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26Dec2008

25% of the World's Construction Cranes are in Dubai

DateFriday, December 26, 2008 at 9:26AM

Such are the contrasts of a megalopolis where a reported 5,000 buildings at this very minute are under construction, where they claim that 25 percent (some are now saying 30 percent) of the world's building cranes run 24/7, and the current work force of 848,000 (total population 1.4 million) is projected to more than double by 2015.

A cab driver is telling a tourist "America thinks 50 years ahead. In Dubai we think 100 years ahead." Now this is a works project!

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