Yes. I’ve not dug into it too much, but I suspect that there’s only so much renovation you can do before every room needs to be ‘accessible’ by law, which means putting in new lifts and stairs, corri… (View Post)

This is Dubai, not Qatar. Labour law here got fixed about two decades ago, and they don’t just throw unskilled labourers at building buildings any more. The construction methodology is similar to wha… (View Post)

Ooh okay. The numbers still make no sense though, the Burj Khalifa cost just over £1bn to build and it’s half a mile high. What should be done is the minimum required renovations, to remove asbestos … (View Post)

That’s what they should be doing, the absolute minimum scope to fix what’s broken. Instead they’re rebuilding the whole building while everyone keeps working inside it. (View Post)

AIUI the cost is because they want to rebuild the entire building while leaving only the facade in place, but everyone working there stays in place working there during the works. It could be done in… (View Post)