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The UAE construction industry is expected to grow by 3.8% in 2021, with Saudi Arabia’s construction industry to be buoyed by significant funds invested in the tourism industry as part of the Saudi Vision 2030, according to Linesight’s market research Ciaran McCormack, regional... READ MORE

Both the housing and commercial categories saw activity return to growth during June, with the rate of expansion sharper in the former. Civil engineering activity decreased, but at a much softer pace that was the weakest since January. New business continues to fall  The... READ MORE

US-Saudi Arabian Business Council tells CW how the outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the face of KSA’s construction sector. The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has left an unprecedented impact on local and international stock markets and supply... READ MORE

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is collaborating with Government in leading the national response to Covid-19. The initial phase is containment with the objective being to minimise the spread of Covid-19. This is the critical stage for employers and employees.... READ MORE

New measures to combat Covid-19 will increase costs and slow projects, says CIF The construction sector should be able to gradually reopen in the first phase of the economy getting restarted, but new measures to combat coronavirus, also know as Covid-19, will inevitably increase... READ MORE

Oil prices tumbled to 33-month lows on Friday as coronavirus fears and doubts about production cuts took hold. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries halved its growth forecast for global oil demand this year to 480,000 barrels per day, blaming the epidemic. Cartel... READ MORE

On Friday 20th December we returned to Dublin city center to help feed the homeless people on our streets. We had arranged for a large number of sandwich’s to be prepared and along with soft drinks made our way around the inner city areas of Dublin to hand out over the course of... READ MORE

More than 5,200 construction projects are currently ongoing in Saudi Arabia at a value of $819 billion, and the Kingdom’s construction market is expected to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% between 2019 and 2024, said a new report by ResearchAndMarkets.com. The... READ MORE

From the Channel Tunnel to the Transcontinental Railroad: Irish emigrants’ work can be seen throughout the world Irish writer Brendan Behan once remarked: “People who say manual labour is a good thing have never done any”. Nevertheless, the fruits of the toil of Irish... READ MORE

Sheikh Mohammed remembers his father Sheikh Rashid on his 29th death anniversary. Dubai:  “Many hearts were broken as they could not believe they had lost a father.” This was how His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of... READ MORE