Bahrain awards $45m contracts in two months

Bahrain's Works Ministry has awarded 10 tenders in the months of July and August. Ten tenders have been awarded during the months...

Oman re-tenders rail project

National Railway Project tenders to be floated shortly, government officials say. [caption id="attachment_2904" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Oman aims to complete the design of...

Mashair railway ready for Haj

Train operator has already begun experimental operations, which will run till Oct 1. The Saudi Municipal and Rural Affairs Ministry has said...

KSA penalises 451 late projects

Penalised contractors had failed to meet the deadlines set for completing the educational projects. Contractors implementing more than 451 projects on behalf...

Omani firm awarded $131m in contracts

Al Hassan Engineering to provide EPC services to Zauliyah Gas Plant as part of a joint venture. Omani construction firm Al Hassan...

AAA expects favourable returns from GCC

Deloitte report finds that GCC governments plan to invest $1trn into infrastructure sector. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are the two countries with...

AAA expects favourable returns from GCC

Deloitte report finds that GCC governments plan to invest $1trn into infrastructure sector. [caption id="attachment_2900" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The GCC, led by Qatar...

High-speed Egyptian railway by 2013

$16.4bn project expected to commence, in several phases, in the second half of 2013. [caption id="attachment_2895" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Egypt plans to launch...

Property management in UAE needs improvement: JLL

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has said the ongoing management of the completed properties in the UAE is generally of “poor quality,” despite...

Former official gets 5 year jail term over Jeddah floods

Officials sentenced to jail over accusations of bribery and wasting public funds. The Third Administrative Circuit at the Administrative Court has found...