Already proven in Europe, the use of collaborative working is now rising in the Middle East. Gary Turner, general manager of UK-based Fagerhult Lighting Group, gives us a manufacturer's perspective of the benefits of partnering.
Emaar Middle East (Emaar ME) has said that progress on infrastructure work on the company's flagship US $1.6 billion Jeddah Gate project, is on schedule.
International Foundation Group (IFG) has picked up a US $2.9 million (AED10.72 million) enabling works contract for its Lincoln Park project at Arjan district in Dubailand.
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has set a new standard that will see engineers, builders and regulators design structures that can resist environmental and mechanical stresses and material degradation.
Dubai Municipality (DM) is to set up a special office to oversee applications and enforcement of its green buildings laws to be introduced at the end of the year.
From micro project management to designing, the entire construction process can take place virtually thanks to the number of advanced IT software programmes that are now available to architects and contractors in the market.
Resurfaced British real estate boss Baljinder Chohan, who was banned from UK directorships for four years, is offering unsuspecting GCC investors plots of land in an empty field called 'Canary City' in Bromley, South London, Construction Week has learned.
Angry recruitment agencies in the Philippines have threatened to stop recruiting Filipino construction workers to work in Saudi Arabia unless a unified contract is abolished by Saudi's Ministry of Interior.
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