Author: Paromita Dey

Overall we anticipate that 2016 was the bottom in terms of growth in GCC construction markets. The year saw that initial expectations that the wealthy GCC markets could sustain their infrastructure project pipelines during a sustained period of lower oil prices was untrue and planned projects began a period of rationalisation. There has been pain in some markets – notably Saudi Arabia, which we forecast went into recession over 2016 – but 2016 also saw markets begin a fundamental transformation which should set them on the path of more sustainable growth as they look to increasingly tap the private sector.…

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