Construction Sites | May Issue no. 94

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I ssue N o .94 - M ay 2015

Monthly Construction news, tenders, project focus, and forthcoming exhibitions in Qatar

QGBC launches Qatar’s first “Green Directory” at its Inaugural Green Building conference

Minister of Energy : Cement industry to consider using “ Green Cement “ Insurance opportunities to increase in industry, real estate and infrastructure

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GCC outdoor design market reaching new heights

Regional developers are increasingly placing sustainable, environmentally-responsible use of outdoor spaces at the center of their projects, industry experts said at a recent regional event.

The UAE construction market alone has a total value of $315 billion in announced and planned developments, driven by mega-projects such as Expo 2020 and by spending on social infrastructure.

Local and international leaders in the outdoor design and urban development market attended the Outdoor Design and Build Show 2015, focusing purely on design and build for all public and private spaces.

The Outdoor Design and Build Show featured major international brands and local industry leaders, showcasing cutting-edge products and services.

Major exhibitors at the three-day event included Tanseeq LLC, Gebal Group, Bee’ah, FX Luminaire and Elegance Shades & Décor amongst others.

“As the GCC market matures, sustainability and environmentally responsible development is going to become increasingly important,” said Rovan P D Souza, General Manger, Trans Gulf Cement Products LLC. “Developers and planners are grasping the need to incorporate and use outdoor space effectively and we expect to see this market grow substantially in the future,” he said. “Events like the Outdoor Design and Build Show help to spread awareness and understanding in the marketplace and drive the agenda for outdoor planning,” he added.

QFC expands legislative framework

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority has introduced legislative expansions to its Companies Regulations and Rules.

The update aims to further diversify the QFC platform to welcome Companies Limited by Guarantee (LLC - G), a new legal entity that will broaden the QFC environment and facilitate a wider range of business activities.

The latest alteration to the QFC Companies Regulations and Rules will enable structures such as social enterprises, non-profit and non-governmental organizations to set-up in Qatar’s rapidly growing and diversifying economy.

The introduction of Companies Limited by Guarantee will also help broaden the QFC platform to facilitate private sector activities where a traditional company limited by shares would not be appropriate.

The newest addition to the QFC’s Companies Regulations follows a 30-day public consultation period on the proposed amendments in which several QFC and non-QFC entities participated.

The expansion was later approved by the QFC Authority Board and enacted by HE Ali Shareef Al Emadi, Minister of Finance, in accordance with QFC Law. Yousuf Mohammed Al Jaida, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the QFC Authority, welcomed the expanded QFC mandate, saying: “Tasked with ensuring the consistent diversification of the Qatari private sector, the QFC has endeavored to enlarge its offering to best address the key private sectors needs of the Qatari economy.

“We will continue to strategically explore new entities and structures that will positively impact Qatar’s diverse economic plans and pursue their implementation in Qatar”.

Established in 2005, QFC is an onshore center that provides a platform for domestic, regional and international growth. It consists of the QFC Authority, the QFC Regulatory Authority, the Civil and Commercial Court (First Instance and Appellate Divisions) and the Regulatory Tribunal.

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Global Coalition for Green Schools recognizes Greenest School on Earth The Greenest School on Earth is an annual competition, highlighting a K-12 school that exemplifies how sustainability can be integrally woven into the infrastructure, culture and curriculum of a school.

The Dunbarton High School of Pickering, Ontario, Canada, has been named the 2015 Greenest School on Earth by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

The Center for Green Schools at USGBC defines a green school as one that achieves zero environmental impact (including energy, water, waste and carbon), a positive impact on occupant health and performance and 100% environmentally literate graduates.

These traits are encompassed in three pillars – environmental impact, human health and eco-literacy.

The Greenest School on Earth designation includes a $1,000 award to be used by the selected institution for a sustainability initiative.

“The Greenest School on Earth recognition goes to the school that is defining what it means to live, breathe and teach whole-school sustainability,” says Rachel Gutter, director of the Center for Green Schools.

“Dunbarton High School is an excellent example of a school that engages its students at every turn, placing them in the driver’s seat and empowering them to improve their environment, inside and out,” says Gutter.

“We are pleased to recognize Dunbarton’s efforts to improve their community, enhance the biodiversity of the region and elevate young minds to a higher order of thinking about sustainable practices.”

Dunbarton High School, built in the 1960s, has undergone a significant retrofit over the past five years, installing new energy-efficient windows, insulation and lower wattage lighting.

The school offers a Specialist High Skills Major in Environment and engages students through coursework and extracurricular activities related to the school’s natural surroundings.

Also a winner of the 2014 Greenest School in Canada competition, Dunbarton features an outdoor classroom for 40, a 500 square meter pollinator garden and a rooftop solar water heater.

Students at the school are provided with stainless steel water bottles upon matriculation and are involved in projects such as organic waste removal and the Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program.

The school plans to utilize the $1,000 award to develop a school garden and construct 10 additional bee condominiums, to be shared with the local community.

“It is a great gift for us to be in this community and have the ability to provide students with so many fantastic opportunities related to sustainability,” says David Gordon, instructor at Dunbarton High School.

“In Pickering we receive nothing but support for our sustainability initiatives from the board, Pickering City, local businesses, parents, universities and NGO’s,” Gordon says.

“They all provide our students with opportunities to deepen their understanding of sustainable practices and with the chance to take action to make Pickering and Dunbarton High School demonstrably more sustainable.

“This is what the world needs to adapt to a changing future; young people prepared to take action in a supportive community.”

Thomas Mueller, president and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council, describes Dunbarton as “an exceptional example of a school that recognizes and integrates sustainability into education and operations.”

Mueller says: “Changes were made to the old building to reduce carbon emissions and provide a healthier indoor environment for staff and students; their curriculum emphasizes the value of protecting and restoring ecosystems and provides students with hands on experience, and their community engagement brings people together to take action with a positive impact on the environment.”

The Canada Green Building Council and the Canada Coalition for Green Schools congratulated Dunbarton students, staff and the surrounding community for their “outstanding contribution to a sustainable future and inspiring others to do the same.”

QC to set up largest medicine hospital in Gaza

Qatar Charity (QC) will establish the largest internal medicine hospital complex in Gaza over an area of 20,000sqm, with a capacity of 432 beds. The QR582,000 project will be supported by local and international consultants. It is part of QC’s relief and development plans in Gaza. QC has signed an agreement to prepare designs of the internal medicine hospital compound in Gaza. It was signed by Mohamed Abu Halloub, Deputy Director, QC’s Office in Gaza, and Engineer Rifaat Diab on behalf of the coalition of consulting firms and Dektis Consultant Engineers Ltd, Greece. The ceremony was attended by representatives from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, including Dr Mohammed Kashif, Director-General, International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, and Mohamed Abu Hamda, Director, Engineering Office at the ministry. “The building will host internal medicine departments, including kidney dialysis, an intensive care unit, general internal medicine, departments of neurology, endoscopy, heart, hematology and oncology, among others, and a laboratory, a pharmacy and other ancillary services,” said Halloub.

Dr Kashif praised QC’s efforts to provide funds to implement key projects. The new project will replace the current internal medicine building, built some 60 years ago. Its replacement was a top priority in the five-year health plan of the ministry prepared half way through last year.

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Aerated concrete: An innovative green building solution for the housing sector

Light construction blocks made from aerated concrete presents a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly method to address the demand in the market for homes that are comfortable and sustainable

The concrete industry in Qatar embraces innovations by offering different concrete solutions which reduce construction time, promote sustainability and lessen environmental impact. The ACICO group is one of the largest of its kind worldwide.

They have 13 factories and as a group have invested almost $4 billion in the company. The GCC is its main focus at the moment due to the unprecedented economic activity in the region.

In an interview with its General Manger, Hazem Al Sharif, Construction Sites learnt of the group’s ongoing efforts to improve service excellence and the continuous enhancements to their product.

There’s been a lot of talk of stagnation in the construction market due to the falling oil prices.

What’s your view on the Qatari market?

Everyone is concentrating on 2022 but the FIFA event is merely creating the momentum for the Vision 2030 which is ultimately what Qatar wants to achieve. I believe that growth will continue beyond 2022. If you invest US$110 million then it will

create revenue downstream.

Anyway, saying the market is slowing down is relative.

Growth figures in Qatar are still in double digits which is higher than the global average. The private sector needs to diversify and develop new strategies, new plans and think out of the box if it wants

to see growth.

What’s unique about ACICO in the Middle East?

ACICO has strengthened its stand in the market and worked hard to meet the ever increasing demand for AAC products by expanding its manufacturing facilities and opening new ones in other lo-

cations within the GCC countries to cater to the demand in the region. We feel that ACICO can really push boundaries in this business environment. We understand the pace of business in Qatar, it is driven by the local culture.

A key success point in this market is to respect the local business culture. Qatar has a more solid business culture that some of the other GCC countries. We know we can cut the cost of construction by providing lightweight solutions for building homes that are comfortable and sustainable. In recent years, we have witnessed a growing demand for green building materials in Qatar and AAC blocks projects have come up across the country.

With increasing supply and the advantages of AAC, awareness about this sustainable product is increasing. More and more contractors are viewing AAC’s application favourably and including it in their projects.

Our role as the manufacturer is to convince the client about the benefits of this sustainable product. Worldwide, in every region and climate, thousands of structures have demonstrated the reliability and longevity of autoclaved aerated concrete as it does not rot or decay like wood or other organic materials.

ACICO light construction blocks and reinforced elements are relatively new in the Gulf but builders in the region can now use this innovative concrete material as a revolutionary alternative to the traditional heavy solid concrete structures.

Traditionally businesses in the Gulf region are driven by the hydrocarbon sector. What is currently driving the growth in the market?

Population growth, market di-

Hazem Al Sharif: General Manger

versification and green codes.

I think that the introduction of new initiatives like Manateq, the economic zones project, will stimulate the economy if backed up with the proper regulatory infrastructure and systems. Coupled with the developments in the transport sector, it could be the silver bullet that will neutralise the unstable hydrocarbon prices.

It will make the Qatar market a ‘plug and play’ market; removing many barriers to entry that currently exists.

In the next five years expect the market to grow rapidly despite the low oil process and the instability of the global market. The other factor is population growth. The high demand for housing will continue to provide revenue in the construction sector which cannot survive on mega projects alone. Residential housing units are in high demand as many families are moving in and this population growth will continue until 2020 when it is expected that the numbers will reach a total of 2, 8 million. The Qatari government is currently encouraging the construction sector to adopt the green codes it has developed as part of the Qatar Construction Standards.

ACICO is also increasing its network to reach out to the local construction industry and to raise the product awareness and to participate in different sustainable initia-

tives in cooperation with local agencies. ACICO can demonstrate a 20 – 30% decrease in building costs, a 40% decrease in operation costs; with a considerable portion of that being a reduction in energy costs. There are growing signs that the demand for green building materials in Qatar and in the wider GCC is rising. A rapidly-increasing demand for green building materials to meet local green building regulations may outstrip supply.

What are your plans for the current year? Do you expect growth in AAC demand in Qatar?

We expect the market to continue to expand. As a result of the combined natural population growth and recruitment of skilled labour. This is good for ACICO as it means that the demand for housing will increase. It is expected that the demand for new housing will be in excess of 45 000 units.

This is an excellent time for ACICO to introduce its products and innovative solutions for the housing sector. It is definitely the time to be in construction as the business sector is growing. Its strength as an established global company means that it can cope with the demands and pressure of an emerging and developing market. We expect that the shape of things to come will improve year on year.

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Towards a sustainable built environment in Qatar

Qatar Foundation member is taking the lead in the promotion of sustainable construction practices

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fforts at reducing energy consumption are particularly important, especially so in Qatar, as figures show that its carbon footprint, or CO2 per capita, are amongst the highest in the world.

Although Qatar’s contribution to world CO2 emissions is relatively small, its aspirations regarding sustainability, as set out in the Qatar National Vision 2030, are quite high and consequently Qatar’s role as an exemplar has become increasingly important to its international standing. So what is to be done? According to Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), in most developed and developing countries, between a third and a half of delivered energy is consumed in the built environment. Energy conservation measures within both new buildings and the existing building stock are therefore likely to significantly reduce Qatar’s carbon footprint. According to QGBC

Director, Meshal Al Shamari, a newly-announced award, “Rowad al Estidamaa” or “Sustainability Pioneers” will encourage people to continue their efforts to promote sustainability. Although the MENA region still lags behind other markets in terms of overall sustainability, the adoption of “green building practices” has gained momentum there in recent years. Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has been at the forefront of this enlightened development in Qatar, the region and internationally, supporting and encouraging a range of initia-

tives from research to education. QF’s response to advance sustainability in the built environment was to establish the Qatar Green Building Council in 2009 from which it has incrementally increased its outreach and prominence, year on year. QGBC held its first annual Qatar Green Building Conference last month.

It brought together local, regional and international professionals and experts from industry, academia, NGOs, the public and government. QGBC demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by measuring and reducing the carbon footprint of the conference itself, bridging the gap between rhetoric and practice. Jane Anderson, QGBC’s lead carbon foot printing specialist and Principal Consultant at Thinkstep, a worldwide leading environmental consultancy group with subsidiaries across four continents, measured the conference’s carbon footprint using a

variety of techniques and processes. Thinkstep, previously known as PE International, is one of the largest and most respected sustainable consultancies in the world through its work advising organizations and governments. The carbon footprinting techniques that were applied included measuring the operational energy consumed per square metre of conference area, the consumption of food and beverages, as well as the distance travelled by participants and

their mode of transportation among other activities. The findings of the carbon footprint study featured in a comprehensive sustainability report released after the conference that hopefully will inspire other event organizers, businesses, companies and institutions in Qatar and the region to follow suit. While considered as a priority, QGCB’s commitment to measuring and reducing the carbon footprint was, however, just one of the conference’s objectives.

