RTA approves $218m road project in Dubai

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that work is set to start on a major roadworks project that will link...

Infrastructure

Dubai’s RTA plans to expand smart lighting project

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it is planning to expand its Smart LED Lighting Technology Project, after it...

Infrastructure

Infra milestone hit at Downtown Jebel Ali project in Dubai

Infrastructure work at Downtown Jebel Ali (DJA) in Dubai has reached a major milestone, with deep utilities work complete at half of...

Construction

Dubai to allow hotels to build rooftop restaurants

Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, has issued an administrative decision that authorises hotels to build rooftop restaurants. The move comes...

Construction

Dubai’s Nakheel awards $37m contract for Dragon City Premier Inn

Developer Nakheel has agreed a construction contract worth AED 136 million ($37 million) with Al Ghurair Contracting and Engineering Works to build...

Construction

Drake & Scull breaches covenants on sukuk, bank loan facilities

Drake & Scull (DSI), the Dubai-based contracting giant, has said that that it has breached covenants on a syndicated sukuk and other...

Property

Sobha: 70% of phase 1 and 2 of Hartland project in Dubai sold

Sobha Group, the Dubai-based real estate developer, has announced that 70% of Phase 1 and 2 in its Sobha Hartland project have...

Consultant

Draw Link Group expands into Europe with Athens launch

Draw Link Group, the Dubai-based architecture and design firm, has announced its expansion into Europe following the launch of operations in Athens,...

Construction

Dubai: Pile foundations complete at The Tower

Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based real estate developer, has announced that pile foundations for The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour have been completed....

Construction

Construction of Dubai’s Bluewaters ‘75% complete’

Construction at the Bluewaters island destination off Dubai’s coast is 75% complete, with most structures having transitioned from structural work to the...