The Big 5, Middle East, Africa and South Asia's largest construction event, has been postponed to 2021 in the wake of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

The annual trade event and its co-hosted shows - The Big 5 Heavy, Middle East Concrete, HVAC R Expo, Middle East Stone, The Big 5 Solar, and the Urban Design & Landscape Expo - would be held on 12-15 September 2021, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, the event's organisers dmg events announced on Monday.