Tuesday, September 9, 2008

United Arab Emirates – Where construction professionals dare

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) comprises seven oil-rich federations in the Persian Gulf region of the Middle East. Incidentally, an emirate is a State nation ruled by a hereditary emir. The two other independent emirates in the Persian Gulf region are Kuwait and Qatar.

The emirate states – particularly Abu Dhabi and Dubai – have set themselves up as a global fulcrum linking East and West, in which the most ambitious, somewhat madcap, and certainly “gargantuan ”construction ambitions will be realised over the coming years.

For anyone with ambitions as a construction professional or building contractor, this is the place to be.

The largest of the UAE states is Abu Dhabi, which also contains the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi City.

The seven UAE states in order of size are:
  • Abu Dhabi (67,340-sq km)
  • Dubai (4,114-sq km)
  • Sharjah (2,600-sq km)
  • Ras al-Khaimah (1,700-sq km)
  • Fujairah (1,150-sq km)
  • Umm al-Quwain (750-sq km)
  • Ajman (260-sq km).

Over the following blogs we will assess the ambitions of these individual emirates as well as look at the ambitions of other emirates and kingdoms in the region.

Find the latest construction professional jobs in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East

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