Makkah-Jeddah highway to be open for Haj

Saudi Arabia’s new 85km long Makkah, Jeddah,and Huda Al-Sham Highway is to be partly operational before this year’s Haj season, according to...

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KSA, Egypt pressing ahead with causeway project

Egypt’s Transport Minister Mohamed Rashad Al-Mateny has said Saudi Arabia and Egypt are set to proceed with the proposed $3bn causeway project...

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Saudi construction firm ties up JV with T5

Saudi construction firm, Gulf Consolidated Contractors (GCC) has teamed up with US-based oil and gas industry technology services supplier, T5 Corporation, to...

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Makkah-Jeddah highway to be open for Haj

[caption id="attachment_2801" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Jeddah-Makkah highway will be operational for Haj traffic this year.[/caption] Saudi Arabia’s new 85km long Makkah, Jeddah,and...

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KSA, Egypt pressing ahead with causeway project

[caption id="attachment_2794" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The 32km causeway will run from Ras Nassrani in Egypt to Ras Hamid in northern KSA[/caption] Egypt’s Transport...

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Kanoo Machinery upbeat about KSA market

UAE-based Kanoo Machinery and Construction Equipment, a member of the Kanoo Group, is looking to Saudi Arabia to provide the most opportunities...

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Construction contracts in KSA up 50% in H1 2012

Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB) has said the total value of awarded contracts in the Kingdom during the second quarter of...

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Saudi Arabia preparing a national housing strategy

Saudi Arabia is studying a number of proposals aimed at drawing up a comprehensive national housing strategy to meet the growing housing...

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Sisco and Stork tie up to take on Saudi

Saudi Industrial Services Company (Sisco) has teamed up with Netherland-headquartered Stork Technical Services to establish a new 55-45 joint venture to offer...

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Saudi minister assures contractors over payments

Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf has dismissed claims by some contractors over delayed payments and said the government pays contractors once they...