A social space with solar external skin designed by architects Ortner + Ortner Baukunst has been erected on the campus of Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Designed as a “live gallery”, a PV pavilion has been created with 4-metre-high break-proof solar modules from Odersun AG.

The 35-meter-long photovoltaic pavilion adds the finishing touch to the university"...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced it was awarded a contract by TAIF Group to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) to be implemented at the Nizhnikamsk refinery in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the License, Basic Engineering Package (LBEP), and other services for TAIF’s VCC-based"...

Kavalani and Sons, suppliers of industrial, construction and marine equipment and products in Bahrain and distributor of TYROLIT, organised a product launch event at the Arab Asian Business Centre in Salmaniya.

The event included a presentation on the working of machines, keeping in mind the ongoing and upcoming infrastructural project requirements in the country.

Demonstrations of machines and consumables were presented to guests from all leading contracting and fabrication companies.

TYROLIT, founded in 1919 in Austria, is a company of the well-known Swarovski Group, one...

Qatar's ambitious economic policies have sustained double-digit growth rates while much of the world has struggled over the past few years. But the state may now be overreaching, as a building boom threatens a glut in its property market.

State-owned property developers Barwa Real Estate and Qatar Diar are set to spend QR100bn ($ 27.5bn) over the five years to 2016 on commercial and residential projects, according to a national development strategy unveiled last March for the country of 1.7mn people.

The government is backing that with promised"...

Strong government support through major investments and programmes is expected to spur more growth for Bahrain's construction industry in 2012.

The country's move to launch and develop more social housing projects is a major driver in this segment.

Eyeing to play a major part in this forecasted growth, Rubber World Industries (RWI) has announced its plans to position itself as a major provider of world-class high-quality rubber based building materials through the strategic move of expanding its trading division.

RWI is a the leading"...

The Bahrain Property Development Association (BaPDA) welcomed into its fold its newest member V.K. Universal Property Management Co. SPC, a part of the VKL Group of Companies which was established in 2004 and has invested and developed some of the most prestigious projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Founded in August 2010, the Bahrain Property Development Association (BaPDA) is the first of its kind in Bahrain, and has already initiated, in the short period of its existence, efforts towards forming amicable business ties among the members, and providing a platform for them to communicate with...

An agreement has been signed to create the first indoor snow village in Saudi Arabia, similar to the Ski Dubai attraction in the UAE.

Saudi construction giant Dar Al Arkan said on Sunday it had inked a deal with Al Othaim Investment and Real Estate Development Company to lease space for the project at Alqasr Mall in Riyadh.

The agreement, for fifteen years, will see a 10,693 sq m area developed by Al Othaim for "the first indoor snow village of its type", the companies said in a statement.

The indoor ski park will be part of a Safori Land recreation concept being developed...

A multi-billion dollar industrial, tourism and urban scheme, anchored by a world-class port and dry dock complex, the Duqm Development has been conceived as a dynamo of economic growth to fuel the nation's long-term prosperity. This ambitious initiative will be discuss this Sunday at the Grand Hyatt through insightful presentations, panel discussions and interactions sessions as part of the Summit's opening day dedicated to Duqm development project.

As the Chief Guest, H.E. Yahya bin Said bin Abdullah Al Jabri, appointed last November by Royal Decree as Chairman of the Special Economic...

The number of housing applications that remain pending at the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) is expected to reach 95,000 within two months; a record number in Kuwait’s history.

This was revealed by a senior PAHW source who complained to Al-Rai about the slow progress in completing residential projects that allowed the number to reach record levels.

‘This rate is an indication that the PAHW suffers from a crisis in which it finds itself incapable of meeting ever-growing housing demands, given the government’s inability to devise prompt solutions.’...

A 61-member delegation from Gujarat representing the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) visited The Wave, Muscat as part of a two-day business exploration tour to the Sultanate. With real estate continuing to be a major driver of India’s economic growth, the delegation aimed to gain first-hand experience of the master-planned community and Oman’s premier lifestyle destination as a successful model that has become distinctly recognisable on a global level.
As the largest body of over 6,000 private real estate developers in India, the group...