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			<description><![CDATA[Al Shafar United is the MEP company within the Al Shafar General Contracting (ASGC), Peter Ward went to one of its main projects, Bay Square, in Business Bay, to find out how the firm is progressing on such a massive development.]]></description>
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			<title>Whodunnit at Business Bay</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Developers in Dubai are pushing ahead with projects with little regard for infrastructure, according to an MEP coordinator working in Business Bay.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Shafar General Contracting CEO Bishoy Azmy reveals his aggressive expansion plans.  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Shafar General Contracting needed a comprehensive solution to stop internet threats from compromising its various sites in the UAE. It found the best fit in Cyberoam appliances.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Daniel Thompson, quality assurance/quality control manager of Al Shafar General Contracting, says initiatives to train and develop staff pay off.]]></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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			<description><![CDATA[  ASpro Total Property Management is a new addition to the Middle East's expanding facilities management sector.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Developing a human resources strategy is a matter of survival for contractors in the region, explains Bishoy Azmy.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  MEP contractor believes spark could have landed on materials in storage area.]]></description>
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			<title>Short circuit question over Barsha blaze</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Al Shafar’s portacabins go up in smoke as contractor says it “probably” started from one of the window AC units.]]></description>
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