Smart grids bridge the supply and demand of future cities, says Schneider Electric’s Gulf VP

As estimated by the International Data Corporation (IDC), investment in technologies enabling smart cities in the Middle East and Africa region is...

Construction

Dubai Municipality and Nedaa signs MoU to enhance Dubai Geospatial Infrastructure

Dubai Municipality has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Dubai’s Professional Communication Corporation –...

Construction

Opinion: How ‘smart’ can an airport be?

‘Smart airport’ is one of the most common buzz phrases in the industry. Before determining if smart airports are achievable, a key...

Construction

MEA smart cities market investments to reach $2.7bn by 2022

The Middle East and Africa’s smart cities market is expected to double from $1.3 billion in 2018 to $2.7 billion by 2022,...

Construction

It’s time to change AI’s bad rep

Data can be our greatest ally and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to propel human-kind towards what we’re only able to...

Construction

Is a carbon-zero city a reality?

What is a zero-carbon city, you ask? At its core, if a city can achieve a zero-carbon status, it must cause no...

Consultant

Woods Bagot’s Paolo Testolini: Dubai is well-placed to realise smart city vision

Dubai is a city that has become synonymous with breaking new ground and doing things other cities in the world could only...

Features

Exploring the potential of technology and project delivery methods for productivity in AEC

Approved Content The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry employs 7% of the world’s population, with an approximate total annual spend of...

Consultant

Saudi Arabia signs MoA With AEC, Honeywell for smart city projects

Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a Saudi Arabia-based Economic Offset Program company has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with technology supplier Honeywell...

BIM

Autodesk AEC: CIM could save industry $1.7tn within the next decade

Leading industry analysts believe that city information modelling (CIM) is the future of smart cities. Building information modelling (BIM) has already been...