The international specialized exhibitions SECURITY EXPO, BULGARIA BUILDING WEEK AND SOFIA LOGEXPO were held from 19 to 22 March 2014 at Inter Expo Center – Sofia. They presented the latest novelties in the field of private and public security and safety, energy efficiency, environmental and functional construction, as well as …
Read More »The Dos and Don’ts of Reviving Frozen Real Estate Projects in the Middle East
Ayman Okasha, a keynote speaker at the marcus evans Infrastructure & Property Development MEA Summit 2014, gives advice on achieving excellence when reviving frozen projects. Interview with: Ayman Okasha, GM Rental & Mirdiff, Union Properties As infrastructure and property developers in the Middle East start reviving projects that were …
Read More »Top Speakers at the FEM Congress organised by BMHF (British Materials Handling Federation) – spaces filling up fast!
FEM is the European manufacturers’ association for materials handling, lifting and storage equipment, representing the technical, economic and political interests of one of the largest industrial sectors of the European mechanical engineering industry. The 35th FEM Congress is to be held on 18th-19th September 2014 at the Royal York Hotel in York (United …
Read More »A good week for the Construction Industry
Rob Oliver, Chief Executive, CEA (Construction Equipment Association) talks about the recent Budget and how it affects the construction equipment sector. In his HS2 Plus report, Sir David Higgins, started the process of turning up the pressure on politicians to approve the necessary regulatory framework to get the HS2 show …
Read More »Young Plant Sales Brings New Hyundai Machines to ScotPlant 2014
Since its launch in 1998 ScotPlant has been promoted as ‘the exhibition where deals are done’ and the 2014 event is on track to successfully showcase quality equipment to the right buyers once again. Young Plant Sales, a leading Hyundai dealer based in Doune Scotland, has signed on the dotted …
Read More »Bulgarian residential construction market to grow up to 5% in 2014
Medium-term prospects for Bulgarian residential construction market are cautiously optimistic, with a moderate positive outlook for long term developments. The stabilisation of the market in regards to housing prices that occurred in 2012-2013 will probably spread to construction output in 2014. Nevertheless, large-scale residential projects are unlikely to happen in …
Read More »Lebanese dam reaches new high
A fleet of Volvo machines are being used to build the Boqaata dam in Lebanon, which will hold seven million cubic meters of water. Mount Sannine is a famous mountain in the province of Mount Lebanon, which lies on a base of limestone and is the source of many mountain …
Read More »CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 Focused on Innovation, Future
Construction equipment manufacturers debuted more than 1,000 new products during the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 trade show and exposition held in the United States in Las Vegas from March 4-8. The event is one of the world’s largest trade shows for construction equipment and is held every three years due to the …
Read More »5 days remain to Bulgaria Building Week
Among the exhibitors are companies from Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Romania, Germany, Greece, Poland, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine Sofia Municipality is going to present at Bulgaria Building Week some of the projects where it acts in the capacity of a contracting authority . They will be focusing on energy efficient , …
Read More »Building the Last Frontier: The Infrastructure & Property Development Opportunities in Africa
Kofi Smith of Consult Three Architects, a sponsor company at the marcus evans Infrastructure & Property Development MEA Summit 2014, discusses the development opportunities in Africa. Interview with: Kofi Smith, Managing Member, Consult Three Architects “Africa is the last frontier – the very last – so it has very attractive …
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