All Middle East articles – Page 3
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FeaturesOpportunities in Qatar
A US giant may have scooped the lead role on Qatar’s World Cup, but UK firms are well placed to target the $100bn that the richest country in the world is investing in construction before 2015. Building took a flight out east
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FeaturesDigging Doha: Msheireb's Issa M Al Mohannadi
Qatari client Msheireb Properties wants its £3.5bn Downtown Doha scheme to be the prototype for future cities around the world. Building talks to its chief executive about why this masterplan is so radical and why he wants UK expertise to help make it happen
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NewsUK construction firms ‘have the edge’ in Qatar
Director of £3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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NewsTake off: New Abu Dhabi airport is approved
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates has designed the airport, with a contractor expected to be appointed imminently
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CommentQatar's construction boom: The legal risks
With FIFA 2022 and multibillion infrastructure projects in the pipeline, many firms are heading for Qatar – but there are legal risks within contracts to be aware of
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NewsBuro Happold and Davis Langdon shortlisted for $1bn Iraqi Parliament job
International panel of judges will decide on the winning design later this year
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NewsUK architect wins competition to masterplan $1bn Iraqi rebuild
Architect Assemblage has designed a masterplan for housing which could be rolled out across the country
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord owes staff £850,000
MottMacDonald, Mouchel, Arup, Buro Happold and Parsons Brinckerhoff among the creditors to financially troubled architect
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord reaches agreement with creditors to avoid insolvency
The architect still anticipates being paid in full by Abu Dhabi government for work on its cultural quarter
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NewsCapita Symonds unveils £20m Saudi development
Mixed-use scheme will cover 50,000ft2, and work is expected to start next spring
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NewsMinister steps in to try to save Austin-Smith:Lord
Labour questions government’s lack of success from negotiations with Abu Dhabi government over millions owed to architect
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord could be bought out to avoid financial turmoil
Austin-Smith:Lord is in talks with another construction industry firm about a possible rescue plan, which would see it being taken over
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord thrown financial lifeline
Architect may be able to stave off entering an agreement with creditors as third party offers future funding
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NewsBalfour bags £104m Qatar roads job
Subsidiary Parsons Brinckerhoff wins programme management role
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NewsAtkins wins £65m Qatar contract
Firm’s engineers will transform roads and drainage systems in Doha over 5 years
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NewsAbu Dhabi payment raises hopes for Austin-Smith:Lord
Troubled architect received a part-payment of £2.4m from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage late last week
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord decides to close Abu Dhabi office
Move comes as architect, rated UK’s sixth largest in 2010 by Building, fights insolvency threat
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NewsIsland surf: Zaha Hadid's £172m Abu Dhabi bridge is completed
Bridge is a waveform structure 60m above water level
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NewsFosters unveils designs for Kuwait International Airport
Design based on Kuwaiti sailing boats aims to achieve ‘gold’ LEED rating