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Journey to the city of the future
The completed section of Masdar sits on a podium, a bit like a child’s toy wooden fort, surrounded by sandy scrub. That lower layer was to have housed all the city’s services as well as its ‘Personal Rapid Transport’ vehicles, little electric cars which whizz silently about underground to the destination you have tapped in to a touchscreen.
Busiest city roads to get 50km of bus lanes
The 46km of lanes for buses only will comprise 2km on each side of Bainunah Street between Corniche Road and Hazaa bin Zayed the First Street; about 11km on each side of Hamdan Street from Al Salam Street to Airport Road; and about 10km on each side of Sheikh Zayed the First Street between Al Salam Street and 32nd Street.
Saudi deals stir interest in UAE
UAE contractors are racing to expand into Saudi Arabia, which is set to surpass the Emirates as the biggest construction market in the region. Saudi Arabia will generate US$400 billion (Dh1.46 trillion) of construction contracts in the next five years compared with $250bn of contracts expected in the UAE, according to data released yesterday at the Arabian World Construction Summit in Abu Dhabi.
Khalifa University holds Mobile Application Contest 2011
Khalifa University today held the sixth annual Mobile Application Contest (MAC) in Abu Dhabi. This contest focuses on promoting an environment which fosters the creation of innovative mobile applications in the UAE and the Middle East, and provides participants with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate their mobile computing skills.
Saudi Aramco Plans to Double Power Supply, Conserve Energy to Save Crude
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, plans to double its power-generating capacity to 4,000 megawatts by 2015 to supply all the electricity it expects to need to produce crude and natural gas.
Renewable energy the future: UN
GLOBAL energy generated by renewables could increase up to 10 times on current levels by mid-century, a landmark study by a United Nations climate change body has found. In a report released last night in Abu Dhabi, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says detailed analysis
Abu Dhabi rolls out water transport plan
To meet the growing demand for public transportation in Abu Dhabi, the Department of Transport has rolled out the ‘Water Transport Master Plan’ that will cover some 200 islands over the coming decades, ferrying over 60,000 people every day.
Abu Dhabi plans to set up second aluminium plant
Abu Dhabi is planning to build an aluminium plant in Khalifa Industrial Zone, a top official said. Jamal Al Dhaheri, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation or ADBIC, which is part of Abu Dhabi’s industrial arm General Holding Company, expected to make public details on the new joint venture facility in two weeks.
Sorouh receives “Best Mixed Use Future Project Award” at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2011
Sorouh Real Estate Company PJSC (“the Company” or “Sorouh”), the Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer (ADX: SOROUH), is delighted to announce that its Shams Gate project has received the ‘Best Mixed Use Future Project Award’ at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2011.
Abu Dhabi’s Cityscape holds promise for the capital
News of the death of the property business in the UAE has been so exaggerated that one almost expected to see tumbleweed blowing down the aisles of the Cityscape exhibition in Abu Dhabi this week. These beautifully crafted, colour-co-ordinated constructions, some at least eight metres square, give a vision of how Abu Dhabi might look.
