Tag Archives: Middle East

A major masterplan for a district development on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai which includes eight different types of transport has been approved.

The 2,000 seat Dubai Opera has opened in Downtown Dubai with an opening performance from tenor Placido Domingo.

Hyperloop One has partnered with port and terminal operator DP World to explore the role of new technology in the future of world trade.

Network Rail Consulting has appointed a new regional director for the Middle East.

With ever-increasing uncertainty about oil prices, countries in the Middle East can no longer rely on this commodity as a main revenue stream for civil engineering schemes. 

Dubai’s preoccupation with high rise buildings is notorious, but change is underway at the under-construction Downtown Dubai complex. 

The stark reality of plummeting oil process may have slowed some transport projects across the Middle East, but it has definitely not led to widespread cancellations. 

Next month the Syrian conflict will enter its sixth year – and with it, so will the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.

Bam and Dutco Balfour Beatty have signed contracts for civils construction work on a reclaimed island port in Dubai.