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			<title>The role of the project controller</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Syed Ali Dilawer highlights the growing importance of project controllers within the construction industry.       ]]></description>
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			<title>Rats feed off UK recession as trash mounts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The UK's rat population feeds off the recession as buidlings lie empty and trash piles mount.]]></description>
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			<title>Maintaining MEP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  MEP Middle East assistant editor Peter Ward reports on FM solutions to the problems of maintaining MEP systems.]]></description>
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			<title>MEP costs astronomically high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MEP plant is becoming increasingly expensive, industry experts have reported.]]></description>
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			<title>EC Harris rolls out Mitel IP telephony to keep workers connected</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Property consultancy selects Mitel IP telephony solution to enable remote workers to stay in touch  ]]></description>
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			<title>Soaring costs risk contractors exiting UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Contractors severely hit by surge in price of building materials, says leading business figure.]]></description>
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			<title>Resolving the issues with FIDIC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  In his second article, Joe Colgan, senior project manager, EC Harris, follows up on the problems associated with FIDIC's nomination clause.    ]]></description>
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			<title>The perfect storm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As UAE cement supplies slow and the cost of construction materials soar, work has halted on some projects.]]></description>
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			<title>Keeping hold of your staff</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Companies in the region are having to do more to retain good staff.    ]]></description>
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			<title>FIDIC and the issues that arise from use</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the first of a two-part examination, Joe Colgan, senior project manager, EC Harris, looks at FIDIC, its problemsand some solutions.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Latest measures for keeping hold of staff</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some construction consultancy firms have introduced twice-yearly salary increases for their staff in an attempt to retain them against rising inflation and poaching from clients.  ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE steel prices continue to climb</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tonne of rebar that fetched around $830 in January now around $860 on strong domestic demand. ]]></description>
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			<title>Navigating the health and safety legislation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Laura Atherton, solicitor advocate, Kennedys, and Aziz Zerban, regional SHE team leader, EC Harris International, continue their look at health and safety law, and specifically organisations that help navigate these rules.]]></description>
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			<title>Good form for resolution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Joe Colgan, senior project manager, EC Harris, discusses how an NEC project can lead to an amicable resolution of disputes.]]></description>
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			<title>Construction costs to soar next year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rising prices of raw material and workers' salaries to drive UAE costs up by a fifth, consultancy says.]]></description>
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			<title>A greater data facilitator </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Christopher  Sell  talks to Paul Jenkins, associate, EC Harris, about the advantages of web-based  collaborative systems.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Recycling awareness not strong enough</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Landfill transformed from dumping ground to waste management facility. But are landfills the solution?]]></description>
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			<title>Filling the blank page to create multi-party arbitration success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Craig Sida, senior consultant, EC Harris International - Contract Advisory Service and committee member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, looks at what still needs to be done to create a local framework for multi-party arbitration.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Women in FM</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The FM industry's leading ladies take part in facilities management Middle East's first roundtable event.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Stubbing out smoking</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As Dubai's decision to ban smoking gets underway, leisure managers are thinking fast about taking non-smoking steps. ]]></description>
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			<title>Keep it in the family</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why large-scale projects in Abu Dhabi demand more of an equitable approach to contracting.]]></description>
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			<title>Sama Dubai-EC Harris form PM joint venture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Developer Sama Dubai and real estate consultancy EC Harris have set up a joint project management company.]]></description>
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			<title>Stubbing it out</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will the Dubai's proposed smoking ban give facilities managers more to think about?   ]]></description>
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			<title>Scheme to improve H&amp;amp;S</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Contractors Competence Scheme (CCS) could be launched in Dubai as a way of enhancing health and safety practices in the construction industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Corporate social responsibility</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As the UAE strives to be the number one business and tourist destination in the world, Becca Wilson reports on the business case for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the region’s commitment to it.   ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[What can be done to reduce the strain between contractors and developers? Go into joint ventures, of course. Monika Grzesik reports.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Procurement should evolve to spread risk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Contractor makes calls for cost-plus approach, saying it would benefit all stakeholders.  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate service firm Cushman & Wakefield and EC Harris have announced the formation of a joint venture company that offers a total service solution for corporate occupiers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The cost of building materials in Dubai increased by 32% during the first eight months of 2006, according to new figures from cost consultants EC Harris.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Building material costs spike and labour rates have increased, piling the pressure onto firms   ]]></description>
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