Dubai firm secures $98m housing contract in Iraq

Contract includes 72 buildings, 156 villas and necessary infrastructure and amenities. Dubai based RW Middle East has won a contract for the...

TAV boss promises to deliver ‘one of the most impressive terminals in the world’ in Abu Dhabi

Success with tenders won in Medina and Jeddah helped Turkish construction firm land the Abu Dhabi Airport joint venture tender, which is...

JCB prepares to open Brazilian factory

JCB is preparing to open a new excavator and backhoe plant as it looks to combat heavy levies on imported machinery in...

Habtoor Group streamlines Metropolitan Hotel development

Habtoor Group says that has streamlined the design and construction of the three hotels that will replace the Metropolitan Hotel in Dubai...

Sur Gate project launched in Oman

$312m project will begin construction early next year, developer says. Oman’s Al Sharqiya Real Estate Developers has launched the Sur Gate commercial...

Lusail City to start receiving tenants by end of 2013

New extension to Doha is expected to be fully built by 2020 and accommodate 200,000 residents and 170,000 employees. Ali Kaldari, the...

South Korea’s GS Engineering wins $1.8bn Saudi contract

Plants to be completed by 2015, contractor says. South Korea’s GS Engineering and Construction, announced on Tuesday that it had won a...

Speedy to open regional hub in Abu Dhabi

Move comes less than three years after Speed entered the Middle East market. UK’s largest equipment rental company, Speedy International is set...

Orascom picks US firm for Montenegro resort

First phase of $1.37bn resort to be a mixed use, with shops, restaurants and marine biology institute. Orascom Development Holding has selected...

Abu Dhabi moves to pay contractors

Government says 'appropriate steps' have been taken to ensure dues are paid. The Abu Dhabi government has said ‘appropriate steps’ have been...

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