Project profile: Central Bank of Kuwait headquarters

China State Construction ME’s award-winning project. Late last November, the winner of the 2015 Big Project Middle East Project of the Year...

Gulf infrastructure on road to growth

Increased activity comes despite crash in oil prices. The regional infrastructure market is expected to see tremendously increased activity over the coming...

Main tender set to be issued for 1/JBR: Dubai Properties

Project expected to be completed in early 2019. Dubai Properties is preparing to tender for the main works for its super-luxury 1/JBR...

Arabtec, TAV clinch Bahrain airport contract

Construction deal part of $1.1bn airport upgrade. A joint venture between the Dubai-listed Arabtec and Turkey’s TAV Construction has won a major...

Dubai fire safety still impacted by fallout from construction boom – expert

Work needs to be done on enforcement and systems maintenance. A leading fire safety expert has said that the major fires that...

Work on Bahrain’s stalled Landmark Cityview tower ‘to resume in April’

Construction expected to complete by end of 2016 – developer. Work on the stalled Landmark Cityview project in Bahrain is set to...

Dubai property market to slow in 2016: Deloitte

Opportunities remain in the market despite ‘headwinds’. Dubai’s residential and office market is set to slow this year, but despite some “headwinds” there...

Oman subsidy cuts could boost PPPs – Cluttons

Public-private partnerships could drive infrastructure investment. Oman’s removal of fuel subsidies and other measures to tighten spending could boost public-private partnerships (PPPs)...