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The UAE overtook Saudi Arabia as the Gulf’s largest construction market in terms of contracts awarded in 2012, with the biggest tender coming from Abu Dhabi for the construction of a new terminal at the expanded Abu Dhabi International Airport. In 2013, the UAE construction market continued to post growth, led by Abu Dhabi’s capital investments...

After nearly five years of decline, rents in Abu Dhabi’s real estate market are stabilising, with prices for grade-A office space holding steady and prime residential rents rising for the first time since 2008-09. Driven by government investment in infrastructure and economic and social development projects, along with increased regional...

Suite à des années d’importantes dépenses publiques consacrées aux infrastructures, la vague de nouveaux investissements dont bénéficie la production algérienne de ciment devrait aider le pays nord-africain à faire face à la demande croissante que connait ce matériau de construction.

A favourable macroeconomic outlook – aided by a growing population, infrastructure investments and rising consumption – is driving the expansion of Nigeria’s cement market, with a number of large investments in capacity in the offing.

2013 saw the transition of power from the former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, his fourth son and second son with Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, a move unprecedented elsewhere in the Gulf but not unexpected in Qatar. 

Economic growth has created an unprecedented demand for construction equipment and raw material to build infrastructure, industrial bases, residences, retail outlets and all the other elements that are driving Qatar’s economy. This in turn requires a robust transport and logistics network to import and export goods and material. However, the...

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