Revolutionising The Future Of East Africa Construction Industry
The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman unveils $22bn Riyadh development projects
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has approved 1,281 cross-sector development projects in Riyadh.
King Salman laid...
World Economic Forum: Future Scenarios and Implications for the Construction Industry
Incremental change is not an option any more in the construction industry. By redefining the ultimate frontier, leapfrogging innovations in construction will finally help...
India: Starting a new city from scratch
A new city in Southeast India, built literally from scratch along the Krishna River, intends to turn an area of 217 square kilometers of...
China deepens presence in Kenya with mega city construction
Chinese construction giant Beijing Damei Investment Company is planning to build a mega city in Kenya further deepening China’s presence in Kenya, one of the...
Vietnam: Resolution to improve construction investment
The Government of Vietnam has issued a resolution assigning major tasks for ministries and local authorities and asking them to identify solutions to obstacles...
Construction on Saudi Arabia’s 334km² Qiddiya to start in 2019
Construction on Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia’s planned 334km2 entertainment gigaproject by Public Investment Fund (PIF), will reportedly start this year.
Speaking to Riyadh-based news outlet Arab News,...
The most and least expensive market to build
San Francisco holds the lead this year as the most expensive city to build
This year San Francisco removes New York from the top spot,...
GCC construction deals set to rise to $148.7bn in 2018
New research says the UAE will award a third of the region's construction contracts this year
Rising oil prices and increased government spending is fuelling...
Saudi Arabia’s construction projects valued at $284bn in 2017
Saudi Arabia’s construction projects were worth more than $284.3bn (SAR1tn) in 2017, when 700 new schemes were expected to be launched in the following months. These...
