Thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike Sunday over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
While laborers have long complained about working conditions in this Gulf city known for its avant-garde skyscrapers, luxury dwellings and archipelagoes of artificial islands, [...]
Arabtec Holding PJSC and AMN Mauritius LLC (a sister Company of Abraaj Capital) signed a joint venture agreement to set up Arabtec Construction Mauritius LLC in Pakistan with a shareholding of 60% and 40% respectively. The objective of the company is to execute construction contracts in Pakistan.
This strategic Joint Venture combines strengths in construction expertise [...]
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate, Mohammedmian Soomro Saturday underlined that need for construction of cost effective quality houses in the country and observed that focus should be on providing quality units with all the modern civic facilities.
Addressing at the launching ceremony of “World Trade Centreâ€, a commercial complex bring constructed by Defence [...]
The quality of life of people is determined by the quality of cities they live in. This was said by architect Ejaz Ahed, President of Institute of Architects Pakistan, who gave a comprehensive lecture on the ‘Trends of Urban Development in Pakistan,’ at a local hotel here on Tuesday.
The architect said that the concept of [...]
In the first decade of a century that the entire world agrees is Asia’s, this great continent — home to half the world’s peoples and resources — finds itself at a strategic crossroads. Will it be able to give rise to new architecture and institutions that foster stability, security, cooperation, and growth? Or will it [...]