Event wrap-up: Value Engineering Summit 2019

Industry comes together to discuss the growing facet's affect on construction. More than 200 delegates from across the Middle East gathered together...

Mind the gap between finance and engineering in industrial projects

Joe de Klerk, managing director at Construction Computer Software's (CCS) mining and industrial division CCSMI writes for MECN. Mining and industrial organisations...

Site Visit: ICD Brookfield Place

Gavin Davids joins project manager AECOM at one of the most eye-catching towers in the DIFC area. Early in 2016, at the...

Opinion: Making the most of data

Oracle Construction and Engineering's Ed Surgeon on ensuring the standardisation of project delivery. Organisations in the construction and engineering industry own a...

Opinion: Building Dubai’s future heritage

Dean Clifford, director, Great Marlborough Estates on Dubai's opportunity to expand into alternative design. From the top of the Burj Khalifa to...

Opinion: The alternative workforce

Louise Rodrigues, PM consultant, Aquila, looks at the perks of hiring freelance talent. The alternative/contingent workforce is a commonly-used practise across the...

Construction industry should look to proven tech to weather difficult times

Andrew Skudder, CEO. CCS, warns construction firms of the risks of not digitising operations . With the Middle East construction sector under...

Trends in offsite modular construction

Waleed Khaled, regional sales director, Losberger De Boer ME, says we want big projects to be delivered faster than ever. As the...

How we can protect our critical national infrastructure from cyber-attacks

Dr. Waël Kanoun, head of Cyber Solutions – Middle East, Thales on cyber securing rail systems through strategic design. The proliferation of...

Development of education in the region to be dominated by digital revolution

Growth of virtual schools will change conventional schools, says Pearson ME's Totkas. The role of technology and its influence within the education...

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