It highlighted

QGBC’s role as an industry thought-leader and provider of a collaborative umbrella that all organizations interested in the future sustainability of Qatar’s built environment can work together under. While the conference is an opportunity for QGBC to strengthen its established relationships, it is also a forum to facilitate key partnerships with all sector stakeholders, especially those between industry, innovators and academia.

QGBC expands plans for its Passivhaus project Dr Jurgen Schnieders from the German Passivhaus Institute and Dr Joachim Göttsche from the Solar-Institut Jülich hosted interactive sessions for participants to discuss latest developments in the worldwide Passivhaus sector, with a special focus on Qatar’s first Passivhaus experiment. Qatar’s Passivhaus experiment or project Baytna features an ultra-low energy building, derived from a super insulated airtight building envelope, that requires little energy for cooling, reducing its environmental footprint. The Passivhaus villa has been designed with all the comforts of modern living while consuming at least 50% less energy, water and operational carbon dioxide emissions. On the sidelines of a recent press briefing, Construction Sites spoke to Dr Alex Amato, Head of Sustainability and QGBC. He said that QGBC would soon be installing the necessary monitoring equipment that they had been waiting for to measure energy consumption in the Passivhaus. The original plan was to have a family live in the Passivhaus and record energy usage and waste production in the eco-house. However, that would not be the only things that would be monitored. The Passivhaus team would also be looking at why people did not conserve energy or reduce and recycle waste when given the opportunity. According to Dr Amato, the one thing that everyone is concerned about is recycling, even though this does not have an especially high impact on reducing your carbon footprint.

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GEARED UP FOR THE GROWING DEMAND OF GLASS & GLAZING IN THE FACADE INDUSTRY

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tarted by Thampi Narayanan, in 1995, in partnership with HBK Group of Qatar, Alutec has grown to be a highly reputed and respected building envelope engineering companies in the region. Consistent investments in production, processing and manufacturing plants focused on both aluminum and glazing have helped Alutec in establishing a vertically and horizontally enriched organization with inhouse glass processing, that includes the productions of tempered glass, laminated glass, decorative glass as well as insulated glass among other advanced glass processes like etching, beveling, screen printing and producing curved glass etc. From its start up in 1995, Alutec has come a long way in the field of glass processing. It has transformed itself from a small scale processor to a “one stop shop “for all the glass and glazing requirements of the façade industry. The Gulf landscape has been peppered with structurally sophisticated buildings clad in combinations of glass, panel aluminum and stone with each building envelope and design bringing the ar-

chitect’s craft and developer’s vision to match the aspirations of their future tenants. Leading the way in creating these marvels of modern day engineering is Alutec, a facade and building envelope engineering company based in Qatar. Today it is capable of carrying out a wide spectrum of glass processing customized to the specific client requirements. With the addition & successful commissioning of its second factory during the last year, in the New Industrial area, a set of unique facilities have been explored and made open to the clients.

Preprocessing jobs works include Glass cutting, arissing, straight edge polishing, shaped edge polishing, drilling, cut-out works, door slotting works etc.

Branded machines such as LISEC, BAVELONI and SCHIATTI from Europe have been specially selected and purchased to ensure reliability in quality production and machine performance. Mirrors and related decorative works by ALU-TEC have beautified many residential, public areas and in particular - hotels.

Heat Treatment is another important mandatory requirement of glazing works wherein the glass is strengthened and gets tougher for safe usage in various applications. Two such significant processing jobs are

Tempering & Heat Strengthening of glass for which Alutec is proud to be the owner of two furnaces from GLASTON-Finland.

The recent addition of the state of the art FC 500 machine has made many difficult tasks very easy. The machine is capable to process glasses as large as 2.8mx6.0m in size and certified to process very sensitive coated glasses with a minimum roller wave distortion reading, which in other words means perfectly flat glass. To validate its performance in Heat Treatment, ALUTEC is certified by all suppliers (Guardian, St. Gobain, AGC and Emirates Glass) for capability to temper and Heat strengthen the high performance coatings.

Heat Soak Testing prevents the spontaneous breakages due to the NiS (Nickel Sulfide) inclusions in float glass. ALU-TEC has 2 such furnaces and processed thousands of glasses in accordance with EN 14179 standard. To validate the process of testing ALU-TEC has the unique distinction of having a third party certification from Info-CCS Dubai, comprising an annual audit & certification system. External certification for safety performance is done by SGCC (Safety Glazing Certification Council) for which ALU-TEC is a member company and gets its glass tested twice a year.

Lamination of glass: With its

jumbo lamination line supplied by LISEC, together with a SCHOLZ- Germany Autoclave, all kinds of glass lamination works are being undertaken such as double, triple and multiple laminates. Bullet Resistant Glazing has been produced and certified by CLOSE Focus Research –USA for BR6 level weapons in accordance with EN 1063 & EN 1522,1523.

A second variant of Glass Lamination is the EVA Lamination in which beautiful textures of fabric and paper have been laminated and occupied positions in interior decorations at various projects. A newly added variant is the ‘Switchable Privacy Glass’ which is now on the rising trend, especially for the Middle East region.

Curved Glass demand is on the high for applications such as balustrades, lifts, etc. With its bending furnaces capable of bending glass of 2.4mx3.6mx 0.6m deep, ALU-TEC has catered to many residential and commercial projects and continues to be a leader in glass bending. Capabilities have been developed for curved glass lamination and large glass laminations with the introduction of Vacuum Bag and Nylon Bag Deairing systems. PVB interlayers of clear, translucent, opaque, transparent colours have been processed and supplied to vari-

ous customers.

Fire Rated Glazing is another important segment in which ALU-TEC has specialization.

Being a UL certified fabricator in partnership with TGP- USA, it caters to the monolithic, film laminated and double laminated products of FireLite brand. It is now in the process of acquiring certifications for Fire Rated framing.

Double Glazing, the most prominent form of glass supplied to a curtain wall or a façade is in produced by 2 DGU lines supplied by LISEC-Austria. Range of products include rectangular, shaped, Georgian bar inserted, etc. The facility is proud to be the first owner of the’ Argon Gas filling system’ (INA Gas make) in Qatar. The process of DGU making is certified by IGCC (Insulating Glass Certification Council- a reputed independent body in USA). ALU-TEC has been a member for 4 years its prod-

ucts are tested once a year at IGCC approved laboratories.

Alutec is taking major steps to offer exterior envelope systems that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient through the buildings life cycle. This is following the expected high rise demand and working on innovative exterior envelope systems that will increase the efficiency of the building envelope and position Alutec as pioneers of environmental friendly facades. Expected to grow forty to fifty percent per annum with increased international penetration, Alutec is positioned to become a light metal industrial behemoth that will stand testament to the ability of local industries to engineer international quality design, products and services, hindering the entry of global facade engineering companies flocking to the Middle East to cash in on the boom.

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MAN to formally open its new showroom during Project Qatar

MAN Truck & Bus celebrates 100 years of commercial vehicle manufacturing. A brand which has proven its expertise in production of reliable and durable vehicles, with a history of engine manufacturing going back to 1758.

At this year’s Project Qatar, MAN will showcase their latest construction truck for concrete transport and officially inaugurate the new showroom located next to the Midmac roundabout in Doha.

Qatar International Automobiles, the exclusive distributor of MAN Truck & Bus in Qatar, will be present at the Project Qatar with a MAN TGS 8x4 BB on the exhibition stand HM 30 which is co-hosted by IMER Group.

The truck has a load variant of 42 tons and comes with 360HP engine. For the heavy duty transport it has reinforced front and rear springs. The wheelbase of 2505mm allows for small turning radius and excellent maneuverability.

Driver comfort is guaranteed with its spacious M-cab. The body mounted on the truck is a 10cbm IMER transit mixer.

Qatar International Automobiles General Manager Iyad Ja-

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radat states: “The construction sector in Qatar is the biggest field for MAN with almost 90% of our sold vehicles operating in this segment. It is one of the major strengths of MAN to supply perfectly fitted solutions for the construction industry and a wide portfolio of MAN trucks is supporting the construction industry with a multitude of tailor made options like reinforced axles and springs, heavy duty cooling and filters.”

On the occasion of the Project Qatar, Qatar International Automobiles will also officially inaugurate their new showroom which is located on Salwa road next to the Midmac roundabout.

The new showroom measures 540sqm and has a permanent vehicle display in the outdoor area. Customers and visitors can use to opportunity to see the extended range of vehicles within the portfolio at the showroom such as 3 and 4 axle tippers and 2 axle tractor heads and inform themselves about the range of service and parts offerings of MAN. “This is a very special year for us because MAN Truck & Bus celebrates 100 years of commercial vehicle manufacturing and we are proud to be part of the celebrations.” Iyad Jaradat

100 years MAN Truck & Bus says.

“Especially the excellent results last year and the successful start into 2015 showed us the confidence of our customers in the brand which has proven its

expertise in production of reliable and durable vehicles since 100 years, with a history of engine manufacturing, which even goes back to 1758.”

In Qatar, MAN Truck & Bus saw

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a strong performance increasing their sales figures by 50% in 2014 compared to the previous year.

The positive sales performance comes on the back of a stronger

brand perception and steady growth for the transport and construction sector and demonstrates the strong growth momentum for MAN moving into 2015.

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Mehler: Extensive applications for tensile architecture in Qatar

The presentation was held by Mehler Technologies in association with their local agent TOPTEC Technology and Trading.

A tensile structure is a construc- der various brand names. The carrier fabrics, which are man- weaving mills. The coatings depending on the application. tion of elements carrying only basis of all technical textiles is ufactured in company-owned consist of several components The result is high-quality fabrics tension and no compression or bending. It has numerous applications for roofs, car park shading, play grounds, etc. In an interesting presentation about Mehler products, German architect Katja Bernert took the audience through the history of tensile architecture since it has been championed by German engineer Frei Otto in the 70s till today when steady technological progress has increased the popularity of fabric-roofed structures. The low weight of the materials makes construction easier and cheaper than standard designs, especially when vast open spaces have to be covered. Otto’s first use of the idea was in the construction of the West German pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. Otto next used the idea for the roof of the Olympic Stadium for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. In Qatar, Mehler Texnologies provides coated technical fabrics through their distribution partner TOPTEC Technology and Trading. Mehler is one of the international market leaders in coated fabrics. They produce and distribute annually more The presentation in progress than 50mn m2 of materials un-

and high-tech products, which are used in almost all segments worldwide. Mehler says it provides a broad portfolio of products of consistent quality, rapidly. In Doha, tensile fabrics are mostly used for shading, although upcoming high-profile sports events provide an opportunity for using them in retractable roofs for stadiums. It also has applications in adaptive architectural facade systems.

Mehler does testing of tear resistance in-house and through a third party as well, enabling the company to offer clients up to 15 years’ warranty on the fabric. The fabric also has an E-coating on the inner side to prevent sun heat from coming inside. Bernert said the fabric could withstand temperatures as high as 70 degrees Celsius.

To reduce temperatures under the fabric, two layers with an air gap in between can be used. In an interesting coincidence, tensile architecture might not be a novelty in the region after all, since the traditional Arabic tent could be considered as a primitive form of tensile architecture.

The presentation was held by Mehler Technologies in association with their local agent TOPTEC Technology and Trading.

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Stud welded fasteners offer many benefits over other fastening systems

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TUD WELDING is a high-speed metal fastening process in which a metal fastener can be applied by a welding arc to another piece of metal.

There are a wide variety of fasteners called weld studs. In this welding process a fastener can be end-joined to a metal work piece instantaneously for a high quality, high strength permanent bond. This process is less expensive than other fastening methods and can used in locations which do not allow the use of other fasteners.

Weld Studs can be installed by one person, working on one side of the work piece, in less than a second. There are many reasons why the stud welding process is superior over other fastening systems. Weld Studs are used in a wide variety of applications: • Insulation Installation • Offshore • Shipbuilding • Petrochemical • Electronics / Aerospace • Signs and Decorative Trim • Construction • Light and Heavy Duty Equipment • Transportation • Forging Process • Appliances • Toys • Utilities Metalworking AS Scholer + Bolte GMBH are a leading global supplier of stud

welding technology and refractory anchoring systems. Since the founding in October 1980, the name AS Schöler + Bolte has been synonymous with quality, reliability and product knowledge as well as flexibility and customer proximity. As a medium sized family owned company, they are able to act quickly and directly, and strive to supply products and services with their customers in mind.

They have in 3 locations Witten (headquarter), Gevelsberg and Dachau 85 people employed.

In their subsidiary’s SB Produktion GmbH and Ossenberg & Piepenstock GmbH another 80 people employed.

They supply everything from a single source – welding studs, stud welding units and systems, as well as the necessary accessories – thus guaranteeing perfect quality of stud welded joints. Their team prides themselves on setting standards by developing innovative products and solutions with exemplary value for money. They are certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 (initial certification: October 1998).

According to the company they have an extensive network of qualified consultants and experienced distribution partners.

