How the iPad will change the construction industry

April 2nd, 2012
Following the launch of the iPad 3, co-founder and CEO of IT blog PlanGrid.com, Ryan SuttonGee explains the benefits is can bring the construction industry  Why construction is inefficient The basic process of any construction project goes like this: A person... Read More

Runaway Success

March 20th, 2012

TAV Gulf regional director Yusuf Akcayoglu tells The Big Project about working on Doha Airport’s Sky Oryx Joint Venture and Medina Prince Abdulaziz International Airport, the first PPP financed transportation infrastructure project in the GCC

 

Turkish contractor TAV won the contract for... Read More

Ontrack

March 11th, 2012
The backbone of Saudi Arabia’s industrial and economic development will depend on the extension of its railway system. Developed under the instruction of the Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO), a recent meeting addressed the progress of the current civil works being... Read More

King of the region

March 11th, 2012
Asking anybody in the industry which GCC market heralds the greatest opportunity for future projects, and the answer will always be Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom’s nominal GDP grew 28% in 2011, according to data from the Central Department of Statistics... Read More

Powers of Construction

February 8th, 2012
    During his key note address at last month’s World Future Energy Summit, Ban Ki Moon, UN secretary general made two bold pledges; not only does he was to end the worldwide fuel poverty that sees one in five of... Read More

Land of plenty

February 6th, 2012
It may not be oil-rich, but education, finance and legislative models mean Jordan is on the edge of big business. Dan McAlister investigates the potential of the Middle East’s new promised land   By 2020, one in every 83 people living... Read More

Around the world in 80 trades

February 1st, 2012
With exhibition season well under way, thousands of foreign suppliers are visiting the region to find new markets for their products. The Big Project presents the complete guide to the region’s distribution giants and establishing those all important networks. Still living up to its... Read More