Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Iraq-based Mihtab Group to develop a brand new Hilton Hotels and Resorts property in Erbil, Iraq

Ranco & Zamil has won a SAR 52 million (US$13.8 million) contract to fabricate, supply and erect precast elements on a five-storey multi-level car park project for the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defence and Aviation

Speedy Hire has been awarded a five-year US$50 million contract to support ESNAAD in relation to Zakum Development Companys (ZADCO) artificial islands project in Abu Dhabi

Dubai will have its first green mosque by 2013. (Image source: Florian Martys/Flickr)

In 2013 Dubai will have a mosque that will not only be the largest in the emirate but will also be eco-friendly, with energy and water consumption reduced by 15 to 19 per cent