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Kuwait’s facilities management sector to reach $1.9bn by 2030 – report

Study by P&S Intelligence projects annual growth rate of 8.5% for 10-year period starting 2021 in country’s FM market on Covid recovery and economic diversification

Abu Dhabi launches new real estate digital ecosystem

Services in the emirate’s real estate sector, such as buying, selling, leasing transactions, 'Tawtheeq' documentation to be available on new “Dari’ platform along with access to relevant real estate certificates

Doosan Heavy wins $834m contract for Saudi casting and forging plant

Tuwaiq Casting & Forging located within King Salman International Maritime Industries Complex in Ras Al Khair near Jubail to be kingdom’s largest plant of its kind with 400,000sqm metalworks facility

Jaso launches first hydraulic luffing jib tower crane with 18t capacity

Aimed at urban or high-rise projects in cramped inner-city sites, new J198HPA model offers tip load of 1.6t at 55m and can reach free-standing height of 44.8m with 30m boom

Continental tyres used as friction rollers in Ain Dubai’s drive system

64 units of TerminalMaster TL model turning with hydraulic motors help keep world's largest observation wheel spinning

Construction milestone for Dubai’s new Hindu temple

Topping out of temple structure marked with prayer service at Jebel Ali location as construction ahead of schedule for official October opening

Qatar’s facilities management market to reach $22.3bn by 2030

Infrastructure and projects built for FIFA World Cup and under country’s National Vision 2030 to drive demand for FM services in future as lifting of lockdowns propels immediate need

Caterpillar reports rise in sales and operating profit margins for 2021

Increase in demand from end-users leads to 22% spike in sales and 13.5% rise operating profit margin

Mammoet starts investigations on intellectual property rights infringement against Huisman and BMS

New 3,000mt ring crane for BMS under scanner as Huisman says it has completed thorough research to ensure no violation before announcing new model

JLG partners RE2 Robotics for integration of robotics with access equipment

Two companies to jointly develop assistive technologies that improve operator safety and productivity on job-sites

Topcon launches machine control solution for compact equipment

New MC-Mobile portable machine control for compact equipment brings performance benefits of full-size machine control guidance to skid-steers, compact tracked loaders and other compact equipment

90% of previous attendees plan to return to Bauma 2022

Survey finds high numbers still unaware of event’s rescheduling to October

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