Tag: Infrastructure

Construction & Real Estate

Airport, metro plans move ahead in Makkah

The Saudi city of Makkah is moving closer to a major transformation of its transport network, with plans for a new airport and metro system advancing as part of a major infrastructure upgrade, said a report. Feasibility studies and preliminary designs for the metro have already been completed. ...

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Heisco seals $186.4m Kuwait power infrastructure contract

Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Company (Heisco) has announced that it has signed a contract with the Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy for a major power infrastructure project worth KD57.2 million ($186.4 million). ...

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Kuwait records solid progress in road infrastructure, building works

Kuwait has reported significant progress in its projects for February, with infrastructure and building works advancing at a rapid pace across several housing cities including Al Mutlaa City (where 170 buildings are under construction) and South Sabah Al Ahmad City (where key roads works are underway). ...

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Madayn unveils $637m Oman industrial cities development plan

Oman’s Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) will invest RO245 million ($637 million) in infrastructure and development projects across its industrial cities between 2026 and 2030 as part of efforts to boost investment and economic diversification, said its top official. ...

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Gensler appoints new Sports Leader for Asia Pacific & Middle East

Gensler has appointed Elliott Pears as Regional Sports Leader for Asia Pacific and the Middle East (APME). Recognised globally for its impact across architecture and design, the firm continues to expand its leadership platform through strategic appointments in key growth regions....

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Oman awards $483m infrastructure development project contracts

Oman has awarded contracts worth RO186.3 million ($483 million) for two key infrastructure development projects - the Muscat Expressway Expansion and the Ibra Road Dualisation. The scope of work includes construction of independent two-lane flyovers as well as key road expansion. ...

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Heisco snaps up $567m KOC upstream infrastructure development work

Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Company has announced that it has secured a major contract worth KD174.2 million ($567.4 million) from Kuwait Oil Company for the construction of flowlines and associated works at its upstream oil facilities. ...

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SSH named lead consultant for key phase of Madinat Al Irfan Business Park

SSH, one of the leading masterplanning, infrastructure and project management firms in the Middle East, has been awarded the lead design and construction supervision consultancy contract for the third phase of the Madinat Al Irfan Business Park project in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. ...

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Safe Dubai 2026 signals new era of structured infrastructure monitoring

Senior infrastructure leaders, regulators, consultants and technology experts from across the Middle East were in Dubai for a major forum - Safe Dubai 2026 - to accelerate the region’s shift toward a more structured and unified infrastructure intelligence ecosystem. ...

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Saudi Arabia, UN working towards new national urban policy

Saudi housing ministry, in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and UN-Habitat, aims to set up the National Urban Policy that can serve as a cohesive framework linking economic diversification, housing, infrastructure and environmental sustainability across cities and regions in the kingdom. ...

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Khazna, Presight sign long-term AI facility management contract

Khazna Data Centers, a global leader in hyperscale digital infrastructure, has signed a long term, commercially significant contract with Presight, a leading big data analytics company, to deploy an AI optimised facility management (FM) solution and a centralised command and control centre. ...

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$15 trillion infrastructure gap to boost role of PPPs, says report

Global infrastructure faces a $15 trillion financing shortfall by 2040, driving increased reliance on public-private partnerships to fund projects ranging from energy transition to digital connectivity, as fiscal space tightens and investment needs rise, said a new report. ...

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Kuwait Petroleum signs deal for power, steam co-generation project

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said it has signed a strategic agreement to explore the development of a power and steam co-generation plant in the country's Ratqa area, in a move aimed at improving efficiency across Kuwait’s oil and power sectors....

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Groundbreaking of Expo 2030 Riyadh country pavilions likely in Q3

With the early award of a critical infrastructure contracts to Nesma & Partners and the mobilisation of global giants Bechtel and Buro Happold, the Expo 2030 Riyadh project is now accelerating toward its October 2030 opening. Work on the mega event's country pavilions is likely to begin in the third quarter, said media reports. ...

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Combined Group Contracting lands $210m Kuwait Oil contract

Combined Group Contracting (CGC), a leading infrastructure specialist, has secured multiple high-value contracts worth $210 million from Kuwait Oil Company. The scope of work includes development of complex oil and gas infrastructure developments in Kuwait. ...

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Saudi Arabia completes world's first tokenised property deed transaction

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved a global milestone in the digitisation of capital markets with the successful execution of the world’s first sovereign-native tokenised property title deed transfer. This infrastructure reduces property settlement times from days to mere seconds. ...

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Mace-Suez JV starts Qatar West Drainage maintenance work

Mace Qatar, a specialist in infrastructure construction and district cooling service, has joined hands with French utility major Suez to start the operation and maintenance of Qatar West Catchment Zone. The scope of work covers 1,375 km of foul sewer network, key treatment facilities as well as 43 pumping stations. ...

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Dubai completes key infrastructure projects package for Al Quoz Creative Zone

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has completed the package of infrastructure projects in Al Quoz Creative Zone in a bid to enhance its soft mobility and transport integration. The work includes construction of a 45-m pedestrian and cycling bridge as well as 4 km of dedicated walking and cycling tracks. ...

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Tabreed signs up for Sustainability Forum Middle East 2026

Tabreed, a global leader in energy-efficient district cooling and sustainable cooling infrastructure, has announced that it has signed up as a lead partner for the fourth edition of the Sustainability Forum Middle East (SFME), a major industry event being held this week in Bahrain. ...

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Dubai invites bids for strategic sewerage tunnels project

Dubai Municipality has issued requests for proposal (RfPs) for the Phase II Links Package of the Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) project. The project scope for the winning bidder includes development, funding, design and EPC services as well as operation and maintenance work. ...