All posts tagged "uae"
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ConstructionFinding answers in IPD
There are many problems facing the construction industry. Is integrated project delivery (IPD) the answer? Well, it depends on whom you ask. Most...
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ConstructionRegional real estate and market impact
The real estate industry in the GCC and in particular UAE has seen some turbulent times in the recent past. 2012 has...
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ConstructionRevisions to Fire and Life Safety Code considered
The UAE’s Fire and Life Safety Code may be revised to prohibit non-fire rated cladding panels on high-rise towers after Dubai and...
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ConstructionSharjah Municipality takes hard-line on cladding
Following an outbreak of fires across Sharjah, new buildings in the emirate will now only be approved by municipal inspectors if contractors...
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ConstructionADAC finalises preferred Midfield Terminal bidder
Abu Dhabi Airports Company announced on Monday that the consortium consisting of Arabtec, Consolidated Contractors Company and TAV had been chosen as...
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ConstructionDSC signs $54m Business Bay tower construction deal
Drake and Scull Construction announced on Sunday that it had signed a $54.45m contract for the construction of the Binary commercial tower...
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FeaturesPowers of Construction
During his key note address at last month’s World Future Energy Summit, Ban Ki Moon, UN secretary general made two...
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ConstructionIntegration of energy efficiency and construction “imperative”
The chair of the Emirates Green Building Council (EGBC), Adnan Sharafi, has said the region’s “tremendous growth” in power and water...
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Analysis
A shift towards asset performance management
Across the MENA region today a shift is beginning to take place with investors and occupiers more and more aware of the...
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Construction
The Big Podcast: Wednesday February 1
The cost of construction falls; Turkish president praises Dubai's business infrastructure; new Jordanian power plant to be built by Kepco; Al Ain...