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November 22nd, 2008

Issues:

ON-SITE TALK: Reducing the waste mountain
Business

Prakash Parab, general manager of Dulsco waste management services on the rising demand for construction waste management services powered by the construction boom.
 

LEGAL OPINION: Time to clean up the flaws in the laws
Business

KK Sarachandra Bose, partner/corporate, commercial and contract lawyer at Dar Al Adalah Advocates and Legal Consultants, says the arbitration system needs to be revamped.
 

FACE to FACE: Build it and they will come
Projects

Waleed Saffy, the newly-appointed CEO of Bahrain's Durrat Marina development, discusses the project and the demand for more marinas in the Kingdom.
 

Surfing muscat's wave
Projects

Oman has a handful of developments under construction with even fewer on their way to completion. And The Wave, Muscat in one such project. Deputy editor Conrad Egbert gets onsite the residential development that is taking shape on the shores of the charming, sleepy, seaside town of Muscat.
 

The Big 5 show will be litmus test for industry
Business

The outcome of The Big 5 show this year will reveal the real state of the regional construction industry.
 

Workers allegedly used as weights in failed lift test
Business

An accident in which 11 men were allegedly used as human weights to test a lift from the 45th floor is being blamed on the lift contractor.
 

Oman sets up human rights commission
Business

The sultanate of Oman has established its first-ever human rights commission, becoming the last of the oil-rich Gulf states to set up such a body according to news daily Al-Watan
 

Slowdown must not be allowed to damage 'green' agenda
Business

Environmental concerns must not be allowed to slip down the industry?s agenda in the face of the global economic downturn, a top international consultancy has warned.
 

Cables: Surviving the meltdown
Projects

Projects are getting cancelled or put on hold but Shikha Mishra reports that the cable industry in no danger of going down just yet, thanks to the number of ongoing projects in the UAE and the Middle East.
 

Big 5's future is tied to what happens around the world
Business

Massive industry exhibitions are usually not the venue where mysteries are contemplated or even solved, but this year's Big 5 may prove to be an exception.
 

Nakheel to scale back projects
Projects

Dubai-based master developer Nakheel has said that it will scale back some of its projects because of the global economic slowdown
 



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