PROJECTS: Dubai developers focus on timely delivery amid pandemic – ZAWYA

PROJECTS: Dubai developers focus on timely delivery amid pandemic – ZAWYA

PROJECTS: Dubai developers focus on timely delivery amid pandemic | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeProjectsArticlePROJECTS: Dubai developers focus on timely delivery amid pandemic Developers use video technology, and innovative payment plans to drive sales    General view of Dubai's cranes at a construction site in Dubai, UAE December 18, 2018. Image used for illustrative purpose.Property developers in Dubai have resolved to live with COVID-19 by focusing on the timely completion of their projects while ensuring cashflow and maintaining safety measures mandated by the authorities at work sites.Imran Farooq, CEO, Samana Developers, told Zawya Projects that the UAE authorities had introduced extensive precautionary measures for the real estate sector and its workforce."The challenge lies when authorities issue new Standard Operating Procedures like thermal scanning, social distancing, and permit to mobilise construction workers arranged by contractors, sanitation of all equipment, and we have to implement them on immediate basis. Moreover, a bus which carries 50 people as a standard seating capacity can only carry 15 workers now. For extra safety of workers on-site, we have taken an initiative of ordering the sterilisation tunnels for our projects," he said in an emailed interview.Imran Farooq, CEO, Samana Developers, told Zawya Projects that the UAE authorities