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			<title>Bright 2009. But 2010?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A by-product of building things in a boomtown is that the rumour mill is rampant. No matter what is said or who says it, someone will say the exact opposite.]]></description>
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			<title>Besix-Midmac JV awarded US $797m Doha Centre</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirati-Belgian contractor Besix, in joint venture with Midmac, has won the largest contract to be awarded in the region this year.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms seek protection from steel price hike</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Construction firms strike deals on developments to pass on escalating costs.]]></description>
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			<title>OCI unit seals $400mn RTA deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Besix awarded contract to design and build phase one of Al Safooh Transit System in Dubai, with Alstom. ]]></description>
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			<title>Rising stock</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabtec's Riad Kamal has just got off a flight from St Petersburg with a smile of a cat who's got the cream.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai launches first tram system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$1.1bn tram project will span 19 stations along Al Safooh Road and link several key locations within city.]]></description>
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			<title>Making initial preparations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The construction period for the Burj Dubai has proven equally complex in terms of MEP services as the final installation. Just what was needed to make the project operational?    ]]></description>
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			<title>Finding ways of beating the rising cost crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As rising construction costs hit crisis point, Conrad Egbert explores ways in which business could be done better.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Contractors want cost-plus contracts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Contractors in the UAE have said that they're ‘fed up' of being forced into signing fixed-price contracts as the construction cost crisis worsens.]]></description>
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			<title>US $445 suggested as minimum wage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A poll conducted by Construction Week on the ‘ideal minimum wage in the GCC', has revealed an average salary of US $445 (AED1635) per month. People interviewed for the poll included contractors, consultants, architects, lawyers, embassy officials and construction workers.]]></description>
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			<title>Besix and Suez Group sign JV to operate in ME</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Besix and Suez Group have formed a new company, Besix Axima Services, to provide technical maintenance, facilities management and energy management services to the UAE and Qatar.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Besix tipped to bag Ferrari job</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Belgium-based construction group, Besix, is tipped to win the contract for Aldar Properties' Ferrari Theme Park on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island.  ]]></description>
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			<title>ALDAR and Besix join forces</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  ALDAR Properties has formed oa joint venture management contracting company with construction group Besix.]]></description>
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			<title>Buying cheap is a false economy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Hugo Berger and Christopher Sell look at the long-term costs of opting for cheap, second-hand equipment.]]></description>
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			<title>Review of the year 2007</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A year is a long time in construction, and a long time in publishing. Construction Week takes a look back over an eventful 12 months.]]></description>
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			<title>Palm Utilities awards contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai's Palm Utilities has awarded France's Suez Environment subsidiary, Degremont, and Belgium's Besix Group a US $800 million (AED 2.9 billion) contract for a wastewater treatment plant at Nakheel's Jumeirah Golf Estates development.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai builders fall foul of green laws</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pending laws governing environmentally friendly buildings could force developers back to drawing board.]]></description>
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			<title>Pledge that needs enforcement</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  It's been just over a year-and-a-half since the largest strike to have hit the UAE made world headlines.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Projects face redesign to meet green regulations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Green building laws may force some designs back to drawing board, official says.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Sustainability is the target for the industry</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With  the deadline for adherence to international green building standards fast  approaching, Lauren Willington looks at the consequences for the  industry.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Besix-Arabtec secure Burj plots</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Belgian-UAE joint venture wins $141mn contract to construct two high-rise towers at Downtown Burj Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Burj set for steel switch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Burj Dubai will take a further step forward in the next few months as construction will begin on the steel structure of the tower.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE-South Korea build close construction ties</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The growing number of South Korean contractors and developers setting up shop in the UAE is a testament to the close relationship between the two countries. Angela Giuffrida and Monika Grzesik report on the Asian invasion.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The times, they are a changin'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How Dubai's construction landscape has evolved over the last 30 years.  ]]></description>
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			<title>At the bottom of the Burj</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the Burj Dubai gets taller, it's easy to forget those still working on the lower parts of the structure. ]]></description>
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			<title>Back to the future with prefab tower</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai's rotating 'prefab' skyscraper looks set to change the perception of the building technique.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Besix tipped for prefabricated skyscraper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Besix widely believed to be front runner for world's first prefabricated skyscraper.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Samsung wins Palm bridge job</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Samsung Corporation, the trading and construction arm of South Korea's largest industrial group, has won a US $350 million (AED1.2 billion) contract to build a bridge to Nakheel's Palm Jebel Ali.]]></description>
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			<title>Burj Dubai set to get all clad up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cladding work on the world's tallest tower will begin in June.]]></description>
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			<title>City of Arabia contracts due</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Two contracts for Dubailand's City of Arabia will be sealed in the coming weeks.]]></description>
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