Turkey evolving into a lucrative second-home market

Mesut Ficicigil, managing partner, Ideal Sapanca. Mesut Ficicigil is the managing partner of Ideal Sapanca, a brokerage firm headquartered in Dubai with...

Outside the Box

In conversation with Sanu Mathew, design manager and director, SEED Engineering Consultants. RELATED ARTICLES: ETA Ascon wins Jumeirah Golf Estates MEP contract | DSI...

Getting Technical

In conversation with Tom Bower, MD, WSP Middle East. RELATED ARTICLES: WS Atkins and WSP go head-to-head over $1bn rated Parsons Brinckerhoff | Atkins appoints...

Budget hotels an untapped market in the UAE

In conversation with Laurent Voivenel, CEO, Hospitality Management Holdings. In 2013, 2- and 3-star hotels in Dubai registered higher occupancy rates than...

The Standard Bearer

Theuns Kotzé, managing director, BSI (Middle East & Africa) talks about the safety aspects of operating in the UAE's construction industry. Given...

Mixed-use developments to surge in Bahrain

Stefan Burch, director of professional services for Knight Frank’s Bahrain and Saudi Arabia operations tells Big Project ME about the current state...

Contractors of the New Age

In conversation with UrbaCon Trading and Contracting’s CEO, Moutaz Al Khayyat. A visitor to Doha in 2004 would have seen a very...

“Over-design a common mistake in the region”

In conversation with Siddharth Mathur, design director, Studio Lumen. Born in 1979, Siddharth Mathur received a degree in architecture from SGU Surat,...