They export their products and services to over 50 countries, mainly with local distribution and service partners. AS

Scholer + Bolte GMBH has two main services, the company is divided into two divisions stud welding systems and refractory anchoring systems.

Stud welding can reduce costs by saving labor and material where end joined components are required by speeding up design time and application rates, and preventing many common secondary operations. Bosses and spotfacing, counterboring, undercutting and manual fillet welding, soldering, drilling and tapping, riveting, inserts and special retainers are often totally eliminated. Yet in most cases the welded joint is stronger than many of these traditional joining methods.

THE PROCESS: The welding stud is placed (with a hand tool called the Stud Gun) in contact with the base metal, a weld arc is drawn which melts the welding stud base and an area of the metal work piece for metal fastening.

The welding stud is then forced into the melted area and held in place until the metals resolidify. This high quality fusion

arc weld is complete in milliseconds and is accomplished by one of two major methods.

TWO METHODS AVAILABLE are Capacitor Discharge (usually “CD” for short) and Arc Stud Welding. STUD WELDING SYSTEMS consist of a Power Supply and/or “Controller”, a Stud Gun, and Welding Cables to tie the system and work-piece together.

What is Rapid Arc Welding (RAW): When furnaces need to be repaired, the refractory materials are demolished and the anchors are removed by grinding or gauging. Once this is done and the surfaces of the furnace are free from refractory concrete the surface is marked out to indicate the locations where the anchors need to be placed. Subsequently these positions need to be ground to a clean metallic surface using a grinder.

How Does CD Differ from Arc Welding?

The CD stud welding process produces weld power through a rapid discharge of stored en-

ergy from a bank of capacitors.

This stored energy is usually derived from a standard 230 volt AC source. CD stud welding, as a general rule, is used for studs 8 mm and less in diameter, for thin base metals, or where dissimilar metals are to be joined.

Benefits of stud welding • Uniformity and Repeatability Energy used to produce the weld is strictly monitored and precisely controlled by our welding equipment. The amount of energy used is always the same, making the welds consistently strong.

• Attractive Appearance The CD weld only penetrates a few thousandths of an inch, creating no burns or dimples on the reverse side. The fastener is surface-mounted to one side of the work piece thus eliminating ugly rivet heads, bolts, nuts, and washers.

• All Types of Metals

Practically any metal can be adapted to stud welding. Aluminum, mild and stainless steel, copper, brass, and zinc are the most common metals used.

However, “exotics” including titanium and inconel can also be used successfully in the stud welding process.

• Speed • Weld Strength, Permanence and Integrity Full fastener strength is developed. The weld is as strong as the fastener and the parent metal. Fastener will break or parent metal will fail before permanence of weld quality.

• Accuracy Precise location of your stud welded fastener. With simple tooling, a location tolerance of +- .015” is standard with portable equipment. With benchtype equipment, standard tolerance is +-.010”. A location tolerance of even +-.007” can be achieved with special equipment.

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rade between Qatar and China has increased sharply from $400 million in 2004 to $10.6 billion in 2014, a 26-fold growth in 10 years, according to a Chinese embassy official in Doha.

Addressing a press conference recently, Cui Bin, the commercial consul at China’s embassy in Qatar, said that cooperation in project contracting also expanded during the same period.

“By the end of last year, Chinese companies have signed more than $8 billion project contracts in Qatar, covering civil construction, roads and bridges, ports and telecommunication,” he said, adding that cooperation in financial service, aviation and tourism had also been strengthening.

“Qatar has become one of our most important business partners in the Middle East and the Gulf region,” said Bin. Both China and Qatar, he said, enjoyed “a profound traditional friendship”.

According to a recent economic report by the Oxford Business Group, outlook for corporate earnings and the broader economy in Qatar remains quite strong.

As Qatar begins to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of firms, its investment environment is expected to

Commercial consul at the Chinese embassy Cui Bin, Qatar Chamber Deputy General Manager Saleh Hamad Al Sharqi and Gavin, general manager of AJ Exhibition & Events at a press conference.

become more positive this year. As a result of its focus on diversification, the Oxford Group report says that Qatar has a relatively lower degree of reliance on hydrocarbons and this will give it the impetus to encourage more investors to enter the market.

While many of the region’s larger oil producing countries will see GDP growth rates easing this year, a Masraf Al Rayan Bank study forecast a real GDP growth of 7.1% for Qatar in 2015.

The Masraf report noted that

although oil and gas prices were likely to remain low in the short-term, high levels of public spending, underpinned by significant cash reserves built up over recent years, should help sustain growth and feed into private sector expansion in Qatar.

These are some of the factors that have been contributing to the flood of trade delegations that Qatar has received over the past few months. Belgium and China are among the countries that have sent trade teams to Qa-

tar this year.

China plans to hold a trade exhibition in Doha this year with the participation of more than 300 major companies.

The “Made in China Exhibition” will be hosted by the Qatar Chamber of Commerce from December 14 to 16.

Qatar Chamber Deputy General Manager Saleh Hamad Al Sharqi said that more than 50% of the exhibition’s total space had already been booked and that more than 30,000 people were expected to visit the three-day exhibi-

tion.

“We are honored to host ‘Made in China Exhibition” which will shed light on the most prominent leading Chinese companies in infrastructure, technology and construction areas,” Al Sharqi told the same press conference which was addressed by Cui Bin. He noted that a delegation representing 50 Chinese companies would visit Doha in May to meet with Qatari businessmen and explore investment opportunities in the

state.

“As we know, Qatar is still expanding the project investment to fulfill the National Vision 2030 and to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup,” Al Sharqi said, expecting “many new opportunities” for ChinaQatar cooperation.

“I wish the Made in China Exhibition will be a new bridge for mutual cooperation, offering convenience and assistance to Chinese enterprises and products entering into Qatar market,” Al Sharqi added

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A subcontractor’s right to be paid We are frequently approached for advice by subcontractor clients in circumstances where some or all of their fees for work or services in Qatar are being withheld. This article explores some of the more common circumstances giving rise to a main contractor withholding payment, and investigates the potential options a subcontractor might have if faced with this issue.

Freedom of contract Under Qatari law, contracting parties have broad freedom to enter into the contracts as they see fit, provided that their terms do not impinge on public order and decency, and do not conflict with a mandatory legal provision. This leaves a subcontractor potentially free to sign contracts which are very favourable to it, but also to be bound by contractual provisions which severely restrict the subcontractor’s rights in important respects – such as the right to be paid.

In Qatar, it is usual for subcontractors to be offered contracts which are largely, if not exclusively, on a ‘back to back’ basis with the main contract. The primary objective behind this arrangement is to protect the main contractor from incurring costs or other liabilities which relate to a subcontractor’s works if it cannot pass these costs down to its subcontractor.

In many cases this ‘back to back’ principle is fair and reasonable, and it allows a subcontractor to take advantage of favourable terms which the main contractor might have been able to negotiate with the employer. In other cases, however, the principle can be criticised as one further way in which a main contractor can unfairly withhold payments to subcontractors, especially in relation to notorious provisions such as ‘paywhen-paid’ clauses.

Pay when paid clauses A typical pay-when-paid clause provides that the main contractor need only pay the subcontractor when it receives the corresponding payment from the employer, irrespective of whether or not the relevant work has been completed by the

subcontractor. Crucially, the application of pay-when-paid obligations is not necessarily implied just because the subcontract is expressed to be on a ‘back to back’ basis with the main contract (albeit that this will depend on the precise wording of the relevant clause), and specific wording is usual-

ly required in order to permit the main contractor to withhold subcontractor payments in this way.

A typical pay-when-paid clause is as follows: “Payment in respect of any work, material or goods comprised in the subcontract shall be made within seven (7) days after receipt of a corresponding payment by the Contractor from the Employer.”

Qatari courts have historically interpreted these clauses in accordance with a literal interpretation of their wording, meaning that payment from the main contractor to the subcontractor is due only when the equivalent payment has been made by the employer. The effect of this is that payment by the employer to the main contractor becomes a condition precedent to the main contractor’s liability for payment under the subcontract.

Challenging pay-whenpaid clauses in Qatar Pay-when-paid clauses are generally considered to be effective and enforceable in Qatar. However, the general acceptance of the enforceability of pay-when-paid clauses in Qatar does not necessarily mean that the mere presence of a pay-when-paid clause gives a main contractor invulnerability to claims from a subcontractor if the employer has not paid it for the subcontractor’s works. A question which often arises is whether a main contractor can still rely on paid-when-paid clauses in circumstances where, for example: • it has failed to properly submit the relevant invoices for works to the employer, or • it has failed to actively and diligently pursue a contested claim for varied subcontract works.

In relation to the two points above, it would seem to be unfair for a subcontractor to be deprived of a payment for works properly undertaken merely because the main contractor has not submitted to appropriate documents to the main

Laura Warren Laura Warren is a partner of the International Law firm, Clyde & Co LLP, in Doha. Laura has a wide ranging contentious and non contentious construction practice involving projects in Qatar as well as in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Libya, Egypt and Tunisia Laura is Co-ordinator for the Society of Construction Law (Gulf) in Qatar.

contractor, has negligently missed a time limit for the submission of such documents, or has failed to actively pursue a meritorious variation claim (assuming the subcontractor was not at fault). Such situations are, actually, not at all uncommon in Qatar.

In order to get around the resulting potential unfairness of these situations, a well advised subcontractor might rely on Article 172(1) of the Qatari Civil Code, which imposes a duty of good faith on all parties to a contract. If good faith is absent, the defaulting party (in this case, the main contractor) may not be able to rely on other provisions of the contract to its benefit. So, for example, if a main contractor is at fault and is unreasonably slow in submitting its invoices to the employer, or submits substandard documentation, and this results in the employer not making the associated payments to the main contractor, the subcontractor would have a good argument that the main contractor should not, in good faith, be able to rely on the pay-whenpaid clause to withhold equivalent subcontract payments to the subcontractor. In other words, if the main contractor is at fault, there are circumstances where it may not be able to rely on a paywhen-paid provision to avoid paying a subcontractor for work properly undertaken by that subcontractor.

Direct payments from the employer An alternative remedy for subcontractors, if suffering from payments being delayed by the main contractor, is to seek payment directly from

the employer. In many jurisdictions, such as the UK, the doctrine of contractual privity would prevent this sort of claim. However, Article 702 of the Qatari Civil Code specifically entitles subcontractors to make a claim against the employer for monies owed to it by the main contractor in respect of work properly undertaken.

Article 702 states: 1. The subcontractor and labourers working for the account of the main contractor to perform the work shall be entitled to directly demand the employer to pay their dues to the extent payable by the main contractor at the time of the claim.

The employees of the subcontractor shall have the same right against the main contractor and the employer.

2. The aforementioned subcontractor and labourers, when they levy an attachment in respect of the employer or main contractor, will have a priority right over the amounts due to the main contractor or the subcontractor at the time such attachment is levied and the priority right of each of them will be in proportion to his right and payment of these amounts may be made directly to

them.

3. Such rights of a subcontractor and labourers as are established under this article will be preferred to the rights of those to whom the contractor assigns his right in respect of the employer.”

Such a claim is not without its difficulties, and it may have a negative impact on the subcontractor’s commercial relationship with the main contractor. Further, the provision assumes that court proceedings have been commenced in which the Subcontractor will obtain “priority” in respect of payments to the Main Contractor by the Employer. However, this Article of the Civil Code can provide useful leverage in commercial payment negotiations.

Conclusion A subcontractor’s right to be paid for work undertaken depends, to a large degree, on the terms of the subcontract, and great care should be taken when reviewing and negotiating these documents.

However, if a main contractor is failing to pass on payments it has received from the employer, or failing to ensure that it receives such payment in the first place, there are various potential solutions available to a well advised subcontractor.

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Alexander Whyatt Associate Alexander is an associate in Clyde & Co’s construction team in Doha, and is a solicitor of the Court of England and Wales. He is experienced with the legal and commercial issues affecting construction professionals, having practiced in Qatar, Dubai and London, as well as within the legal team of an international contractor.

Alexander regularly acts for building contractors, professional consultants and property developers, although he is also experienced at assisting institutional investors with construction issues and supporting corporate transactions.

He frequently advises on the drafting and interpretation of project documentation and local legislation, and has acted for clients in mediations, court proceedings and arbitrations.

Should you have any questions in connection with this article or the legal issues it covers, please do not hesitate to contact Ramiz Shlah (Ramiz.Shlah @clydeco.com) or Laura Warren (Laura.Warren@ clydeco.com).

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GREEN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DIRECTORY LAUNCHED AT QATAR GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE

Online guide lists local and regional green products and services to bridge the gap between supply and demand in Qatar’s green building industry QGBC launched its much awaited green directory, an online interactive platform, at the its Inaugural Green Building conference on 26 April 2015. Construction Sites spoke to QGBC Director Eng. Meshal Al Shamari at the start of 2015 about the Council’s work. He spoke then about the imminent launch of the directory. The first of itskind in the country, the Qatar Green Directory features a comprehensive search engine and database providing information and analysis about existing and new green building products and services provided in Qatar and the region. The directory forms a major part of QGBC’s support of Qatar Foundation’s commitment to deliver the sustainability goals set out in the Qatar National Vision 2030 by raising awareness and promoting best practices in Qatar’s green building sector. “One of the challenges the industry faces here is the non-availability of the right information; so many investors or developers would like to use green materials, but they don’t know what services and materials are already available in Qatar. So, we are trying to create a kind of a platform for

those products that is open and accessible to everybody,” said Shamari. Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, QGBC Director, said: “The Qatar Green Directory is aimed at filling the existing gap between supply and demand in Qatar’s green buildings market.

