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Bright 2009. But 2010?
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Saturday, 14 February 2009
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.
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Besix-Midmac JV awarded US $797m Doha Centre
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Emirati-Belgian contractor Besix, in joint venture with Midmac, has won the largest contract to be awarded in the region this year.
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Firms seek protection from steel price hike
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Construction firms strike deals on developments to pass on escalating costs.
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OCI unit seals $400mn RTA deal
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Besix awarded contract to design and build phase one of Al Safooh Transit System in Dubai, with Alstom.
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Rising stock
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Thursday, 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.
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Dubai launches first tram system
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
$1.1bn tram project will span 19 stations along Al Safooh Road and link several key locations within city.
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Making initial preparations
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Sunday, 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?
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Finding ways of beating the rising cost crisis
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Saturday, 19 April 2008
As rising construction costs hit crisis point, Conrad Egbert explores ways in which business could be done better.
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Contractors want cost-plus contracts
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Saturday, 19 April 2008
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.
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US $445 suggested as minimum wage
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Saturday, 12 April 2008
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.
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Besix and Suez Group sign JV to operate in ME
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Thursday, 3 April 2008
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.
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Besix tipped to bag Ferrari job
Saturday, 1 March 2008
Saturday, 1 March 2008
Belgium-based construction group, Besix, is tipped to win the contract for Aldar Properties' Ferrari Theme Park on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island.
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ALDAR and Besix join forces
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
ALDAR Properties has formed oa joint venture management contracting company with construction group Besix.
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Buying cheap is a false economy
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Hugo Berger and Christopher Sell look at the long-term costs of opting for cheap, second-hand equipment.
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Review of the year 2007
Saturday, 29 December 2007
Saturday, 29 December 2007
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.
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Palm Utilities awards contract
Friday, 14 December 2007
Friday, 14 December 2007
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.
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Dubai builders fall foul of green laws
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Pending laws governing environmentally friendly buildings could force developers back to drawing board.
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Pledge that needs enforcement
Saturday, 10 November 2007
Saturday, 10 November 2007
It's been just over a year-and-a-half since the largest strike to have hit the UAE made world headlines.
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Projects face redesign to meet green regulations
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Green building laws may force some designs back to drawing board, official says.
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Sustainability is the target for the industry
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Saturday, 3 November 2007
With the deadline for adherence to international green building standards fast approaching, Lauren Willington looks at the consequences for the industry.
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Besix-Arabtec secure Burj plots
Friday, 17 August 2007
Friday, 17 August 2007
Belgian-UAE joint venture wins $141mn contract to construct two high-rise towers at Downtown Burj Dubai.
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Burj set for steel switch
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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.
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UAE-South Korea build close construction ties
Friday, 27 July 2007
Friday, 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.
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The times, they are a changin'
Friday, 22 June 2007
Friday, 22 June 2007
How Dubai's construction landscape has evolved over the last 30 years.
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At the bottom of the Burj
Friday, 1 June 2007
Friday, 1 June 2007
As the Burj Dubai gets taller, it's easy to forget those still working on the lower parts of the structure.
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Back to the future with prefab tower
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Dubai's rotating 'prefab' skyscraper looks set to change the perception of the building technique.
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Besix tipped for prefabricated skyscraper
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Besix widely believed to be front runner for world's first prefabricated skyscraper.
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Samsung wins Palm bridge job
Friday, 13 April 2007
Friday, 13 April 2007
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.
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Burj Dubai set to get all clad up
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Cladding work on the world's tallest tower will begin in June.
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City of Arabia contracts due
Friday, 16 March 2007
Friday, 16 March 2007
Two contracts for Dubailand's City of Arabia will be sealed in the coming weeks.
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Joint venture is tipped on mall
Friday, 12 January 2007
Friday, 12 January 2007
A joint venture of Arabian Technical Construction (Arabtec), Arabian Construction Company (ACC) and Belhasa-Six Construct (Besix) is tipped to pick up the US $816 million (AED3 billion) main construction contract for the Mall of Arabia, which is part of the City of Arabia project in Dubailand.
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Reaching for the sky
Monday, 1 January 2007
Monday, 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.
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Besix unleashes monster Garhoud span
Saturday, 25 November 2006
Saturday, 25 November 2006
Traffic congestion is one of the biggest problems that Dubai currently faces. And in an attempt to meet the need for road infrastructure, the Garhoud Bridge extension is underway. Christopher Sell reports.
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