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• Under starter’s orders…Features | 1 June 2008

  With horse racing one of the UAE's most popular sports, the redevelopment of Dubai's Meydan Racecourse is in the spotlight. Alison Luke finds out how MEP services will help to keep both horses and racing fans cool in future.

• Rising stockInterviews | 1 May 2008

  Arabtec's Riad Kamal has just got off a flight from St Petersburg with a smile of a cat who's got the cream.

• Making initial preparationsFeatures | 20 April 2008

  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?

• Finding ways of beating the rising cost crisisFeatures | 19 April 2008

  As rising construction costs hit crisis point, Conrad Egbert explores ways in which business could be done better.

• Racing aheadFeatures | 5 April 2008

  As the Meydan racecourse works towards its Dubai World Cup 2010 completion, Hugo Berger visits the site to see how the challenging deadline is being met.

• Crisis pointFeatures | 29 March 2008

  With building costs going through the roof, is the contruction industry heading for a crisis? 

• Building new roads won’t solve Dubai’s traffic issuesFeatures | 22 December 2007

  Dubai's RTA has just announced that the expenditure on roads for its 2020 masterplan will reach US $26billion. Conrad Egbert looks at what that means for the city.

• Firm solutionsFeatures | 8 December 2007

  Concrete firms continue to innovate, while contractors squeeze out every available opportunity to meet deadlines.

• Overcoming worker shortagesInterviews | 29 September 2007

  Thomas Barry of Arabtec talks about the challenge of securing resources in an overheated market.

• Meydan: new centre of world horse racing?Features | 22 September 2007

  A look at building plans behind the Dubai World Cup's new racing venue.

• UAE-South Korea build close construction tiesFeatures | 27 July 2007

  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.

• 'We have to go up a gear'Interviews | 20 July 2007

  Mohammed Ali Al Hashimi, executive chairman of Zabeel Investments sits down with Conrad Egbert to shed some light on a few issues that have been topics of debate in the UAE.

• The times, they are a changin'Features | 22 June 2007

  How Dubai's construction landscape has evolved over the last 30 years.

• At the bottom of the BurjFeatures | 1 June 2007

  As the Burj Dubai gets taller, it's easy to forget those still working on the lower parts of the structure.

• Building precision sports infrastructureFeatures | 30 March 2007

  Building on the experience of hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2006, German contractors in the region are putting their talents to good use on stadium builds in Dubai. Christopher Sell reports on the motto of the engineering specialists: better by design.

• Reaching for the skyFeatures | 1 January 2007

  The Burj Dubai is already one of the city’s biggest landmarks and set to be the tallest building in the world, its construction is being eagerly watched. Alison Luke finds out how MEP services will meet the challenge of the spiralling tower.