Better Bridges

The trend for bigger bridges calls for the intelligent use of materials to guarantee a longer maintenance-free lifetime; not just to save...

Event insider: Dubai sustainability forum

We attended the 4th Annual Cost-Effective Sustainable Design & Construction Summit held at Park Hyatt Dubai from March 7-10 to bring you...

Five GCC rail projects on track

Kuwait Financial Centre SVP ? research M.R Raghu says GCC infrastructure is exploding, with demand driving forward rail developments on the drawing...

10 steps to the perfect pitch

Tenderlink.com marketing director Philip Dennett puts himself in the purchaser?s shoes to provide top tender winning tips bound to result in a...

Feeling flush

Don?t throw your money down the drain; The Big Project grills three bathroom solutions suppliers to uncover the best sustainable, cash-saving devices....

Easy lifter

VSL heavy lifting manager ? ME David Gratteau tells us how the company positioned a 280-ton steel truss 51 metres above ground...

Three workers crushed by wall collapse

Construction mistakes blamed for fatalities onsite. Three Indian labourers were killed and one was injured when a brick wall collapsed at a...

CPC to open six factories in Al Ain

Six new factories are to be opened in Al Ain this year by the Construction Products Holding Company (CPC). Six new factories...

Saudi Arabia project update

With one of the world’s fastest growing populations and a high level of unemployment, Saudi Arabia is investing in massive industrialization programmes...