Damac Properties awarded the main contract for Marina Bay
Luxury lifestyle provider Damac Properties has announced that it has awarded the main contract for its Marina Bay development at Al Reem...
Dubai Municipality to complete 10 prestigious projects
Eng. Hussain Nassir Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, has said that the civic body is in great confidence to accomplish the two ambitious...
Prices of Cement, Concrete and Wood drop in July
Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi (SCAD) issued its monthly bulletin on the prices of building materials for the month of July. The bulletin is yet another...
3,477 buildings completed in Emirate of Abu Dhabi in Q4 of...
Abu Dhabi issued its latest statistics on the buildings completed in the three regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain...
Dubai Municipality project gives beaches a facelift
Dubai Municipality's Environment Department is currently undertaking an ambitious project to rejuvenate beaches of the emirate as part of an integrated and...
Godwin Austen Johnson expands design team following growth of regional contracts
Leading architecture practice eyes opportunities in Middle East and North Africa
Godwin Austen Johnson (GAJ), one of the largest and longest-established UK architectural and design...
Emirates launches Vitroglaze
Emirates Glass LLC (EGL), one of the region's leading processors of premium architectural flat glass products and a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned...
Nakheel begins reclamation of Mina Rashid
The first call to the Seaway, a Boskalis trailer suction hopper dredger vessel, to initiate the reclamation of Mina Rashid on Tuesday 15 July,...
MBRCF embarked upon number of charity projects in Iraq
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Foundation (MBRCF) has embarked upon a number of charity projects in various parts of Iraq...
Compliance with midday break hits record rates
Average compliance with the midday break given to outdoor workers from 12:30 to 3:00 pm were 99.6 per cent in Abu Dhabi, 98...
Three in bid for DEWA’s seawater contract
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) said it has received bids from three groups for the $1.5bn contract to build the Hassyan sea-water cooling...
Abu Dhabi Airports Company releases General Contractor Tender for Midfield Terminal...
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) yesterday announced the release of the General Contractor Tender for the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), moving into the next...
GCC cement sector profits increased by 24.4% in Q3 of 2012
GCC Cement Sector 2012 3rd quarter data
Average realization prices in GCC raised by 2.7% from the same period last year
High cement demand in Saudi...
Projects on track
In recent weeks, delays have beset several massive projects, according to several architects and articles in The National. Dubai Waterfront is moving much...
Burj Khalifa bags ‘Award of the Year’
Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has won the award of the year for the best construction project in the Gulf Cooperation...
Dubai Metro lifts over 40,000 passengers on Monday
Statistics compiled by Rail Agency at Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai revealed that 42,782 passengers have been lifted on Monday September 14,...
Dubai gets permit for 23,000 buildings in 2012
The Building Department of Dubai Municipality states in its annual report that the department has permitted to construct 23,243 buildings in Dubai during 2012.
Eng....