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			<title>Cutting corners devalues property</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Developers have been warned that cutting corners on maintenance could lead to long term losses in the re-sale value of their properties.]]></description>
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			<title>Facilitating growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over the past five years the Middle  East's facilities management market has grown at an impressive rate and further advances have been predicted. Peter Ward looks into the industry's progression and the role the MEP sector has to play in its development.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi 2008: quality vs quantity?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With construction in the UAE's capital on the increase, what's in store for Abu   Dhabi's FM sector in 2008?]]></description>
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			<title>Research revealed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As new research delves deep into the total facilities management market, facilities management Middle East asks industry professionals what they think of the findings.]]></description>
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			<title>Get the facilities managers involved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bringing facilities management in at the design stage is a hot topic at the moment.]]></description>
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			<title>Design to deliver</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Facilities management must be brought in at the design stage if the building is to remain sustainable. This is the joint message Operon Middle East and RAK Properties will be promoting as they join forces and create a new FM company.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman college introduces FM degree</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The degree will equip students with the knowledge and skills to enter the industry.   ]]></description>
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			<title>FM seminars embraced by Cityscape</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Real estate exhibition, Cityscape Abu Dhabi, hosted a seminar on facilities management (FM) at this year's exhibition. ]]></description>
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			<title>Services: get in early to avoid disappointment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Facilities Management remains a fledgling concept in the regional construction industry. But, as Christopher Sell reports, efforts to champion its cause from the early stages of a construction project have led to some major deals being signed in the UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>RAK &amp;amp; Operon sign MOU</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to form new FM company.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Accidents can lead to long-term losses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Contractors face losing US $5,000 per hour due to stoppages, compensation and fines.]]></description>
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			<title>OME’s first service contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait-based developer, Al Mazaya, has awarded FM provider, Operon Middle East (OME), its first service contract.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the FM market slowly starts to evolve in the region, Stephen Barker, director of Operon Middle East and Group GM of Quality Group explains why education is vital to the future success of the industry.]]></description>
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