LEADING companies from Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia will gather in Bahrain next April for gulfBID 2012, the showpiece trade exhibition for the region’s construction, contracting and engineering communities.

The sixth in series of highly-successful annual construction exhibitions, the event will run from April 24 to 26, 2012 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC). It is being organised by Bahrain-based Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions (HCE).

It will showcase products, services and expertise across the highly-specialised construction, contracting and engineering disciplines of building and construction; construction design, engineering and project management; water technology and environment; construction plant and machinery; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning; glass and metal; bathrooms and ceramics; and marble, cement and bricks.

Local, regional and international companies are expected to participate in the show. With a business-to-business (B2B) focus, gulfBID 2012 brings industry specialists face to face with decision makers, senior consultants and other key personnel from some of the region’s biggest projects and their promoters.

HCE managing director Jubran Abdulrahman said: “gulfBID 2012 is viewed as the essential promotional platform for the building and construction sector in the Northern Gulf.

“At a time when staggering levels of spending in construction and infrastructure projects in the region – totaling over half a trillion in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain alone – is currently under way, gulfBID provides an ideal opportunity for companies to network with the Northern Gulf’s top construction professionals and project specifiers.”

To date, key international business organisations, the German-Arab Chamber of Commerce and British Expertise, a trade organisation which promotes British construction, design and engineering companies overseas, have confirmed their support for gulfBID 2012.

The event will also host the second edition of the highly-acclaimed Green Building Forum, which provides an opportunity to exchange information and views about the role of the construction and housing sector in creating a more environment-friendly world.