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TRMEConstruction2017-Cover_cover.qxd15/08/201710:26Page1 SERVING THE REGION’S BUSINESS SINCE 19849 4 TECHNICAL TECHNICAL REVIEW MIDDLE EAST USA: $16.50, United Kingdom: £10 Annual Construction Review 2017 ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW 2017 AIMING HIGH REVIVED MIDDLE EAST CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ATTRACTS INVESTORS Annual Construction Review 2017 Green guidebooks Exclusive Interview: EmiratesGBC CEO on sustainable buildings in the UAE Steel in demand Infrastructure drives increased steel production INSIDE Glass www.technicalreview.me Smart Design www.technicalreview.me Trucks HVACR 33 Years 1984 - 2017 Serving Middle East Business Market News - p6 Events - p38 Innovations - p40 Buyers’ Guide - p48 Arabic Section - p70 S01TRMECons2017-Start_Layout110/08/201708:27Page2 S01TRMECons2017-Start_Layout110/08/201707:27Page3 S01TRMECons2017-Start_Layout115/08/201709:43Page4 4 Contents EDITOR’S NOTE IN 2015 AND 2016, the construction IN THIS ISSUE... sector took a hard hit with many projects bUSINESS & MANAGEMENT TRUCkS Market News 6 Automation All The way 28 stalled or postponed. This year, the AfDB approves US$200mn loan to Morocco; LCVs Volvo Trucks paves the way for ‘self-driving’ vehicles sector has gained some ground largely launched at IVECO’s new China plant; New ICMS that may be a reality in coming years due to the corrective measures by oil- standard to bring consistency in construction costs; focused regional governments towards UAE firms win US$100mn Expo 2020 funding HvACR infrastructure development. No doubt, Industry Updates 36 the UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading the ANALySIS The latest news from the region’s HVACR industry way, but other member nations are not GCC Construction Review 10 far away. Take a look at our GCC The sector sees an upturn and the investors see an opportunity EvENTS Construction Review (p10) to know The Mining Show 38 more. As construction takes off again, Steel In Demand 20 can steel production be far behind? Our As demand gathers momentum, governments are INNOvATIONS aligning their policies for better output Annual Steel Review (p20) will give you Products and Progress 40 The latest offerings and developments featuring an updated market overview. Also, an INTERvIEw RANCO, INMESOL, Lijan Insulation, SDLG, PASCHAL, exclusive interview with EmiratesGBC Comansa CM, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Decoding Sustainability 16 chairman (p16) puts into perspective EmiratesGBC chairman on what it takes to be the COORDINADORA how the UAE is paving the way for global leader in building sustainability energy-efficient buildings. ANNUAL bUyERS’ GUIDE Also in this issue, we have news from the CONSTRUCTION Construction Equipment and Services 48 HVACR industry (p34) and the latest Our comprehensive guide to the Middle East Glass Growth 24 industrial innovations (p40) in the Demand for efficient buildings is leading to a bigger construction suppliers and manufacturers Middle East. glass market in the GCC At Technical Review we always ARAbIC welcome readers comments to News 4 [email protected] Analysis 6 17 28 44 SERVING THE REGION’S BUSINESS SINCE 1984 Country Representative Telephone Fax Email India Tanmay Mishra +91 80 65684483 [email protected] Nigeria Bola Olowo +234 8034349299 [email protected] UK Michael Ferridge +44 20 7834 7676 +44 20 79730076 [email protected] Editor: Rhonita Patnaik - Email: [email protected] USA Michael Tomashefsky +1 203 226 2882 +1 203 226 7447 [email protected] Editorial and Design team: Prashanth AP, Hiriyti Bairu, Miriam Brtkova, Kestell Duxbury, Ranganath GS, Samantha Payne, Rahul Puthenveedu, Deblina Roy Nicky Valsamakis, Vani Venugopal and Louise Waters US MAILING AGENT: Technical Review Middle East ISSN 0267 5307 is published eight times a year for Managing Editor: Georgia Lewis US$99 per year by Alain Charles Publishing, University House, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London, Publisher: Nick Fordham SW1W 0EX, UK. 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Box 17485 – Jebel Ali Free Zone – DDubai – United Arab Emirates – TTel:el: +971 4 805 0000 – Fax: +971 4 805 0077 E-Mail: [email protected] – www.kaeeser.com S02TRMECons2017-NewsA_Layout110/08/201713:13Page6 6 Market News Briefly AfDB approves US$200mn loan to boost Morocco’s industrialisation plan Three UAE firms win US$100mn funding from The AfricAn DevelopmenT Bank (AfDB) Moroccan capital Rabat will host Africa’s tallest tower. Expo 2020 grant scheme approved a loan of US$200mn for morocco to (Photo: Migel/Shutterstock) Three UAe-BASeD organisations boost the country’s industrialisation plan, local are among the first 29 from around media said. the world to gain funding from the The loan will help fund the first phase of the US$100mn expo live fund. The support program of the industrial Acceleration organisations include Smart labour, plan, which aims to create 500,000 jobs by 2020 international center for Biosaline Agriculture (icBA) and ver2. and to increase the share of industry in morocco’s expo live is an initiative of expo GDp from 14 per cent in 2014 to 23 per cent in the 2020 Dubai. it is aimed at funding same year. it also aims to improve the business social enterprises and start-ups that environment, boost exports and support the financial sector development. “This operation will offer products or services geared to financing of industrial activities that promote strengthen exchanges between the maghreb and improving people’s lives and women’s entrepreneurship and respect for sub-Saharan Africa.” preserving the earth. the environment. meanwhile, a deal was recently concluded Smart labour is a smartphone The AfDB has also approved a risk-sharing between moroccan firms and a chinese company app that uses voice-enabled content to teach blue collar workers agreement amounting to US$50mn for the to build the tallest skyscraper in Africa in the skills in their own language and to moroccan central popular Bank (Bcp). capital of rabat. The deal was signed between provide them with smart services. The agreement will help meet the growing china railway construction corporation and The technology also allows them to demand of African markets for trade financing in morocco’s Bmce Bank of Africa and Travaux report workplace violations. The vital economic sectors such as agro-food, health, Generaux de construction de casablanca. The 55- icBA specialises in developing services and industry. in addition, it will promote storey tower will be at least 250m high, with the technology for growing plants in regional integration, the development of the adoption of ecological and sustainable design desert environments. ver2 Digital medicine helps financial sector and enable several African States concepts. it will include offices, hotels and luxury develop a medical education model to generate additional tax revenues. This deal will apartments, according to a news report. The tower that can be used to train doctors in support moroccan exporters in particular, and will be the highlight of a large-scale project to Africa, where a lack of suitable more broadly, African banks and Smes. develop the Bouregreg valley in rabat, a key medical schools has meant there is “This project is in line with the AfDB’s strategic component of the 2014-2018 integrated a shortage of qualified doctors. priority in matters of regional integration,” added Development program dubbed ‘rabat, city of Stéphane nalletamby, the AfDB’s director for light, moroccan cultural capital’. New ICMS standard to bring consistency in construction costs First unit of LCVs launched at IVECO’s new China plant The inTernATionAl NAVECO, THE 50-50 joint venture between complete and extensive line up, the New Daily conSTrUcTion measurement Standards (icmS) has