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)...

Expert insight: A pathway to efficient resolution of construction disputes

Jed Savager and Angus Frean of Pinsent Masons examine clarifications to arbitration law in the UAE. Arbitration remains the preferred forum for...

Confidence returning to Dubai’s real estate market, says Chestertons

Q4 apartment and villa sales prices down 2% and 3% respectively; rental rates Q-on-Q point towards stabilising prices. Dubai’s real estate market...

Smart Cities Report: The next generation of transportation is MaaS

Martin Tillman, director, Strategic Planning and Advisory, AECOM discusses how smart mobility services can shape our cities. For many cities, shared mobility...

Why EVs and mobility services are driving the need for industrial edge data centres

Paolo Colombo, Go To Market director for Machine Builder and System Integrators at Schneider Electric on trends driving manufacturers to invest in...

Green facades – a case of Sustainability being only skin-deep?

Paul Godfrey examines the case for green facades and whether they could impact the way buildings are being designed and built in...

Making rail the cornerstone of the region’s future mobility

Significant investment in mainline and urban railway systems can play an leading role in reducing CO2 emissions, says Cécile Texier, VP sustainability...