by Helen Waddell
As from January 2008, all buildings in Dubai have to be constructed in accordance with the new ‘green building’ standards. …
by Khaled Bushnaq
Khaled Bushnaq, managing director, Energy Management Systems, talks about the advantages for companies who go green. …
by Antonios Dimitracopoulos
The general awareness witnessed in the construction market prompts two questions that Antonios Dimitracopoulos, Partner at Bin Shabib & Associates (BSA) LLP explores: how can one comply with local environmental law while at the same time coping with the increasing financial pressures of rising costs and inflation. …
by Lauren Willington
With the UAE’s construction industry having to adopt measures in line with international ‘green’ building standards from January 2008, a massive shift is anticipated in the whole design and build process. …
Concept of sustainability
by Mohammed Azad Hossain
Sustainable development is the concept of a relationship between economic growth and the environment. …
By Sona Nambiar on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Dubai Municipality’s (DM) Building Department has issued a new safety manual for construction work priced at Dh100, which is an update on the previous one written more than a decade ago, according to a top municipal official. …
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by Rob Wagner
This summer has been brutal, and I’m not talking about the heat.
I can’t remember the last time I saw truly blue skies here in Dubai. I mean like the ones in those television advertisements and travel brochures. Instead, we are treated to a milky white substance that is a cross between fog and smog. …
Contractors were getting away with using inferior quality formwork on construction sites in the UAE, but with health and safety rules coming into play, times are changing, discovers Shikha Mishra. …
