Largest Construction Boom in Saudi Arabia

Real estate boom
Gulf Daily News - Manama, Bahrain
DUBAI: As the largest construction market in the Gulf, the value of new construction contracts awarded to main contractors in Saudi Arabia is expected to increase by 15.4 per cent, reaching $60 billion next year, compared to $52bn last year, it emerged yesterday. ...

UAE Prequalify Companies for Its Nuclear Program

UAE set to select firms for N-programme
Trade Arabia - Manama, Bahrain
UAE's state-run Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, has begun prequalifying companies for UAE's nuclear programme, according to a report.
The potential prequalifiers include a French team of Areva, GdF Suez and Total, Westinghouse and Shaw Group of the United States, Japan's Toshiba Corp, and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), MEED reported, citing sources close to the plans. ...