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Saudi Arabia s Oil Sustainability Program (OSP) and Sika Saudi Arabia have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding to support innovation in the construction and industrial sectors and strengthen environmental and economic sustainability throughout Saudi Arabia. The agreement aligns national efforts to promote sustainable development and localise advanced technologies in the construction and industrial sectors said a Saudi Press Agency report. It focuses on delivering innovative solutions that enhance quality and efficiency reduce emissions and improve the performance of projects across these sectors. The agreement also supports the use of advanced polymer materials and the development of local supply chains in line with the demands of the Saudi market. Areas of collaboration include technical knowledge-sharing capacity building through specialized training programs ...

A report released by the World Economic Forum s (WEF s) Centre for Urban Transformation has featured best practices developed by pioneer cities that are reducing carbon emissions from urban development projects a news agency said. As cities grow in population and importance urban construction will continue to gather pace. It is estimated that the global floor area is expected to double by 2060 the equivalent of building out New York City every month for the next 40 years Emirates News Agency said citing the report. The report Reducing Embodied Carbon in Cities: Nine Solutions for Greener Buildings and Communities highlights nine innovative solutions for all phases of construction and demolition. In recent years a growing number of cities have taken decisive action to help bolster the operational efficiency of buildings said Jeff Merritt Head of Urban Transformation at the World Economic Forum. ...

Halliburton Company and Sekal have announced an agreement to jointly provide leading well construction automation solutions as part of a longer-term strategy to deliver fully automated drilling operations. Under the agreement Halliburton and Sekal are collaborating on several technologies and services that incorporate Halliburton digitally integrated well construction solutions and the Sekal DrillTronics automation platform. In addition both parties remote operations centers will provide expertise and support to these offerings. Currently deployed across multiple projects the companies technologies provide end-to-end solutions that automate well construction services from planning to execution. Halliburton and Sekal will expand these projects for other customers. This agreement with Sekal will allow Hallibur...

Spanish infrastructure major Acciona has signed an agreement with Ørsted a global renewable energy company and leader in offshore wind to jointly develop solutions to address the challenge of manufacturing large-scale foundations for offshore wind farms across the globe. Acciona said the deal which was inked through its infrastructure division also includes the development of foundation models that will offer easily adaptable solutions for offshore wind turbines of different sizes and depths. As per the deal Ørsted and Acciona will evaluate mass-producing cost-competitive construction solutions based on floating concrete platforms and also explore the use of materials such as bio-cement and bio-concrete. The alliance combines Ørsted s 30-year experience in the development of offshore wind energy projects with the Acciona Infrastructure division&#...

Leading players in the construction and real estate sectors are showcasing their innovative products advanced services and emerging solutions at the Oman Design and Build Week (ODBW) and Oman Real Estate Exhibition 2022 being held in capital Muscat. The three-day event is being organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning Oman with the support of Oman Real Estate Association and Muscat Municipality. It was inaugurated yesterday (March 14) by Minister of Finance Sultan Bin Salim Al Habsi at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center. Positioned as a forum offering opportunities for face-to-face business networking the chance to engage in meaningful exchanges of information and enhancing the prospects of connecting with industry peers to form long-term partnerships in the future visitors to Orex will also gain access to real estate develo...

Engie Solutions an international leader in sustainable energy solutions has achieved an outstanding 20 million person-hours without a lost time incident (LTI) over a period of 900 days across its GCC operations. A lost time incident refers to an incident that results in an injury that causes an employee to miss work. This accomplishment is a valuable testament to the company s values and positions Engie Solutions as an industry trailblazer in employee health safety and wellbeing said a statement from Engie Solutions. The 20 million person-hours without a LTI marks a new milestone by Engie Solutions surpassing the previous mark of 10 million lost time incident-free work hours achieved last year. Safety of our employees is always a top priority for Engie Solutions said Miles Webb the Chief Operations Officer ...

