All articles by Roxane McMeeken – Page 13
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Inside the Olympic handball arena planning meeting
Make's Stuart Fraser describes how he battled through traffic to deliver the proposal for the 2012 handball arena
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Emaar posts Q4 loss of £330m
Developer of Burj Dubai blames US recession for 10% slip in 2008 revenue
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The car in front is... a great way to find work in Dubai
Project manager who won fame by scrawling advert on Porsche gets a job – but his car gets impounded
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Nakheel staff accused of fraud in Dubai
Australian nationals held as part of year-long investigation
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Chinese firm wins £1.2bn Mecca monorail job
China Railway Co will build rail link to holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Musdalifah
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Finance problems hit major Saudi schemes
Government building projects held up as banks delay loans and increase interest rates
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Saudi Arabia to spend £275bn on infrastructure
Kingdom will take advantage of low materials costs to spend $400bn in the next five years
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Giant industrial Saudi city gets go-ahead
First phase of new city focused on oil and gas services will include 120 factories, attracting £1bn of investment
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Cross-dressing property developer arrested in Dubai
Mall of the Emirates detainee claims he is preparing for Bollywood movie
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Abu Dhabi cracks down on illegal construction jobs
Programme aims to tackle problem ahead of expected influx from downturn-struck Dubai
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Laing O'Rourke cuts 320 UAE jobs at Aldar JV
Partner Aldar also puts some of its own schemes on hold, including part of Al Raha Beach
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IMF warns of global economic stagnation
Dire financial forecasts suggest going abroad will not protect your company from the economic crisis
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Libya 'immune' from global financial crisis
Report shows good prospects for construction, with strong GDP growth and demand for housing and offices
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CH2M Hill creates 500 jobs in UAE
US programme manager wants staff to work on projects like Masdar in Abu Dhabi
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Billions to be spent rebuilding Gaza
UN demands lifting of ban on construction material imports so rebuilding can start, as cost of war damage put at £1.4bn
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Sheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking – some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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Middle East Q&A: Muhyiddin Itani
Davis Langdon's Beirut director explains why construction in Lebanon has been booming in recent years, and advises UK firms how to get involved
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Strictly Ðǿմ«Ã½: construction's finest dance contest
Passion, tragedy, triumph and dead fancy footwork – if you thought only Saturday night telly could bring you all these things, think again. Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s answer to Strictly Come Dancing reveals the amazing grace of construction folk
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The Ðǿմ«Ã½ London 2012 team: an awfully big adventure
Meet the Ðǿմ«Ã½ London 2012 team – seven young people who’ve been given the chance to help build one of the most high-profile and demanding projects the UK has ever seen