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Oman Signs 17 Deals Worth $2bn at MIPIM 2026. The Sultanate's Urban Ambition Goes Global Oman concluded its presence at MIPIM 2026 in Cannes with a landmark result: 17 international investment and development agreements signed at the Omani pavilion, valued collectively at more than RO762 million, approximately $2 billion. Facilitated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, the agreements span urban development, healthcare, branded residential, architectural consultancy

Saudi Arabia Tenders Medina's Sikkah Al Hadid PPP. A 50-Year Concession Brings Private Capital Into One of Islam's Holiest Cities Saudi Arabia's National Centre for Privatisation and PPP has launched a combined EOI, RFQ and RFP tender process for the Sikkah Al Hadid mixed-use development in Al Madinah Al Munawarah. The project, structured under a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer model with a 50-year concession period, will transform an 84,657-square-metre government-owned site in t

Oman's Madayn Launches $637m Industrial City Investment Drive. Vision 2040 Moves From Strategy to Shovel Oman's Public Establishment for Industrial Estates, known as Madayn, has announced a $637 million investment programme spanning its network of industrial cities across the sultanate between 2026 and 2030. The plan, built around 90 strategic projects and 24 institutional programmes, forms the operational backbone of the broader Madayn 2040 strategy and represents one of the

VolkerFitzpatrick Lands Didcot Science Bridge Contract. Oxfordshire’s £350m HIF1 Scheme Moves On Site Oxfordshire County Council has formally appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to build the Didcot Science Bridge, a key section of the Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure (HIF1) scheme. The contract will see the contractor deliver a new three-span bridge and associated road improvements that knit together Didcot, Culham Science Centre and the wider Science Vale cluster.

Speller Metcalfe Secures £28m Leisure Centre Contract as UK Councils Double Down on Community Health Speller Metcalfe has been appointed as the main contractor on a £28 million leisure centre rebuild, adding another major project to the Midlands-based firm’s fast-growing portfolio of community and leisure schemes. The contract underlines how UK councils are still willing to commit serious capital to health, fitness and wellbeing infrastructure, even as wider local government

UAE-headquartered developer Arada has awarded two major construction contracts totalling AED 2.04 billion ($545 million) for the next residential phase of its Aljada megaproject in Sharjah. The agreements will see the delivery of 2,210 new homes spread across 14 apartment blocks. This massive capital injection confirms Arada's aggressive delivery schedule and highlights the continuing surge in demand for premium, masterplanned communities within the Northern Emirates. Project

Saudi Arabia’s Sumou Investment , operating through its subsidiary Adeer International, has partnered with Egyptian developer Paragon Developments to deliver a $1.4 billion mixed-use project in East Cairo. The joint venture, operating under the name Paragon-Adeer, will develop a massive 500,000-square-metre site in Mostakbal City. The agreement, announced in March 2026, reinforces the accelerating wave of Saudi capital flowing into the Egyptian real estate market and highligh

Oman has awarded a contract worth about $75 million for a key road project in Ibra, extending the sultanate’s wider push to modernise strategic transport corridors beyond Muscat. The deal forms part of a broader package of road investments announced by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in coordination with the Projects, Tenders and Local Content Authority. For Oman, the award is another sign that road infrastructure remains central to its re

Peel Waters has officially started on a major package of infrastructure works at Yorkhill Quay in Glasgow, marking the first on‑site construction activity for one of the city’s most talked‑about waterfront regeneration projects. The enabling programme, valued at £3.75 million, will put in place the roads, utilities and public realm needed to support more than 1,100 new homes, a hotel, leisure uses and commercial space along a key stretch of the River Clyde. For Glasgow, it i

New UK secondary school rebuilding programme brings a modern steel-and-brick teaching block to life, with cranes and scaffolding transforming the campus skyline. The UK school building and refurbishment pipeline is busy again, but the headlines rarely tell you which contractors are actually securing the work. Behind every Department for Education announcement and local authority press release sits a relatively small group of firms that now dominate the education sector. The p

Hill Group has signed a £45 million contract with Clarion Housing Group to deliver the next phase of the High Path estate regeneration in South Wimbledon, part of Clarion’s multi‑billion pound Merton Regeneration Project. The deal moves the long-running programme into its latest construction phase, adding several hundred new homes and further reshaping one of the borough’s most scrutinised council estate redevelopments. For Clarion, it is another step towards replacing outdat

Modern residential construction on Chester's historic canal-side, featuring mid-rise brick apartments and heritage-inspired architecture. - Artistic expression Clarion Housing Group has appointed Galliford Try as the main contractor for a long-awaited canal-side apartment scheme in Chester city centre. The project, part of the wider City Place masterplan next to Chester railway station and the Shropshire Union Canal, will deliver more than 120 affordable homes on a prominent