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Pile foundations complete at The Tower
The Tower inauguration (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based real estate developer, has announced that pile foundations for The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour have been completed.</p> <p>Developed as a joint venture between Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding, The Tower is situated ...
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UAE ‘set to boost infrastructure spending’
Interchange photo (source: ME Construction News)
<p>The UAE is expected to increase expenditure, primarily in areas of infrastructure and developmental enterprises, which will reflect positively on the government’s revenues, according to a report released by an international consultancy.</p><p>Knight Frank, ...
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Construction of Dubai’s Bluewaters ‘75% complete’
Dubai Bluewaters (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Construction at the Bluewaters island destination off Dubai&rsquo;s coast is 75% complete, with most structures having transitioned from structural work to the fa&ccedil;ade stage of the building process in preparation for handover starting in the first ...
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Parsons picked for UAE airport expansion
Sharjah International Airport (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Parsons has won the project management contract for Sharjah International Airport expansion in the United Arab Emirates.</p> <p>Its project and construction management role will include oversight of the planning, design, construction and commissioning of ...
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Abu Dhabi approves $64m in infra projects
Abu Dhabi (FILE PHOTO - SHUTTERSTOCK)
<p>$29m development of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Road the biggest package among approved projects.</p> <p>Abu Dhabi&rsquo;s Executive Committee at the Executive Council has approved several projects worth a total of $64 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as ...
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Dubai’s Damac awards contracts worth $381m in Jan-Feb
Developer says 121 contracts awarded in first two months of 2017 for various projects across Dubai (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Developer Damac Properties says it awarded contracts worth AED 1.4 billion ($381 million) during January and February 2017 for its projects in Dubai.</p> <p>A total of 121 deals were signed, including construction, supplier and consultancy contracts, Damac ...
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Thales envisions Al Maktoum International having ‘metro’
Gulf News   10 March 2017   United Arab Emirates   Middle East  
Thales’ Marc Duflot and Denis Laroche at the Middle East Rail event (source: Gulf News)
<p>The French transport services supplier Thales says it will bid on Dubai Metro&rsquo;s Green Line when it is tendered, whilst keeping an eye on developments at Al Maktoum International.</p> <p>Thales also expects the automated people-mover system at the ...
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Abu Dhabi’s Al Maqta’a bidding hall processed $3.8bn in tenders in 2016
FILE PHOTO - SHUTTERSTOCK
<p>Al Maqta&rsquo;a bidding hall, the entity set up by the UAE government to ensure transparency in the bidding process for tenders, has processed 59 tenders worth more than $3.8 billion for 14 government entities in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2016.</p> <p>According ...
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UAE approves 12km link road
Link ring road (source: The Construction Index)
<p>UAE prime minister Mohammed bin Rashid has approved construction of a new AED500m (&pound;109m) link road.</p> <p>The 12km road linking Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road involves the construction of four interchanges including a tunnel and ...
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Dubai's upcoming night market on Deira Islands has promises to keep
Zawya   19 February 2017   United Arab Emirates   Middle East  
Deira Islands project. Image supplied by Nakheel.
<p>The world’s single largest “night market” is setting a date for an opening in late 2018 on Deira Islands, the offshore mixed-use cluster Nakheel is developing. It will also be the first component that will be open to the public on the massive four-island ...
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