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GOOGLE SEARCH: AMERICAN TECH GIANT GOOGLE IS SET TO REVOLUTIONISE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST NEWS • ANALYSIS • INTELLIGENCE • PROJECTS • CONTRACTS • TENDERS 12 - 18 MAY, 2018 • ISSUE 699 AN ITP MEDIA GROUP PUBLICATION CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM EXPERTS SAY THE MIDDLE EAST’S BUILDING OWNERS ARE MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR CASH SAVINGS BY OVERLOOKING DUCTWORK AND INSULATION OPERATIONS SUPPLY SALINI IMPREGILO SCIENCE PREQUALIFIED FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RIYADH MALL CAN BOOST FIRE SAFETY WITHIN THE REGION >>P06 P12 STEEL SCENE A C# PROGRAMME HELPS FIT 360KM OF STEEL TUBES FOR THE FAÇADE OF SAUDI’S ITHRA P32 @ CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE @ CWMIDDLEEAST @CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINECOM | DOWNLOAD THE CONSTRUCTION WEEK APP CONTENTS 12 - 18 MAY, 2018 • ISSUE 699 INTELLIGENCE 06 Salini seals prequalifation for Saudi centre FINANCE 08 Oger International acquired by Jordanian ROUND UP 10 UAE-Saudi pact sets up real estate funds CAREERS 18 24 The region’s top jobs and appointments ROUNDTABLE GO WITH THE FLOW Four HVAC experts meet in the UAE to discuss how properly designing, installing, and maintaining ducts and insulation could result in cost savings for regional building owners 22 EDITOR’S COMMENT 12 Italian interest in GCC construction should buoy the region’s contractors @ JAYDAWT @ CWMIDDLEEAST ANALYSIS For daily updates STRONG AS STEEL Rigorous construction supply chain management, especially in terms of steelworks and and subscriptions, log on to stakeholder responsibility, could boost fire protection and prevention in the Middle East constructionweekonline.com GUEST COMMENT 23 Sougata Nandi says a well-financed retrofit strategy is paramount to ensure buildings are future-ready PROJECT UPDATE 38 A concise review of CW’s latest site visits, including Dubia’s 1/JBR and the Sharjah Waterfront City project 32 EVENTS CALENDAR 42 DESIGN FOCUS Make a note in your diary for the PIPE DREAM upcoming construction-related A German-made computer programme has helped Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Center for events, awards, trade shows, and World Culture fit roughly 70,000 steel tubes to the façade of the pebble-shaped structure conferences in the Middle East WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM 12 - 18 MAY, 2018 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 3 PO Box 500024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates TEL +971 4 444 3000 WEB: www.itp.com Offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London & Mumbai ITP MEDIA GROUP CEO Ali Akawi MANAGING DIRECTOR Alex Reeve GROUP PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Ian Stokes WHEREWHERE TTHEHE CCONSTRUCTIONONSTRUCTION INDINDUSTRY’SUSTRY’S GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Greg Wilson LLEADERSEADERS ANDAND SENIORSENIOR DDECISIONECISION MMAKERSAKERS MEET EDITORIAL CW EDITOR [email protected] CW DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] CW REPORTER [email protected] ONLINE EDITOR [email protected] SUB-EDITOR [email protected] GOVERNMENT, DEVELOPERS, FM EDITOR [email protected] MEP EDITOR [email protected] PMV EDITOR [email protected] CONTRACTORS & THOUGHT LEADERS MEA EDITOR [email protected] CID EDITOR [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Mark Palmer BRINGING THE BEST TOGETHER TEL +971 4 444 3398, EMAIL [email protected] SALES EXECUTIVE Brendan Jackson TEL +971 4 444 3391, EMAIL [email protected] ITP LIVE GENERAL MANAGER Ahmad Bashour TEL +971 4 444 3549, EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE ADVERTISING ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Riad Raad TEL +971 4 444 3319, EMAIL [email protected] STUDIO SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Rajesh Raghav, Efraim Evidor, Richard Hall STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Lester Apuntar, Aasiya Jagadeesh, Ausra Osipaviciute, Grace Guino, Fritz Asuro, Ajith Narendra PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION GROUP PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR Kyle Smith PRODUCTION MANAGER Basel Al Kassem PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Mahendra Pawar SENIOR IMAGE EDITOR Emmalyn Robles IMAGE EDITOR Ismail Aboobacker CIRCULATION HEAD OF CIRCULATION Vanessa D'Souza CIRCULATION EXECUTIVE Loreta Regencia MARKETING DIRECTOR OF AWARDS & MARKETING Daniel Fewtrell EVENTS MANAGER, BUSINESS EVENTS Sophie McHugh ITP GROUP CEO Ali Akawi CFO Toby Jay Spencer-Davies WEB www.ConstructionWeekOnline.com SUBSCRIBE online at www.itp.com/subscriptions NOTICE The publishers regret that they cannot accept liability for errors or omissions contained in this publication, however caused. 