Sharjah’s DPW announces completion of 76 projects worth $53mn in Q1 2020

Projects are part of the developmental plans adopted by the emirate to ensure social welfare and economic wellbeing. The Sharjah Directorate of...

Muscat Municipality and Oman’s Housing Ministry working to allocate land for construction of Labour City in capital

Growing demand for labour accommodation to be built outside of residential areas due to COVID-19 threat. Muscat Municipality has said that it...

Sustainable City launches Zoom-based sustainability focused educational webinar series

Webinars run for 30 minutes each and are free to attend . The Sustainable City has launched the first edition of a...

Acciona to build its fourth reverse osmosis desalination plant in KSA

The project will have a capacity of 600,000 cu. m. per day to serve a population of three million making it one...

SirajPower wins second prominent residential project in Dubai

This is the first fully financed solar rooftop project for the residential sector in the Middle East. UAE-based SirajPower has announced that...

Egypt builds the world’s biggest agricultural drainage treatment plant

The one million cu. m. per day plant will contribute to the cultivation of 70,000 acres in Sinai, Egypt. HE President AbdelFattah...

Bloom Properties announces significant construction progress on JVC projects

Bloom Towers hits 72% completion mark, while Bloom Heights is at 60% completion. Bloom Properties, the Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer, has...

SEWA enhances preventive maintenance in distribution stations

SEWA has prepared specific programmes for the periodic and preventive maintenance of distribution stations and transformers. Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA)...

Coronavirus: Actions construction businesses can take to lessen the effect of the pandemic

Nesreen Osman, partner, construction and infrastructure, Pinsent Masons offers some key advice on measures you should be taking. Over the past month,...