A new report predicts a further leg down to the UAE property market before prices and rents recover.
Buildings
Strabag wins Omani port infrastructure contract
Strabag Oman was awarded a contract worth US$208mn from the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), Oman, to build access roads and a range of infrastructure at Duqm port.
Construction begins on US$7 billion Doha Port
Construction work has officially begun on the first phase of the US$7 billion New Doha Port in Mesaieed, with the foundation stone being laid by Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar.
Besix Group wins US$519mn Saudi joint venture contract
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), said that its 50 per cent owned Besix Group won a US$519mn joint venture contract with Al-Muhaidib Contracting Co. in Saudi Arabia for the design and construction of the King Abdullah Sports City development near Jeddah.
UAE tops list of cancelled construction projects in August
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A report by Citigroup revealed that the UAE accounted for 56 per cent of the total cancelled and delayed projects for the main regional markets in August.