Prices of building materials down by 61.3%
Statistics Center - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) issued today its monthly building materials prices index, for the month of June.
The statistical release is coming in...
Government of Dubai continues to meet all its contractual obligations
Statement from Dubai Department of Finance
The Department of Finance, Government of Dubai, issued the following statement today in response to an inaccurate and misleading...
Al Habtoor Leighton Group & partners withdraw from Dubai Airport Concourse...
The Al Habtoor Leighton group and its joint venture partners Murray & Roberts and Takenaka had come to a mutual agreement with the Dubai...
Municipality plans new projects to improve infrastructure
The Dubai Municipality plans to complete several landscaping projects over 283.6 hectares in the city. The projects will improve the city's infrastructure through cultivation...
Construction costs have dropped to 2003 levels
Should property prices be decreased in line with the reducing costs of building materials?
A softening in prices of building materials is expected to kick...
Infrastructure Breakthrough – iCrete introduces revolutionary new material for precast concrete...
• New iCrete product family will feature speed in application, exceptional reliability and workability, less cement, lower cost, and sections that are thinner and...
SZHP is considering a decision to increase the minimum limit for...
The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme (SZHP) is considering a decision to increase the minimum limit for housing loans administered as part of the programme,...
Dubai developers can utilise $2.2 bln escrows
Dubai developers have access to up to $2.2 billion from escrow accounts to cover construction commitments, the emirate's property regulator said in a strategy...
Union Properties ongoing projects on track
Union Properties (UP) said on Sunday it will proceed with its ongoing projects, underlining that there are currently no plans for new developments on...
Emaar Misr makes strong progress on Marassi for on-schedule completion
Structural work of villas and townhouses 80 per cent over
Completed first phase of golf course
Beach Clubhouse to open this summer
Emaar Misr for Development S.A.E,...
Construction cost currently between Dhs270 and Dhs350 per sq ft
Construction costs in Dubai have fallen by 70.83 per cent from their peak of Dh1,200 per square foot in August 2008 to about Dh350...
Construction on Nakheels’ Badrah on schedule
Nakheel has announced it is to build more than 1,000 homes in the Manarah District in Badrah as part of the Waterfront development in...
Construction works on the Arabian Canal on schedule
Limitless, an integrated real estate development company and a business unit of Dubai World, has begun construction work on the Dh40.4 billion ( $11...
Projects on track
In recent weeks, delays have beset several massive projects, according to several architects and articles in The National. Dubai Waterfront is moving much...
Construction giants vie for Nakheel Tower deal
Three major construction players are vying for pre-construction contract for Nakheel's 1km-plus tower
Al Habtoor Leighton Murray & Roberts, Al Naboodah Laing O’Rourke and Samsung...
Contract for new concourse at Terminal 3 awarded to Al Habtoor...
Dubai’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said on Saturday it had awarded a 4.9 billion-dirham ($1.33 billion) contract to build a new concourse at...
The Big 5 begins
The Big 5, the Middle East's leading trade fair for the construction industry, kicked off on Sunday (23) . The worsening of the international financial...