Qatar to build seven ‘cities’ for 258,000 World Cup workers

Qatar plans to build seven cities to house more than 258,000 migrant workers who are building the stadiums and associated infrastructure for...

Property

Qatar’s Barwa posts $879m net profit for Q1 2015

Barwa Real Estate, one of the largest listed developers on the Qatar Stock Exchange, has posted a massive jump in its 2015...

Property

Qatar boosts London portfolio with stake in Claridge’s, Berkeley and Connaught hotels

Qatar has bought majority stakes in three luxury London hotels, in a further sign of its expanding property investments in the UK...

Construction

Qatar’s Ashghal releases tender for $63m New Doha Zoo

Qatar’s public-works authority Ashghal has released a tender for the construction of a 750,000sqm zoo to replace the current facility in the...

Property

Qatar floats cruise-ship plan to add 6,000 hotel rooms for World Cup

The Qatar Tourism Authority plans to contract at least 6,000 rooms on cruise ships to accommodate visitors to the upcoming World Cup in...

Infrastructure

Italy’s Pramac supplies 44 gensets to Losail motor circuit in Qatar

The Italian genset manufacturer Pramac has renewed a generator-supply agreement with the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) and management at the Losail...

Features

Safety first in Gulf construction

The health and safety of workers on construction sites has always been a hot-button issue in the UAE and GCC. The region...

Construction

Migrant workers ‘forced to run Qatar marathon’

Qatar is once more courting controversy over the treatment of migrant workers following reports that organisers of a marathon allegedly forced workers to participate...

Infrastructure

Qatar ‘may not require cooling systems at winter World Cup’

Qatar may not require cooling systems in its World Cup stadiums due to the event now being held in winter, according to an...

Infrastructure

France’s Egis lands contract for Um Alhoul Economic Zone in Qatar

Egis, the French engineering group specialising in infrastructure and transport systems, has been awarded design and construction supervision contracts for the Um...