Coronavirus: Oman oil and gas firms pledge $15.6m to support initiatives to reduce outbreak’s impact

Oman LNG recently funded an advanced isolation ward at Sur Hospital in a bid to boost health services in the South Sharqiya...

Coronavirus: Emaar Properties donates $27.2mn to fund designed to fight COVID-19

Developer says it was among the first to take steps to support authorities’ measures in the drive to contain COVID-19. Emaar Properties...

Coronavirus: Why outbreak will reduce construction emissions if projects are cancelled rather than delayed

Andrew Beard, global head, Cost and Commercial, Arcadis talks to MECN.com about the impact restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus have had...

Grundfos’ regional HQ secures LEED Platinum certification in Dubai

Grundfos’ regional HQ has become one of the 11 facilities in the UAE to receive the LEED O+M: Existing Buildings certification. Grundfos...

DEWA commissions eight new 132/11kV substations at $231mn cost

Commissions increases number of substations to 293, and will ensure the efficiency, reliability and availability of DEWA’s 132kV transmission network. Dubai Electricity...

Coronavirus: PI offers three month rent relief to retailers in ‘The Market’

PI is a Dubai Investments joint-venture company engaged in the investment and development of real estate properties. Properties Investment (PI) has announced...

Coronavirus: Nakheel in process of precautionary disinfection of all 647 residential buildings in property portfolio

Master developer says it is carrying out deep disinfection of all its residential properties over a two-week period. Nakheel, the Dubai-based master...

Coronavirus: GobalData forecasts 0.5% growth for construction sector worldwide

Projection premises containment of pandemic by the end of Q2; predicts marginal growth in emerging markets. The global construction industry could narrowly...

Etihad Rail awards $230 million contract for O&M facility in Abu Dhabi

Etihad Rail has now awarded all civil works and construction contracts for stage two of the national railway network. Etihad Rail has...

Spanish consortium wins Saudi water desalination project

Abengoa, in consortium with Sepco III will construct a 600,000 cu. m per day desalination plant in the Kingdom. Spain’s Abengoa has...

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