Saipem, an Italian construction company, has secured two projects worth more than US$3.5bn from the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services
Engineering
Real-time intelligent concrete monitoring with PASCHAL Maturix
PASCHAL has launched a real-time monitoring solution PASCHAL Maturix that aims to facilitate the efficient concreting process and provide well-founded evaluations
Abu Dhabi?s manufacturing sector witnesses up to six per cent growth
The industrial sector in Abu Dhabi has witnessed a rise as the growth rate of manufacturing industries increased to 5.9 per cent and 42 industrial facilities entered production with a total investment of US$3.35bn
Dark Matter detector observes universe?s rarest decay process
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers are part of an international team of scientists who have introduced XENON1T detector, which directly measures the rarest nuclear decay process ever recorded by a detector
Extending the durability of reinforced concrete with AkzoNobel?s Intercrete
Chloride attack is one of the most important factors when considering the durability of reinforced concrete, especially for structures in water and wastewater and other chloride-laden environments. Chloride attack leads to the aggressive corrosion of steel reinforcement, even in alkaline concrete, causing cracking and spalling and, in the worst cases, structural failure. Chris Lloyd, general manager, Intercrete division, AkzoNobel, explains