Laying down safety law in the UAE

01-Feb-2010  |  Construction & Engineering, The Middle East


Stakeholders in the UAE construction industry face challenges in ensuring compliance with the country’s health and safety provisions.

Although there are a substantial amount of obligations placed on those working in construction, the problem is the difficulty in compiling the various pieces of legislation, regulations, orders and guidelines, and in correctly prioritising and applying them in a consistent manner, which recognises their differing origins and consequences of breach.

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First published in the February 2010 issue of The Big Project

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