The directory will greatly help local manufacturers and distributors of green building materials make their products and services easily available and accessible to the industry. Within the last month, we have received over 1,000 listings from local and regional companies, indicating the overwhelming interest and demand available in the market. We look forward to welcoming on board manufacturers and suppliers operating in Qatar and the region to join QGBC’s online comprehensive platform,” he added.

Registration to be featured in the green directory is free of charge. Companies that would like to be included in the directory need to register online at www.qatargreendirectory.com .

Shamari expects the directory to be the “missing link” in the construction industry’s product supply chain. “It will be similar to the Yellow Pages as it will

indicate whether a particular product is available in Qatar, how to get it and who to get it from,” he said. “It will have 64 categories, including consultancies, facility management companies, furniture, detergents, primary materials, cladding and paints.” As Qatar strives to embrace a sustainable tomorrow, green buildings are unavoidable part of it. Industry leader agree that more focus has to be made on green building materials and the need to provide the local construction industry with sufficient supply of these materials to Qatar, so that the shortage won’t consequently increase the cost of green buildings. “The supply of basic construction materials in the region fulfills the needs,” said Abdul Rahman Abdulla Al Ansari, CEO of Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC). “But there is a quality shortage especially when it comes to green construction materials.” He urged governments to partner with the private sector in order to invest in this sector. At a recent press briefing, Shamari said that they were partnering with QDB to publish and distribute the ‘Green Building Codes’. The

The Qatar Green Directory is aimed at filling the existing gap between supply and demand in Qatar’s green buildings market. The directory will greatly help local manufacturers and distributors of green building materials make their products and services easily available and accessible to the industry.

green building materials market in GCC is estimated to reach $22.97 billion in 2016, according to analysis from Frost and Sullivan. The major green materials in demand in the region are concrete, insulation, paints and flooring. The Qatar Green

Directory is available online and can be accessed at http:// qatargreendirectory.com/. Dr Alex Amato, Head of Sustainability at QGBC, said: “The Qatar Green Directory is a direct outcome of QGBC’s innovative research of the green building industry in Qatar. QGBC is working closely with other stakeholders in Qatar and the region

to identify the mainstream needs and suggest innovative solutions. The directory is one of these solutions that will revolutionise the green buildings market.” “Our team looks forward to receiving feedback from the directory’s registered and prospective members to further improve this valuable online platform.”

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he value of local investments in joint industrial projects is approximately 29.2 billion USD, 35.4% of the total cumulative investments in manufacturing industries. The cumulative value of the investments in factories in the Gulf region is approximately 2.4% of the total industrial investments, while Arab non-Gulf investments is valued at about US$ 141.5 million. Moreover, joint foreign industrial projects were valued at approximately US$ 16.4 billion in 2014 (20% of the total capital invested in manufacturing industries).

The “Invest in Qatar 2015” seminar held under the patronage of HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) is an effort to attract local, Gulf and global industrial investments.

Qatar offers several incentives, including preferential gas and electricity rates, customs exemptions on machinery, equipment, and industrial spare parts imports, predetermined tax cuts for corporations, customs exemptions for exports, tax-free salaries, state-of-the-art medical and education facilities and telecommunications centres. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of

Energy and Industry, Economic Zones Company (Manateq) and with the participation of Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) and the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC). Furthermore, the Forum will shed light on the broad investment environment in the State of Qatar, in addition to investment opportunities prepared by GOIC. Qatar has strong, promising, and encouraging economic prospects in the coming years. The country is indeed witnessing a remarkable industrial growth in general, accompanied with a construction boom and several key infrastructure megaprojects with big investments, particularly driven by the decision to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha. GOIC Secretary General, Mr. Abdulaziz Bin Hamad Al-Ageel stated that the patronage of HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani reflects His Excellency’s support of economic development to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030 aiming at promoting the industrial sector and developing local and foreign investments. The Forum is also expected to result in practical recommendations to set up industries capable of attracting foreign investments and providing job opportunities for Qataris.

Forum Goals In this promising economic

environment, “Invest in Qatar 2015” offers an overview on the current status of industries in Qatar, in addition to industrial developments and trends aiming at promoting the industrial sector. It also features a number of industrial investment opportunities in key promising industries in Qatar that were recently prepared by GOIC. The Forum created a space of dialogue and discussions between industrialists, investors and decision makers in the area of industrial development.

Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for SMEs, and how investors and entrepreneurs could benefit from available programmes and incentives to support the industrial sector in the State of Qatar. In addition to that, B2B meetings were held between technology suppliers and investors willing to implement investment opportunities.

The Forum tackled the importance of industrial subcontracting to industrial development and discussed topics like the role of economic zones in developing manufacturing industries’ supply chains and attracting foreign investments, solutions to environmental pollution caused by manufacturing industries and how to benefit from the waste recycling programme.

“Invest in Qatar 2015” introducing industrial opportunities worth 500 million Qatari Riyals

At the recent GOIC seminar, “Invest in Qatar 2015” HE Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh AlSada, Minister of Energy and Industry said that, “Qatar is indeed offering all means to boost this sector and create a suitable environment capable of attracting local, regional and foreign investments and advanced technologies in an internationally competitive open economy, in accordance with Qatar National Vision 2030. “Invest in Qatar 2015” is yet another effort deployed by the Ministry of Energy and Industry to provide a variety of investment opportunities in order to contribute to the development of Qatar’s industrial sector by focusing on developing SMEs. The Ministry has collaborated with the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) to introduce investment opportunities in the areas of pharmaceuticals, food industries, green building materials, recycling, petrochemicals and aluminium, in addition to sector studies, notably in the cooling and chilling sectors, two promising industrial fields reinforcing Qatar’s competitiveness in the region and abroad, the Minister added. We expect that the huge prospects of Qatar’s economy will allow for these promising industrial investments to accomplish remarkable achievements in the few coming years. In fact, Qatar is witnessing a significant industrial growth in general, in addition to an outstanding construction boom with several megaprojects, particularly related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup”, he emphasised.

Hamad Al-Ageel, Secretary General of GOIC said: “Since its foundation four decades ago, GOIC endeavoured to provide industrial investment opportunities through its Manufacturing Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP), one of its most important programs that resulted in the execution of many projects out of more than 400 industrial investment opportunities.” He stressed that GOIC carries out studies to identify opportunities that could be offered to investors and businessmen in GCC countries and Yemen based on its analysis of supply and demand, identification of developed technologies related to advanced industrial practices and introduction of value added products by using available resources in GCC countries. He explained that these investment opportunities are determined in close cooperation with private and public sector investors and continuous collaboration with state-of-the-art technology suppliers. He said: “GOIC has prepared a number of investment opportunities to be introduced during “Invest in Qatar 2015” in the State of Qatar in promising industrial sectors, notably pharmaceuticals, food, green building materials, recycling, petrochemicals and aluminium. The total value of these investment opportunities is estimated at about 500 million Qatar Riyals (498.453). If implemented, these projects would create technical and administrative job opportunities for approximately 345 GCC citizens.”

HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior

The list of sponsors of this event includes Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) as strategic partners, Qatar National Bank (QNB) as diamond sponsor and Aamal Company as gold sponsor. The official Arabic broadcaster is CNBC Arabia, the regional media sponsor is Al-Hayat Newspaper and the media partner is Al-Sharq Newspaper. Construction Sites (QC Sites) Magazine is the media partner for the general contracting sector in addition to the media sponsors: Al-Massira Magazine, Aamal Al-Khaleej Magazine, Ain Al-Riyadh Website and Ain Dubai Website.

GOIC Secretary General said these partnerships were key to this important event. He stated: “Invest in Qatar 2015 is an opportunity for all partners to offer support to the industrial sector in their respective fields in Qatar.” Mr. Al-Ageel explained that GOIC will introduce investments opportunities prepared for Qatar’s promising industries during the Forum.

These opportunities are in the areas of pharmaceuticals, green building materials, recycling, petrochemicals and aluminium. The objective is to promote Qatar’s competitiveness in the region and globally.

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ASTAD adheres to the highest standards in green building

The recent Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) conference, supported by two leading organizations in the field of building sustainability, Musheireb Properties and ASTAD Property Management, was a first for the state.

Construction Sites spoke to ASTAD Sustainability Manager Sheikh Saud Al Thani about ASTAD’s “green reputation”.

How does ASTAD view green building practices?

ASTAD has traditionally operated adhering to the highest glob-

al green building standards.

Sustainability is a value deeply entrenched in our corporate identity and that is consistently reflected in our work.

As testament to our efforts, we have received numerous certificates, recognitions and awards for our projects and initiatives in this regard.

One of the main venues for the Men’s Handball World Championship 2015 - the Lusail Multipurpose Hall - received a four-star Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS)

rating. GSAS is a system that promotes sustainability beyond the process of construction and encourages sustainable initiatives in various sectors such as economy and culture.

The arena is one of the first sports facilities in the region to receive a sustainability certification. Furthermore, we have been working closely with the US Green building Council from 2002 when ASTAD embarked on its first Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) compliant project.

In 2012, the Qatar National Convention Center was the first project in the state to receive the highly prestigious LEED Gold certification, while in 2013 and 2014 LEED Platinum was awarded to the Education City student housing project, the world’s largest educational residential complex pertaining to one proprietor, and the MEEZA Data Center respectively.

What are some of the upcoming projects that you would describe as sustainable in Qatar?

ASTAD is not selective about applying best practice with regards to sustainability; rather, it is imperative in all of our endeavors. One of the highlights in this respect would be the MANATEQ Qatar Economic Zone 1 for whose masterplan we have received a GSAS District Provisional Certification.

Regardless of scope, complexity or time constraints, sustainability remains paramount in the delivery of our projects.

In addition, our ambition is to obtain the LEED Neighborhood

Sheikh Saud Al Thani: ASTAD Sustainability Manager

Certification for Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Research and Development Complex. This is particularly important as the project is a key component in achieving Qatar’s transition to a sustainable, knowledge-based economy.

Is sustainability the major concern facing Qatar’s construction sector?

Considering the rate at which Qatar’s construction sector is growing, managing that growth in a sustainable fashion is vital.

It is something that all stakeholders in the industry are aware of, and an element of our operations that is gaining prominence.

We do not view it as a concern or issue, but as a global challenge that has become one of the foremost considerations for the local construction sector.

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Masdar City unveils its first eco-villa Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s urban innovation ecosystem, has launched a new concept for sustainable villas that generate enough solar energy to power the homes year-round.

The eco-villas are designed to accommodate future population growth and meet a growing demand for sustainable family homes.

“With nearly eight million people expected to live in the UAE’s urban centers by 2020, this rising population increases the imperative to design high-quality sustainable homes that use fewer natural resources than existing homes,” said Dr Ahmad Belhoul, CEO of Masdar.

“The eco-villas are central to Masdar City’s goals to meet the lifestyle needs of a growing urban population, while reducing these buildings’ consumption of water, energy and waste,” Dr Belhoul said.

“We have leveraged the experience we gained during the initial phase of Masdar City’s development with the construction and completion of Masdar Institute. We then continued to incorporate new best practices as the City expanded in recent years.

“This legacy of sustainable innovation is evident in these concept homes as

we strengthen our commitment to the development of a world class community where people will want to live, learn, work and play,” Dr Belhoul added. The fourbedroom villa concept in-

cludes an array of high-performance solar panels that will generate approximately 40,000 KWh per year. Careful orientation of the home, optimized natural lighting, a high-performance enve-

lope as well as low-energy LED lighting and other design techniques will reduce the home’s annual energy demand to an estimated 39,000 KWh each year, slightly less energy than the

panels are expected to generate. The eco-villa design would divert an estimated 63 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere while reducing demand on the national electrical grid.

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Ideal time to invest in Qatar’s property sector

Though Qatar is relatively small in total number of population, the market is well structured and well financed

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he real estate market in Qatar is predicted to prosper even further with its growth continuing on the back of strong economic fundamentals, positioning the state as one of the leading emerging markets for property investors.

The recent drop in oil prices is expected to have little impact on the country’s finances as Qatar continues to diversify its economy from its traditional role as an oil and gas exporter.

Global property portal Lamudi, which operates in 32 countries across emerging markets, has recently entered Qatar’s real estate arena by launching its service in the country. According to Lamudi analysis, 2015 is the ideal time to invest in property in Qatar.

In an interview with CS, Alaa Hatahet, Co-Founder and Country Manager at Lamudi, speaks about the opportunities and challenges in Qatar’s real estate industry. Lamudi sees Qatar’s real estate market as one of the leading emerging markets for property investors “that will only go from strength to strength”.

According to your analysis, 2014 was a prosperous year for the real estate sector in Qatar. What factors contributed to make it

a robust year?

Qatar enjoys one of the strongest economies of the world.

Due to huge reserves and production of oil and gas, the GDP growth in the past few years has been one of the strongest in the world, helping to build up the country monetary reserves, which have been directed toward international and local investments.

The recent economic success of Qatar has been largely driven by huge growth in service and construction sectors.

During the third quarter of last year, the construction sector grew 18.5% annually. The financial, real estate and business service sectors also saw high growth rates of 13.7% year-on-year.

