Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
Philip Adams explains why parties involved in a dispute must be realistic about both their strengths and weaknesses.
Construction & Industry
Henry Quinlan asks if the explosion of construction disputes has presented Dubai's arbitration centres with an opportunity to demonstrate their efficiency.
Construction & Industry
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.
Construction & Industry
Eugene Siterman discusses how developers have learnt valuable lessons for long-term survival during the downturn.
Construction & Industry
Sheriff Hashem sheds some light on the importance of portfolio management during the financial crisis.
Construction & Industry
Scott Aitken discusses the new laws of procurement procedures in Abu Dhabi & their effects.
Construction & Industry
Chris Roux takes a look at the importance of project governance and project management and how they can ultimately be responsible for a project's success.
Construction & Industry
Dubai has finally built its own metro – yet another first for this extraordinary city.
Construction & Industry
Mike Ankers discusses an alternative form of contract, which places risks at the hands of the contractor rather than the employer.
Construction & Industry
Imdaad’s Alan Millin says a much more thorough audit process is needed to identify true response performance, which should be part of your own regular operations.
Construction & Industry
Dennis Brand from HBJ Gateley Wareing looks at the vexing issue of terminating labour and employment contracts in the UAE.
Construction & Industry
With Eid around the corner and the ‘busy season’ looming, we’re expecting things to get a little out of hand up here in the Construction Week towers.
Construction & Industry
After the building collapse in Dubai last month, Mohammed Azad Hossain highlights, in the second of a two part series, the most common reasons for building failure and how to avoid a collapse.
Construction & Industry
Chandana Jayalath believes that time extension provisions are not for the benefit of the contractor and liquidated damages for the employer.
Construction & Industry
One in the eye for Dubai bashers I think, especially those who fly into the emirate to specifically create sensationalist, subjective and racist copy.
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