All Middle East articles 鈥� Page 52
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NewsRoyal Haskoning to review New Orleans flooding risk
Consultant signs new deal aimed at maximising damage limitation in future floods
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NewsQatar: The quiet type
Despite its reputation as the Gulf鈥檚 gentle backwater, Qatar has some serious ambition 鈥� and the wealth to back it up.
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NewsGulf developers: the next generation
It鈥檚 not just about being the biggest, tallest and loudest anymore. Gulf developers have started to take urban planning, ecology and regeneration very seriously indeed. And if they happen to be better at it than anybody else, then so be it...
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NewsDubai labourers: A matter of life and death
For too long, Dubai鈥檚 labourers have had to put up with dangerous working conditions on site and miserable living conditions off it. Can a voluntary charter set up by a group of contractors change anything? They certainly think so
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NewsGuide to the six countries of the Gulf
Co-operation Council cover almost 2,5000,000km2, are home to nearly 35,000,000 people, and generate more than a trillion dollars a year. Here鈥檚 a whistlestop tour of the world鈥檚 fastest growing marketplace
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NewsBurj Dubai: Top of the world
The designers of the Burj Dubai tell Katie Puckett how they tackled a very tall order
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FeaturesHarnessing the wind: Bahrain World Trade Centre
Bahrain鈥檚 World Trade Centre is one of the first buildings to be designed with wind turbines as part of its structure. It sounds simple, but as Thomas Lane discovered, the problems were many and the answers elusive
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CommentGulf facilities management: Keeping up appearances
The Gulf states were slow to catch on to the need for facilities management, but now the market is in overdrive. Katie Puckett presents a five-step guide to getting a piece of the action
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NewsRonald Barrott: 鈥業鈥檓 not looking to take any lessons from Dubai at all鈥�
Abu Dhabi developer Aldar鈥檚 commitment to sustainability, safety and partnership has made it the most progressive client in the Gulf. But it also has a staggering $65bn programme to support one of the most dramatic population explosions on Earth. How鈥檚 that going to work?
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NewsFoster faces Libeskind in Monaco extension plan
Stellar architects are part of two consortiums bidding to extend Monaco into the sea
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NewsShortlist announced for Gulf State 黑洞社区 Awards
Foster, Atkins and Mace among big names selected for excellence in construction in the Gulf region shortlist
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NewsAnother crane topples on US building site
Latest incident comes just weeks after new safety rules issued to halt run of crane accidents
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NewsDubai's grand plans are how the West was won
Some Emirates schemes may be big, bold and bonkers, but it was vision like this that enabled the pioneers to transform America into the world's leading nation
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NewsOverspend and delays hit World Trade Center station
Transport hub on ground zero site is running hundreds of millions over budget and five years late
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NewsSouth Korea to build cinema with 'virtual sky'
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au unveils designs for 85m cantilevered roof structure
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NewsTristar wins earthworks job on 拢6bn Arabian Canal
Limitless awards contract for first phase of earthworks along 75km Dubai waterway
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NewsUS decision hits housebuilders' shares
News that US Congress rejected $700bn bail-out plan sent share prices downwards before recovering on the London Stock Exchange
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NewsFoster + Partners unveils Virgin spaceport
Architect designs Virgin Galactic space terminal for Richard Branson in New Mexico
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NewsZaha Hadid鈥檚 Abu Dhabi bridge reaches construction milestone
Project manager HPR has now installed central piers of 拢113m bridge
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NewsDubai residents complain about construction work at night
Extended working hours on construction sites to midnight during Ramadan has led to complaints from locals