Cement demand increases with Saudi government’s plan to spend SR780 billion on infrastructure
Cement demand is to continue strongly, led by government expenditure. The recent government intervention of reducing the price cap and...
Construction
Dubai property turns corner heading up
Oxford Business Group (OBG) is claiming that Dubai’s property market has turned a corner, with the residential sector having “posted...
Saudi construction sector to grow 5.4% in 2012
Saudi Arabia's construction sector is expected to achieve 5.4 percent growth this year, buoyed by elevated government spending into social...
Lebanon and Italy sign deal on sewage, water treatment
Lebanon and Italy signed a 13.8 million euro ($17.4 million) agreement to fund two sewage network and water treatment stations...
Role for Bahra Cables in key Saudi Airport project
Bahra Cables Company Ltd., an affiliate of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), recently signed an agreement with the company handling...
Italian firm wins $247 million Iraq housing deal
Bloomberg reports that Italy’s Consorzio Stabile Italia 2010 won a $247 million contract to build 2,000 homes in Diwaniya. The...
New wastewater network in Abu Dhabi
While the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) may not have grabbed as many headlines as some of Abu Dhabi’s larger...
Kurdistan Region of Iraq needs 5,000 new homes a year
Iraqi Kurdistan needs to spend 200 billion dinars ($172 million) a year on homebuilding, an adviser to the housing ministry,...
450 major projects in Kurdistan Region worth more than $20bn
One of the oldest Middle East business consultancies held its first conference in Iraq since its foundation in 1957. MEED...
ASHGHAL signs nine contracts for new projects
Public Works Authority (ASHGHAL) signed nine contracts in the areas of development and construction of infrastructure, roads, buildings and drainage...
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