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  • What role will Middle East play in Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction?

    Last month, a joint assessment by Ukraine’s government, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the United Nations estimated that the cost of reconstructing Ukraine is now at $411 billion. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in February 2022, Western allies have made a raft of commitments to help rebuild the war-torn state. Italy will host a bilateral conference later this month on funding Ukraine’s reconstruction, while London will host a global conference in June for political and business leaders from all over the world.

  • Saudi Arabia leads Mideast hotel construction activity: STR data  

    With 42,033 hotel rooms, the Kingdom accounts for 35.1 percent of 119,505 total keys under construction in the region. That places Saudi Arabia only after China and the US — which currently have 299,458 rooms and 154,284 rooms under construction respectively — making it one of the biggest hotel construction markets in the world despite a global slowdown.

  • Saudi Arabia leads Mideast hotel construction activity: STR data  

    With 42,033 hotel rooms, the Kingdom accounts for 35.1 percent of 119,505 total keys under construction in the region. That places Saudi Arabia only after China and the US — which currently have 299,458 rooms and 154,284 rooms under construction respectively — making it one of the biggest hotel construction markets in the world despite a global slowdown.

  • Saudi Arabia signs deal for construction of Rabigh 4 independent water plant project

    Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has confirmed in a statement that a consortium comprising ACWA Power, Haji Abdullah Alireza & Partners Company and Almoayyed Contracting Group has won the contract to develop the Rabigh 4 Independent Water Plant, with potable water production capacity of 600,000 m3/d of desalinated water.

  • Meet the top 30 Saudi construction companies in 2023

    The list was compiled by reaching out to home-grown contractors in the kingdom and sharing a questionnaire that focused on key criteria: Major Successes over the last 12 months; Projects completed within the 2022-2023 calendar year; Current Backlogs; and 2022 revenue. The editorial team then collated the information, utilised publically available information, and their own assessment of the kingdom’s most active construction firms, to produce the final result.

  • Meet the top 30 Saudi construction companies in 2023

    The list was compiled by reaching out to home-grown contractors in the kingdom and sharing a questionnaire that focused on key criteria: Major Successes over the last 12 months; Projects completed within the 2022-2023 calendar year; Current Backlogs; and 2022 revenue. The editorial team then collated the information, utilised publically available information, and their own assessment of the kingdom’s most active construction firms, to produce the final result.

  • Meet the top 30 Saudi construction companies in 2023

    The annual ranking of the top 30 Saudi Arabian construction contractors returns in 2023, profiling the biggest and most relevant firms in the kingdom. As delivery schedules intensify and work ramps up on the gigaprojects fuelling Vision 2030, Construction Week Middle East speaks to the companies helping to drive Saudi Arabia’s transition, via their work on thousands of project sites across the country.

  • Saudi to Identify Challenges Facing Construction Permits for Commercial Buildings

    Efforts are underway to identify the challenges related to obtaining construction permits for commercial buildings in Saudi Arabia. Proposed solutions are being developed and shared with the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs, and Housing, in anticipation of presenting the final plan at the periodic meeting of the Executive Committee for Improving the Performance of Private Sector Businesses (Tayseer).

  • After the Fanfare: Examining Qatar’s construction legacy post-FIFA

    Looking at the legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, it’s clear that despite the country’s construction sector being boosted by efforts to deliver the event on time, questions are now arising about how the country’s leaders and government are manoeuvring around the pressure to keep demand high.

  • Top 13 construction contracts in the Middle East in February 2023

    The new Al-Fursan project is reported as being the largest residential suburb in Saudi Arabia. Eighteen real estate development agreements were signed for the new Al-Fursan project’s first phase with companies including Retal Urban Development Company and Sumou Real Estate Company.