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Eastern promise
With the Olympics still fresh in everybody’s mind, we dropped in on a Chinese firm with global ambitions.
Still digging it
Don’t bring a shovel to an excavator party. Here’s a brief history and guide to the diggers in the region.
Between a rock and a hard place
The challenges engineers face tunnelling through the mountains between RAK and Korfakkan.
Ingersoll steam drill
One firm pioneered the wheezy drills that broke into the 20th century and the modern age.
City of cranes
A skyline dotted with luffing jibs has earned Dubai unofficial status as the world’s crane capital. Is it a reign that will last?
Chinese heavy industry
Zoomlion, a Chinese construction machinery manufacturer, has set its sights on the UAE.
Troubleshoot, fix and go
Whether it’s a digger, hauler, or tower crane, any time not spent working because of a fault could mean dirhams down the drain for construction contractors.