Posts Tagged ‘Construction’

Arabtec wins AED710 million contract in Dubai

By Kipp • Jan 31st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

The 80-storey tower includes a five star hotel, furnished apartments and offices, the company said.


GCC hotel projects worth $7 billion under construction

By Kipp • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

The majority of the projects, valued at $4.4 billion, are located in the UAE.


AED2.5 billion to complete property projects in Dubai

By Kipp • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

The Dubai Municipality has approved its 2010 budget.


Abu Dhabi to curtail residential construction

By Kipp • Nov 25th, 2009 • Category: Abu Dhabi, Middle East Business News

Abu Dhabi will curb housing construction to avoid oversupply…


Show me the money

By Tania Tabar • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional

61 percent of professionals in the GCC foresee a pay raise in 2010.


Majority of region’s new hotels in the UAE

By Kipp • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Regional

The UAE is currently building…


Saudi sees fall in price of construction materials

By Kipp • Aug 23rd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation

The price of steel has reduced by…


Farewell, UAE

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The People

According to reports, the number of Indians living illegally in the UAE has fallen dramatically in the last seven months.


Dhabi Contracting wins key Dubailand contract

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: Dubai, Middle East Business News, Real estate

UAE-based Dhabi Contracting was awarded a contract by Dubailand's City of Arabia management to build...


Let’s go to court

By Aarti Nagraj • May 19th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, Regional, The Work, news

Dubai courts are suddenly finding themselves flooded with cases thanks to a rising number of property and trade disputes in the city.


No sleeping on site

By Parinaaz Navdar • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, The Work

The Dubai Municipality has banned construction companies from building temporary accommodation on work sites. It’s about time.


Boxing away Bahrain’s workers

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 24th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, The Work

A parliamentary bloc in Bahrain is proposing a law to move expatriate bachelors away from local families.


Who is going to live in all those houses?

By Kipp • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog

That’s the question that comes to mind when you visit Cityscape Dubai.


Dubai’s ill-treated laborers back in the limelight

By Kipp • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, The Work

As the issue continues to be a hot topic of the media, is anyone looking at any concrete solutions?


Boomtown no more?

By Kipp • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate, The Work

Construction analysts can’t seem to decide if Dubai is facing a construction slowdown or a housing oversupply. Which is it?


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