Expo 2020 Dubai contract awards top $3bn this year

Expo 2020 Dubai has so far awarded AED10.8 billion construction and AED411 million non-construction contracts in 2017, according to the UAE state...

Construction

The Big 5 construction show kicks off in Dubai

Thousands of industry professionals have descended on Dubai for The Big 5 construction show, with confirmed participants ranging from Expo 2020 Dubai...

Infrastructure

GE signs $400m deal to build substations in Iraq

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has signed an agreement worth over $400 million with GE Power to build 14 electric substations...

Construction

Investors close funding for Abu Dhabi’s $1.2bn Reem Mall

Agility, UPAC, and NREC, the consortium behind Abu Dhabi’s Reem Mall on Tuesday announced the completion of the financing for the $1.2...

Construction

Arabtec unit wins $259m contract for Emaar’s Forte development

A subsidiary of Arabtec Holding has won a AED 950 million ($259 million) contract for work on the second phase of Emaar’s...

Property

Aldar: Sales at Abu Dhabi waterfront project hit $218m

The Abu Dhabi developer Aldar says it has sold out the second phase of Water's Edge, its waterfront development on Yas Island,...

Construction

Eagle Hills awards contract for Address Fujairah Resort

Eagle Hills Abu Dhabi has awarded the construction and infrastructure works contract for the 63,677 sq.m. site of The Address Fujairah Resort...

Infrastructure

Work on Sharjah-Dubai bridge ‘to complete by Q3 2018’

Work on a major Sharjah-Dubai bridge that will increase road capacity to 17,700 cars per hour from the current 9,900, is on...

Construction

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar names new chairman, CEO

Aldar Properties, the Abu Dhabi-based property development company, has named a new chairman and CEO. The developer announced key changes to the...

Infrastructure

UAE’s NPCC wins $326m Saudi Aramco contract

The UAE's National Petroleum Constructions Company (NPCC) has been awarded an AED 1.2 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for offshore...