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The Big 5, the Most Influential Construction Event in the Middle East, Returns in November
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cities, for example the Desert Rose Housing ubai government have created a Running from the 26 – 29 November at Project which will see 20,000 plots using solar roadmap that spreads 545 smart the Dubai World Trade Center, the two panels to produce 200 megawatts of electricity. initiatives and services across eight shows will showcase the innovative In order to supply the peaking demand for government entities and two smart districts. products and solutions that will take sustainable building solutions, the organisers The infrastructure of this roadmap alone is Smart Dubai to its 2021 deadline (Fig. 1). of The Big 5 are launching the co-located Big 5 estimated to cost 8USD billion. The Big 5 product sectors include: Solar. According to the BNC Smart City report MEP services, Building Interiors & commissioned by The Big 5, the largest Finishes, Building Envelope and most influential construction event in Special Construction, Construction the region, the first wave of initiatives are Tools & Building Materials, and focused on connection and technological Construction Technology & infrastructure; such as Smart Governance. Innovation. The second wave of initiatives and services The Big 5 Solar features will be geared towards Smart Living technologies from leading PV providing monumental opportunities for manufacturing countries and is investment in the construction sector. set to become the premier event There are approximately 185 proposed for solar industry professionals. projects in the transport sector holding The Global Solar Leaders’ Summit an estimated value of USD 32bn. These and the free to attend Solar Talks 1 include rail ventures, marine plans, and exploring the present and future aviation projects. of solar technologies in the region Figure 1: The Big 5 exhibition will take place from 26 to 29 November 2017 in Dubai. Josine Heijmans, Exhibition Portfolio complement the exhibition’s Director for The Big 5, observes offering. that awareness of a transforming Last year’s edition of The city should be generated to those Big 5 was the largest to in the construction business should date, attracting 78,579 be made aware of their vital role participants from 142 towards building a smart city. countries, and 2,586 “The Dubai Smart City plans are exhibiting companies from aiming to improve the mobility and 59 countries (Fig. 2). In access points in Dubai” she notes, 2017, the event introduces “and they will continue to rely on a new dedicated area the construction sector as they for the HVAC-R sector, progress, revealing the important while returning features role the industry will play in building include the Live Product 2 the near future of the Emirate.” Demonstrations, and The The BNC report further details that Gaia Awards. Figure 2: The latest edition of The Big 5 attracted 78,579 participants real estate projects address the For more information: from 142 countries and 2,586 exhibiting companies from 59 environmental agenda of smart www.thebig5.ae countries.
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