All Global articles – Page 59
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Cityscape warm-up: Ken Shuttleworth
The founder of architect Make tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø why he’ll be in Abu Dhabi next week and what he’s got planned
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Work like an Egyptian: Egypt's construction opportunities
Mummies, pyramids, chaos, gastroenteritis – dump this list of Egyptian clichés and focus instead on its construction boom. Sophie Griffiths went there to find out more …
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Disputes in the Middle East - how best to get a happy ending
Local culture and customs must be taken into account when dealing with disputes in the region
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Awe inspiring: Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque
Conceived in the 1980s, this beautiful building is nearing completion, and several British firms helped create it
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Make a wish: can Saudi Arabia make your dreams come true?
So, you want hundreds of billions of pounds of government-backed construction projects, and maybe a 30% pay rise too? Well, there’s one country that has untold riches beyond your wildest dreams. Thomas Lane braced himself and booked a flight
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Red tide turns Dubai beaches 'toxic'
Beaches have been closed owing to dangerous flowering algae
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Before you jet off: Contracting abroad
If you’re thinking of heading abroad to find work, make sure you read through this list of tips so you don’t find yourself in trouble over a contract
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Steel yourself: The Qatar National Convention Centre
Creating massive organic shapes out of metal is one thing. Getting them to support thousands of tonnes of structure is quite another. Thomas Lane reports on the building of the Qatar National Convention Centre
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After the gold rush: Getting paid in Dubai
It is claimed that the average contractor is owed £50m, while some consultants’ fees are being slashed in half. Roxane McMeeken finds out just how bad Dubai’s payment problems have become
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Why engineers won't help you get paid in Dubai
Paul Taylor considers how the restricted role of the engineer could change in the current economic climate
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Just landed: Philip Bray goes to Dubai
Who in their right mind would go to Dubai amid the current turmoil? Well Philip Bray for one. He reckons there is still excellent business to be done in the troubled emirate. Bray joined UK project management and cost consultant, Millbridge in 2008 to develop the business throughout the Middle ...
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Country focus: Hungary
Hungary had hoped to be a safe haven for investors but since September it’s been hit by record negative growth and a plummeting currency. Tibor Stahl of EC Harris in Budapest tells a familiar tale
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Médiacité building in Liège: Belgian big top
A 60m link section of a 350m steel lattice roof designed by Ron Arad Associates and Buro Happold has been installed on the Médiacité building in Liège, Belgium
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10 years is a long, long time: liability for defects or collapses
There are strict laws in the Emirates about defects that threaten a building’s stability, and you’re liable for a decade. So what can you do to avoid having to pay out?
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Renegotiating tenders in Dubai
Has your UAE client asked you to take a pay cut? Here are some tips from lawyers on minimising the pain
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Wilkinson Eyre reveals plans for Russian ski complex
Winter sports complex in Nizhny Novgorod will be used as training ground for `winter Olympics
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Gensler unveils China's tallest building at Mipim
Standing 632m tall, the architect's Shanghai Tower will dwarf the neighbouring Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center
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Roll over Beethoven!
This music theatre in Graz starts off in classical style, but inside it’s doing the twist
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Jan and me: Amanda Levete on Jan Kaplicky
Jan Kaplicky, who died in January, was a visionary architect whose creativity drove him to test the bounds of the possible, says his former wife and design partner
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Lunchtime rules in Mexico City
Business lunches in Mexico City often start with tequilla and end with a man hug