The UAE construction industry is expected to grow by 3.8% in 2021, with Saudi Arabia’s construction industry to be buoyed by significant funds invested in the tourism industry as part of the Saudi Vision 2030, according to Linesight’s market research

The UAE-based technology and sustainability-driven facilities management (FM) company Farnek will now use virtual platforms to audit energy consumptions of commercial buildings

Logistics company Aramex has awarded a five-year contract to the UAE-based facilities management services provider Emrill

The UAE’s Azizi Developments has unveiled its plans to invest more than US$950mn in the next two to three years to develop 14 and 22 buildings in Riviera Phase 3 and 4 respectively, its three Avenue buildings in MBR City, two projects in Dubai Healthcare City and four projects in Al Furjan

As digital twins advance beyond BIM and GIS, more than half of all large industrial companies expected to use digital twins in some form by 2021, according to Keith Bentley, founder and chief technology officer, Bentley Systems