Dmg Events held a press conference on August 19 to officially announce the launch of the second edition of The Big 5 Construct Egypt, which is scheduled to take place from September 2 to 4 in Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC), under the auspices of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly.

The conference, which took place in Marriott Zamalek Hotel, saw the attendance of Deputy Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities for National Projects Khaled Abbas, Dmg Events President Matt Denton, along with Sixth of October for Development and Investment Company’s (SODIC) Executive Director – Design and Engineering Tamer Anani, and Sphinx Glass CEO Mohamed Khattab.

During his speech, Abbas noted that organizing such events helps to promote the country’s developments abroad, while bolstering the country’s real estate exports, indicating that total public and private investments in the construction industry surpassed EGP 200 bn.

Held under the theme “Bringing the world of construction to Egypt: Product Innovation – Knowledge Sharing – Networking,” Egypt’s largest construction event is expected to host over 300 exhibitors, operating in seven different sectors across 20 countries, while welcoming 13,000 to 15,000 visitors throughout all three days, Event Director of Dmg Events Rooni El Haddad said.

El Haddad further stated that this year’s edition marks a significant increase on different levels compared to the previous edition. This includes the venue’s area that expanded to 30,000 meters, the number of participating Egyptian companies that are anticipated to range from 120 to 130 companies, as well as, the volume of African and Arab countries.

The event will spotlight best practices and investment opportunities to foster the progress of the Egyptian construction and infrastructure sectors, in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030, he added.

Devoting special attention to the educational content, Event Director of Dmg Events revealed that an increasing number of attendees will have access to around 55 free workshops and educational sessions this year, featuring 60 of the industry experts and practitioners.

For his part, president of Dmg Events hailed the growth in Egypt’s real estate and construction industries witnessed in the past two years, lauding that the Egyptian government’s support for the event, modeled after The Big 5 Dubai and coinciding with the 40th anniversary of The Big 5 Show.

Additionally, Ahmed Ghozzi, CEO of Dmg Events’ strategic partner ACG-ITF, emphasized that holding such mega-regional events is a real privilege, stressing the significance of providing intense educational programs during the event days.

“Egypt has already overtaken Saudi Arabia as the second-largest single projects market in the region, recording more than USD 33 bn of contract awards in 2018. In total, more than USD 20 bn worth of real estate and civil infrastructure projects, valued USD 50 mn or above, have been awarded over the past two years alone,” El Haddad was quoted as saying in a previous press statement on June 11.