The growth in the real estate sector has been supported by a surge in population, which is increasing demand for housing.

In the local market, infrastructure expansion projects have taken the lead to improve the country’s municipal services, utilities and transportation sectors. This has led to improvement in quality and reach of real estate services to all parts of Doha. Demand has picked up and outpaced supply in the residential sector, putting more inflationary pres-

sure on prices.

What is you forecast for 2015? Why do you consider it is the best time to invest in property in Qatar?

Supply is yet to catch up with demand, reflecting a huge upward potential for investors in the residential sector. The demand will continue to grow strongly, cooling off all fears from a drop in oil prices. The increase of Qatari riyal value versus the euro and some other major currencies will lead to a fall in the cost of construction, encouraging new entrants to the market.

The commercial sector is still saturated and the market needs time to absorb all the inventory in the market.

Do you think that falling oil prices may stabilize property prices and rents in the country?

I think they will not have any major impact on the short term. The imbalance in the market between supply and demand is still the dominating factor of the market prices.

How would you describe Lamudi’s experience since its launch in Qatar?

Great success, I would say.

Though Qatar is relatively small in total number of population, the market is well structured and well financed, point-

ing to great potential growth for Lamudi.

We’ve grown from absolutely nothing to around 2,000 listings within very short period (less than two months) and we expect to hit the 5,000 mark within the second quarter of 2015. We are dealing currently with a number of largest real estate developers and agents in Qatar and look forward to add more along the way. In terms of visits, we have already passed the 4,000 weekly visitors and plan to double this number within the next two months.

What are the strategies to set a balance between supply and demand in the residential sector? What could be regulation strategies to protect this sector from rising costs and to keep this type of property competitive with other regional markets?

Just like all other GCC markets, Qatar’s market is also uncontrolled and the legislators try not to interfere in it as much as possible. Yet the government has to bridge the gap between supply and demand, especially in the middle-income housing sector. The local municipalities have to offer lands for developers with financing facilities to encourage developments in

Alaa Hatahet Co-Founder and Country Manager at Lamudi certain areas where the middle expected to grow higher than class could benefit the most. the current levels. They deWhat about affordable pend on how quick the supply housing? Do you think side will react when prices stathere is enough supply in bilize around 2018. this sector?

What is your industry foreThis is a new problem for Qa- cast methodology? tar’s real estate sector. The In markets where Lamudi has general assessment is that out been present for a year or of the two million residents of more, we build our views on the country, 15% are locals actual numbers we can drive able to support their hous- from our database, which is ing requirements or are sup- 100% accurate and timely ported by the government. The data.

85% expat community is di- In Qatar, our presence is comvided among unskilled workers paratively new (we launched (around 35%) who live in labor only in early 2015). So we are camps, 10% of high-income cautious of how to build judggenerators and 40% of mid- mental trends from our data. dle-income group. Affordable In new markets like Qatar, we housing is a key issue for the base our views on our continulast group and the government ous discussions with the secneeds to find quick solutions to tor’s main players (developers solve this problem. and agencies). Also, we do What is the scenario for re- have open line communicatail and commercial prop- tions with many of the intererties? national real estate advisory There is a shortage of quality firms to discuss market trends retail space and 2014 did not and movements. see any new developments How can industry profesin this sector. Yet 2015 will sional and investors benwitness some retail projects efit from your portal? openings which will narrow the They benefit vastly from the gap in the market. scale and the quality of our The office sector is oversup- database. Many key players plied. The market needs more in the real estate sector follow time to absorb this oversup- our portal to follow trends in ply but with more government prices and the market’s needs. projects being launched, more Some developers benefit from office demand will be created the transparency we offer to along the way. The market is track prices of certain products expected to be balanced by the in certain districts before they end of this year or early next go ahead and price their newlyyear. launched products.

How will ongoing infra- Also, for our partners we can structure developments in show them diligent reports on preparation for the World numbers to give them a clear Cup 2022 impact Qatar’s picture of what the demand real estate market? requires, where and for how They will increase the demand much. This will help the defor residential and commercial veloper plan for next projects sectors. Rents and prices are smartly.

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Summit discusses trends in smart city development

The fourth annual Arab Future Cities Summit Qatar 2015, organized by Expotrade in April, offered an array of presentations, panel discussions and networking sessions.

The two-day summit featured topics on sustainable development, ranging from smarter cities enabled through the Internet of Things (IoT), energy efficiency and government initiatives to sustainable infrastructure, ICT innovation and telecommunications.

“Qatar’s increasing prominence in the GCC region, coupled with Doha’s emergence as a true smart city of the future, has ensured that this is the ideal environment to discuss the latest innovation and trends in smart city development,” according to the summit’s organizers.

“Qatar’s National Vision 2030 is a clear indicator of its commitment towards ensuring a smart, sustainable and efficient future for its citizens,” they pointed out.

Governments are rallying around the smart cities concept. But what made a city smart was a question that echoed around the conference.

According to a leading expert in the field, Caragliu, “a city can be defined as ‘smart’ when investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern ICT communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement”.

Both Ooredoo and Huawei, one a local telecommunication giant, the other a global behemoth, spoke about their views on how to create smart cities for Qatar.

In his presentation, “Laying the Foundation for a smart Qatar”, Cyril Anand, of Ooreddo, elaborated on the role of the communications provider in enabling a smart country.

Ooredoo continues to push the boundaries of smart devices in Qatar, exploring the possibility of smart homes in Qatar. .

Safder Nazir, of Huawei, spoke at the summit about “smarter cities enabled through LoT”.

According to Esri, one of the exhibitors at the seminar, a smart community starts with new approaches to building information, improving collaboration, streamlining processes, and analyzing trends or problems.

Simon Giles, Director of Intelligent Cities at Accenture, said that the role of cities in enabling the future urban information economy was not very well understood.

He agreed that part of the challenge in the creation of a “smart city” was a technology problem but the biggest challenge that we faced was institutional reform and how we transacted and created platforms for the new transactions needed in a future urban information economy.

Wael Doukmak, Director of Mega Projects at Ooredoo, inquired during the Q&A session if any statistics existed on how these new transactions would contribute to the GDP. Cityscapesaying Qatar that 131x193mm v1 PRINT.pdf 1 and 13/04/2015 09:20part of the larger problem.

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Opportunities from Alternative Cementitious Materials

By James K. Hicks, Michael A. Caldarone, and Eric Bescher Concrete International, April 2015 A major impetus for change in cement technology stems from the concrete industry’s sustainability goals and the associated demand for reductions in the collective environmental impacts of the production of concrete. These impacts include immediate effects such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, extraction of virgin materials (including water), and energy consumption, and they can be compounded by premature repair or replacement as the result of inadequate durability. Alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) have the potential to provide major reductions in these impacts.

ACM concretes can be produced with significantly lower GHG emissions and energy consumption than mixtures comprising portland cement. In some cases, the amount of water required in the concrete mixture is also significantly lower. Further, ACM concretes can exhibit improved durability—exemplified by reduced permeability, greater resistance to freezing and thawing, and enhanced resistance to high temperatures and chemicals resulting in increased service life.

Purpose and Driving Forces Because traditional construction materials are well understood and established in existing codes, specifications, and test methods, there is a natural, cultural resistance to the introduction of new materials. Although most ACMs are now permit-ted in building codes, including ACI 318-14, and are included in two ASTM standards: ASTM C1157/C1157M, “Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement,” and ASTM C1600/C1600M, “Standard Specification for Rapid Hardening Hydraulic Cement,” resistance is still evident in the common use of prescriptive specifications calling for portland cement concrete. The more widespread use of performance specifications based on an owner’s requirements could allow more extensive application of ACM concrete.

The Strategic Development Council’s Accelerated Technology Implementation (ATI) Team on ACMs is working to help the industry develop usable specification and design information to facilitate safe and reliable use of ACMs and thereby achieve inherent reductions in energy consumption and GHG emissions, as well as other environmental benefits. As part of that work, the ATI Team has developed a state-of-the-art report (SOAR) on ACMs. The central reason for the development of a SOAR and associated guide was to enhance the industry’s understanding of ACMs, with the intended result of overcoming the resistance to using ACMs in place of portland cement in concrete. This article provides a summary of the materials covered in the SOAR. ACM Concrete Systems ACM concretes include concretes in which the cementitious phase contains no portland cement. ACM concretes generally can be produced and placed using methods and equipment applicable to standard concrete. They also have performance characteristics that are similar to or better than those for standard concrete.

ACM concrete can contain geopolymers, activated glassy cements, hydraulic fly ash cements, activated slag cements, calcium aluminate cements, calcium sulfoaluminate cements, magnesia-based cements, or CO2 -cured cements. While geopolymers, activated glassy cement, and hydraulic fly ash cements can comprise fly ash, they have distinctive differences. Geopolymers are typically produced from low calcium content fly ash and are activated by alkali hydroxides, sodium silicate, or both with water. Activated glassy cement is typically produced from high-calcium fly ash and is activated with a high-pH activator coupled with an organic acid and water. Finally, hydraulic fly ash cement is typically produced from high-calcium fly ash and activated with a pH-neutral activator coupled with a retarder and water.

Geopolymers Over the past 30 years, scientists have pursued various methods to produce fly-ash-based cements known as geopolymers. The fly ashes typically have low calcium content and are activated by alkali hydroxides, sodium silicate, or both in water. Geopolymers reportedly attain strength through polymeric silicon-oxygen-aluminum framework structures. Typically, concrete made with geopolymer cement loses plasticity within a few minutes after mixing and also requires elevated curing temperatures of 60 to 150°C (140 to 302°F) for the initial few days. As a result, geopolymer cement concrete has had limited acceptance in the construction industry. However, at least one geopolymer concrete, based on the chemical activation of a mixture of slag cement and fly ash, has been successfully used for airport and building construction.

Activated glassy cements Activated glassy cements are made of either natural materials such as clays or industrial by-products such as fly ash and slag cement. The glassy components are typically aluminosilicates. When combined with water and a functional addition that meets ASTM C688, “Standard Specification for Functional Additions for Use in Hydraulic Cements,” these materials form hydraulic cement per ASTM C1157/C1157M. The functional additions typically raise the pH, thus increasing the reactivity of the glassy phases. As the concentration of alumina and silicate species approach saturation in the pore fluid, an amorphous to semicrystalline inorganic polymer is formed that, in some cases, may be similar to a geopolymer.

Hydraulic fly ash cements A more recent glassy cement system comprises Class C and Class F fly ash with a proprietary, non-alkali activator. The hydration product is mainly composed of a calcium-alumino-silicatehydrate that forms the binder phase. This is in contrast to the calcium-silicate-hydrate (CSH) gel that is the primary binding phase of portland cement concretes.

Depending on the curing conditions and the concentration of the activator, hydraulic fly ash cement can exhibit a wide variety of beneficial properties including high compressive strength, low creep and drying shrinkage, good acid resistance, and good fire resistance.

Also, the system will not promote deleterious expansion associated with alkali-silica reaction. The spherical shape of fly ash particles is beneficial for reducing water demand and for maximizing particle packing to reduce porosity. to be continued… info@greymatters.ws www.greymatters.ws

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10 reasons why you should be practicing BIM in Qatar

BIM is critical for companies who require an efficient and practical solution for executing construction projects As Qatar makes steady progress in BIM adoption, many local construction firms have already identified the advantages and benefits of BIM use for their own business. Moreover, Qatar’s ambitious plans and tight deadlines require an efficient and advanced solution for optimized planning and execution of the largescale construction projects.

Several successfully completed projects owners are already leveraging the benefits of BIM application on their projects. Others are considering BIM as a necessary tool in Qatar as almost every government-related project require BIM protocol as a mandatory part of the tendering process.

BIM has been used to build such impressive projects as the Lusail City Development, National Museum of Qatar, the Doha Metro and Doha Expressway Program and will be used during the construction of all eight stadiums for FIFA World Cup 2022. Here are top ten reasons for BIM use in Qatar, and how it can serve construction firms in realizing Qatar’s ambitious building and infrastructure plans.

1. Government support: BIM in Qatar is no longer an optional accessory but it is becoming a mandatory working tool. Government adoption is seen as a key to ensuring a wider uptake of BIM. Major government organisations have established BIM standards for ongoing and future projects to be followed by all involved stakeholders and all project partners. Among them are Ashghal, Qatar Rail, Q22, Qatari Diar, and Qatar Foundation. Almost every public organization in charge of tendering new project issues fairly complete BIM protocols as part of their requirements.

BIM receives strong support from the government and the talks are ongoing about adoption of BIM standards in Qatar. Consistent BIM standards are crucial to government institutions and departments in Qatar that manage multiple large-scale projects in collaboration with several stakeholders, contractors, subcontractors and also multiple suppliers. Qatar BIM Standards working groups and workshops are also being held in collaboration with leading BIM solutions providers such as Hochtief ViCon Qatar, government institutions, academia as well as Qatar University. Representatives from high-ranking organizations involved in construction of large-scale government projects like Ashghal, QRail and Q22 are key to promoting and

Major government organisations have established BIM standards for ongoing and future projects to be followed by all involved stakeholders and all project partners.

Among them are Ashghal, Qatar Rail, Q22, Qatari Diar, and Qatar Foundation.

accelerating BIM adoption and implementation in Qatar.