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JUMEIRAH EMIRATES TOWERS, DUBAI FOR MORE INFORMATION: WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM/CONFERENCES MEDIA PUBLISHED BY AND © 2018 ITP MEDIA GROUP FZ-LLC. 4 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 12 - 18 MAY, 2018 WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM NOW ONLINE FOR FM PROFESSIONALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST VISIT TODAY AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER WWW.FM-MIDDLEEAST.COM INTELLIGENCE The Italian contractor’s portfolio of projects in the Middle East includes the Kingdom Centre in Riyadh and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi [pictured]. Contract of note: Italy’s Salini Impregilo prequalified for Saudi’s $1bn The Avenues talian contractor Salini Impregilo has region. The company’s regional portfolio been prequalified to work on Phase 1 of includes the Kingdom Centre in Riyadh and the The Avenues project in Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Located in Riyadh, the project has an The contractor also said it was interested in Iestimated value of $1bn (SAR3.8bn) and consists participating in the region’s public sector-led of a complex with a shopping centre, two “big investment plans”, including Neom, the residential towers, two hotels, and a tower for entertainment city announced by Crown Prince offices and health services. Mohammad Bin Salman in 2017. Salini Impregilo said the project would In February, Salini Impregilo was awarded strengthen its “involvement in the building and a $1.3bn (SAR4.87bn) contract by the Saudi urban mobility sectors in Saudi Arabia, where Arabia National Guard. The project entails the $88bn of investments are set to be spent on delivery of housing and urban planning services, infrastructure during the next five years”. as well as the construction of 6,000 villas across The firm also revealed it was bidding a 700ha area to the east of Riyadh. A 160km on projects worth a total of $3bn in the road, in addition to secondary routes and Middle East. With more than 50 years of related services, a sewage treatment plant, and Gulf experience, Salini Impregilo expressed above- and below-ground water systems, will optimism about its future prospects in the also be developed as part of the project. 6 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 12 - 18 MAY, 2018 WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM INTELLIGENCE For up-to-the-minute tenders log on to constructionweekonline.com TOP TENDERS Construction of multipurpose Nakheel, Al Nasr DP World to bid community hall Country: Saudi Arabia to build $82m mall for ICD project Closes: May 14, 2018 Category: Buildings Nakheel is teaming up with Al Nasr DP World has signed an agreement Issuer: General Directorate of Cultural and Sports Club for a mall project with the Suez Canal Authority and Education in Sebia in the Al Khawaneej district of Dubai. Egypt’s Holding Company for Maritime Pre-qualiȌ cation for With a development value of $82m and Land Transport that will see DP construction of Ministry (AED300m), the planned joint venture World represent the group in bidding of Housing projects will have a built-up area of 72,000m2, for a government contract covering the including 30,658m2 of leasable space. development of an inland container depot Country: Bahrain It will feature three floors of retail, (ICD) in Cairo’s 6th of October City. Closes: May 16, 2018 Category: Buildings restaurants, and entertainment facilities, The group will submit its bid for the Issuer: Ministry of Housing including a supermarket, a cinema contract later this year, with DP World complex, and a fitness centre. to serve as the ICD operator in the event Refurbishment of training The project will be managed by that the tender is won. buildings in Ȍ re center Nakheel Malls, which currently has 19 Holding Company for Maritime and Country: Kuwait projects in its portfolio. Land Transport’s chairman, Mohamed Closes: Jun 12, 2018 According to Nakheel chairman, Ahmad Ibrahim Youssef, said: “This Category: Buildings Ali Rashid Lootah, the new mall at Al partnership is aligned with Egypt’s Issuer: The Kuwait Fire Khawaneej “will unite the Middle East’s strategy for sustainable development and Service Directorate largest retail developer and one of the the policy of the Ministry of Business Restoration, maintenance, region’s most prominent sports and Sector to increase [the] activities and and construction works at cultural organisations”. investments of its companies.” municipality buildings and facilities in Kuwait Country: Kuwait Closes: Jul 8, 2018 Emicool wins Expo 2020 district cooling contract Category: Buildings Issuer: Municipality of Kuwait Dubai Investments subsidiary, Emirates Restoration, maintenance District Cooling (Emicool), and construction at Kuwait