GEZE hosts safety systems conference

Well known consultants, architects, designers and developers from the construction industry attended the Supreme Building Technology 2011 -2012 conference, organised by Dubai-based...

Construction

2020: The year of the mega tall

While 2010 and 2011 marked the beginning of the ‘super tall’ era the record looks set to be surpassed within the decade,...

Construction

Arabtec Construction in Dubai Airport contract win

Arabtec Construction has been awarded a contract worth AED561m for structural works, MEP, special airport systems, finishes and site works for phase...

Construction

Bahrain’s US$551m PPP housing project

The Kingdom of Bahrain has signed a US $551m PPP agreement with developer Naseej to build 4100 affordable houses by 2015. An...

Construction

DPG implements corporate governance strategies

Dubai Properties Group (DPG) has begun to take steps towards implementing corporate governance strategies in collaboration with Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority,...

Construction

2012 pay rises predicted for key markets

Almost every company surveyed across Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE plans to increase salaries and recruitment in 2012, according to global...

Analysis

Qatar – One Year On

This month marks a year since the announcement that Qatar is to host the 2022 World Cup. Dan McAlister looks at how...

Analysis

Laying the Foundations

As Qatar commits itself to infrastructure projects worth US $571 million, The Big Project speaks to Hyder Consulting’s chief executive Ivor Catto...

Construction

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Towers launched on National Day

Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi’s latest mixed use development received a glittering launch from HH Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan this weekend,...

Construction

New Fujairah highway opened on National Day

Fujairah’s much anticipated Sheikh Khalifa Expressway opened this weekend as part of the Emirate’s National Day celebrations, in the presence of Sheikh...