Significant progress has been made on Bawabat Al Sharq, a mixed-use development community being built at a cost of Dh3 billion ($816 million) in Bani Yas, Abu Dhabi.

Damac hands over Terra Sol unitsDAMAC Properties has commenced the handover process at Terra Del Sol, its project at Discovery Gardens. Two buildings comprising 99 units each, Terra Del Sol 1 and 2 are part of the Mediterranean community at the massive Discovery Gardens project that spreads across a 26-million-sq-ft plot.

Leading UAE developer Sweet Homes has awarded a contract worth Dh450 million ($122.5 million) to Sharjah-based Master Civil Construction Company for the construction of Towers B10, B14 and B15 – three out of the nine towers comprising its Dh1.7-billion ($462 million) Rainbow Towers project. The move follows the completion of a Dh12 million ($3.

Schindler has established its own branches in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to sell, install and service the company’s elevators and escalators in these fast-growing markets. The company has been present in the two emirates for many years through local firms, which sold, installed and maintained Schindler products.

DAMAC Properties Dubai has completed of the main structure of its Emirates Gardens development. Emirates Garden (Phase One) is the company’s first project in Jumeirah Village and comprises three separate buildings each of four storeys.

The UAE’s Al Nasr Contracting Company has won a contract worth Dh582 million ($158 million) for infrastructure works on The Tiger Woods Dubai, an exclusive 55-million-sq-ft golf community development located within Dubailand.

Simplex Infrastructures has won a main contract worth Dh168 million ($45.65 million) to build Wadi Tower, one of a series of high-rise buildings within City of Arabia, with work set to begin immediately.

Architectural designs for two stations on the Green Line of the Dubai Metro have been approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Planters, the region’s leading interior landscaping company, has executed the interior landscaping of the new Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. Planters was tasked with styling the interior landscaping of this ultra-luxurious terminal for Emirates airline, which has ushered in a ‘new era in Dubai’s aviation history’.

Construction has begun in Dubai on what will become the world’s largest water reservoir built in pre-stressed concrete, using the world’s largest and most powerful wall formwork system supplied by Meva Formwork Systems.

Dubai’s soaring office rental rates are putting a premium on office design, with many organisations finding that customisation is no longer a luxury but a necessity, according Ofis, a leading supplier of office furniture.

Omniyat Properties says it is committed to deliver all launched projects on time. With nine projects under way, at a value of more than Dh13 billion ($3.53 billion), Omniyat Properties will deliver all projects over three years, at the rate of three per year.

Dubai Contracting Company (DCC) received the “Construction Company of the Year 2008” award at the Arabian Business Achievement Awards 2008 gala ceremony, which was held last month at Atlantis, The Palm hotel in Dubai The award was received by DCC’s CEO Abdallah Yabroudi, who attended the awards dinner with executives and senior managers fro

U S Chiller Services (USCS) Dubai, a leader in chiller operation, maintenance and  services, was voted the MEP ‘Specialist Contractor of the Year’ for the second consecutive year at the 2008 MEP Middle East Awards Gala held at the Mina Al Salam Hotel in Dubai.

A four-day course on Dubai’s new strata law is to be held in the city this month. The course is being conducted by Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), a leading institute for real estate education in the Middle East offering high-quality programmes.