2. Collaboration: BIM brings together all project partners. In Qatar, where all project partners come from different backgrounds, BIM serves as a collaborative platform to bring together stakeholders, end-users, owners of the projects and also consultants, contractors, specialists and suppliers involved, within a common data environment.

BIM offers a way for people to collaborate, to share and develop ta single integrated model: whatever the development is, everyone is viewing the exact same data. Local industry players agree that adopting a BIM standard in Qatar would also significantly improve working relation on projects, and can be utilized to increase collaboration among project teams and

also increase efficiencies and to promote collaborative approach through the industry.

3. Proven Cost-Efficiency saves billions of dollars on sheer volume of mega-scale projects: BIM has the potential to save up to 30% of building costs through improving efficiency.

According to studies operations and maintenance phase of building lifecycle can result in efficiency losses of US$9 billion per year. With the massive escalation in construction activity in Qatar, this could potentially save billions of dollars for Qatar which is predicted to spend US$200 billion on construction over the next 10 years, including on construction of FIFA 1022 stadiums and also Qatar’s visionary projects in line with the National Vision 2030.

4. Reduces safety risks: HSE is a top priority for Qatar’s construction industry.

The safety standards are constantly reviewed and improved through set of regulations issued by government authorities. Though, the issue raises a number of questions for the construction firms on how to implement the regulations onsite and ensure that safety rules are implemented immediately onsite for workers safety and welfare. The answer is BIM. It enhances operational safety and reduces safety risks. Contractors can minimize construction risks by reviewing complex details and procedures before going onsite. There is also the op-

tion to modify the data, taking into consideration the most recent regulations issued by the government. Moreover, increased use in design for manufacture and assembly reduces risks associated with onsite construction activities.

Crowd behavior and fire modeling capability enables design to be optimized for public safety.

5. Saves time: Faster project delivery is another important benefit of

HSE is a top priority for Qatar’s construction industry. The answer is BIM. It enhances operational safety and reduces safety risks. Contractors can minimize construction risks by reviewing complex details and procedures before going onsite.

BIM. Significant time savings of up to 50% could be achieved by agreeing on the design concept early on in the project development process.

This eliminates late stage design changes; using standard design elements when practicable; resolving complex construction details before the project goes on site; avoiding

clashes; and using data to control construction equipment and optimize construction efficiency.

6. Allows easy conflict resolution and clash detection: The conflicts in the design can easily be detected and mitigated in a BIM environment.

The building can be visualized to the last detail to check construction sequencing and clash detection. As the construction cost in Qatar is one of the highest in the region, the clash detection capability provides a powerful management tool for analyzing and resolving the causes of construction phase clashes.

7. Dispute resolution: Disputes in Qatar’s construction industry are often the result of disagreements or differences of interpretation of initial information and data.

This is where BIM can help with information that is accurately recorded. BIM is a source of detailed documentation for any construction project. The “I” in BIM is very important. The model stores very detailed information, down to the last detail; which can be used in the case of any disputes between the parties.

8. The whole life-cycle asset management and facilities management: Facilities management is a rather new discipline for local real estate industry. Local building owners outsource the facility management services.

Because the FM market is still in the initial stages of de-

BIM is a source of detailed documentation for any construction project.

The “I” in BIM is very important. The model stores very detailed information, down to the last detail; which can be used in the case of any disputes between the parties.

velopment, the owners don’t enter into long-term contracts with FM companies and tend to take a single service provider or a bundled service providers rather than integrated FM services providers. An integrated approach requires BIM, as it provides all the necessary information about the building that assists with operation and maintenance activities. BIM can enhance FM services and can also reduce the maintenance and operating cost through the life-cycle of the project.

9. Excellence through innovation and research.

Qatar is open to new technology and innovation which promote excellence in service; and the construction industry is no exception. To be a part of the market and keep up with the competition, innovation in working methods is inevitable. Government supports the technology through research, in collaboration with academia and local construction companies. A three year research project has been awarded by Qatar Foundation to Teesside University to look at BIM and how it can be used to improve the construction process in Qatar. The research programme aims to making Qatar a centre of BIM knowledge and excellence in the GCC. A US$ 900, 000 research grant has been awarded to Teesside University as part of the Qatar National Priorities Research Programme, which is the flagship funding programme of the National Research Fund. The Centre for Construction Research and Innovation at Teesside University will use a whole life cycle approach to information flow integrated to 3D visualization to track the cost, time, use of materials and execution space utilization of building projects.

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riving a project to safe delivery, the project owner, sponsor, consultant, contractors and subcontractors must be vigilant and cautious of the communication aspects among stakeholders.

The following factors, time, scope, cost and quality, are the most important influencers on any project. They can also constrain. There is another constraint too: risk.

Progress will be affected unless proper controls are developed for each unit of the project, starting from looking at the big picture, including: Project Principles, Project Ingredient and Customer Satisfaction.

Project principles can be a potential threat when there is no proper integration and alignment, allowing a proper follow-up of project processes.

Yet, from experience it would not matter as long as the project manager is able to identify the potential risk before it happens and do something about it before further escalation.

Project Principles [process]

Risk Project Ingredient of [Info & knowledge]

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Project Components & Area of concern

1. Project Principles: Conception, planning, implementation, monitoring, control, completion.

2. Project Ingredients: project charter & statement of work, people roles & responsibility, organization structure, stakeholder analyses, proper integration between principles and project ingredient, Scope, IT, document control & Recodes, communication, human resources, quality management, risk management, procurement, time management, cost, health & safety and Environment 3. Customer Satisfaction: the acceptance of the project sponsor and stakeholders during project implementation, delivery and completion Critical apparent constraints Project Scope: Project specifications, drawings, blueprints and client’s requirements between commitment and variation Time: The time allocated to project in all its related aspect of project delivery, targets, milestones, and baseline changes Quality: The level of product quality delivered during project execution until the final delivery of the products Cost: The cost variance during project execution until project completion and the level

of deviation from estimated budget Risk: The risk of serious exposure to any of the project management components as such project principles, project ingredient and customer satisfaction that will affect the project path Why projects fail: • Lack of dedicating enough time for planning at the early stage of the project • Lack of co-ordination between the project manager and tender department at early stage of project initiation • Lack of negotiating project price with the project manager prior to project award • Misunderstanding the project manager role and responsibility • Delay in appointing project manager and his team when project is awarded • Lack of project management authorities • Delay project mobilization • Lack of understanding project scope as conveyed by the owner • Unrealistic project time frame by the owner and contractor remain silent • Signing project contract blindly with the understanding of project time constraint and or cost constrain • Failure to put in place risk management plan, and register all possible risk exposure • Lack of or inadequate resource of man power or equipment due to cut down in cost • Lack of controlling project material delivery • Lack of proper records keeping, lessoned learn and change management process • Lack of qualified professional or skilled people hired • Inadequate safety measure taken into consideration • Lack of proper quality control taken into consideration when monitoring all aspect • Lack of leadership and communication • Lack of stakeholder analyses • Lack of risk management analyses • Lack of developing project methodology of the project will be running in order for the planning section have a clear approach to align the project to the methodology • Lack of project management competent • Lack of attention to the project team culture • Lack of working on the spirit of team • Lack of understanding how to address noncom-

pliance and performance requirements • Failure to establish appropriate control over requirements or scope • Poor project management • Poor planned management transition Some causes of failure • During project execution, a combination of different constraints a project can be exposed to, such as time and cost, and with lack of proper risk mitigation and action taken to overcome the constraint.

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Time slippage Quality

A similar project setback scenario as such delay on project mobilization, can result in over exposure to risk if the risk wasn’t prevented before situation osculation can be worsen, as such an increase in the numbers of project inspection rejection, can devastate the quality control issues, forcing project to redo some activity jobs again and again, which ultimately increases the cost and time of the project and delaying project from meeting the targets.

The cost accumulation of many repeated activity jobs can ensure deviation from the estimated project budget and project path in which will eventually deviate from the estimated project delivery, narrowing the percentage of resolution to different scenario as such face with [penalty, project extension if lucky, get exchanged with another contractor] each of the choices is tough except with the second choice but again if luck is with you on delivering the project the owner will black list you for next potential project.

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Cost slippage

Time slippage

Risk Scope change

Quality slippage

“The Risk become Actual if not treated earlier” !

When there is a change in scope there will be slippage as well in all critical constrains area such as time, cost and possibly quality; especially if project is pressured to finish on the original time without allowing any time extension to project duration.

An experienced manager will be able to identify the most effective method of identifying project weaknesses and areas of threats in order to provide proper mitigation. In my opinion, constraints are threats and weaknesses are potential risks, therefore seeing risks as guiding tool can bring more success to project completion

than a threat.

Project management has become a hot topic, especially for those who seek tactical solutions and corrective action for the most urgent constraints. The American Academy for Project Management have accredited programs such as CIPM and MPM that can provide you with different techniques to achieve smart project resolution.

However, those who are not willing to invest in developing project personnel will most likely face many different constraints.

Furthermore, a project owner and contractor must admit that every project will have its own ups and downs and issues of concern. The project manager is responsible for providing the right project resolution with minimum cost, shortest time and highest possible quality.

Therefore, project managers

need to commit to the following to avoid any possibility of failure: • Consider risk management as a core to preventive action • Begin with the end in mind; “visualize how the project will end” • Ensure full authority to the project • Be alert and consistent • Manage by objective • Set practical deadlines with proper project segmentation • Be aware of “firefighting management style” • Communicate well and provide continuous support • Team work is the only way to successful project delivery • Motivate your team with different improvements and rewards • Keep your promises but assess the situation be-

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fore you promise Understand first before to be understood • Honor in public and disapprove in private • Be aware behavior, attitude and moral danger points • Lead by example and explain as you coach your team • Get to know your people • Ensure proper document control • Utilize “lessons learned” in the project • Have your project certified by an international organization The above is a brief overview of some of the types of project constraints and some of the ways and means to avoid unsuccessful project delivery. For specific resolutions to more complex challenges you may contact Averroes Business Advisory & Services. info@avarroesadvisory.com •

42 professionals receive certificates from Tafawoq

Tafawoq, a project management center of excellence, has awarded a new group of professionals from Qatar and the region with the International Project Management Association (IPMA) certificate.

Tafawoq, which means Excellence in Arabic, is a partnership venture of Qatar Shell, Qatar Petroleum and Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

It is focused on developing the competencies of project management professionals to deliver Qatar’s capital investment projects.

A total of 42 professionals were awarded the IPMA-level D certificate after successfully completing the “Essentials of Project Management” course. The course familiarises new project professionals with on the principles and practices of project management over the life cycle of a capital investment project.

Tafawoq Director Bader Al Jaidah expressed pride at the programme’s success in attracting a growing number of professionals, highlighting that it had trained more than 350 project professionals since its establishment three years ago.

“We are very proud of the 42 project engineers who were awarded with an IPMA-level D certificate,” he said.

“This achievement will allow them to enrol in more advanced programmes to further develop their project management skills,” he explained.

“Through its accredited programme, Tafawoq is laying the foundations of a local community of project management professionals. The new skills acquired by the participants will make them more well-rounded professionals and will allow them to excel in their work environments.”

Noora Salem Al Shamlani, Senior Planning Engineer at Qatar Petroleum, said: “The ‘Essentials of Project Management’ (EOPM) course has allowed me to gain valuable knowledge through work-based activities and interaction with experienced mentors.

“By comparing local practices with international standards, I was also able to propose immediate improvements in the field.

“The course allowed us to examine all aspects of project management and identify the most important theories and best practices when it comes to major capital investment projects”.

According to Ahmed Hassan Al Sulaiti, Head of Project Execution “On-plot & off plot” in Qatargas, acquiring new practical tools and techniques is another important aspect of Tafawoq’s training course.

“The EOPM training course covered 15 management-related topics that are keys to the success of any project. The new tools and techniques that I acquired through the interaction and group exercises with trainers and peers have helped me manage projects more efficiently and effectively ” said Al Sulaiti.

In 2014, Tafawoq’s course, Essentials of Project Management (EoPM), was accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM), which is the largest independent professional body of its kind in Europe with 500 corporate and 18,500 individual members.

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Ghana looks to Qatar’s expertise to Qatar discusses more develop its infrastructure projects gabbro imports from Oman Ghana is keen to forge joint infrastructure projects with Qatar. Speaking during a business meeting with Qatar Chamber Vice Chairman Mohamed bin Towar Al Kuwari, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Ghana Secretary-General Emmanuel DoniKwame emphasized that the West African country’s focus was on the development of three key areas: energy, transport and agriculture.

“But the key element to kick-start economic and trade relationships is transport; there should be free movement of people and goods between the two countries,” said DoniKwame, who was part of a business delegation led by Togbe Afede XIV, King of Asogli State and chairman of the World Trade Center (WTC) Accra.

Doni-Kwame explained that securing the expertise of Qatar Airways could help Ghana establish a base for cargo transport. “Once we have built infrastructure that would facilitate foreign trade, then we could proceed to other industries like manufacturing.

It is also essential to invest in building huge power plants to provide electricity to large manufacturing projects,” he said.

Ghana has one international and four domestic airports but does not have its own domestic airline. Doni-Kwame said the government was keen to build another international airport while expanding the current one.

“We plan to ask Qatar Airways to come in as a partner similar to what it has done with Qantas, and use their knowledge in developing a local airline for us,” he said.

The ICC official said the Ghanaian delegation members visiting Qatar represented 23 companies in agriculture, oil and gas, mining, quarrying, construction, telecommunications, automotive, healthcare, aviation, banking, tourism, and real estate sectors.

