After over a year of presence in the Middle East, Hydro Mobile’s platforms and access equipment are already in full operation on the region’s major construction sites, explains Vincent Dequoy, President of the access company.
Smart cities are taking off all over the world; metropolises characterized by high availability of advanced broadband communications services and effective electronic applications that help bridge the "digital divide" and improve the economic competence in these cities. As such, the Middle East is not one to be left behind, and Saudi Arabia has dedicated a lot of time and money into developing its cities into 'smart cities', like King Abdullah Economic City.
Over the past decade, areas of the Middle East such as the United Arab Emirates have defined themselves with innovative construction projects and producing some of the most distinctive buildings in the world.
Mario Seneviratne, Director of Dubai-based Green Technologies, has said that if Middle Eastern industries embrace 'green building' technologies instead of conventional ones, they could "significantly help in tackling environment problems in addition to long-term financial returns".
In the new issue of Infrastructure MENA, we look at how Dubai's recent debt restructuring could give Abu Dhabi the opportunity to eclipse its neighbour by attracting the investment once bound for the property-reliant emirate.