Construction equipment maker Bobcat has announced it has launched a new range of rigid-frame telescopic handlers, the new 14 metre T40140 and 18 metre T40180 models
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Gulf region to spend US$1 trillion across construction sector by 2030

More than US$1 trillion will be spent on projects across infrastructure, energy, property and transportation projects in the UAE. (Image source: JamieSanford)
More than US$1 trillion will be spent on projects across infrastructure, energy, property and transportation sectors across the Middle East up until 2030, according to a report by built asset consultancy EC Harris
Oman MoTC awards US$1.39 billion contracts for new road projects

The 13 contracts awarded by the MoTC include packages four to six of the Batinah Expressway project and the Batinah dual road project. (Image source: Prasad Pillai/Flickr)
The Omani Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has awarded contracts worth US$1.39bn to consulting and engineering firms for new road projects in the sultanate
PMV Live and Middle East Concrete set for biggest year to date

PMV Live and Middle East Concrete event director Nathan Waugh at last years Big 5 in Dubai. (Image source: Technical Review ME)
With less than one weeks to go until The Big 5 returns to Dubai, Technical Review ME caught up with Nathan Waugh, event director of the co-located PMV Live and Middle East Concrete (MEC), to find out what visitors to the Dubai World Trade Centres Saeed Halls can expect from both shows this year
Middle East building boom to peak over next five years

US$640bn will be spent on construction programmes across the Middle East. (Image source: HooLengSiong)
The Middle East is set to experience a boom in its construction activity over the next two decades, according to a recent report published by global built assset consultancy firm EC Harris