Company’s building division will carry out batch of projects mainly in Ajman.
Author: Paromita Dey
Venue in Jaddaf will include two hotels, an office building and a huge arena.
Imdaad will showcase new facilities management innovations at FM Expo 2016, the leading Middle East facilities management event which kicks off tomorrow at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The company will host a stand at Za’beel Hall 6, F120, set up completely from recycled materials where it will display the latest technologies in integrated FM, including new approaches to environmental and waste management solutions. Jamal Abdullah Lootah, CEO of Imdaad, said: “As more companies the world over seek for sustainable ways to manage our natural resources, the built environment sector has also been stepping up its game to come up…
Residential development features three high rise tower with 283 units.
Portacool, the Texas-based provider of evaporative cooling solutions, predicts double digit growth for evaporative coolers in the UAE and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa markets, which are expected to experience hotter climates as a result of forecasted weather patterns. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia report that summer temperatures are forecast to increase more than twofold, reaching 50 degrees Celsius during the day and not lower than 30 degrees Celsius at night. For the 500 million inhabitants in the wider region, this means that public and…
The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Headquarters building has been awarded the American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Kuwait Chapter, Award of Excellence. Construction on the project began in 2013 and is due to be completed by the end of this year. “This building demonstrates the result of close collaboration between structure and architecture to achieve a world class iconic design,” said David Ross, Head of Structural Engineering, KEO Kuwait, the company that designed the building. The ACI Awards recognise projects at the forefront of innovation and technology and showcases these projects to inspire excellence in concrete design and construction around the…
UAE-based cable manufacturer Ducab has won a maiden order to supply an international nuclear power project after it was selected by Korean Hydro-Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) to supply its nuclear power-qualified cable range, NuBICC for the Shin Hanul 1 & 2 Nuclear power plant under construction in South Korea. Ducab chairman Dr Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh said the company had held off stiff competition from internationally renowned companies to win the contract. “Our national leadership has consistently encouraged us to constantly innovate and show the best of the UAE to the outside world, and being a part of a…
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded a contract to complete the widening of Seih Assalam Road from a single lane into a dual-carriageway. It covers a section extending about 21 km from Al Qudra roundabout up to the intersection of Dubai – Al Ain Road, at a cost of about AED178mn ($48.5mn), said HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA. Works will include constructing nine roundabouts, four crossings for camels & horses, a cycling track, service roads and car parks besides broadening the existing parking lot of the Dubai International…
Dubai-based Keilani Construction Company to build two new serviced residences in Al Furjan.
Saudi BinLadin Group (SBG) has reportedly bolstered its cash flow after securing a $666.5m (SAR2.5bn) loan from local banks using land as collateral. Arab National Bank and Saudi British Bank are said to be providing the loan, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter. One of Saudi Arabia’s largest construction contractors is expected to use the funds to cover redundancy costs for layed off workers and unpaid salaries, the newswire said. SBG is in the process of cutting its workforce by as many as 80,000 as it struggles to deal with lower oil prices and a ban on bidding for…