MIDDLE EAST Qatar: Distribution mains and service connectionsUAE: Road intersectionIraq: Well platformsIraq: Heat exchanger tubesEgypt: Water pipeline and wastewater treatment plant expansionEgypt: Bridge rehabilitationEgypt: Electric generatorsIraq: Laser cutting machineEgypt: OCC lineEgypt: Wastewater treatment plant CCTV Iraq’s reform window narrowsMiddle East stocks recover unevenlyDamage avoidance frames debt issuanceConflict tests UAE diversificationConstruction guard undergoes a shiftRisk accelerates Saudi spending shiftData centres present compelling opportunitiesChemicals producers look to cut spendingEgypt’s crisis mode gives way to cautious revivalQatar’s strategy falls into place US publishes guides to investing in SyriaAramco inaugurates Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computerBrookfield to double down on Gulf investmentAramco’s citizen developers accelerate digital transformationData centres present compelling opportunitiesAmazon data centre hit highlights sector vulnerabilitiesData discipline is the key to AI success in constructionAramco and Microsoft sign industrial AI agreementOoredoo forms fibre and subsea cable unit for global pushAI signals a new efficiency era for oil and gas Chinese firm breaks ground on $1.1bn Oman battery plantMay 2026: Data drives regional projectsUS publishes guides to investing in SyriaKuwait’s Heisco working on active projects worth $3.5bnIndia’s Jindal Steel to build $390m facility in OmanConflict dents Alba production and sales in Q1 2026Chinese-Saudi joint venture to build $566m copper plantChinese company signs deal to develop Syria cement plantUAE firm to build graphene production unit in Abu DhabiEgypt to expand Nag Hammadi aluminium complex