Booming construction sector fuelling massive demand for construction chemicals and raw materials.

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8 Feb 2008

INC Global Conferences Pte Ltd (Singapore) will hold a construction sector-related conference entitled “2nd Middle East Construction Projects, Chemicals & Materials 2008”. Following the success of our first Middle East construction that was held in Abu Dhabi last year, this conference will take place on 3 – 4 March at the Radisson SAS, Hotel Dubai, UAE.

The Middle East construction sector boom has given rise to a massive demand for construction machinery, equipment, raw materials and chemicals and has turned the Middle East into the world’s biggest market for supplies and technologies with a vast array of current and pipelined projects across industry sectors that includes civil, industrial, power and water. This construction boom in the Gulf region is slated to continue its road of expansion well beyond the year 2010.

More than US$30 billion in hotel and condo projects will be built on the Strip over the next several years. Further evidences of more to come include – the recent opening for tender for the project management of the 45 km Qatar-Bahrain Causeway worth US$2bn; the ambitious plans of King Abdullah, monarch of Saudi Arabia, to build 6 new cities that includes the King Abdullah Economic City; as well as the setting up of regional office in Dubai by international manufacturer of construction chemicals, Grace.

Participants in the previous construction conference include – SIPCO, BaySystems Pearl, Emirates Green Building Council, DSCO Group, Global Investment House, BASF Construction Chemicals, Bayer Material Science, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel, Geap Traders LLC, Fosroc, Giovanni Bozetto SpA, Mapei, Bodycote Warringtonfire, Grace and Dow.

Experts have been invited to share their insights – Emaar Properties, Al Gurg Leigh Paints, Laticrete RAK, Frost & Sullivan, Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), Gulf Research Center, Ventures ME, Dubai International Financial Center, Middle East Drymix Mortar Association (MEDMA), and American University of Sharjah.

Speakers and delegates from various sectors (property, land, real estate developers; building, architectural services providers, construction companies, financiers, venture, capitalists, financial investors, building materials and chemicals suppliers, regulatory bodies, trade associations &andinstitutions, ministries) are expected to discuss challenges and requirements for regional upcoming construction projects, market trends and technologies for construction, new market and technical developments, key challenges for the construction industry. This conference presents a great opportunity for foreign investors to gain understanding of the various opportunities available.

INC Global Conferences is a SPRING Singapore-SEEDS conference entity that has been in the marketplace since 2005. We specialise in putting together niche conferences across various industries and markets. The markets that we focus on include China, the Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe.

The Automotive, Upstream & Downstream Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Energy & Power, Polymers, Construction, Hard & Soft Commodities (such as Metal and Sugar) are industries that we have a focus in and have built successful conferences on. Our past conferences include - The Indian Automotive 2006, Middle East Automotive 2006, Middle East Auto & Aftermarket 2007, Middle East Construction Chemicals & Materials, China Sustainable Transport Fuels etc.