Industry News
7 Construction Industry Trends to Watch in 2020
Despite the construction industry's traditional resistance to new technologies, some are making significant strides in rounds. Notable examples include, but are not limited to: mobile technology, drones, AI and more. Here are the construction tech [...]
Mall of Dilmunia in Bahrain plans to open ‘first of its kind’ entertainment hub
Dilmunia Mall Development Company has announced that a major new entertainment hub at Mall of Dilmunia in Bahrain is in its final stages of development. Funscape World, the "first of its kind" in Bahrain, will [...]
Hyundai E&C to Build Rusail Plaza Tower in Qatar
Hyundai Engineering and Construction (Hyundai E&C) has landed the Rusail Plaza Tower PLOT4 construction project in Qatar. The project was awarded to Hyundai E&C by Rusail Real Estate Development Co. in Qatar. Hyundai E&C will [...]
Happy New Year 2020
With 2019 winding down and 2020 right around the corner, a massive thank you to all our colleagues, friends and clients around the globe, from everyone at Northcroft Middle East . We wish you all [...]
Sharq Crossing re-launch affirms Qatar’s long-term growth
Qatar’s 2020 budget proposal to re-launch the multi-billion dollar Sharq Crossing project reflects the country’s confidence in its long-term growth. Qatar’s construction companies and private sector businesses believe this major project will continue to feed [...]
Qatar National Day 2019
For almost 44 years, Northcroft Middle East has proudly supported Qatar’s National Vision and participated with Qatar’s development and strategic growth. We are equally proud on the occasion of Qatar National Day, 18th December, and [...]
Lean Construction Institute Qatar (LCI-Q) to promote ‘lean culture’ in Qatar’s construction industry
The Lean Construction Institute Qatar (LCI-Q) was formally launched in Doha recently to promote ‘lean culture’ within the country’s construction industry. The institute, which was registered with the Qatar Financial Centre, is the first of [...]
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 [...]