All Global articles – Page 77

  • Dubai worker
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    Working in the UAE

    2006-04-06T15:09:00Z

    With the right paperwork and the right credentials potential employees with experience in the British construction industry are welcome in the United Arab Emirates

  • Burj Dubai
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    Welcome to Dubai

    2006-04-06T15:01:00Z

    Want to live and work in a place with traditional souks alongside seven-star hotels and ski slopes in the middle of the desert? Dubai could be your perfect destination.

  • Nicole Waterman
    Features

    Flight path to Dubai

    2006-03-03T12:36:00Z

    Nicole Waterman wanted big-project experience in a new environment, and found just what she wanted in Dubai.

  • Features

    International costs: 2006

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The 14th annual survey by Gardiner & Theobald examines what it’ll cost to build offices, homes, warehouses and shops around the world - and takes a look at this year’s global price forecasts

  • Jill Craig
    Comment

    Look to Lisbon

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    The MEPs have just voted on the directive that aims to create a single market in services, but by ditching the ‘country of origin' principle they have given in to the protectionists

  • Features

    Just the job: Malcolm Clulow on Ski Dubai

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Clulow tells Emily Wright how he found himself filling a building with 7000 tonnes of snow

  • Comment

    Who wants 70bn euros?

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    In the past, the construction industry has missed out on European research grants. But now, with a huge round of funding up for grabs, it's time to stand up and be noticed

  • Jill Craig
    Comment

    Red-tape rollback

    2005-10-21T00:00:00Z

    The European commission has taken the first tentative steps in its campaign to make EU businesses more competitive by cutting regulation. And there’s a long way to go …

  • Comment

    Hitting home

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission is loath to admit that its remit includes housing policy, but the scale of housing need in Europe may require it to adopt an integrated approach

  • Comment

    Margaret’s mix-up

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Margaret Beckett says a central policy of Britain’s European Union presidency is to cut carbon dioxide emissions. So why is a directive that would actually do that being scrapped?

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    Lords committee backs Bolkestein directive

    2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

    A House of Lords report has backed the controversial European Union services directive. The construction industry had lobbied against the directive on the grounds that it threatened working conditions.The Lords’ committee on the European single market has issued a report backing the proposal, commonly known as the Bolkestein directive, which ...

  • Comment

    After Kyoto

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The European Union is looking to cut 40% of carbon emissions from buildings, but it hasn’t decided exactly how. So, now’s your chance to influence the debate …

  • European whole-life costs
    Features

    European whole-life costs

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews makes its annual appraisal of the costs of building and maintaining a standard factory in 14 European countries and finds the familiar north-south divide

  • Comment

    Welcome to castle Bolkestein

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    The proposed European Union services directive, or Bolkestein’s monster, as it’s known, could produce a playing field with so many bumps that standards suffer

  • Comment

    There, there

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The proposed European services directive has been dubbed Bolkestein’s Monster. But it’s not that terrifying, if you’ll all just calm down and read the small print

  • Bolkestein’s monster
    Features

    Bolkestein’s monster

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Just when you thought it was safe to use Continental contractors … A hideous European directive has begun a bloodthirsty rampage that could have a devastating effect on the UK construction industry.

  • Features

    International costs: 2005

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Gardiner & Theobald’s 13th annual survey looks at how much it’ll cost you to build various buildings around the world, along with labour and inflation rates – plus why China is still the main cost driver

  • Comment

    Czech list

    2004-08-06T00:00:00Z

    The Czech Republic has updated its laws on public procurement to bring them into line with European rules – but there are one or two things you ought to know

  • Webb bridge
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    One thousand perforations in every bridge … Webb Bridge, Melbourne

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    A bridge for pedestrians and cyclists designed by architect Denton Corker Marshall opened last month in Melbourne's Docklands area. The Webb Bridge's sculpted form was prebuilt and brought on site by barge. Dramatic lighting at night makes the perforated steel cladding appear transparent. The project team working for Docklands Authority ...

  • Features

    Sourcing timber in Uganda: King of the jungle

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Why an intrepid Oxford QS had to trek into the Ugandan jungle to find a solution for the High Commission building in Kampala – and make sure the locals weren't up to any tricks. We report on an African adventure