Dubai Municipality rolls out drone aerial survey service

The Dubai Municipality has announced a new drone aerial-survey service designed for companies in the real estate sector. The authority will use...

Consultant

Dubai Municipality launches emirate-wide Soil Map project

The Dubai Municipality (DM) has launched what it claims is the Middle East’s largest smart geological project. The Soil Map project will...

Consultant

Dubai Municipality launches engineering excellence initiative

In a bid to develop and improve procedures for practicing engineering professionals, the Dubai Municipality has announced a new excellence initiative. The...

Construction

Dubai Municipality spending $680m on markets

Dubai Municipality is carrying out projects worth AED 2.5 billion ($680m) to build new markets and commercial complexes, expand and maintain existing...

Construction

Dubai to set up fire testing lab for building materials

Dubai Municipality plans to set up its own laboratory to test building materials and products for fire resistance, a senior government official...

Construction

‘Glass House’ project at Dubai’s Quran Park approved

Construction of a glass house and ‘Cave of Miracles’ at Dubai’s Quran Park has been given the go-ahead, according to the UAE...

Construction

Six firms submit bids for $272m Dubai library

Six construction firms have submitted bids for the construction of the $272.5 million Mohammed bin Rashid Library in the Al Jaddaf area...

Construction

Dubai Municipality ‘supervising 25,124 under-construction buildings’

Dubai Municipality has said its Buildings Department is undertaking engineering supervision of 25,124 buildings under construction in the emirate. The engineering supervision...

Features

The right fit-out: Inside the boom in Gulf interior contracting

The GCC market for interior contracting and fit-outs, based on the approximate number of projects completed in 2015, is estimated to have...

Features

An education in construction: On site at Jebel Ali School, Dubai

Schools are strange things indeed. Ranging in size from single rooms in far-flung villages, through to grandiose ancient estates on sprawling grounds,...