Confidence returning to Dubai’s real estate market, says Chestertons

Q4 apartment and villa sales prices down 2% and 3% respectively; rental rates Q-on-Q point towards stabilising prices. Dubai’s real estate market...

We need to empower SMC firms, says UAE BIM’s AbouAlfa

Ahmed AbouAlfa, founder, UAE BIM Association, on bringing BIM documents and guidelines in line with international standards. Ahmed AbouAlfa, founder, UAE BIM...

Arabtec Holding registers $119mn loss in Q3 2019

Arabtec Holding, Dubai’s largest listed construction firm, has registered a loss of $119.1 million in the third quarter of the year. Arabtec...

Expo 2020 Dubai Exclusive: The company behind Al Wasl Plaza’s dazzling steelwork

Giuseppe Chiaranda, director of Rimond Group, sits down for an exclusive chat to discuss the impact of Expo 2020 Dubai and his...

Smart Cities Report: Shaping the digital future

Steve Cockerell, industry marketing director for Rail at Bentley Systems on how the built environment can optimise technology to think outside the...

Smart Cities Report: The next generation of transportation is MaaS

Martin Tillman, director, Strategic Planning and Advisory, AECOM discusses how smart mobility services can shape our cities. For many cities, shared mobility...

Why EVs and mobility services are driving the need for industrial edge data centres

Paolo Colombo, Go To Market director for Machine Builder and System Integrators at Schneider Electric on trends driving manufacturers to invest in...

Haulotte reports 4% rise in global third quarter sales

Powered access major better placed than last year after first nine months, but cautious on future outlook . Global powered access heavyweight...

Arabtec Construction’s CEO Boyd Merrett resigns

UAE contractor confirms second high level executive departure in 2019. Arabtec Holding, the UAE-based contractor for social and ecnomic infrastructure, has announced...

Green facades – a case of Sustainability being only skin-deep?

Paul Godfrey examines the case for green facades and whether they could impact the way buildings are being designed and built in...

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