A long proposed canal in the Business Bay area of Dubai has finally received approval from Dubai Municipality and will be completed over the next two years, it was announced on Monday. The first phase of the project will be connecting the Business Bay canal with the sea through a pipeline using the micro tunneling technique, said Hussain Nasser Lootah, … [Read more...]
Galfar Engineering and Contracting, the Omani construction company, has announced that it has been awarded an operations and maintenance contract from the Public Authority for Electricity and Water in different governorates. The total amount of the awarded tenders was $8.2m, the Public Authority said, adding that the final date of submission was April 8, … [Read more...]
More than half the projects at the King Abdullah Financial District in Saudi Arabia are complete and the first phase of the development will be delivered by the end of the year, a senior executive at a Riyadh based contracting firm has said. Speaking to Zawya, the executive, who declined to be named, said that construction on the 1.6m m2 project was going … [Read more...]
The UAE’s precast industry has been valued at $1.6bn according to figures released by Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI). The body, whose board includes Her Excellency Fatema Al Jaber, has confirmed the Emirate’s precast manufacturers employ a total of 25,000 technicians. The statistics were published … [Read more...]
Dubai World Centre (DWC) the Dubai Government body behind the “world’s first” aerotropolis, has announced the start of construction on a 6.7 square kilometres aviation district within the DWC mega project. The district, designed to host regional headquarters and facilities for aviation manufacturing, maintenance, repair and technology, will welcome … [Read more...]
Empower, the UAE based district cooling provider, has disavowed responsibility for the failure of the district cooling systems in the Skycourts buildings complex in Dubailand. In a report by local news website, Emirates 24/7, the firm said that its equipment was not to blame for the failure of the district cooling system in the six tower Dubai landmark. … [Read more...]
The Omani subsidiary of Técnicas Reunida, the Spanish international general contractor, announced on Saturday that it had completed work on Petroleum Development Oman’s Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Project. The facility was inaugurated by HH Sayyid Mansour bin Majid al Said, advisor to the Minister of Heritage and Culture, and is designed to handle … [Read more...]
Siemens, the German manufacturer of electrical infrastructure equipment, has broken ground on a major facility for gas turbines and compressors in Saudi Arabia, as part of a massive expansion campaign in the Kingdom. Planned for completion in late 2013, the centre will create job opportunities for young Saudis, serving as a knowledge transfer hub for new … [Read more...]
A contractor often believes that an extension of time also entitles him to damages or compensation for being kept on site longer than agreed. However it has been held in the UK courts that the sole purpose of an extension of time is to relieve the contractor of the obligation to pay liquidated damages for the whole or part of the overrun period. To … [Read more...]
There are many problems facing the construction industry. Is integrated project delivery (IPD) the answer? Well, it depends on whom you ask. Most of those against IPD, I’m afraid, don’t understand what it is all about. The American Institute of Architects says, “IPD leverages early contributions of knowledge and expertise through the utilization of … [Read more...]
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