All Middle East articles – Page 53
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Indian construction worker buried alive in Bahrain
One man dead and two injured after walls collapsed in on trench while water pipes were being laid
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New York authorities charge two workers over crane collapse
Brothers accused of compromising safety when dismantling crane, which fell and killed a site worker
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Romania floods force mass rebuilding of homes
Government announces €15m package to help homeowners
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Minerva shares plummet as Dubai group pulls out of takeover talks
Rescue bid from Limitless falls through, causing developer's shares to plunge 40%
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Romania plans giant hydro power station on Danube
Feasibility study under way into project to enable country to hit EU renewables target of 24%
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Herzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline
Architect's 180m-tall Projet Triangle to be city's first new high-rise after council lifts tower ban
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Abu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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RIBA moves into Hong Kong, Singapore and the Gulf
Architects’ body to set up three new chapters over the next year after rise in expat membership
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Downturn sparks Gulf exodus for UK consultants
Ambitious engineers and QSs join housebuilding specialists in search for Middle Eastern work
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UK architects will visit China on sustainability market mission
The government is to take a group of architects to China in November in an attempt to snatch a share of the country’s sustainability market.
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AIM-listed Qatari steel specialist quadruples turnover
Structural steel specialist Panceltica has quadrupled turnover in the six months to 30 June 2008 and said it will become a billion-pound company in three years.
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Jacobs sues SOM for £4.7m over Qatar project
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the US architect behind the Freedom Tower in Manhattan, is facing a £4.7m legal claim over a job in Qatar.
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Risk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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Eleven die as Taliban attack dam project
Policemen killed as insurgents strike Indian-run dam construction site in Afghanistan
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Expat survival guide to Libya
Tourism and retail are set for a development boom, but leave your tight trousers at home – and stay off the roads
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Expat survival guide to the UAE
It’s the world’s biggest building site, a tank of petrol costs under a tenner and your salary comes tax-free
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Limitless enters Indonesia with £900m Rasuna Epicentrum
Dubai developer's 1.2m m2 mixed-use scheme in Jakarta will be its first in the country
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John Hutton to promote UK engineering in China
Minister to visit region devastated by May's earthquake to suggest how UK firms can help reconstruction
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FBI fraud probe into banking crisis firms
Lehman Bros, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be investigated for possible fraud, say reports