The 12th annual CONFEX, a major industry event for the facility management sector ended on a successful note featuring over 800 participants from across 12 countries, thus cementing FM's role in the region's $2.7 trillion construction pipeline.
The construction of the Dubai Metro Blue Line has reached 10 percent completion, just five months after its ground-breaking ceremony in June 2025.
The construction sector maintained a remarkable growth in Dubai, with a value addition of AED16 billion ($4.36 billion) in H1 2025, said a report.
Sweid & Sweid, a leading real estate development company, has appointed London-based McLaren Construction as the main contractor for BAY360, its upcoming mixed-use development and lifestyle destination in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT). With the enabling works now complete, the project is set for completion in Q1 2028.
The question is no longer how to build bigger data centres. It is how to deploy infrastructure fast enough to keep up with AI, says Roger (Zhaoyang) Wang, General Manager of Global Data Centers, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
Saudi Arabia’s construction activity expanded for a fifth consecutive month in September, although the pace of growth eased from August, according to a report. The activity increased across the key sectors of residential, non-residential structures and infrastructure supported by new orders.
Saudi-based Diriyah Company has announced that it has awarded two major construction contracts worth SAR2.73 billion ($720 million) to build six luxury hotels and three residential assets in Diriyah Square, thus boosting Diriyah’s position as an urban destination to live, work and visit.
Leading luxury project developer Sobha Realty has announced that one of its key subsidiaries has broken ground on Anantara Siniya Island Resort and Anantara Residences Sobha Siniya Island in the northern emirate of Umm Al Quwain, featuring 125 hotel keys and 125 Anantara-branded residences.
Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN) has completed 70% of construction work on its prime destination along the Jazan waterfront - SEVEN Jazan - logging more than seven million working hours without any lost-time injuries, in line with its commitment to health and safety standards on site.
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), a world-leading aluminium smelter, said it has achieved a major construction milestone by clocking 40 million safe working hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI), thus reinforcing its position as a global leader in industrial safety.
