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From Concrete Saws to Generators: Al Wisam’s Site Range
Al Wisam’s equipment catalogue connects cutting, compaction, concrete, power and material handling around the way UAE jobsites actually operate.
Feb 12, 2026
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29 stories for“construction materials”
Design
Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified
Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.
Aug 14, 2026
Design
A Pavilion Built From Police Riot Shields Asks What a Material Remembers
The Pangolin Shield goes up on the Strand next month, assembled from Indian police shields and rain shields over bamboo. Reuse in architecture usually argues about carbon. This one argues about meaning.
Aug 17, 2026
Business
Al Wisam at Big 5 Global 2025: Machines Meet Buyers
At Big 5 Global 2025, Al Wisam put mixers, compactors and precision cutting equipment in front of Dubai’s construction decision-makers.
Nov 27, 2025
Business
Al Wisam Brings 3S Industry Access to UAE and Oman
Al Wisam’s new 3S Industry representation adds construction hoists, mast climbers, industrial elevators, and complete vertical-access support in two markets.
Jul 23, 2026
Business
Al Wisam and 3S Industry Bring Vertical Access to UAE, Oman
Al Wisam becomes 3S Industry’s construction representative for the UAE and Oman, pairing specialist access equipment with regional support.
Jul 23, 2026
Design
Cement Is Around Seven Per Cent of Global Emissions and the Most Promising Fix Needs No New Factory
LC3 replaces part of the clinker in cement with calcined clay and limestone, cutting emissions by up to forty per cent. Around thirty five plants were producing calcined clay for cement by 2026, with more building.
Aug 20, 2026
Design
Qatar's 14-School Project Puts PPPs and 3D Printing Into One Big Test
A QAR 4.5 billion project for 14 schools is 80 percent complete, combining long-term private operation, local materials and printed components.
Jul 30, 2026
Design
Thirty Eight States Now Let You Build a Tall Building Out of Wood, and the Fire Argument Went the Other Way
Mass timber spent a decade as an architectural curiosity because codes did not have a category for it. Three new construction types changed that, and the fire testing that was supposed to kill the idea is what made the case.
Aug 18, 2026
Business
Al Wisam Looks Ahead to Big 5 Global 2026 in Dubai
Big 5 Global returns to Dubai from November 23 to 26, giving Al Wisam a major stage for equipment, technical advice and regional partnerships.
Jul 20, 2026
Business
Al Wisam at Big 5 Global 2025: Machinery Meets Buyers
At Big 5 Global 2025 in Dubai, Al Wisam put SIRL, Batmatic, and Battipav equipment in front of contractors looking for practical site solutions.
Nov 27, 2025
Business
Inside Al Wisam Trading, Sharjah’s Machinery Partner
A closer look at how Al Wisam combines construction machinery, industrial systems and local technical support for contractors across the UAE.
Sep 18, 2025
Business
Why Al Wisam Treats After-Sales Support as Equipment
Al Wisam’s service model puts spare parts, maintenance, repairs and operator training into the same conversation as machinery procurement.
Jan 15, 2026
Travel
AlUla Shows How Saudi Arabia Can Build the Future Around Heritage
AlUla’s strongest idea is not construction in the desert, but a model where archaeology, local skills, conservation and hospitality grow together.
Jul 28, 2026
Business
The UAE's Quietest Business Problem Is How Long It Takes to Get Paid
Persistent payment delays and rising default concerns are squeezing liquidity across the Emirates, in the same half that produced the region's largest volume of new project awards. Both things are connected.
Aug 17, 2026
Fashion
Jazz Shoes Are Fashion's Softer Answer to the Statement Sneaker
Flat lace-ups borrowed from dance studios are giving summer wardrobes a lighter alternative to chunky sneakers and fragile ballet flats.
Jul 27, 2026
Design
The Greenest Building Is Usually the One Already Standing, and the Arithmetic Is Not Close
Building a new home of the same size can produce up to thirteen times the embodied carbon of refurbishing the old one. That number has started appearing in planning decisions, which is how a technical argument becomes a policy.
Aug 18, 2026
Latest Trends
Colombia's Deadliest Earthquake in a Decade: What Happened on 10 August
A magnitude 7.4 struck western Colombia at 7.34am local time, 110 km beneath Choco. It was felt in 32 departmental capitals, brought down a cathedral tower in Manizales, and the toll is still moving.
Aug 12, 2026
Business
The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December
Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.
Aug 14, 2026
Travel
Saudi Arabia's Tourism Megaprojects: What Is Actually Open
Billions have been promised across the Red Sea coast and Diriyah. Here is what travelers can actually book right now versus what remains a rendering.
Mar 9, 2025
Design
The Most Overlooked Thing in Your Home Is How It Sounds
Hard floors, glass walls and open plans photograph beautifully and sound terrible. Acoustic comfort is the last unfashionable part of interior design, and the cheapest to fix.
Aug 8, 2026
Design
Biophilic Design for Small Apartments Starts With a View
Plants help, but small-space biophilic design also uses daylight, airflow, natural patterns and a visible relationship with weather and time.
Jul 28, 2026
Lifestyle
Earthquake Safety, Compared: What the Gulf, the US and Europe Actually Tell You to Do
Drop, Cover, Hold On is the near-universal instruction, and the exceptions matter. Here is the official guidance from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Europe, and where it diverges.
Aug 12, 2026
Technology
An AI Disproved a Problem Mathematicians Sat On for 80 Years
A general reasoning model was handed a 1946 question from Paul Erdos and returned a 125 page counterexample. No hints, no step by step guidance, no training for the task.
Aug 4, 2026
Fashion
Nobody Can Agree How Big Modest Fashion Is, and That Is the Story
One widely cited figure puts the category at 86 billion dollars. Another puts it at 254 billion. The gap is not a rounding error, it is a disagreement about what modest fashion actually is.
Aug 16, 2026
Fashion
Sheer Dressing Is Back and the Argument Came With It
Illusion gowns and transparent couture are dominating red carpets again, and the online reaction is as reliable as the trend. Both are doing exactly what they are designed to do.
Aug 6, 2026
Latest Trends
Why the Conspiracy Theories Grew After Al-Awady Died
A natural death, an official report and an ordinary second autopsy were absorbed into a story about silencing. The mechanism behind that is predictable, and it is worth understanding.
Jul 8, 2026
Fashion
Sustainable fashion: progress report on a promise
After years of greenwashing, the secondhand market is growing 11x faster than retail. Real progress on sustainability exists, but the scale of waste remains sobering.
Sep 15, 2025
Diving
Lebanon Dives Its Own History, Including a Vichy Submarine
A French submarine at 36 metres, a 1939 freighter at 40, and a Victorian battleship far beyond recreational limits. Lebanon's coast is a wreck list before it is a reef.
Aug 6, 2026
