Leader

摘要

The shameful picture of conditions inside construction labour camps in Qatar has become more depressingly vivid since the issue was first exposed last month. This week, Building is publishing its own first-hand depiction of life at the camps by our reporter Iain Withers, who visited Doha's camps last week and met with the migrant workers living there (page 10). The reality - eight people to a room, with no running water - compounds evidence made public on Monday by Amnesty International, who quoted one worker as saying simply: "Please tell me, is there a way out of here ... we're going totally mad." The increasing international attention on the issue, driven by the start of projects associated with the 2022 World Cup, is continuing to ratchet up the pressure on the authorities and companies involved to act to improve workers' conditions. And some moves are already being made: we reveal this week that Quantex Qatar, the consultancy founded by former Davis Langdon partners, has teamed up with US-based developer Global Building Solutions to develop a better standard of workers' camp.