Saudis get behind $705mn railway project for Jordan
Saudi Arabia is bolstering efforts to shore up the economy of a fellow Arab monarchy with a 500 million-dinar ($705...
Infrastructure
3 consortiums compete to establish dry port worth $100mn in Egypt
Three consortiums of international companies from Germany, Singapore, India, the UAE and Egypt competed to win the contract for the...
Lebanese government to implement CEDRE pledges and projects
The new Cabinet plans to start executing the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) which was agreed upon at the CEDRE conference,...
World’s fourth largest bridge nearing completion in Kuwait
Work is nearing completion on Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Causeway (SJSC), a mega project spanning 37.5 km across...
NMDC wins $1.36bn Abu Dhabi island construction contract
UAE-based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has been awarded a major contract by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) to...
Infrastructure driving Bahrain’s non-oil growth: EDB
Bahrain’s annual real GDP growth of 1.6 percent in the third quarter was underpinned by expansion in the construction and...
Excavation starts for Mesaimeer project’s outfall tunnel
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the commencement of the actual excavation of a 10km-long outfall tunnel as part...
$80bn worth of water, wastewater projects under way across GCC
In the GCC, demand for water is set to rise by about 62 percent by 2025, according to new research...
QFZA signs 3 MoUs with leading Chinese entities
Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) has announced the signing of three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with leading entities in China...
Ashghal to award projects worth QR45bn
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is set to award projects worth up to QR45bn over the next five years, said...
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