RTA awards $45m roadworks contract

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has awarded a $45.4m contract for the widening and improving of the Umm Suqeim Road, stretching from...

HLG wins first Iraq sub-contract

Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has announced its first sub-contract award for construction of an infrastructure development in Southern Iraq. Part of an...

Kuwait construction poised to boom

Kuwait’s construction industry is poised for significant growth after a period of sustained government investment in infrastructure project and social facilities, a...

Five Construction Mega-projects

Abu Dhabi’s ‘Reem Diamond’ topped out

Representatives from the Hong Kong Development Council (HKDC) and the Ambassador of  the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the...

Massive growth for Qatar pools market

Qatar’s swimming pools market is expected to reach $600 million by 2017, driven by the construction of luxury lifestyle and social infrastructure...

$2trn Islamic Finance market by 2015

The global Islamic finance market is set to double in size between 2011 and 2015 as the sector is increasingly viewed as...

Schneider signs largest ever deal with Saudi Binladin

Schneider Electric Saudi Arabia has signed the largest ever contract with the Saudi Binladin Group to provide power for the Haram expansion...

KSA to see $20bn contract falloff in 2012

Saudi Arabia will see a sharp drop off in the number of construction and infrastructure contracts awarded in the Kingdom in 2012,...

Kuwait metro contract under consideration

A contract undertaken by Control Systems Company to work on the preliminary stage of the Kuwait metro project is being considered for...