While Qatar attempts top quell the international tide of criticism around its treatment of construction labourers on the 2022 World Cup sites, FIFA maintains that the pressure for change will continue
Source: New feed
Month: January 2017
L&T consortium bags two Saudi Aramco contracts
The contract is awarded to supply and install four wellhead decks in the Safaniya field and another award to upgrade on 17 platforms in various offshore fields
Source: New feed
Hamarain to float tender for RAK Four Points hotel
The tender is expected to be floated by the fourth week of January with the bid submission deadline by the end of February
Source: New feed
Oman: $21m building opens at Khoula Hospital
The sultanate’s Minister of Health unveiled the new facility that spans 1.1ha and was developed through "a generous donation from Suhail Bahwan Foundation"
Source: New feed
Infrastructure worth 30% of Sharjah's 2017 budget
Funding for economic, social, scientific, and cultural growth has also been accounted for in the $5.9bn budget for 2017, the largest in Sharjah’s history
Source: New feed
Qatar Rail sets ambitious 2017 Doha Metro goals
Qatar Rail has outlined its ambitious set of goals to achieve its Doha Metro project deadline, due for operation at the end of 2019
Source: New feed
DPA to help upgrade Egyptian port infrastructure
DPA will send a technical mission to the Egyptian capital as an effort by the government to mechanise and link the country?s customs electronically
Source: New feed
Sheikh Mohammed launches 186ha Dubai Harbour
The waterfront project will feature components such as a 1,400-berth marina and a 135m structure comprising a luxury hotel and an observation deck
Source: New feed
UAE: Shaikhani Group delivers 224 units in 2016
The group boasts of a total development portfolio value of $952m (AED3.5bn) involving the development and delivery of 2,100 residential units spread across 12 towers
Source: New feed
Bahrain to begin work on over 3,500 housing units
The housing ministry has plans to construct 25,000 units more which are included in the Government Action Plan emanating from the royal order to build 40,000 units as soon as possible
Source: New feed