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Umm Al Quwain transitions to BricsCAD to boost Urban Planning efficiency in UAE
Umm Al Quwain transitions to BricsCAD to boost Urban Planning efficiency in UAE The Urban Planning Department of the Government of Umm Al Quwain, located in the northern part of the United Arab Emirat...
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Expertise Contracting orders 79 TADANO cranes for Saudi Arabia
Expertise Contracting orders 79 TADANO cranes for Saudi Arabia When the order for 79 Tadano all terrain cranes by Saudi industry-leading industrial service provider Expertise came, it was clear that i...
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Museum of the Future in Dubai features Architectural Wonder made with Rimex Stainless Steel
Museum of the Future in Dubai features Architectural Wonder made with Rimex Stainless Steel When a new iconic building opens somewhere in the world, Rimex Metals Group, a global manufacturer of specia...
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Ground-breaking Desalination Tech during Water Week at Dubai World Expo
Ground-breaking Desalination Tech during Water Week at Dubai World Expo More than 340 million square meters of banners were printed in Europe throughout 2018. If one were to link all these banners tog...
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Hytera Secure Communication Radio Technology endorsed at Expo 2020 Dubai
Hytera Secure Communication Radio Technology endorsed at Expo 2020 Dubai Hytera, a global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, reported that their PoC radios, showc...
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Technology Innovation Institute opens Advanced Materials Research Center in Abu Dhabi
Technology Innovation Institute opens Advanced Materials Research Center in Abu Dhabi Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s A...
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Australian Avass looks to manufacture Electric Vehicles and Batteries in Saudi Arabia
Australian Avass looks to manufacture Electric Vehicles and Batteries in Saudi Arabia Australia-based Avass Group recently announced that they have signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to jointly man...
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Egis and Cylus launch first Global Rail Cybersecurity Operations Center
Egis and Cylus launch first Global Rail Cybersecurity Operations Center Egis and Cylus will deliver the first Rail Security Operations Centre (SOC) through their joint cybersecurity Center of Excellen...
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Doosan Portable Power announces new Generator range for Middle East and Africa
Doosan Portable Power announces new Generator range for Middle East and Africa Doosan Portable Power has introduced a new range of small generator models for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market, a...
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AECOM and Royal Commission for AlUla sign strategic partnership in Saudi Arabia
AECOM and Royal Commission for AlUla sign strategic partnership in Saudi Arabia AECOM, a leading infrastructure consulting firm, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Royal Commission...
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Metawave celebrates ‘Invest in Humanity’ at the Future Investment Initiative
Metawave celebrates ‘Invest in Humanity’ at the Future Investment Initiative Metawave Corporation, world leader in high-end sensing and perception for Terrestrial and Aerospace mobility, w...
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Ricardo wins Air Quality monitoring contract in Riyadh
Ricardo wins Air Quality monitoring contract in Riyadh World-class environmental, engineering and strategic consulting company Ricardo will be continuing to provide key air quality monitoring and data...
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Evocargo enters EMEA Markets with Autonomous Truck Logistics
Evocargo enters EMEA Markets with Autonomous Truck Logistics Global autonomous cargo transportation company Evocargo demonstrated its unmanned logistics platform EVO.1 at EXPO 2020 Dubai. The Founder...
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Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai
Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai After a one-year postponement, the Expo 2020 will open its doors in Dubai for six months starting on 1 October 2021. Doka will be there, presentin...
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Abu Dhabi launches $3m ASPIRE MBZIRC maritime robotics challenge
Abu Dhabi launches $3m ASPIRE MBZIRC maritime robotics challenge The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) will be held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, in June 2023, where tech in...
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Esri delivers data-driven governance for Upper Egypt Local Development Program
Esri delivers data-driven governance for Upper Egypt Local Development Program When the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a global call to action to achieve a more sus...
