owners and clients under one platform. A new facility building...

Coronavirus: Immensa 3D-prints masks and visors for medical staff in the UAE

The 3D-printed PPE is made from a special polymer that repels viruses and bacteria. Immensa Technology Labs (Immensa) has ramped up production...

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