All Global articles – Page 69
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NewsRonald Barrott: ‘I’m not looking to take any lessons from Dubai at all’
Abu Dhabi developer Aldar’s commitment to sustainability, safety and partnership has made it the most progressive client in the Gulf. But it also has a staggering $65bn programme to support one of the most dramatic population explosions on Earth. How’s that going to work?
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NewsAnother crane topples on US building site
Latest incident comes just weeks after new safety rules issued to halt run of crane accidents
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NewsDubai's grand plans are how the West was won
Some Emirates schemes may be big, bold and bonkers, but it was vision like this that enabled the pioneers to transform America into the world's leading nation
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NewsSouth Korea to build cinema with 'virtual sky'
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au unveils designs for 85m cantilevered roof structure
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NewsTristar wins earthworks job on £6bn Arabian Canal
Limitless awards contract for first phase of earthworks along 75km Dubai waterway
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NewsUS decision hits housebuilders' shares
News that US Congress rejected $700bn bail-out plan sent share prices downwards before recovering on the London Stock Exchange
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NewsThe Mets lost! (And the economy's in meltdown)
New Yorkers tut over the president's proposed solution to the financial crisis – and cancel dinner over a shock baseball result
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NewsWhat a day to be on Wall Street
'Will bank for food' reads the sign in New York's financial district, as our reporter watches the US economic meltdown at close quarters
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NewsFoster + Partners unveils Virgin spaceport
Architect designs Virgin Galactic space terminal for Richard Branson in New Mexico
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NewsZaha Hadid’s Abu Dhabi bridge reaches construction milestone
Project manager HPR has now installed central piers of £113m bridge
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Romania floods force mass rebuilding of homes
Government announces €15m package to help homeowners
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Romania plans giant hydro power station on Danube
Feasibility study under way into project to enable country to hit EU renewables target of 24%
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline
Architect's 180m-tall Projet Triangle to be city's first new high-rise after council lifts tower ban
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NewsAbu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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FeaturesWelcome to the machine: Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation
Of all Le Corbusier’s buildings, perhaps the most influential is Marseille’s Unité d’Habitation. As a major exhibition of the great man’s works opens in Liverpool, Martin Spring visits this communal ‘machine for living in’ to see what lessons it has for us
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Lianakis AE v Alexandroupolis: Ability don't enter into it
The European Court of Justice has made it clear that public bodies cannot take account of a bidder’s capacity to do the job at the award stage
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NewsVideo: Holland's vision for an airport in the North Sea
Royal Haskoning's proposal for a floating airport would see Maglev trains whizzing passengers to Schiphol
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to New York
New York is awash with work, but beware: going topless is permitted, but smoking near a public building isn't
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FeaturesRisk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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NewsEleven die as Taliban attack dam project
Policemen killed as insurgents strike Indian-run dam construction site in Afghanistan