BWTC (Bahrain World Trade Center)

A couple of events have occurred this past week that demonstrate the crazy and very interesting characteristics of the construction industry in the Gulf region.

A plethora of projects is under way or in the pipeline in Bahrain. Hugo Berger monitors their progress.

Bahrain has taken steps to reivent itself as a tourism destination, reports ATN.

The need to think hundreds of years into the future may not come easily for most of us, but for the Middle East construction industry, the ‘sustainable' debate has started to force companies to design and build for the long term. In an effort to unpack the concept, Christopher Sell looks between the lines and finds that it may all be down to interpretation.

The first large-scale building integration of wind turbines is being completed at the Bahrain World Trade Centre. How has this impacted on the MEP servicing?

The Middle East has been described as an architects' playground, where the wildest ideas can become realities, but as Hotelier Middle East discovers, a lot of thought goes into the dreams.

Installation of the wind turbine blades on the Bahrain World Trade Centre (BWTC) in Manama has been completed.

Interest in sustainability is growing as companies begin to realise the financial benefits of employing green methods. Christopher Sell looks at two key UK players who are attempting to implement wholesale changes in the way the region conceives and constructs buildings.