MIDDLE EAST
- Saudi economic potential lures investors
Comment: Aruba Khalid, senior analyst at The Delma Institute, says Saudi Arabia’s reforms have helped its potential inclusion on the MSCI Emerging Market Index - StartUp advice: The importance of choosing your investors wisely
If you’re a startup with big ambition, it pays to do your homework on your prospective investors – just as they’ll do their homework on you, writes Jon Richards, CEO of compareit4me.com - Why we need not fear the cranes in Dubai
OPINION: As the Dubai construction industry experiences a reboot, long-term residents may feel pangs of worry. But there are plenty of new angles that suggest a more durable market. - Apple's Genius system is devoid of logic
Comment: A run-in with the tech giant’s customer support programme suggests there are still benefits to human interaction. - UAE politics can be understood only through education
Opinion – “It is part of our efforts to create a generation of politically savvy young Emiratis”. - E-mail and social media etiquette in the modern business world
OPINION: Social media and e-mail may be great communication tools for your business, but thought needs to be given before we send or post anything - It's all grey skies for Middle Eastern airlines
Scraping together a profit is only going to get harder in 2017. - How oil is staining Saudi Arabia's relationships
The kingdom’s determination to raise the price of its most lucrative asset is forcing it to re-evaluate friendships. - Business tips: How to hire in the UAE
Gemma Kennedy looks at what you need to get right when recruiting in the UAE, from the finding the right people to helping new hires settle in. - Employers: Make it happen by aligning your goals to breed success
Spencer Lodge, founder of online sales university, Make It Happen University, explains a few simple communications tactics employers can use to breed success in a sales environment.
AUSTRALIA
- Made in WA: Stadium footbridge deck to be constructed locally
The State Opposition calls for the Government to provide evidence of contractual disputes that have forced the new Perth Stadium footbridge to be constructed locally.
- Grenfell Tower's dangerous cladding
Beverley O’Connor speaks to surveyor Arnold Tarling from Hindwoods about the cladding used around London’s Grenfell Tower. - Londoners living in high-rise estates on edge after Grenfell blaze
Nervous tenants at the Chalcots Estate in north London live only kilometres away from Grenfell Tower and are questioning whether their own homes are safe.
- All-timber office building to be built in Brisbane
Fire and termites will be no threat to a nine-storey all-timber office block to be built in inner Brisbane, according to the construction team.
- Comparing the flammability of different cladding.
Here you can see the comparative flammability of polyethylene and fire retardant cladding. - Hunting down NSW's London-like flammable buildings
Shopping centres and entertainment complexes across NSW conduct urgent fire safety checks to investigate whether they contain flammable aluminium cladding, similar to the kind thought to have been use… - Capsule hotel pioneered building design with plug-in sleeping pods
Japan’s first capsule hotel stunned the world when it opened in 1972, hinting at a future where buildings would all be made of plug-in components.
- Grenfell fire prompts Australian investigation into cladding
A Senate committee will investigate the use of cladding material on Australian buildings in the wake of the deadly Grenfell tower fire.
- NSW flags building code crackdown after reports cheap cladding fuelled Grenfell Tower inferno
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state’s building safety measures are being urgently reviewed after reports cheap cladding used on the outside of the London tower block fuelled an inferno now b… - Dodgy building materials putting apartment residents at risk, construction group says
Some Queenslanders are living in “ticking time bombs” and are at risk of a deadly fire similar to the London tragedy, the state’s peak building and construction group Master Builders Queensland (MBQ)…
INTERNATIONAL
- Contract let for 1,055km Australian rail upgrade
A partnership of McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail has won a contract to convert 1,055km of Australian railway from broad gauge to standard gauge.A partnership of McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail h… - BRE signs agreement with Chilean uni
BRE UK has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Chile.BRE UK has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Chile.Read Full Article: The Construction Index… - Wellington’s town hall to double as national music centre
Councillors in the New Zealand city of Wellington have endorsed plans for the town hall to become the home of a national music centre.Councillors in the New Zealand city of Wellington have endorsed pl… - Trailblazing elevator makes world debut
Thyssenkrupp has inaugurated the first of a new type of lift that can move sideways as well as up and down.Thyssenkrupp has inaugurated the first of a new type of lift that can move sideways as well a… - Balfour Beatty US expands deployment of collaboration tool
Balfour Beatty’s US business has selected Egnyte Connect as the system to be used for content collaboration across the company.Balfour Beatty’s US business has selected Egnyte Connect as the system to… - Eiffage wins Brussels HQ contract
Two Eiffage subsidiaries have won a €190m (£167m) contract to build the new headquarters of BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels.Two Eiffage subsidiaries have won a €190m (£167m) contract to build the new h… - Developer picked for $1bn Oman waterfront scheme
The government of Oman has chosen a partner for the US$1bn (£790m) transformation of Port Sultan Qaboos into a mixed-use waterfront development.The government of Oman has chosen a partner for the US$1… - JV scoops $2.8bn Sydney Harbour tunnel contract
A joint venture led by CPB Contractors and John Holland has landed a AU$2.81bn (£1.68bn) contract to build a new metro deep under Sydney Harbour in Australia.A joint venture led by CPB Contractors and… - Dorset firm provides steelwork for Belize sports arena
Christchurch-based Reidsteel has designed and fabricated the steelwork for Belize’s new national arena.Christchurch-based Reidsteel has designed and fabricated the steelwork for Belize’s new national… - Tenderers shortlisted for Sydney’s M4-M5 link
Two joint ventures have been shortlisted to build the M4-M5 link in Sydney, Australia.Two joint ventures have been shortlisted to build the M4-M5 link in Sydney, Australia.Read Full Article: The Const…
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