Atkins in the Middle East was named Engineering Consultant of the Year in the Middle East at the inaugural Gulf States Building Awards in Dubai. Image: Tim Askew – Managing Director Atkins receives the Award Image Credit ATKINS
Foster + Partners has been honoured with the title, “Architect of the Year”, in the inaugural Gulf State Building Awards, announced on 13 November at a ceremony in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. Image Credit: Foster + Partners
Norman Denis Young to undertake the building services engineering of the Nakheel Tall Tower, planned to be the first building in the world to exceed more than one kilometre. Image SOURCE: NDY
(LtoR) Oliver Parche, German Industry & Commerce Office; Louisa Theobald, Streamline Marketing Group; Bernard Walsh, dmg world media Dubai; Simon Mellor, dmg world media Dubai; Dr. Francesco Alfonsi Italian Trade Commission Dubai Office. Image Credit: Shamal Marketing Communications
More than 4,500 people have joined a new scheme to ease congestion on Dubai's roads, it has been announced.The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said the number of subscribers to its carpooling service, known as ‘Sharekni’, has exceeded 4,525 - just one month after launching this service. SOURCE: ArabianBusiness.com – 4,500 sign up to Dubai car sharing scheme - Transportation - Read More
Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer, has successfully completed a comprehensive relocation programme, ensuring the transfer of more than 900 wildlife species from the project site of the largest industrial destination in Dubai. SOURCE: Dubai City Guide: News - Dubai Industrial City Successfully Relocates Over 900 Wildlife Ahead of Construction Work Read More
The developers of Dubai mega ecological project, the Mohammed bin Rashid Gardens, have revealed the master plan for the $60 billion project.Designed by architect Eric Kuhne of London-based CivicArts, the urban development will include educational, financial and commercial facilities, iconic civic buildings and more than 150 km of waterfront and wetlands. Read more @ the SOURCE: Dubai's eco-friendly master plan revealed - ArabianBusiness.com. Read More
Earthworms will do away with the sewage of one school in Sharjah in an initiative to introduce clean technology to the emirate and produce treated water clean enough for irrigation and district cooling. Read more @ the SOURCE: Gulfnews: Towards clean technology Read More
Movie lovers in the UAE are in for a box-office bonanza unlike anything witnessed in the region this November with the staging of mega open-air entertainment events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.The movie spectacle is a collaboration between SwissOpenAir Concept AG (Ltd.), the Swiss-based global entertainment giant that has enthralled the world with its unique brand of open air cinema screening, and Hydra Properties, one the finest quality lifestyle space providers in the UAE real estate market. SOURCE: Gulfnews: Hydra Open Air Cinema ... Read More
Devices that could reduce domestic water use by up to 50 per cent are being installed in 58 buildings along Sheikh Zayed Road.The project covers buildings on the stretch of motorway from the Dubai Trade Centre roundabout to the Defence Interchange. Read more @ the SOURCE: The National Newspaper – Water-saving devices can cut use Read More
A number of international exhibitors from Europe and North America will showcase products designed to create energy efficient buildings and demonstrate ways to deal with the daunting crisis of global warming while preserving the energy status quo at Working Buildings Middle East, which is scheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on 17th and 18th November 2008. SOURCE: AMEinfo.com: Abu Dhabi event to put spotlight on energy-efficient buildings. Read More
Al-Tayer: the station provides integrated services for 295 buses, workshops & drivers accommodationThe Roads and Transport Authority's Board of Directors chaired by H.E. Mattar Al-Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of RTA endorsed a contract for constructing a Public Bus Depot at Al-Rawiyya, at a cost of Dh400 million. The station is set to provide comprehensive services such as bus lining up yard, maintenance workshops, supply services….etc. SOURCE: RTA Portal - Home - News/Events. Read More
Pleas for gyms and swimming pools at some parks were among suggestions made by callers to Dubai Municipality’s “Managers on Air” initiative, launched on Tuesday. The Public Parks and Horticulture Department received more than 30 calls from residents and a lack of dedicated parks and recreational areas was the hot topic for discussion. Ahmed Abdul Karim, Director of the department, sat through the two-hour session and said the response to the call-in programme had been positive. SOURCE: Dubai Municipality Portal. Read More
The MASDAR initiative, in Abu Dhabi, signed an agreement with a Bahraini petrochemical fertilizer producer, GPIC, this week under CDM regulations. Dr Sultan Al Jaber said, "Masdar is introducing the CDM mechanism to the hydro-carbon based fertilizer industry in the Gulf region" with the initial project capturing over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 for selling to the UN." Read more @ the SOURCE: WAM. Read More
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