Gulf Construction

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$1.7bn family destination launched

Dubai Holding has launched Marsa Al Arab, a mega-project spread over a 4-million-sq-ft area near the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in...

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Abu Dhabi to build ‘largest’ solar power plant

Abu Dhabi has launched work on a Dh3.2-billion ($870 million) project to build the world’s largest independent solar...

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Schon breaks ground on $871m suites hotel

Schon Properties, a leading private developer in Dubai, and Dubai Civil Engineering, part of Al Hamad Group of Companies...

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$1.4bn highway on track

Work is progressing as per schedule on the Dh5.3-billion ($1.44 billion) Mafraq-Ghuwaifat International Highway, which involves construction of 16 new upper interchanges...

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Work starts on new City Centre in Sharjah

Majid Al Futtaim, a leading shopping mall and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has broken ground on its...

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STP expansion work in full swing

Work on doubling the capacity of Jebel Ali sewage treatment plant in Dubai is in full swing with 17 per cent of the project’s second phase already completed...

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Address towers linked by sky bridge

Emaar Properties said it has accomplished the challenging engineering feat of designing, constructing and lifting a sky bridge...

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$3bn financing for airports expansion

The Dubai government said it has secured $3 billion in long-term financing for expansion and development of the Dubai...

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Enec’s nuclear plant achieves milestone

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that it has, together with Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco...

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NFT relocates to giant facility in Abu Dhabi

UAE-based NFT, a specialist in tower cranes, has moved into a new sprawling 300,000-sq-m yard, located just off Ghweifat...

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In brief

BMTC opens new-look showroom...

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Sharjah’s tallest building on way

Jannah Hotels & Resorts, a leading operator and developer of luxury hotels in the UAE, has announced plans to build a 57-storey luxury mixed-use development on Al...

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RTA inks $102m road contracts

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded a Dh375-million ($102 million) contract for the construction of tunnels and roads leading to the Jewel of...

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Miral unveils $3.3bn Yas South development plan

Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading creator of destinations, has launched a Dh12-billion ($3.3 billion) master development plan to...

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Sharjah marks record concrete pour

Sharjah Municipality has created a new world record for the largest continuous concrete pour at an upcoming mall in Muweilah...

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TDIC residences on track

Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) said work on its residential project Jawaher Saadiyat is more than 22 per cent complete, with...

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Arabtec to build 2020 Tower

Arabtec Holding has announced that its subsidiary Arabtec Construction has been awarded a Dh1.46-billion ($398 million) contract by Wasl for the construction of the 2020...