KSA- London firms to build 1km high Kingdom Tower
Feb 22nd 2013, 5:31 am
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KSA- London firms to build 1km high Kingdom Tower
Feb 22nd 2013, 5:52 am
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Good to see
Feb 22nd 2013, 6:51 am
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Being physically constructed by Osama Bin Laden's family business.
Feb 22nd 2013, 10:37 am
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Good old Mace. The contractor, the subcontractors, the consultants, the employer and any man walking his dog outside the site should expect to be swamped in contractual letters from this point on.
All parties will now have to hire teams of letter writers to deal with the 'value' added to the project. They will need another building this size to store the correspondence.
Mace recruiters don't get on your high horse
All parties will now have to hire teams of letter writers to deal with the 'value' added to the project. They will need another building this size to store the correspondence.
Mace recruiters don't get on your high horse
Feb 22nd 2013, 1:17 pm
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My 1st thought was ...Thats a lot of concrete!
Feb 22nd 2013, 1:20 pm
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How deep would the foundations be in order to support this building ?
Feb 22nd 2013, 2:24 pm
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Depth below ground of the foundations could be anything from zero to the depth mentioned, as it is a function of the design (is there a car park etc) and the bearing capacity of the soil/rock. So it could just as easily sit on ground level as down a big hole.
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Feb 22nd 2013, 2:37 pm
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Re: KSA- London firms to build 1km high Kingdom Tower
Good old Mace. The contractor, the subcontractors, the consultants, the employer and any man walking his dog outside the site should expect to be swamped in contractual letters from this point on.
All parties will now have to hire teams of letter writers to deal with the 'value' added to the project. They will need another building this size to store the correspondence.
Mace recruiters don't get on your high horse
All parties will now have to hire teams of letter writers to deal with the 'value' added to the project. They will need another building this size to store the correspondence.
Mace recruiters don't get on your high horse
Why? What benefit for them?
Feb 22nd 2013, 2:40 pm
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Can you see much success against bin Ladin though? They're part of the owning company and contractor!
Feb 22nd 2013, 2:42 pm
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Not as aggressively as Mace ,plus they will try take a cut of any savings they make through counter charges against subbies and so called value engineering (replacing materials with cheaper alternatives)
Feb 22nd 2013, 2:48 pm
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EC Harris as bad?
Feb 22nd 2013, 2:53 pm
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We are reluctant to work or tender on anything they are involved in to be honest.
Them and DAR Al Handasah are two we actively avoid.