Trend Micro Incorporated a global leader in cyber security solutions has announced that Qatar s Boom Construction Company (BCC) has successfully deployed a comprehensive cloud-based Trend Micro solution to protect the construction company s digital estate. Part of the Boom Group BCC is one of Qatar s largest construction firms and is a key player in National Vision 2030 s goals of environmental development through state-of-the-art infrastructure and mega-projects. In March last year amid the Covid lockdown BCC s head office was hit with a ransomware attack that left more than 200 users without access to business applications and emails. Downtime was not an option so in response to the attack BCC contacted several vendors for support and found a trusted future partner in Trend Micro said the statemenrt from the IT group. ...

Korea-based machinery manufacturer Doosan Infracore has unveiled Concept-X a comprehensive construction control solution that can be used without human intervention. Concept X can be deployed to survey worksite topography via 3D drone scanning establish operational plans based on the topographical data and operate construction equipment such as excavators and wheel loaders. Concept-X realizes the construction site of the future by having all dangerous construction work performed solely by equipment leaving human personnel free to concentrate on more sophisticated analysis and management tasks. Although certain individual unmanned technologies have already been introduced in the field of construction machinery Doosan Infracore s introduction of unmanned automation technologies to the entire construction site operation process - ranging from surveying to the operations of construction equipment such as excavators and wheel loaders - ...

ASGC one of the leading construction groups in the UAE has inked a strategic partnership deal with UAE telecom giant Etisalat for provision of enterprise level cloud solutions combined with its secure managed IP connect service to the company. This comes as part of the Emirati construction group s digital transformation roadmap said a top official. We ve selected Etisalat and their OneCloud Services as it perfectly meets our needs from scalability flexibility reliability and performance perspectives while at the same time offering the most attractive ROI among the cloud vendors that we ve analysed noted Herbert Fuchs the chief information officer at ASGC. Etisalat s OneCloud platform represents one of the foundations in our digital transformation roadmap which spans across all aspects of our business ranging from the IT operations and service delivery to cross departmental core business proces...

With Mena s construction market topping 300 billion by 2019 felt solutions will cut costs and deliver comfortable spaces architects and interior designers said ahead of International Design Exhibition (INDEX) in Dubai UAE. The Mena construction market is likely to grow by 43 percent from 235 billion in 2016 to 336 billion by 2020 according to a recent BMI Research report. GCC mega-projects will host millions of people over their lifetime meaning they need interior spaces that prioritize design and quality to cut costs provide comfortable spaces and are environmentally sustainable. Felt is set to be deployed from the deepest train stations to the tallest skyscrapers and every interior in-between said Santhosh Vallil sales manager of top project consultancy Hunter Douglas Middle East. Hunter Douglas has seen strong Middle East interest on the recently-launched world s first new felt linear cei...

Sage a technology leader for integrated accounting payroll and payment systems has joined hands with development partner Specialized Application Workshop (Saw) and Software Mill to launch Sage X3 for Construction. Sage X3 for Construction is an enterprise-class next generation business management software solution is built to address both front and back office operations of organizations in the construction sector said a statement from the company. It has core-capabilities of project and contract management sub-contract management support for estimating full construction document management including transmitals management project financial tracking and cashflow personalized dashboard work-flow automation and alerts integrated HR and payroll time-sheet transactions and development and integration tools. The solution accelerates collaboration and reporting and delivers real-time insight into all operations of the business. ...

CANYON Offshore a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group is a leading supplier of subsea intervention services and has been operating state of the art remotely operated vehicles (ROV) support vessels and ROV trenching services globally since its inception in 1996. Canyon delivers safe modern innovative and professional solutions for critical-path deepwater construction and specialty marine contracting projects. The company currently operates over 40 ROV and trenching systems including over 35 heavy work class systems and four trenching and cable trenching systems along with five support vessels. Performing more than 1 000 projects in every offshore area of activity worldwide Canyon has significant experience and has operated at depths in excess of 2 500 m (8 000 ft). Canyon Offshore operates from three regions: Houston Aberdeen and Singapore to effectively service their international client base. Canyon specialises in providing remotely op...