by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 14, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Edinburgh, UK Olivia Alabster (@OliviaAlabaster) sent me this article yesterday with a confession that its her hometown: Pressure is being put on the council to give shops hit by the tram works a discount of up to 25 per cent in their business rates. Tory councillor...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 12, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Dublin, Ireland A scaffolding accident at a Dublin construction site has the foreman in charge describing the scene as ‘Beirut’: Scaffolding foreman Michael Dolan, of Dolan Scaffolding, Raphoe, Co Donegal, which was subcontracted to provide and maintain...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 16, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Mumbai, India It may be true that Beirut is in the midst of a construction boom, however I would have thought the image of a road in tatters due to the construction of a metro system would be more similar to Dubai rather than to the Lebanese capital. Bella Jaisinghani...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 6, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
That’s according to Malcolm Hunt who purchased a two-bedroom apartment at the Oakwood development on Kingswood Parks: HOMEOWNERS are criticising a development company [Beal Homes] for starting construction on new plots before finishing their site. […]...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 16, 2009 | Construction
Dubai’s construction giant, Arabtec, has set up subsidiaries in Lebanon and Egypt as it tries to expand out of its UAE home-zone. For visitors to the UAE, Arabtec were the ones that constructed Burj Al Arab and Fairmont Hotel in Dubai, as well as Emirates Palace...
