Middle East
Dubai opera gets smart with building management solution fro
4 July 2017 Dubai Opera is now one of the world’s smartest and most energy-efficient performance spaces thanks to an extremely powerful building management platform from Siemens. The dhow-shaped buil...
Arabtec to build UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
July 04, 2017 The wholly owned subsidiary of Arabtec Holding was awarded the main contract, winning over 3 local and international companies, as per the Council, the Abu Dhabi-based government entity ...
Dubai housing complex deploys seos smart cards and hid mobil
June 30, 2017 HID Global has been selected by Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MRHE) in Dubai to upgrade its access control solutions. The company has deployed Seos smart cards and HID Mobi...
Middle east becoming an important market for smart lock indu
2017-06-22 The Middle East region is fast becoming an important market for the smart lock industry. According to research by Frost and Sullivan, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region access control ...
$250 billion worth of projects in Saudi yet to be awarded
June 19, 2017 Projects yet to be awarded in the Kingdom accounts for 39% of the total value in the GCC indicate the “Saudi Arabia 2017: Delivering Vision 2030” report by MEED says. The kingdom’s ener...
Dow Chemical to build a new polymer facility in Saudi
June 19, 2017 The first agreement is to construct a new waterborne polymer facility, valued at more than $100 million, to produce coatings emulsion polymers plus polyacrylate dispersant polymers for w...
Majid Al Futtaim to power 4 more malls with solar panels
June 08, 2017 Solar panels will power 4 more malls by Majid Al Futtaim by 2018, delivering expected savings of around $22 million, the company has announced. The power deal was signed with Enov...
NXN Launches Managed Security Services Practice in Middle Ea
Jun 5, 2017 NXN (formerly neXgen Group), a leading Smart Cities Digital Services organisation in the region has joined forces with McAfee to launch a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) practice in the Middle East. The MSSP practice will enable NXN to build on their Smart City Managed Service offering by providing governments and enterprises in the GCC, particularly in the critical in...
26,653 buildings planned for Dubai this year
5 JUN 2017 Dubai Municipality (DM) has announced that there are currently 26,653 buildings under construction in the emirate. The portfolio includes 16,870 villas that are part of a development, 1,23...
Miral awards new contract for $3.27 billion Yas Bay project
May 31, 2017 Developer of the project, Miral, announced that under the terms of the 4-year contract, Faithful+Gould will work on Phase 1 of the two-phase project, which is located in the south of Yas...
