23 November 2016
A senior Expo official has given some insight on progress for the World Expo 2020, which Dubai won the right to host three years ago. Here’s what’s happening on the site in Dubai South.
Najeeb Al Ali, executive director of the Expo 2020, told Zawya Projects that infrastructural work has begun and would peak in 2018, with the first phases of the project being finalised the following year.
The executive also revealed that the site will include a new shopping mall and that under Dubai’s sustainability plans 80 percent of the buildings have been designed for future use. An example of this is the Expo Village area, which is being built specifically to be converted into residential units that can be sold as freehold properties on the market. Read more here.
Around 180 countries are expected to participate in the event, which Dubai hopes will attract 25 million visitors during its run from October 2020 to April 2021.
Al Ali said 70 countries have so far signed up to take part and that while each country could bring in its own contractors, he is optimistic that local companies would benefit. Read more here.
“Naturally some countries might be building themselves... Some countries might be looking for support on the ground,” he said. “We will also be available to assist them if they need.”
Read more here.
© Express 2016
A senior Expo official has given some insight on progress for the World Expo 2020, which Dubai won the right to host three years ago. Here’s what’s happening on the site in Dubai South.
Najeeb Al Ali, executive director of the Expo 2020, told Zawya Projects that infrastructural work has begun and would peak in 2018, with the first phases of the project being finalised the following year.
The executive also revealed that the site will include a new shopping mall and that under Dubai’s sustainability plans 80 percent of the buildings have been designed for future use. An example of this is the Expo Village area, which is being built specifically to be converted into residential units that can be sold as freehold properties on the market. Read more here.
Around 180 countries are expected to participate in the event, which Dubai hopes will attract 25 million visitors during its run from October 2020 to April 2021.
Al Ali said 70 countries have so far signed up to take part and that while each country could bring in its own contractors, he is optimistic that local companies would benefit. Read more here.
“Naturally some countries might be building themselves... Some countries might be looking for support on the ground,” he said. “We will also be available to assist them if they need.”
Read more here.
© Express 2016
