17,000 piles are already in the ground.

That is the current state of Al Maktoum International — plus 45 million cubic metres of earth moved and 10 million work hours committed in fifteen months.
No terminal. No roof. No photographs worth publishing yet.
AED 13 billion of contracts have been awarded this year, with AED 55 billion more due before December.

The most expensive thing being built in this city today is still a hole in the desert.