UAE provides continued support for housing projects despite COVID-19 pandemic

First half of 2020 sees housing projects for UAE citizens continue to have the same momentum as previous despite challenges posed by...

Infrastructure and transport drive $5.5bn boost to GCC projects in April

Saudi Arabia the primary driver, with 67% of the total value of announcements. Projects worth $5.5 billion had been announced across the...

Coronavirus: JLL report reveals Cairo real estate was stable in Q1 despite influence of COVID-19

Market report indicates hotel sector was affected the most by the pandemic. JLL has said that despite COVID-19 affecting the real estate...

Coronavirus: COVID-19 and its impact on the construction market in the region

Director Dan Hughes and Philip Cronin, head of claims at Omnium Resolve look at the strains on project delivery during the outbreak...

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...

Coronavirus: It’s not only about the possibility of recovering time

Jeffrey Badman, Partner at HKA, provides practical guidance to those contractors and subcontractors that have experienced delay and disruption in the region....

Global construction mergers and acquisition activity plunges by 44.5% in one year

Value falls to $6.98bn compared to previous 12-month average of $12.59bn, reveals Globaldata report. The total value of merger and acquisition (M&A)...