Smart Cities Report: The next generation of transportation is MaaS

Martin Tillman, director, Strategic Planning and Advisory, AECOM discusses how smart mobility services can shape our cities. For many cities, shared mobility...

Why EVs and mobility services are driving the need for industrial edge data centres

Paolo Colombo, Go To Market director for Machine Builder and System Integrators at Schneider Electric on trends driving manufacturers to invest in...

Green facades – a case of Sustainability being only skin-deep?

Paul Godfrey examines the case for green facades and whether they could impact the way buildings are being designed and built in...

Making rail the cornerstone of the region’s future mobility

Significant investment in mainline and urban railway systems can play an leading role in reducing CO2 emissions, says Cécile Texier, VP sustainability...

Righting the Balance: Industry reacts to Dubai’s real estate reforms

Leading developers and analysts give their views the recent establishment of a higher committee for real estate in Dubai. At the start...

Insight: JLL’s Thierry Delvaux on Dubai’s new higher committee for real estate planning

New higher committee for Dubai’s real estate planning is a positive step towards balancing the market, says JLL . One of the...

Analysis: Oil price rise boosted construction in H1 2019

Increasing oil prices are strengthening the outlook for the construction sector across MENA, says Mace. The MENA region is currently expanding at...

Dubai real estate market reaches ‘attractive levels of affordability’ in H1 2019

Bayut report finds a perceivable shift in interest towards competitively priced areas for renters. Dubai’s real estate market has reached ‘attractive levels...

Construction industry should look to proven tech to weather difficult times

Andrew Skudder, CEO. CCS, warns construction firms of the risks of not digitising operations . With the Middle East construction sector under...

Reconnecting Dubai

Parsons’ George Arvanitis and Tarek Elmalatawy discuss the benefits of transit-oriented development. As global trends of urbanisation accelerate, there’s a need to...