Friday, December 26, 2008

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

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 with think 100 years ahead." Now this is a works project!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT2QOyd4dKw

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=Dubai%20Construction&gbv=2&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv#hl=en&q=Dubai%20Construction&gbv=2&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv&st=month&start=20

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