Mamsha Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi's Cultural District will be a 1.4km beachfront mixed-use project.
Egypt's president has launched the digging of a new canal which will run in parallel to the existing waterway.
Set to open in 2016, the planned centre is set to have more than 22,000 square metres of exhibition space.
How Cat equipment was used in some of the toughest terrain on earth.