The integrated planning, construction and operation of buildings will be the main theme of the Construct Light+Building – International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology to be held in Abu Dhabi on January 19-22 2003.

It is the first fair to be organised by Messe Frankfurt outside Germany and is the result of the signing of a joint venture agreement with United Arab Emirates organisations.

The event will be split into the segments – building materials, building equipment and building related communication technology – and the organisers are expecting around 180 exhibitors and 6,000 trade visitors.