Two new companies to boost Saudi housing sector
The Saudi Ministry of Housing unveiled plans to establish two separate companies to boost the growth of the Kingdom’s housing...
Infrastructure
Construction sector in Iraq to outperform its peers in the region
Business Monitor International expected the Iraqi construction sector to out-performer its peers in the region and forecast the industry to...
We need to build on effective and engaged media policy encouraging green practices in Lebanon, says Elie Bsaibes, President of the Order of Engineers and Architects in Beirut
Organized by IFP Lebanon, in collaboration with the Paris Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCIP), EcOrient 2012, the International Trade...
Abu Dhabi completes world’s highest penthouse bridge
Abu Dhabi-based developer Sorouh Real Estate has installed the final section of the penthouse bridge at its Gate Towers project...
Biggest ever Project Lebanon show to open on June 5
The seventeenth edition of Project Lebanon 2012, the International Construction Trade Exhibition for Lebanon and the Middle East, held under...
Iraq and Germany discuss cooperation in construction and residential projects
Iraq's Ministry of Construction and Housing has discussed with the German ambassador in Baghdad ways of joint cooperation in the...
SR306 million water and sewage projects inked in Saudi Arabia
Minister of Water and Electricity Abdullah Al-Hussayen has signed a series of contracts on several water and sewage projects in...
Recycled building wastes to be used in Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Rail work
Thiess Services Middle East’s recycling facility at Al Dhafra. 1/1 Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes will go towards...
GCC construction sector to award $150b contracts by 2013
The GCC construction industry will witness a pick-up in project activity toward the second half of the year until 2013...
Qatar infrastructure upgrade to get a huge push in budget
Infrastructure upgrade is likely to get a sizeable outlay in Qatar’s budget for 2012-13, which is expected to be announced...
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