The Building Centre Network – London, UK
Yechte Consulting, along with The Building Centre, launches a new exclusive Social Media platform for professionals working in the construction industry. The platform bridges the online and offline communities.
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Yechte Consulting finalises the web development for an Art Gallery in Brussels and New-York.
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Tablet PC for developing nations
The One Laptop Per Child organisation has been given a $5.6m (£3.5m) grant to develop a tablet version of its educational computer. The cash comes from chip maker Marvell which became a supporter and sponsor of OLPC in early 2009.
The OLPC organisation said the grant meant it had all the development cash it needed to produce its next machine. OLPC said it would show off the first development work on the new machine at the CES show in January 2011.
The cash handed over by Marvell will fund development of a tablet version of the XO - the rugged computer designed to boost education in developing nations.
The device is code-named XO-3 as it will be the third device the OLPC organisation has produced. It previously scrapped plans for the XO-2 which was to resemble an electronic book.
Early prototypes of the XO-3 will likely be based on the Moby machine that Marvell already makes.
The finished XO-3 should be ready in 2012. The OLPC organisation was created with the intention of making a laptop costing only $100 that would be bought in huge quantities by poorer nations keen to get children using computers.
The final machine produced by OLPC in 2007 ended up costing about $199 and did not sell in the huge quantities the group wanted. To date about 1.4 million XO laptops have been distributed.
Source: BBC
Arabtec JV wins $1.3bn Saudi deal
DUBAI — Arabtec Saudi Arabia, a Saudi joint venture of the Dubai-based construction giant Arabtec Holding, on Monday said it bagged an order from Saudi Binladin Group to construct 5,000 villas valued at $1.33 billion.
The villa construction and site preparation in a new housing project in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia will take place over 48 months, Arabtec, the region’s largest listed contractor, said in an e-mailed statement.
Arabtec Saudi Arabia is 40 per cent owned by Arabtec Holding of Dubai, while CPC Services, a member of the Saudi Binladin Group, holds 35 per cent stake and Prime International Group Services has 20 per cent stake.
“The award of this project demonstrates the strategic importance of the Saudi Market for Arabtec. This is the second major project awarded to Arabtec Saudi Arabia LLC, the first being 46 buildings, part of the Princess Noura University project in Riyadh,” Arabtec chief executive Riad Kamal said.
Companies like Arabtec are increasingly diversifying away from dependence on contracts in Dubai and the UAE and pursuing new sources of income in countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria and Qatar.
Arabtec shares closed Monday trading down one per cent at Dh2.0.
Source: Khaleej Times
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