This year?s Construction Week Qatar Awards ceremony at the Westin Hotel and Spa Doha, saw the cream of the construction industry gather in recognition of the sector’s achievements over the past 12 months.
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Month: September 2016
DEWA inks deal for 3D building at MBR solar park
The laboratory will be built as part of the Research & Development centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, and will conduct research on drones, and 3D-printing technology
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COSCO, Abu Dhabi Ports ink container terminal deal
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited will operate a container terminal with a draft depth of 18 metres, with 1200 metres of quay wall and adjacent land
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Qatar: Tender issued for football fan desert camp
Qatar World Cup organisers are considering establishing football fan villages in the middle of the desert, with accommodation in the form of Arabian tents
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JV Team Picked for East Coast Pipeline as Foes Fight Project
Despite adversaries’ strong opposition to a proposed 600-mile mid-Atlantic natural-gas pipeline on environmental, eminent domain and conflict-of-interest grounds, project developers late last month hired a four-firm team to build the estimated $5-billion project.
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Work Re-Starts on Troubled Indiana I-69 P3
The problems have been piling up for Section 5 of I-69 in Indiana, a segment that involves 21 miles of upgrades to existing state Highway 37 from Bloomington to Martinsville.
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Volvo Demos Autonomous, Hybrid Prototype Machines
The electric hum of a motor and the crunch of gravel under tires were the only audible sounds as a fully autonomous dump truck drove itself along a stretch of road up to a gravel pile at Volvo Construction Equipment’s customer center in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
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Geoplast to showcase at this year's Big 5 Dubai
Geoplast is an Italian engineering and manufacturing company with a 40-year experience in the production of plastic materials for construction
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Thales bags Saudi railway maintenance contract
The maintenance contract includes the corrective activities as well as predictive maintenance, which will enable rail operators to fix assets before they fail
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Dubai: DPG unveils 18 new buildings in Remraam
The construction progress of the 18 buildings, which contain 1441 units, has reached 90% and is moving forward in line with the pre-determined timelines
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