As the second property of Frasers Hospitality Group in the Qatari market,the Fraser Suites West Bay development is scheduled for a soft opening in March 2017
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Nuclear Project Losses Mount for Toshiba, Westinghouse
Concerns about possible construction cost hikes at two U.S. nuclear expansion projects escalated after parent company Toshiba Corp. revealed that Westinghouse determined the cost to complete them “will far surpass the original estimates.”
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Researchers Aim to Switch Data Center Fiber Optics to Laser Beams
In a recent presentation at a San Francisco conference on optics and photonics, researchers presented papers describing their successful tests of optical data transmission tools, which soon may replace current data centers’ thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables with overhead layer of infrared laser beams, lenses and mirrors.
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Sudden Bankruptcy Stalls Bluegrass Music Museum Project
In late November 2016, a local Owensboro, Ky., news report proclaimed that everything was going fine at the new Bluegrass Music Museum & Hall of Fame.
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Space Weather Event: Risks Too Big to Ignore
What if the U.S. East Coast had a blackout for two weeks or, say, two years.
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Heavy-Iron Rental Portal EquipmentShare Shifts to Telematics
After two-years of building up its user base in the lower Midwest, peer-to-peer construction-equipment rental service EquipmentShare recently has secured $26 million in private equity funding.
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Atlas Copco Sells Off Roadbuilding Unit, Plans Spinoff
Swedish-based construction and mining toolmaker Atlas Copco is selling its roadbuilding equipment division to Fayat Group and will purchase a German manufacturer of drum-cutter attachments for excavators.
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Improved Productivity Requires New Management Mindset
Engineers and contractors pride themselves on being problem solvers, often balancing disparate, competing constraints.
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Woman CEO Builds Her Utilities Contracting Firm Into a National Player
Loretta Rosenmayer entered the world of utilities construction out of dire necessity.
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GCC hotel industry to see return to growth
Increasing numbers of travellers from newer source markets such as India, China and Saudi Arabia will facilitate a return to growth in the region?s hotel industry
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