Bauer International is currently constructing a pedestrian tunnel at Nation Towers in Abu Dhabi, which, going under the existing Corniche Road, will link the shopping complex and other components to a purpose built beach club.

Egypt's Orascom Construction (OCI) posted a 15 per cent rise in second-quarter net profits and said it expected orders to grow this year as governments in the Middle East try to create more jobs by boosting infrastructure spending.

The Saudi Arabia’s Construction Contracts Index (CCI) has shown that the Kingdom’s construction sector saw awarded contracts increase by 43 per cent increase over the second quarter of 2010.

Qatar's construction market has exhibited steady quarter-on-quarter growth in the first half of this year, reports from Qatar's Statistics Authority show.

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Properties said it began work on its US$1 billion mixed-use project in Syria despite the current unrest in the country.