UAE-based ASGC to become Costain’s biggest shareholder

ASGC has said it will acquire a 15% stake in UK-based construction firm Costain. The construction group says it has entered into...

Construction

Coronavirus Insight: Emerging from the crisis – Potential issues and opportunities

With the world in the midst of the greatest pandemic since the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Novel Coronavirus, or as it...

Construction

Arabtec restructures team, appoint new chief executive officer

Arabtec Holding has promoted its group chief operating officer, Wail Farsakh, to chief executive officer, and appointed Najeh Awad as acting chief...

Construction

Insight: Contractors’ potential avenues for relief following failures by nominated subcontractors

This article explores the potential relief available to a main contractor undertaking work in the United Arab Emirates and its nominated (or...

Analysis

Coronavirus: It’s not only about the possibility of recovering time

We are in unprecedented times, amid a pandemic that has seen the rapid spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) across the globe in...

Construction

Falconcity of Wonders awards Evolve Contracting SAAM Vega project

Falconcity of Wonders, the UAE-based developer of the Falconcity of Wonders multipurpose megaproject being built in Dubai, has announced the award of...

Construction

Saudi contractor Salem Belhamer GC expects 25% to 30% growth rate in coming years

Salem Balhamer General Contracting Company, the Saudi-based contractor, has announced it has registered a 7% growth in the 2019-2020 financial year, and...

Construction

Ajman Municipality announces decision to mandate BIM in 2020

Ajman Municipality, on Wednesday, announced that it has marked making building information modelling (BIM) software mandatory for projects across the emirate of...