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dmb
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 Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: Cranes |
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I was told last week by a private student that 50% of the cranes in use(in the world) are in the UAE.
I find this hard to believe but the guy who told me is EVP of a large Turkish bank who invests in the UAE alot.
Is this really true? |
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Not the UAE ... just Dubai ... Gulf News has 'cautiously estimated' the number to be between 15-25% and 25-30% ...
Everyone's got one ... |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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And here's me thinking Istanbul is a construction site
So which is the biggest construction site. Dubai or Doha? |
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| They don't need the cranes in Istanbul ... they've got that peculiar 'kerplunk' wooden scaffolding that's constructed on principles similar to those of the pyramids ... but upside down ... |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Bamboo scaffolding is common in the East. |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
And here's me thinking Istanbul is a construction site
So which is the biggest construction site. Dubai or Doha? |
Dubai is the biggest, and Doha is the messiest.
Driving in Doha these days is an almost unimaginable nightmare. The construction workers seem to be in charge of engineering the detours, and the devil-may-care cops are standing around smoking and enjoying the show. I can see progress being made, but it is slow and gut-wrenching. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't this sound like the usual Arab hyperbole?
Even back in the mid-90's we joked that the construction cranes were the state bird... and there was always one falling and crushing a few workers or passersby... But 50% of the world?
no way... it just isn't that big a place. 15% sounds more of a possibility.
VS |
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Andror
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
| 15% sounds more of a possibility. |
"15% of the world's tower cranes are currently in Dubai" according to some random powerpoint presentation on Dubai's development I received.
PM me if you would like it emailed to ya. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hey dmb... do you think your student may have confused 50 and 15? pretty common...
VS
(I'm a pretty good guesser, huh? ... all those years working in the offices of construction companies wasn't a complete loss...) |
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