Global water technology company A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) announced today it has named Hammam Amaireh as General Manager – Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Amaireh will be responsible for the company’s water heater sales operation and water treatment business in the Middle Eastern and African markets. Amaireh joins A. O. Smith with an extensive background in water filtration, water purification and other water treatment products. Previously, Amaireh worked for Pentair, where he led the Middle East and Africa sales operations. “Hammam brings an in-depth knowledge of water filtration and water technology that is sure to be…
Author: Kasun Illankoon
Leading UAE integrated facilities management provider, Emrill Services, has launched an efficiency-enhancing app for housekeeping service delivery. Following a successful six-month trial, the app, which is the first of its kind in the UAE, is now fully operational across EMAAR’s Emirates Living master community, which comprises The Meadows, The Springs, The Lakes, Emirates Hills, The Greens and The Views. In its 2018 report, Global FM identified the UAE’s FM market as hugely competitive with highly-price sensitive customers. It also reported, the use of advanced technology service delivery, remained low in the market compared to other regions. Global FM estimate the…
International tyre manufacturer Continental today announced that its Tyre Division is to be Official Sponsor of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will be staged in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July 2019. As part of a five-year agreement between Continental and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), the extensive rights package also includes the next two editions of the tournament for 2021 and 2023 that will be held in Cameroon and Ivory Coast respectively. “The Africa Cup of Nations is the biggest and most important sports competition in the African continent, a region where we…
Aldar Properties PJSC (“Aldar”), Abu Dhabi’s leading property development, management and investment company, has reported a 20% year-on-year increase in revenue to AED1.76 billion in the first quarter of 2019. Q1 2019 key highlights Revenue increased 20% to AED 1.76 billion vs. AED 1.47 billion, in Q1 2018:Strong development activity across projects under constructionAsset management net operating income rose 9% to AED 431 million, driven by last year’s asset acquisitions Growth across adjacent businesses, including schools operator Aldar Academies, and newly launched property management firm ProvisDevelopment sales totalled AED 1.0 billion in the first quarter of 2019, up 49% from…
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based software for capturing, visualizing, modeling, and sharing of geotechnical data. The addition of Keynetix software expands Bentley’s geotechnical offerings and accelerates Bentley’s vision of enabling subsurface digital twins for infrastructure projects and assets. Subsurface digital twins can be vital for assessing and managing risks in infrastructure projects, and to the planning, design, construction and operations of infrastructure assets. The creation and curation of subsurface digital twins involves modeling the…
New construction contractor awards in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are estimated to be worth US$138 billion in 2019, as the UAE and Saudi lead the way with a full list of projects coming online in the building, infrastructure, and energy sectors. According to a report by projects intelligence platform Ventures ONSITE, 64 percent of GCC construction contractor awards in 2019 will be based in the UAE and Saudi, with the two countries contributing US$48.3 billion and US$40.1 billion respectively to the total sum of new projects for the year. The May 2019 report said the Gulf’s construction industry has…
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the availability of OpenSite Designer, its integrated application for civil site and land development workflows across conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases. OpenSite Designer advances BIM through comprehensive 3D site design, spanning reality modeling of site conditions from drone imagery and scans, geotechnical analysis, terrain modeling, site layout and grading optimisation, stormwater drainage modeling and analysis, underground utilities modeling, detailed drawing production, and enlivened visualizations. OpenSite Designer enables rapid and iterative conceptual design, leveraging contextual…
Carl Allsopp, COO of Allsopp & Allsopp explains the misconceptions between the holy month of Ramadan and the Real Estate market of Dubai. Do a lot of people travel during Ramadan? We all live in a cosmopolitan and maturing city. Residents of Dubai have jobs, have children in schools and we tend to carry on with our usual routines during the Holy month of Ramadan. There are over 300 schools in Dubai and this year Ramadan has fallen in term time which will result in fewer people travelling. Over the past 5 or 6 years, Ramadan has happened to fall…
Often the best ideas are the simplest. Volvo CE has taken this idea to heart with its ingenious new EC300E Hybrid, which is now entering field testing. Unlike other systems that capture the swing energy of an excavator’s superstructure to electrically assist the engine, Volvo’s novel hydraulic hybrid harvests ‘free’ energy generated by the down motion of the excavator’s boom and uses it to supercharge the hydraulic system. The powerful and regular boom-down motions charge 20 litre hydraulic accumulators, which then deliver energy to drive hydraulic assist motors that help power the hydraulic pump. There are the same levels of…
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Free Zones Council (DFZ Council), headed its 12th meeting that discussed the latest developments across initiatives and industries. The first item on the agenda was the completion of the Council’s e-commerce initiative proposal that was submitted to The Executive Council of Dubai for implementation. Following the recent announcement about developing a comprehensive geo-economic map of Dubai aligned with the Fifty-Year Charter, issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Council members also appointed…