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New look Bobcat S450 Loader charges ahead in the EMEA regions
New look Bobcat S450 Loader charges ahead in the MEA regions Bobcat has launched a new version of the company’s market-leading S450 radius lift path skid-steer loader, introducing Bobcat’s bold new br...
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Hytera collaborates with Specialized by stc for critical communications for the 1442 Hajj
Hytera collaborates with Specialized by stc for critical communications for the 1442 Hajj Hytera, the global trusted provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, has collaborate...
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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development supports road infrastructure development in Rwanda
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development supports road infrastructure development in Rwanda Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the economic development arm of the UAE government, signed an agreement with th...
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Halliburton selected by Kuwait Oil Company for Digital Transformation
Halliburton selected by Kuwait Oil Company for Digital Transformation Halliburton Company announced it received a contract from Kuwait Oil Company, a world leader in digital transformation, to expand...
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Doosan celebrates 221 orders from all over Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East
Doosan celebrates 221 orders from all over Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East Doosan Infracore has announced that it has signed contracts to deliver a total of 221 construction machines in co...
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Tactile Data gathering project aims to collect road data in real-time
Tactile Data gathering project aims to collect road data in real-time Tactile Mobility, the leading tactile data and virtual sensing technology company for the automotive industry, municipalities and...
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African Development Bank funds €145m for railway safety and reliability in Egypt
African Development Bank funds €145m for railway safety and reliability in Egypt The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of €145 million to finance reliability and p...
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JCB armour plated excavator supports landmine clearance in Afghanistan
JCB armour plated excavator supports landmine clearance in Afghanistan Landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust is operating a fleet of JCB machines to help clear minefields in Afghanistan and they w...
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Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East
Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East With their constant appetite for innovation, GCC cities should arguably be the most dynamic playgrounds for new transportation an...
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Paramount Group and Sarcos Robotics bringing Mobile Robots to Middle East and Africa
Paramount Group and Sarcos Robotics bringing Mobile Robots to Middle East and Africa Paramount Group, the global aerospace and technology company, and Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in the developme...
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Kuwait builds first in-situ cantilever bridge project with Doka Formwork
Kuwait builds first in-situ cantilever bridge project with Doka Formwork The Nawaseeb Road in Kuwait forms an important part of the country’s national infrastructure, providing a strategic, logi...
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Sacyr wins engineering contract for Dahshour Gas Compression Station in Egypt
Sacyr wins engineering contract for Dahshour Gas Compression Station in Egypt Sacyr Fluor, a subsidiary of Sacyr Ingeniería e Infraestructuras, will be in charge of the engineering, the supply of mate...
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EIB supports €1.128 billion urban transport in Egypt
EIB supports €1.128 billion urban transport in Egypt The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Arab Republic of Egypt have signed a €1.128 billion agreement to support investments in the rehabilitati...
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Mott MacDonald awarded Red Sea Development sustainable transport consultancy
Mott MacDonald awarded Red Sea Development sustainable transport consultancy The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has awar...
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Etisalat names Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Vision a Best Innovations in 2020
Etisalat names Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Vision a Best Innovations in 2020 Hyundai Motor Group’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vision concept, S-A1, will be on display at GITEX Technology Week, December 6...
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Kuwait awards Siemens Energy major service contract to bolster power grid reliability
Kuwait awards Siemens Energy major service contract to bolster power grid reliability Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 hig...
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Advanced Technology Research Council creates ASPIRE to drive future technologies
Advanced Technology Research Council creates ASPIRE to drive future technologies The newly established Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) in Abu Dhabi has announced its plans to drive the cre...
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Experts discuss and debate the Future of Smart Cities in a Post-Pandemic World
Experts discuss and debate the Future of Smart Cities in a Post-Pandemic World Doha, Singapore, and Amsterdam are represented in a virtual summit hosted by Msheireb Downtown Doha, one of world’s smart...
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STRABAG awarded contracts for flood protection dams in Oman
STRABAG awarded contracts for flood protection dams in Oman STRABAG, the publicly listed European-based construction group, has been awarded two major contracts in the Sultanate of Oman. The Ministry...