Doni-Kwame said the delegation’s business meetings with potential Qatari investors from April 7 to 9 came in the wake of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama’s state visit to Qatar in November last year.

Asked if Qatar and Ghana had agreed on forming an investment fund, he clarified that no funds had been allotted yet “but the next step is for various agencies within the government structure to work together and make sure these projects come out. It should be a win-win situation for both countries”.

Ghana is rich in bauxite, making it a significant player in Qatar’s aluminium industry, according to a senior official.

US seeks to bolster joint investment with Qatar

The US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has stressed the need to further enhance joint investments between Qatar and the US. She called for joint investments by the two countries in various sectors that would “further strengthen” bilateral ties and “support” private sectors in both Qatar and the United States.

The US Secretary of Commerce was speaking after receiving Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group, who is also the Second Deputy to the Chairman of Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) in her office in Washington.

Sheikh Dr Khalid was accompanied by International Islamic (QIIB) CEO Abdul Basit Al Sheibi.

Pritzker emphasized that the US companies in various sectors and activities are interested in contributing to the implementation of major ongoing projects in Qatar and those are planned to start in the coming years in the run up to the World Cup 2022.

“Many big US companies are interested in the Qatari market and keen to be part of that vibrant market. These companies seek to take part in the development of both the countries,” she said.

Sheikh Dr Khalid said the Qatari private sector enjoys genuine partnership with key American companies in a number of areas. The investments include a number of vibrant and promising sectors, including technology.

Currently, there are about 380 American companies operating in Qatar, which are involved in many key infrastructure projects.

Sheikh Dr Khalid hailed the cooperation between both countries’ private sectors. He said that the Qatari private sector is ready to have maximum cooperation with foreign companies for the benefit of the national economy and encourage American companies to enter the Qatari market.

The US is the largest foreign investor in Qatar. Its exports to Qatar reached up to $3.6 billion in 2013. Qatar’s exports to the US were valued at about $3 billion during the same period.

Al Mirqab Capital and Chinese firm to build power plant in Pakistan

Qatari investment firm Al Mirqab Capital and Chinese infrastructure corporation Power Construction Corporation will jointly invest in and build a coal-fired power plant in Pakistan, which will have a total investment of $2.09 billion.

The power plant will be located in Port Qasim in Karachi, the country’s biggest city. It will have two 660 megawatt units. The construction period will be 32 months.

Experts say the rapidly developing textile industry in Pakistan, as well as emerging industries such as processing trade, and a swelling middle class on top of a large population base have created a strong demand for electricity.

“The Port Qasim power plant is a large project of great political and economic importance. This project fits the company’s development strategy and investment direction,” according to senior official of Power Construction Corporation.

The $2.09 billion total investment in the project includes $521 million of project capital, of which 51% will be invested by Power Construction Corporation and 49% by Al Mirqab Capital. The remaining $1.56 billion will be financed by loans.

The power plant will be built and operated according to a build-own-operate (BOO) model.

Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) has received a business delegation from Oman, led by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Mining and Quarries Committee, to assess the country’s ability to expand imports of gabbro for construction in the run-up to 2022 FIFA World Cup. The delegation discussed with QPMC the capacity of Qatar’s volume of raw materials such as gabbro it can stock.

Oman has already been a steady supplier of raw materials for Qatar’s construction needs.

The meeting with QPMC was organized in conjunction with Qatar Chamber to discuss the required amount of raw materials for Qatar’s massive infrastructure projects leading to the 2022 games and Qatar National Vision 2030. “”QPMC’s prime objective is to manage the dynamic requirements of Qatar and ensure supplies of building materials,” said CEO Eisa Al Hammadi.

“It is bound to constantly explore new mines in search of primary materials; in all our efforts we seek to not only maximize the most efficient operations at controlled costs, but also to achieve a solid leap in relations between Qatar and Oman as two friendly countries,” he added.

In line with QPMC ‘s commitment and as part of efforts to meet the growing demands of construction raw materials in the country, it had recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Belgian engineering consultant, Rent-A-Port, to initiate works on limestone and gabbro quarries in Oman.

The initiative is in the light of the two licences QPMC has recently acquired to set up mining operations in the Khatmat Malaha area in Oman.

Once the project is fully completed, the facility will have a 1km long jetty to quarry and transport over three million tons of gabbro and marketable primary materials every year by barges to Qatar.

The agreement entails submitting a technical, financial and operational feasibility study in addition to an integrated mining operational plan. Phase II and III encompass the design and tendering for design and build contracts and the supervision during the execution of these contracts and commissioning of the facilities.

Works on the project are to begin within a month and the whole project is expected to take about 20 months. If everything goes according to the plan, the project will commence operation by 2017.

The aim of the project is to enhance the supplies of gabbro and limestone, which will be increased by three million tons annually.

Qatari Diar to develop luxury resorts in Tunisia and Morocco

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company has entered into a partnership with Minor Hotel Group (MHG), a hotel owner, operator and investor, currently with a portfolio of 126 hotels and resorts in 22 countries, to develop two new Anantara resorts in North Africa, to open in 2017.

Anantara Tozeur Resort is a luxury escape being developed by Qatari Diar in the southwest of Tunisia, in the city of Tozeur. It will offer 93 luxurious guest rooms and villas, including pool villas, a selection of restaurants, meeting and business facilities, kids and teens clubs, a health club and an Anantara Spa. A hub of Tunisia’s Saharan tourism and easily accessible from the international airport, or by road or rail, the oasis city of Tozeur is famous for its architecture and vast palm tree fields and is well known on the tourist trail for being the home of the original Star Wars film set.

Also under development is Anantara Al Houara Tangier Resort in northern Morocco.

The hotel will be part of the extensive Al Houara project which Qatari Diar is developing in Tangier along 2.5km of beach front overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It will include a signature 18-hole golf course with golf club and residential homes for sale.

The resort will offer 230 keys, a selection of restaurants, a large Anantara Spa, a wellness center, a fitness centre and kids and teens clubs.

Tangier is a vibrant city with a rich history and is a well-known tourist destination. The city is currently experiencing significant development, including tourism projects, a new business district, a new airport terminal, a sports stadium and the new TangierMed port.

Speaking about the agreement Khaled Mohammed Al Sayed, Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatari Diar, said: “Qatari Diar is building signature projects and facilitating vibrant new communities on an unprecedented scale. Our projects are significant, landmark ones that are often unrivalled in size, scope and vision.

“We aim at creating distinguished developments not only in Qatar but around the world and our partnership today with MHG, one of the largest hospitality and leisure companies in the Asia Pacific Region, goes in the same direction.”

Dillip Rajakarier, Chief Executive Officer of Minor Hotel Group, commented, “We are excited to announce these two new Anantara resorts in North Africa in partnership with Qatari Diar. Our Anantara brand is now well established in the Middle East, with six properties in the UAE and our first resort in Qatar opened earlier this year, and we are keen to add North Africa to our footprint, where these two new resorts will help further develop luxury tourism within these destinations.

“We are looking forward to a strong alliance with Qatari Diar going forward, with scope to explore additional opportunities to expand our portfolio in the wider MENA region.”

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CTBUH Qatar holds tour of Doha Exhibition and Convention Center

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH) Qatar has organized a tour and presentation of the newlyconstructed Doha Exhibition and Convention Center The Doha Exhibition and Con-

vention Center project has a gross area of 47,700 square meters that includes five exhibit halls (of approximately 29,000 square meters), with 18-meter ceiling heights and 96-meter column-free spans that run 342 meters in length.

The iconic building’s developer is Qatar Tourism Authority The convention center contains a main foyer, bistros, public restrooms, prayer rooms, a loading zone, storage, circulation space, and a car park in the basement.

Two levels of basement parking are designed for around 2,800 cars in the current phase and 1,700 cars in the next phase.

The project is unique for having a structure that provides 96 meters of column-free space, yet comprises a flat roof construction. The span across the hall is 96 meters with a 36-meter cantilever at each end.

The composite slab roof is supported by a steel box compression chord and a parabolic cable tension chord offset from the compression chord with steel compression struts.

The super columns supporting the roof structures are 18-meter-high, tapering from two meters in diameter to one meter, with specially-designed bearings. The foundation consists of compression as well as

tension bored piles.

Twelve thousand tons of steel were used in the building’s construction. The exhibition area can be used as one hall or divided into five smaller halls with operable partitions.

Several years ago, there was a plan to build a 551-meter skyscraper at the site. Foundation work had even started on the skyscraper, but it was never completed. Construction on the convention center itself continued nonetheless and the result is one of the biggest exhibition halls in the world.

Architects, engineers, contractors, and other industry professionals were among the team touring the site.

Abdulaziz Al Romaihi, Senior Project Manager, Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, and Fahad Nabeel Alatwaan, Project Manager, Lusail Real Estate Development Company, gave presentations on various aspects of the building and construction history.

The presentations were followed by a Q&A session.

Stephen Kern, Principal Architect/Vice President, JAHN, answered many of the technical queries. After the presentation and Q&A session, participants were taken on a tour of the building.

Abdulaziz Al Romaihi (Senior Project Manager), Fahad

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Nabeel Alatwaan (Project Manager), and Manimaran Ramakrishnan (Construction Manager) led the tour and answered questions.

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Qatar supports green cement use Green cement production accounts for 3.5% of global cement now and it is forecast to grow to over 13% of the market by 2020.

Doha is one of the most vibrant construction markets in the MENA region. Ongoing projects linked with massive infrastructure development will lead to strong demand for cement and other construction materials for the next decade.

Billions of dollars will be invested to build roads and stadiums in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup. HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed Bin Saleh Al Sada, speaking at the opening of the Intercem Conference in March, called on major players and stakeholders in the cement industry to consider using environment-friendly technologies and products to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

“One must not forget the role of the construction industry and its effects to the environment, particularly the production of cement, which is the foundation of our buildings, roads, dams, and bridges,” Al Sada said.

“A concerted global effort in the production of ‘green’ cement will reduce environmental impact across the entire cement supply and

demand chain.”

“Green” cement incorporates and optimizes recycled materials to reduce consumption of natural raw materials, water, and energy, thereby producing a more sustainable construction material.

The manufacturing process of “green” cement reduces the production and release of pollutants such as CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Green Cement has already become mandatory for new projects in Dubai.

According to a recent official statement, all landlords and contractors in Dubai Municipality will have to use environment-friendly cement for the construction of new buildings in the emirate.

Green cement, which was developed in Germany about three years ago, meets or exceeds the functional performance capabilities of ordinary Portland cement by incorporating and optimizing recycled materials, thereby reducing consumption of natural raw materials, water, and energy, resulting in a more sustainable construction material.

The GCC region is investing more than $210bn in major construction projects, mostly in preparations for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the World Expo 2020 in Dubai.

This also includes more than $120bn for transportation construction such as roads and bridges.

“In fact, the construction industry in the Middle East, particularly the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council), is ex-

Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) is developing a cement storage and conveying plant (silos) in Mesaieed, which will be completed by the end of the year.

The facility has been designed to discharge up to 1.8 million tonnes of cement

per year into the 12 silos (circular structure for storing bulk materials) with the total storage capacity of 60,000 cubic meters.

Once operational, the plant equipped with the cuttingedge technology, will be able to load 1,000 tonnes of ce-

ment per hour in trucks, which will significantly reduce the truck loading time to about 90 seconds per truck. In case the local producers would have, in the future, a surplus output, they could also use the storage facility which would help

pected to witness the fastest growth in the period between 2016 and 2020, thanks to the huge infrastructure investment by Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, among other countries and two major global events to be hosted

in the coming decades, Dubai’s Expo 2020 and the FIFA World Cup in 2022,” Al Sada said.

With the massive infrastructure development planned for the legacy sporting event of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

positioning Qatar as the powerhouse that will drive the growth of the region’s cement and construction industries, the impact on the environment was one of the most key topics of Intercem Doha 2015.

HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed Bin Saleh Al Sada: call to use environment-friendly technologies

QPMC cement silos to be ready by year-end maintain the quality of cement intact for a long period.

Although the plant has been designed to handle cement, it may also be used to store gypsum and clinker (cement in lumps or nodules) with minimal modification.

The plant will improve the

cost efficiency and handling capacity of the port significantly as the latest technology will help unload a vessel with 60,000 cubic meters of cement within a day, instead of 10 to 15 days without the conveyor belts and silos facilities. The high rate

of discharge capacity from ships will also reduce ships’ waiting time. The cement unloading-conveying-storage terminal is equipped with smaller silos which have been designed to load up to four trucks simultaneously, taking the total loading capacity to 40 trucks per hour or 20,000 tonnes per day.

QPMC plans to provide cement silos at the gabbro berths to store and discharge over two million tons of imported cement annually to meet expected increased demand.

The company also plans to develop gabbro quarries outside of Qatar as well as provide the sea logistic supply chain to satisfy the increased construction activities, and also provide all the necessary comprehensive solutions for the transport, storage and delivery of key primary materials throughout Qatar.

QPMC, established in 2006, aims to be the leading provider of primary materials to support the private and government sector through efficient port services, sea and land logistics, developing quarry assets overseas.

It has the objective to stabilize prices and establish quality standards for aggregates and sand in the long term.

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Monthly session on BIM The Doha BIM Users Group (DBUG) has established itself as a professional, expert forum having a monthly discussion attended by engineers and other professionals.

