Dubai Review

SINCE the start of the year Dubai has been in the news but for the right reasons this time: launching of the world tallest building, a multi-billion-dollar racetrack and most importantly telling the world how it intends to go about paying off billions of dollars of borrowed money which it was hard pressed to pay last year.






Construction of the Infinity Tower, an iconic ‘twisting’ tower taking shape at Dubai Marina, has progressed ahead of schedule, with the ‘twist’ in the 80-storey structure having reached 56 degrees to date, according to its developer Cayan Investment and Development.






WORK on the remaining 18 stations on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro project is expected to be completed before the end of this month.






MORE than 90 per cent of the curtain-walling and 60 per cent of the interior fit-out works have been completed on Ocean Heights, an iconic twisting tower, located at the entrance to Dubai Marina on Dubai’s Al Sufouh Road. The Dh645 million ($175.






SIGNIFICANT progress has been made on Park Lane Tower, one of KM Properties’ iconic developments in Business Bay. The project has reached level 20, with core wall construction from the 19th to 20th level currently in progress. First fix of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works is also under way.






THE final phase of Dubai Investments Park (DIP), a 2,400-hectare mixed-use development in Dubai, has been launched at a cost of Dh300 million ($81.74 million). Phase Eight will cover 500,000 sq m and will be a hub for logistics services.






AL BARARI has started handing over the first completed villas in its $6.4 billion residential project located in Dubai’s royal enclave of Nad Al Sheba, with more than 35 families now calling the botanical haven home. Built on 14.






WITH landmark developments such as the Meydan Development, the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Metro recently added to its project portfolio, Jotun Paints has declared 2009 as its best year ever.






PASCHAL’s highly popular modular formwork systems continue to help shape and speed up work on numerous prestigious projects in the region.






EXOVA Dubai has recently enhanced its testing capabilities, in a bid to set a new benchmark in testing expertise.






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