This month, we break away from our regular visits to construction sites and take a look at the much anticipated restoration site of the UAE, the Heart of Sharjah. Lorraine Bangera looks into the progress at the cultural space and speaks with the project’s architect, Khawla Al Hashimi, about the importance of sustaining heritage in this region Every major city in the world has a space dedicated to its heritage and its roots, a site that reflects where the city comes from and how it was built. Some exalt these spaces by turning it into museums or heritage centres, which…
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Graphic Concrete Ltd, an innovative Finnish company manufacturing and marketing graphic concrete enters the Middle Eastern market Together with the Dubai based partner Versatile, a business development company, Graphic Concrete brings a new approach to designing prefabricated concrete surfaces in the Middle East. The patented technology invented by interior architect Samuli Naamanka is an industrial product for large scale surfaces and a tool with that allows architects to be more visually creative. “Graphic concrete allows designers and architects to design attractive and durable patterns and images to prefabricated concrete surfaces such as facades, walls and pavement slabs,” said Harri Lanning,…
In a bid to diversify furthermore into the metals industry, the GCC is producing a remarkable haul of aluminum and steel. The construction industry is rebounding in tandem, in turn incurring a mountain of profitability. Giorgios Retsinas writes The GCC has risen to new heights with the backing of hydrocarbon fuel. As well documented, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest producer of crude oil and subsequently the MENA region’s largest economy. Fellow GCC nations Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE are likewise yielding results, as the grouping of nations possess nearly a third of the world’s…
Volvo Trucks first with automatic all-wheel drive – for improved driveability and economy. Volvo Trucks have introduced a new feature which activates the drive on the front axle automatically when in motion and if the truck risks getting stuck. The feature called automatic traction control helps the driver enjoy improved maneuverability, and the owner benefits from lower fuel consumption and less wear and tear on the truck. This is the first truck manufacturer to offer automatic engagement of all wheel drive on construction trucks. The automatic traction control function activates the front wheel drive when the rear wheels lose traction…
Tim Armsby, Partner at Eversheds speaks with Construction Business News ME about infrastructure development in the Middle East, some of the key trends and challenges Could you tell us about the work of Eversheds in the Middle East? We are a full service law firm working across the region from seven offices as well as our relationship firms elsewhere. I lead our energy and infrastructure team in the region working on transactions in the oil & gas, power, water, transport, education and other sectors. Our work covers the full spectrum of legal work including commercial contracts, EPC, O&M, concessions, and…
Sayyid Wasfi Jamshid, Chairman of the Board of Directors at NAPCO, speaks with Lorraine Bangera about how the company plans to undergo a complete transformation to compete with a demanding market. He also talks about current developments taking place in the Sultanate of Oman and gives us an insight about what Omanisation truly is After being unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2014, Sayyid Wasfi Jamshid took up a specific mission to formulate and oversee the implementation of a brand new strategy for aluminium extrusions company, National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO), based in Oman.…
RP Global’s CEO, Dr Ravi Pillai, talks about the prospective growth in Dubai’s economy and its effect on the property market amid the company’s groundbreaking ceremony for upcoming residential tower, RP Heights The CEO and Chairman of RP Group of Companies, Dr Ravi Pillai, along with some of the company’s officials welcomed key players in the real estate industry for the groundbreaking of its upcoming residential tower project, RP Heights, on May 5 this year. RP Global, part of RP Group of Companies a global business conglomerate with an annual turnover of over US$4 billion, used the event to mark…
Construction Business News ME takes a look at the progress of the upcoming tallest building in the world, Kingdom Tower, in Jeddah. The CEO of Jeddah Economic Company (JEC) says that the project is on track and talks about adding new features that are record breaking as well, such as the Kone’s new fastest elevators in the world The vision of His Royal Highness by H.R.H Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Al Saud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Co, of constructing the tallest tower in the world is taking shape as the construction for the tower begins. Built by the Saudi…
Mustafa Pooya, Chief Commercial Officer of Select Group discusses the company’s latest project Marina Gate situated in the Dubai Marina. He talks about the progress made since design and how the building represents community building and comfort The Residences at Marina Gate, upcoming three-tower project by Dubai-based property developer, Select Group, will be occupying one of the last remaining plots in the coveted neighborhood of Dubai Marina. Looking at the rising towers in Dubai Marina in the last decade, the new development is likely to be the final opportunity to purchase luxury waterfront property in the area. The project consists…
In the 21st century, in many parts of the world, mankind has managed to hold the Malthusian disposition, which suggests that population increases faster than its means of subsistence resulting in disaster, unless population is checked by natural calamities or by people exercising control and having fewer children. What happens in another five decades will be too much of a foresight, but in another decade, humanity will survive, keeping reserves for sustenance. While cities across the world are growing vertically, mankind will have to ‘unwillingly’ force itself to find ways to move away from conventional norms of infrastructure development, and…