Industry News
Qatar’s climate-friendly plan for World Cup 2022 highlighted at COP25
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has presented an event, ‘Technology to meet climate change challenges and creating value from CO2’, on the sidelines of the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, [...]
KAHRAMAA completes Doha Metro Al Bidaa substation
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation "KAHRAMAA" has completed the commissioning of Al Bidaa Metro substation, with the accomplished work, all five electricity substations of KAHRAMAA pertaining to Doha Metro project of Qatar Rail have [...]
Al Thumama Stadium takes shape
Al Thumama Stadium, one of the stadiums to hold FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches, is fast taking shape. It will be hosting matches through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Supreme Committee for [...]
Qatar’s construction sector has an optimistic outlook, shows Pinsent Masons survey
Qatar's construction sector has a bullish outlook for the next 12 months on account of many projects in the pipeline and also that Doha has now joined Singapore mediation convention, which encourages direct enforcement of [...]
Masterplan for 7.1mn sqm megaproject in Saudi Arabia revealed
Diriyah Gate Development Authority unveils masterplan for megaproject coming up on western side of the Saudi capital. Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) has unveiled the masterplan for its 7.1 million sqm megaproject coming [...]
Kuwait will launch region’s first hybrid outlet mall
Tamdeen Group says project will benefit from the country’s stable economy with a GDP of $142 billion. Kuwait-based Tamdeen Group has announced that one of its subsidiaries, Tamdeen Pearl has launched the region’s first hybrid [...]
Stunning indoor tropical garden, water feature design revealed for HIA’s expansion
Hamad International Airport (HIA) has revealed on Tuesday plans for its second expansion phase to further enhance the airport's capacity to more than 60 million passengers annually. The new expansions were announced at a press [...]
Sustainability facts about the National Museum of Qatar
Northcroft were privileged to have been involved with the National Museum of Qatar project. Since its opening in March 2019, NMoQ has made headlines in national and international media. The project has been endorsed by [...]
HIA will reveal next expansion phase plans at Cityscape Qatar
Hamad International Airport (HIA) will reveal its exciting plans for the second phase of the airport expansion to an international audience of real estate developers and investors at Cityscape Qatar, which takes place from 22 [...]
Slower growth expected for MENA region construction industry in 2019, says GlobalData
Construction in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to grow at 3.3% in 2019, with the pace of growth then accelerating throughout the forecast period to reach 4.9% by 2022-2023, says [...]
Works in progress to increase green areas by over 10 million sqm by 2022
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is progressing with implementing the first phase projects of the ‘Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads & Public Places in Qatar’ which targets to increase green areas in Qatar by [...]
Northcroft Middle East : “Back to Basics” Contract Administration Principles
Northcroft Middle East’s commitment to enhancing our client’s contract administration expertise and capabilities, is the first in a series of collaborative workshops focusing upon the specific issues and problems encountered whilst administering contracts during the [...]