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Intelligent monitoring and control technologies detect faults in real time, automatically disconnect power, manage loads, and provide early warning to protect life and property

02/04/2026

Building one million affordable homes for Indonesia's middle class

The government is launching a project focused on providing affordable units for the urban middle class as part of an election promise.

Part of the meeting

Big 5 Construct Saudi 2025 brings together construction industry experts in Riyadh

It takes place at Riyadh Front from February 15-27, 2025 and brings together more than 2,000 exhibitors and 75,000 visitors.

Eastern Province Municipality - Residential Plans

Sharqiya Municipality reuses demolition materials in road projects

The Municipality required contractors to use 30% recycled concrete granules in road base layers in Al-Khobar, Dammam and Dhahran projects.

Abdulrahman Al-Qout - Real Estate Sales - Multiple Options - Selling Residential Units

Sustainability in real estate. A fad or a future necessity?

Sustainable construction reduces operating costs, increases market value and provides longer investment returns for real estate assets.

Building materials

19 % growth in cement sales in December

Production rose 15.5% and inventory shrank 3.2% as export jumped 148.89%.

Big 5 Construct Saudi 2025 kicks off in Riyadh on February 15

Organizers have opened registration for the two-week extravaganza that will welcome more than 75,000 professionals and 2,000 exhibitors.

Riyadh Chamber

By name The winners of the elections of the Contracting, Building Materials, Engineering and Safety Committee at the Riyadh Chamber

The election results resulted in the election of 12 members of the Contracting Committee out of 108 elected members for the 1446-1450H session.

“Sustainable construction” sees 32% rise in sustainability assessment projects

75 projects with a total area of nearly 47 million m², and more than 23,000 quality inspection reports were issued in 2024.

Public Authority for Roads builds first road using demolition debris Details

Using construction and demolition waste in asphalt mixes in Al-Ahsa, in cooperation with Al-Ahsa Municipality and the National Waste Management Center to promote the circular economy

Tough times ahead for the commercial real estate industry

Real estate crisis hits China's clean steel ambitions

Falling construction demand due to the real estate crisis hinders electric arc furnace deployment and threatens the 15% target by 2025

VIDEO How Saudi Arabia overcame the challenges of rising construction and real estate development costs

A package of local, technical and financial measures that maintained the pace of implementing housing projects and achieving the goals of Vision 2030.

Steel Prices - Rebar

Steel and electrical wire prices rise and wood prices fall over the past month

Statistics Authority Bulletin: Slight increases in rebar, cable, and aluminum, and decreases in most types of wood.

Residential program

NHC begins construction of second substation and interconnection lines at Al Fursan destination

More than 285 million riyals worth of work to extend high-voltage lines over 20 kilometers and feed 10,000 units

Creating new technologies to store thermal energy in concrete

Researchers integrate phase change materials and nanotechnology into concrete to boost thermal storage capacity and building efficiency.

Saudi cement companies achieve significant growth in sales last month

November sales rose 7.55% to 4.76 million tons as exports jumped by 24.06%.

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