Iraq requires 500 quality hotels

Religious tourism driving demand for quality hotels. Iraq “urgently requires” at least 500 hotels to meet the growing demands of religious tourism,...

Labour costs fall 10.8% in Abu Dhabi

The cost of construction labour in Abu Dhabi fell by more than 10% in 2010, according to the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi...

Qatar, UAE and KSA ranked top for infrastructure development

Emirates Industrial Bank rates GCC's top infrastructure developments. Emirates Industrial Bank has ranked Qatar third in the GCC for infrastructure development. The...

AECOM announce contract wins

Global technical and management support provider AECOM, has announced two major contract wins in the region.. Global technical and management support provider...

Omani aluminium plant to create 1400 jobs

FATA EPC awarded US $300 million contract for new plant. Oman Aluminium Rolling Company has awarded Italian engineers FATA EPC a US...

FM Expo opens in Dubai

The annual FM Expo has opened at Dubai World Trade Centre, with a message to increase focus on sustainable facilities management solutions...

Emcor Facilities Services’ project backlog to exceed US $272.3m

(EFS) has announced it is on track to exceeed AED 1 billion (US $272.3 million) in project backlog by Q2 2011. Speaking...

Cooperation programme launched between Arabian Construction Company and Masdar Institute

Engineering students are to gain hands on, onsite experience due a cooperation programme between Arabian Construction Company (ACC) and the Masdar Institute...

Joint venture launches US $200m aluminium investment

A joint venture agreement has been signed confirming to establish a new US $200 million aluminium extrusion plant in Abu Dhabi. The...

Damac reaction to Egyptian court judgement

Following the charges issued against Damac Properties and its chairman Hussain Sajwani, the developer has issued a statement announcing the launch of...

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