Qatar’s new 2017 budget has been received positively with sustained spending on vital sectors including health, education, infrastructure and transport
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Ashghal: Traffic diversion on Al Rayyan Bridge
Doha’s vital Al Rayyan Bridge will be diverted for six months as roadworks are undertaken to convert as section of road to two-way traffic
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Emaar hotel chain awarded ISO mark for security
Emaar Hospitality Group is the world’s first hotel chain to be awarded the ISO 28000 : 2007 certification for its security management system
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Fixed Mega-Roof of Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium Spanning on Its Own
With the decentering complete of the fixed trusses that shape the daring kinetic roof of the Atlanta Falcons stadium, the steel erector is adding the eight movable parts, called “petals,” that will close and open like an oculus.
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Saudi: Dow Middle East Innovation Center tops out
The superstructure of the Dow Middle East Innovation Center, which is being constructed at Saudi Arabia?s King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, has topped out
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Work starts on $817m Mirdiff Hills project
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Dubai Investment and DIRC senior officials
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ASAAS to develop ‘world-class theme park’ in Oman
Dentons has advised Muscat National Development Company on the acquisition of a 150ha plot in Barka, Oman, on which it intends to develop a ?world-class theme park?
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Hanwha E&C receives backlog of $560m from Iraq
Hanwha Engineering & Construction is leading a new city project worth $10.1bn in Bismayah, 10km southeast of Baghdad, Iraq
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Pressure to remain on Qatar over World Cup workers
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
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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
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