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Hill International selected as Project Manager for monorail projects in Egypt
Hill International selected as Project Manager for monorail projects in Egypt Hill International, a global leader in managing construction risk, announced today it was awarded a contract to provide pr...
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AECOM secures Saudi Arabia backbone infrastructure design role for visionary NEOM region
AECOM secures Saudi Arabia backbone infrastructure design role for visionary NEOM region AECOM, a world leading infrastructure consulting firm, has been appointed to design transport and utilities bac...
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Doka Climbing Formwork at the core of Katara Towers
Doka Climbing Formwork at the core of Katara Towers Timed to be ready for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a new luxury hotel complex is emerging on Qatar’s coast: Katara Towers. In addition to hotel rooms, t...
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Autonomous Container Terminal Vehicles start work at Jebel Ali Port
Autonomous Container Terminal Vehicles start work at Jebel Ali Port Leading trade enabler, DP World, UAE Region and the autonomous vehicle, robotics and AI specialist DGWorld has entered a contractual...
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Bridges Israel raises $5m to build resilient coastlines with ECOncrete
Bridges Israel raises $5m to build resilient coastlines with ECOncrete ECOncrete, an Israeli startup delivering high-performance bio-enhancing concrete technologies, announced today it is raising 5 mi...
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SIKA acquires Modern Waterproofing Group in Egypt
SIKA acquires Modern Waterproofing Group in Egypt Sika has acquired Modern Waterproofing Group, a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing systems in Egypt. The acquisition supplements and ro...
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Designing the Kinnet Tunnel to last a century
Designing the Kinnet Tunnel to last a century The Kinnet tunnel was designed to collect flood water from the entire Arava region and the city of Eilat, Israel. It is being constructed in a highly agg...
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Redefining road infrastructure at the Roads, Bridges and Highways Middle East Forum
Redefining road infrastructure at the Roads, Bridges and Highways Middle East Forum Of all the active infrastructure projects that are being developed in the Middle East, roads, highways and bridges r...
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EIB invests €1.2m for Technical Assistance to support upgrade of Cairo Metro Line 2
EIB invests €1.2m for Technical Assistance to support upgrade of Cairo Metro Line 2 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €1.2 million Technical Assistance agreement with the Egyptian Nation...
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EIB invests €1.5m to upgrade of Tanta to EL Mansoura to Damietta railway in Egypt
EIB invests €1.5m to upgrade of Tanta to EL Mansoura to Damietta railway in Egypt The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation (MOIC) have signed a coopera...
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Project Qatar Mobility promotes self-driving shuttles in Doha for next-level Transport
Project Qatar Mobility promotes self-driving shuttles in Doha for next-level Transport For the first time ever a cutting-edge fleet of self-driving Level 4 electric shuttles will usher in a new era of...
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PIARC explored Transport Systems Economics at the World Road Congress
PIARC explored Transport Systems Economics at the World Road Congress During the World Road Association (PIARC) World Road Congress held in Abu Dhabi last October, Dr Fred Amonya, Chair Transport Syst...
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EBRD strengthens construction and utilities sectors in Egypt
EBRD strengthens construction and utilities sectors in Egypt The Egyptian construction sector will receive a boost with a US$ 20 million loan by the EBRD to Hassan Allam Holding (HAH), a joint stock c...
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Dubai Expo 2020 ticket and visa information for the Construction sector
Dubai Expo 2020 ticket and visa information for the Construction sector VFS Global has been named an official ticket reseller for the Dubai Expo 2020, the World’s Greatest Show, to be held in the UAE...
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The Middle East in Focus: Transportation, Innovation, Disruption and Gulf Traffic
The Middle East in Focus: Transportation, Innovation, Disruption and Gulf Traffic Gulf Traffic, an annual event that takes place from the 9 – 11 of December this year, will bring to light some of the...
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