Michael Hess Appointed Project Director at BCC1

Al Madina A'Zarqa appoints Michael Hess as Project Director for environmental sustainability
ArabianBusiness.com (press release) - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
Blue City Company 1 (BCC1), the real estate development company tasked to deliver Phase one of Al Madina A'Zarqa, the most significant real estate infrastructure project in the Sultanate of Oman, has appointed Michael Hess as Project Director with particular responsibility for environmental issues. ...

Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower

True World Champ: Schumacher OKs Own Dubai Tower, Six More To Come
MotorTrend Magazine - USA
The first of seven towers commemorating Schumi's championships, called the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower, will be located on the Al Reem business district in Dubai and is expected to be completed in June 2011. As part of its design by LAVA Architects, the building encompasses a wharf tower design inspired by snowflakes and F1 aerodynamics with a touch of feng shui. When construction commences early next year, a full luxury marina will be integrated into the tower package as well. ...

DEPA Wins Three Contracts Worth AED 82m in Dubai & Abu Dhabi

DEPA's JV wins Dhs82m contracts and beats Atlantis deadline
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
Depa Limited, the world's largest provider of interior contracting services, announces that its joint venture, Mivan Depa, has recently won three contracts totalling Dhs82m.

These include fit-out works on the Jumeirah Beach Residence beach club and Damac Executive Heights in Dubai, as well as mock-ups for the Financial Centre at Al Suwwa Island, Abu Dhabi. ...

Al-Arabia Distributor for SIGMA Elevator Awarded Contract

Damac Properties awarded elevator contract for 3 of its Jumeirah Village South projects
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
Damac Properties, a luxury lifestyle provider and one of the region's largest private sector master developers, has awarded the elevator contract for three of the company's projects in Jumeirah Village South - to M/s Al Arabia the exclusive distributor for the leading Korean brand - SIGMA Elevator Company. ...

WSP Group Appointed Structural Engineer for World's Tallest Tower

Engineers appointed for world's tallest tower
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
Consultancy firm WSP Group has been appointed structural engineer for Nakheel's project to build the world's tallest tower in Dubai, the company announced on Wednesday.

UK-based WSP said it was already working on plans for the more than one-kilometre high structure, which Nakheel unveiled last week as part of the multi-billion dollar Nakheel Harbour and Tower development. ...