Arabtec wins $398m contract for 2020 Tower in Dubai

Arabtec Construction has been awarded an AED 1.46 billion ($398m) contract by Wasl for the construction of the 2020 Tower, a mixed-use...

Infrastructure

Dubai World Central expansion delayed

The expansion of Dubai World Central (DWC) airport has been delayed by a year until 2018, Dubai Airports, the operator of the...

Construction

GCC building contract awards ‘to hit $85.6bn in 2017’

According to the GCC Building Construction Market Report, the value of new building contracts will hit $85.6bn in 2017, up 7% from...

Property

Damac: Up to 12,000 new units to hit Dubai market in 2017

Developer Damac expects between 11,000 and 12,000 residential units to hit the Dubai market this year, an increase on previous years, it...

Construction

Dubai Holding unveils $1.7bn Marsa Al Arab megaproject

Dubai Holding on Sunday unveiled Marsa Al Arab, a AED 6.3 billion ($1.7 billion) megaproject geared towards tourists that is set to...

Construction

Dubai’s Nakheel awards $408m contract for The Palm Gateway

The Dubai developer Nakheel says it has signed a construction contract worth nearly AED1.5 billion ($408m) for The Palm Gateway, a three-tower...

Construction

Emaar completes ‘sky bridge’ feat in Dubai

Emaar Properties said it has accomplished the “challenging engineering feat” of designing, constructing and lifting an iconic Sky Bridge that links the...

Construction

Nakheel releases tender for $182m RIU resort in Dubai

Nakheel, the Dubai-based real estate developer, has released a construction tender for an 800-room beachfront resort and water park at Deira Islands....

Construction

Mideast construction disputes ‘being resolved more quickly’

Middle East construction disputes are on the rise, but are being resolved more quickly than before, according to the Arcadis ‘2017 Middle...

Construction

Dubai Properties awards $55m contract for Bellevue Towers

Real-estate master developer Dubai Properties (DP) has announced that SEIDCO General Contractor is to work on the Bellevue Towers residential development. The...