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...
Infrastructure
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...
Abu Dhabi’s Hyperloop ‘to cost $20mn-$40mn per km’
The world's first commercial hyperloop system, which is set to open in Abu Dhabi in 2020, will cost between $20...
“Discussions Ongoing” between Siemens and Iraq
Talks are reported to be continuing between Germany’s Siemens and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity regarding a major investment in...
Three water dams to be created on the Kurdistan Region’s border with Turkey
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the Federal Government of Iraq, and Turkey have agreed to build three medium and large-sized...
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