The bids have been entered for Dubai Metro’s Blue Line, which will add 30km and 14 stations to the emirate’s mass transit system. According to business website Meed, the lowest…

French multidisciplinary firm Egis has been appointed lead engineering consultant for the $2.7bn expansion of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) at Expo City. The expanded DEC will contain 18ha of…

Dubai’s $1.09bn (AED 4 billion) Warsan waste-to-energy plant has entered full commercial operations after four years under construction.

A team led by Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au and Perkins & Will subsidiary Dar Al-Handasah has won a competition to design and masterplan the next phase of Al Maktoum International…

Belgian dredging group Jan De Nul has been awarded a $200m contract by Dubai developer Nakheel for its sequel to the Palm Jumeirah project, De Tijd magazine reports. Palm Jumeirah…

Shamal Holding has awarded a $21.8m contract to UK-headquartered McLaren Construction to build Nad Al Sheba Gardens Mall in Dubai. The two-storey, 12,600-sq-m development is sited in an exclusive residential…

Luxury hotel operator Dorchester Collection has opened a hotel and residential tower in Dubai designed by UK architect Foster + Partners. The Lana Hotel and the Lana Residences are located…

Dubai developer Select Group is building what it claims will be the world’s tallest residential tower, at 517m, in the Dubai Marina district.

The government of Dubai has announced plans for a fourth phase of its South Bay development, which will add 138 three-to-five bedroom villas, together with a few six and seven…

Dubai-based Samana Developers today said it will award 18 construction contracts as it spends $3.4bn on new residential projects in its home city this year. The company will prioritise waterfront…

Two of Dubai’s biggest developers, Nakheel and Meydan, are to merge under the umbrella of Dubai Holding, the investment company owned by Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler. The…

One Za’abeel, a 530,000 sq m development consisting of two towers connected by a 100m-high, 230m-long cantilevered structure above a highway, will act as the “entrance to central Dubai” according…

Six consortiums are in the running to design and build Dubai Metro’s $4.9bn Blue Line, business website Zawya reports. Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) put out a request for…

Dubai developer Wasl Asset Management has chosen China State Construction Engineering Corporation to build “The Island”, a 10.5ha resort on reclaimed land off the coast of Jumeirah beach, MEED reports.…

From 1 January next year, Dubai Municipality will only accept planning applications for a wide range of buildings if they’re accompanied by a 3D building information model, or BIM. The…

The municipality of Dubai has issued its first printing construction licence for private use, allowing a villa to be extruded in one session in the city’s northern Al Awir 1…

Emirati property developer Binghatti has teamed up with Italian luxury car brand Bugatti to design a post-modern apartment block for Dubai. They aim to put two car elevators in the…

Dubai’s Al Habtoor Group has picked China Railway 18th Bureau to build a $1bn tower in the emirate, saying the contractor stood the best chance of finishing the job in…