Colin Foreman
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GCC project market to hit $150bn in 2012
Contract values expected to grow by at least 10 per cent in 2012
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Old faces longing a return to Dubai
Visits to Doha from Dubai are a far more sociable affair than they used to be. In the past a trip to Qatar normally meant lonely nights in a hotel room catching up with emails and work.
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Qatar’s most important construction project
People in Doha say it is the stadiums planned for the 2022 Fifa World Cup. Others say it is the proposed rail and metro networks. Some say it is the port or the airport, both of which are currently under construction. And some still say it is in the on hold causeway that will connect Qatar with Bahrain.
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Accepting debt
In early 2009 I visited a Dubai-based contractor and during the meeting I was concerned that the company’s general manager was about to have a heart attack as he told me how much money his company was owed by local developers.
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Palm Island is here to stay
Dubai is a city that thrives on rumours and back in 2004 there was one story that everyone was talking about. The Palm Jumeirah is sinking. I remember being told the tale by engineers, housewives and taxi drivers. Everybody seemed to know about it.
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