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			<title>Is Dubai ready for PPPs?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573568-is-dubai-ready-for-ppps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the latter part of 2008, when the West started to feel the impact of the global economic crisis, the local press asked: will Dubai be hit by the recession? Nine months later, only one answer can honestly be given.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The role of the project controller</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Syed Ali Dilawer highlights the growing importance of project controllers within the construction industry.       ]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Key points while entering into a joint venture in the Middle East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  James Bremen advises what to keep in mind while entering into a joint venture or consortium agreement.    ]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>These days, everyone’s a jack of all trades</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572962-these-days-everyones-a-jack-of-all-trades</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, it's me again. Back at the helm of facilities management Middle East and ready to listen to those willing to teach me all that I don't understand about this all-ecompassing, all-things-to-all-people industry.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The invisible man…</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If residential building designers consider the place and developers consider some of the processes, why do the people get ignored? Alan Millin, MSc. CEng FIHEEM, says it could all be different if FMs were consulted at the start of the design process.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Design responsibility – do as you are told, no more no less!</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573370-design-responsibility--do-as-you-are-told-no-more-no-less</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Philip Adams discusses the need to do only as your contract tells you to do when it comes to design.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Setting the record straight</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573371-setting-the-record-straight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Larry Lin discusses the importance of preparing contemporary records to support claims.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Arbitration and civil procedure</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572851-arbitration-and-civil-procedure</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Dennis Brand from HBJ Gately Wareing looks at the issue of dispute resolution in a contract.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Humming the same tune</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572854-humming-the-same-tune</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As I write, the ink is drying on the final sale of GM-owned Hummer, to a Chinese construction machinery firm, which most people, even in our industry have never heard of (Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, in case you were wondering).]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Procure your way to better FF&amp;amp;E and OS&amp;amp;E</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572920-procure-your-way-to-better-ffaampe-and-osaampe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the many decisions facing hotel owners and developers is how to get hotel furniture and operating equipment (FF&E and OS&E) ordered and delivered. What comes next is often a realisation of the true scope of that endeavour, and more questions: How? What? Who? Turnkey or procure?]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>‘Wacky banking + wacky buildings’</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572533-wacky-banking--wacky-buildings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the most enjoyable things at Cityscape 2009 was the erudite and droll presence of Peter Rees, city planning officer for London. Rees chaired the World Architecture Congress, as well as presenting a paper entitled ‘Wacky Banking + Wacky Buildings = Global Meltdown’.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Dubai design-fest</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[November is shaping up to be quite the design fest. A bonafide design extravaganza of a month will kick off on November 6, with the six-day IFI General Assembly and Design Congress.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Form swallows function</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572376-form-swallows-function</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last month I had the opportunity to visit Abu Dhabi for the first F1 race in UAE history. In a word, it is amazing. The hotel is state-of-the-art. The venue is pristine.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:43:38 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The culling of transparency</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572012-the-culling-of-transparency</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Interviewing people here is always a bit of a challenge because they worry about what not to say, says Conrad Egbert.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Time, cost, risk and then there’s technology</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572020-time-cost-risk-and-then-theres-technology</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Paul Madeira looks at how recent events have affected the issues of time, cost and risk across the industry and have heightened the value of technology.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Delay notices – a declaration of war?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/571352-delay-notices--a-declaration-of-war</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Philip Adams explains why contractors should not be afraid of reporting delays to their employers.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How contractors can protect against performance guarantee bonds</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/571354-how-contractors-can-protect-against-performance-guarantee-bonds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The risk of calling for performance guarantee bonds, are greatly enhanced during recessionary markets. Andrew Gibson considers the available options.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Transparent times</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570683-transparent-times</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Why the building collapse in Sharjah last week wasn't exactly greeted with gasps of horror by journalists.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Avoiding the downward economic spiral</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570688-avoiding-the-downward-economic-spiral</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bassam Samman discusses the importance of risk management, particularly during the downturn.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mediation is a good option</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570694-mediation-is-a-good-option</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oliver Kammerer says arbitration is not the only choice one has when opting to resolve disputes.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The art of negotiation</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570111-the-art-of-negotiation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although multi-skilled, Alan Millin, MSc. CEng FIHEEM, says facilities managers' skills around the negotiation table need to be honed if they are to get more for less, and do less for more - but all in an atmosphere of mutual respect and benefit.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Yup, things move quickly here. And I’m glad…</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570083-yup-things-move-quickly-here-and-im-glad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the summer and holy month of Ramadan behind us, talk from the industry of a Q4 revival is getting louder. In fact, it seems a new atmosphere of collective confidence is pervading Dubai as a whole. Whether it's the Metro affect and its statement of intent to prove to the world the city-state, despite its much reported problems, will be a Metropolis to be reckoned with in the near future; I'd like to think so.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>We cannot be done</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570085-we-cannot-be-done</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, Middle East Architect's 2009 awards have come to a close. For obvious reasons, I'm writing this message before the night of the event but I'm hoping everything went smoothly. In fact, knowing the amount of effort that went into it from the ITP side and the judges side as well as the excitement surrounding it from the industry side, I feel comfortable assuming it went very well.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Starck TV</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Design is the latest victim of the reality TV craze currently coursing through our television sets. Last month saw Philippe Starck’s new show, ‘Design for Life’, debut in the UK. Starck is on a mission, it would appear, to shake up the British design industry, his theory being that Terence Conran was the last remarkable footnote in the history of modern British design. How the Brits feel about this little nugget of condescension is anyone’s guess.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Behind the tracks of the Dubai Metro</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/570046-behind-the-tracks-of-the-dubai-metro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Behind the jubilant crowds flooding the Dubai Metro soon after its official launch, all eager to be a part of history in the making, is another story that is no less incredible. It is the story of a vast engineering and construction effort completed in less than four years, a record-breaking time.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Sinking the red with a dose of realism</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569837-sinking-the-red-with-a-dose-of-realism</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Philip Adams explains why parties involved in a dispute must be realistic about both their strengths and weaknesses.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A time for Dubai’s arbitration centres to shine?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569838-a-time-for-dubais-arbitration-centres-to-shine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Henry Quinlan asks if the explosion of construction disputes has presented Dubai's arbitration centres with an opportunity to demonstrate their efficiency.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Can you tell me how to get… How to get to Al Jufalli Street?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569610-can-you-tell-me-how-to-get-how-to-get-to-al-jufalli-street</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If the October edition of PMV Middle East was an episode of Sesame Street, it would have been brought to you today by the letter Q. Indeed, traffic is a reoccurring theme this month.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A “perfect storm” boosts value engineering in Dubai</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569138-a-perfect-storm-boosts-value-engineering-in-dubai</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eugene Siterman discusses how developers have learnt valuable lessons for long-term survival during the downturn.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Portfolio management: Navigating through the crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sheriff Hashem sheds some light on the importance of portfolio management during the financial crisis.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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