Each month the group invites a building information modeling (BIM) practitioner to speak about his or her area of specialty.

Imran Mohammad, the BIM Manager at the Arab Engineering Bureau (AEB Doha), shared his views on the topic during a recent session.

BIM, according to his premise, is the process by which designers and engineers alike may generate and manage building data throughout a building’s life-cycle, from

inception to demolition and beyond. The gathering was told that “if it can be imagined, it can be modeled; if it can be modeled, it can be communicated; and if it can be communicated, it can be constructed, operated and demolished”.

Mohammad spoke about understanding the levels of development, comprehending the concepts of 4D to nD and the ability to formulate a strategy to implement BIM at the workplace. He concluded by summarizing the types of information that would be included in a typical BIM matrix.

These included but were not limited to: building program & project meta data, physi-

cal properties of BIM objects & elements, geospatial and spatial location of objects & elements, manufacturerspecific information requirements specifications, estimating, value engineering requirements, energy analysis requirements, sustainable material LEED or other requirements, project environmental & site conditions, program/space compliance or validation, code compliance/ occupant safety requirements, building commissioning requirements and facilities/asset management.

For those who did not attend, the presentation and videos are available on the DBUG LinkedIn page.

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panel discussions, bilateral business meetings and networking opportunities that highlighted key trends and strategic issues vital to the insurance industry’s growth in Qatar and the region.

Al Jaidah said that the growth in insurance market was parallel to the development of local economy. “The more the projects, the more the opportunities for insurance companies,” he said.

Historically speaking, construction and engineering insurance has been one of the key attractions of the MENA markets in general and the Gulf markets in particular from a foreign point of view, Multaqa Chairman and Dr Schanz, Alms & Company President Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz told Construction Sites.

“Huge infrastructure projects

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QATAR’S FIRST GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE OFFICIALLY GETS UNDERWAY

QF Member’s Inaugural Conference Attracts More Than 500 Delegates From Qatar And Around The World

Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), today launched its inaugural annual Qatar Green Building Conference at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC).

Outlining his vision for the conference, Engineer Issa Al Mohannadi, Chairperson of QGBC and Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), said: “Qatar Green Building Council is taking a balanced approach to addressing sustainability challenges in the country.

We believe that a combination of research and innovation, education and awareness, and building cohesive networks of stakeholders, is key towards achieving environmental sustainability on a national and a regional level. The Qatar Green Building Conference has indeed created a platform for the green building industry to make this possible collectively.”

In his keynote speech at the opening of the conference, Mr Rick Fedrizi, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, said: “Green buildings are a hallmark of economically sound

Construction insurance market to see big growth

usiness leaders expect increasing opportunities in Qatar’s insurance market as the country’s economy continues to grow.

“Infrastructure projects have increased significantly in the past five years. The GDP has been growing by 12% annually.

The increase in the number of projects opens up more insurance opportunities, in industrial, real estate and infrastructure sectors,” QFC Authority Deputy Chief Executive Officer Yousuf Al Jaidah told Construction Sites on the sidelines of the ninth Multaqa conference.

The two-day conference, cohosted by the Qatar Central Bank and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority in March, gathered delegates from around the world.

They took part in a range of

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Rick Fedrizi, CEO and Founding Chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council, during his keynote speech at the inaugural Qatar Green Building Conference in Doha.

business decisions, thoughtful environmental decisions and smart human impact decisions. As our world shrinks, because of ever more precious natural resources, technology and trade, it’s becoming very clear that while the decisions to build green are local—one building, one home, one school, one hospital—the aggregate impact

is global. “Qatar Foundation and the Qatar Green Building Council understand this and USGBC is honoured to work with and support their commitments to promote green best practices and a sustainable infrastructure that are paramount to the well-being of people, the protection of resources and the growth of our economies.”

need insurance and risk management services. The region is set to host some major global events like the Dubai World Expo and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Many infrastructure projects are in the pipeline and that’s a key opportunity for insurance”, he said.

However, Schanz pointed out that despite opportunities for insurance in the construction market in Qatar and the MENA region, the intense competition in the sector clouded its growth prospects.

“The competition in the commercial lines area is very intense, more intense than in personal lines insurance, like personal or health. Because the commercial lines business is very much an international one, it is covered by compa- So, it’s a highly competitive market prospects,” Schanz commercial lines insurance, nies from all over the world. It business with small margins. said. “Growth is there, but prof- especially for big ticket risk inis transactive through brokers. That somewhat clouds the itability remains an issue in surance,” he added.

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ASHGHAL TENDERS AND AWARDED TENDERS Companies Eligible to Tender: (1) Qatari Companies Only (2) Joint Venture (JV) Companies, which includes a Qatari Company having a minimum of 51%, share holding of the JV (3) Non-Qatari Companies (4) Not Applicable * All financial values are in QAR

Tender No.

Type

Tender Title

Participants

Issuing Date

Closing Date

Category

MRPSC/032/14-15

MRPSC

Design and Construction of TSE Distribution Transfer System (Contract TRS-01) IA/ 13-14/ C /46 /M

Qatari Companies Only - Joint Venture - Non Qatari Companies

25-Mar-15

8-Jun-15

Drainage

PWA/GTC/097/1415

GTC

Design ,Supply, Installation and commissioning of Mobile Laboratories and Testing Equipment (IA/14-15/P003/G)

Consultancy and Specialized Services

8-Apr-15

26-May-15

Roads

PWA/GTC/099/1415

GTC

On - Call Contract for Rental of Heavy Vehicles/ Equipment (AA - R /14-15/ OM/ 042/ C2/ G)

Qatari Companies Only

15-Apr-15

26-May-15

General Services

PWA/STC/047/1415

STC

Calibration Verification of Electromagnetic Flow Meters (EMFM) for Various Drainage Pumping Stations (AA-D/14-15/OM/1704/S)

Qatari Companies Only

15-Apr-15

21-May-15

Drainage

PWA/STC/046/1415

STC

Procurement of Power and Control Cables for Submersible Pumps of Various Capcities for workshops (AA-D/14-15/OM/1695/S)

Qatari Companies Only

15-Apr-15

21-May-15

Drainage

PWA/GTC/100/1415

GTC

Supply of Spares Parts for WEIR, KUBOTA AND S.P.P PUMPS for Pumping Stations and STW'S (AA-DOM/14-15/M/1358-2.05/G)

Qatari Companies Only

15-Apr-15

19-May-15

Drainage

Design & Build For The Rectification Works for

PWA/GTC/089/14Truck Inspection Clearance Area And Agriculture & General Conditions of Tenders GTC Qatari Companies Only 25-Mar-15 19-May-15 Building 15 Quarantine Buildings at Abu Samra - Full Documents for the Tender (BA/14-15/C/068/G) can be obtained from Contracts Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Flow Department (CD) against a Non– PWA/GTC/085/14Monitoring System for Surface/Ground Water/Foul GTC Qatari Companies Only 18-Mar-15 12-May-15 Drainage Sewer Networks 15 refundable fee paid to PWA Ac(AA-D/14-15/OM/1685/G) count No. (0013-001813-052), Post-Contract Professional Consultancy Services Qatar National Bank together with PWA/GTC/088/14for Refurbishment and Upgrading Works for Various Consultancy and Specialized GTC 25-Mar-15 12-May-15 Drainage a copy of the Company Registra15 Pumping Station ,CP -770 Services tion and a Company Authorization (IA/14-15/S/003/G) letter.

Post Contract Professional Consultancy Services - Project document may be exam- PWA/GTC/090/14for Construction of 6 New Schools Around Doha Consultancy and Specialized GTC 25-Mar-15 12-May-15 Building 15 ( and Villages ( Stage 10B) Services ined at Al-Faisal Tower(1), Ground BA/14-15/S/083/G Floor, Al Corniche before purchasDoha and Rayyan Sewerage Scheme Misceling from PWA. laneous House Connection works on-call contract PWA/ITC/046/14-15 ITC Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 10-May-15 Drainage - Each Tender must be accompa21/2014 nied by a Tender Bond, either in (IA/D-HC/14-15/C/091/I) the form of a “Certified Check” or Supply of PS SCADA Spare Parts PWA/ITC/043/14-15 ITC Qatari Companies Only 8-Apr-15 10-May-15 Drainage (AA-D/14-15/OM/1705/I) a “Tender Bond’’ issued by a Bank acceptable to the PWA” in the Doha and Rayyan Sewerage Scheme-Property Connection to IKEA & Festival City (Micro Tunneling amount mentioned above valid for PWA/STC/045/14STC Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 7-May-15 Drainage 15 Works) NDM (Project # P/31/2014) (120 days). Any Tender received (IA/D-HC/14-15/C/098/S) without the proper guarantee will not be considered.

- The Tender shall be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes (technical and financial offer) and both envelopes must be enclosed in a third sealed envelope which shall bear the tender number, subject and closing date.

- All Tenders shall be submitted in original and one copy or they will not be acceptance.

Tenders shall be delivered at or sent to arrive not later than 1.00pm local Doha time on the closing date and deposited in the relevant Tender Box of concerned Tenders Committee’s Chairman at PWA. - The successful Tenderer shall provide a Performance Bond in amount of ten (10%) percent of the Contract Price endorsed by an approved local bank in Qatar.

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Value

Envelopes System

Tender Fees (QRs)

IBM filenet documents generator and smart solution - phase 2

Public Prosecution

10/5/15

140000 Q.R

TWO ENVELOPES

150

Local Tenders

Maintenance works for A/C and cooling equipments for several mosques at Al Shamal area

Ministry of Endowment & Islamic Affairs

17/05/2015

12000 Q.R

TWO ENVELOPES

150

Local Tenders

Development & modernization of retirement and pension applications

General Retirement and Social Authority

17/05/2015

30000 Q.R

TWO ENVELOPES

150

Tender Number

Type

3 /2015-2016

Local Tenders

5 /2015-2016 4 /2015-2016

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- Must be accompanied with the tender a letter of guarantee bank / certified check from a bank operating in the State of Qatar, as indicated above for a period of temporary deposit on 120.

- The offer must be valid for a period of ninety days from the date of the opening of envelopes.

- Will be the last date for submission of tenders is twelve o’clock on the morning of the closure, and will not pay attention to any tender received after the deadline.

- Tenders deposited in the box of the Central Tenders Committee, located in Muntazah - Rawabi Street, to be inside the stamped and sealed envelopes and addressed to the Chairman of the Tenders Committee competent (central / local) showing the number, type of the tender and the subject.

- The Central Tenders Committee invites bidders or their representatives to attend the opening of the envelopes and read the price on the day following the date of the closure during the office hours.

- To obtain tender / tenders documents highlight above must be to mentioned authorization letter from the company / institution.

- For inquiries, please contact Tel: 44378192 /225 /143 /149.

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2015 Project Qatar 2015 Organizer: IFP Qatar Event date (s): 4 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900 Fax: +974 44432891 Email: info@ifpqatar.com Website:www.projectqatar.com Qatar StoneTech Organizer: IFP Qatar Event date (s): 4 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900 Fax: +974 44432891 Email: info@ifpqatar.com Website:www.qatarstone-tech.com Future BIM Implementation Organizer: Advanced Conferences & Meetings FZ-LLC Event date (s): 6 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 361 4001 Fax: +971 4 361 4554 Email:opportunities@acm-events.com Website:www.futurebimqatar.com

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11th Trans Middle East Doha 2015 Organizer: Transport Events Event date (s): 6 – 7 May Venue: Intercontinental Doha Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +60 87 426 022 Fax: +60 87 426 223 Email: enquiries@transportevents.com Website: www.transportevents.com Cityscape Qatar 2015 Organizer: Informa Exhibitions Middle East Event date (s): 11 – 13 May Venue: Doha Exhibition Centre Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 336 5161 Fax: +971 4 335 1891 Email: info@cityscapeqatar.com Website: www.cityscapeqatar.com

Smart Skyscrapers Summit 2015 Organizer: Expotrade Middle East FZ LLC Event Date (s): 11 – 12 May Venue: Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort and Spa Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: +9714 4542135 Fax: +9714 4542136 Email: marketing@expotrade-me.com Website: www.smartskyscrapers.com

World Stadium Congress Organizer: IQPC Event date (s): 18 – 21 May Venue: St. Regis Hotel Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 364 2975 Email: enquiry@iqpc.ae Website: www.worldstadiumcongress.com

ture and Deep Foundations Organizer: IQPC Event date (s): 7 – 10 June Venue: InterContinental Hotel Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 364 2975 Email: enquiry@iqpc.ae Website: www.undergroundfoundations. com

MEED Construction Leadership Summit Organizer: MEED Event date (s): 27 May Location: Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 8180 217 Fax: +971 4 4234 830 Email: meedevents@meed.com Website: www.constructionleadershipsummit.com

The Big 5 Dubai Organizer: dmg Events Event date (s): 23 – 26 Nov Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre Location: Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 438 0355 Fax: +971 4 438 0356 Email: info@thebig5.ae Website: http://www.thebig5.ae

MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with Mashreq Organizer: MEED Event date (s): 27 May Location: Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 8180 217 Fax: +971 4 4234 830 Email: meedevents@meed.com Website: www.constructionleadershipsummit.com 4th Annual Underground Infrastruc-

15th Gulf Industrialists’ Conference: Foreign Direct Investments and their Impact on Gulf Industries Organizer: The Public Authority for Industry (PAI) in the State of Kuwait and the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) Event date (s): 25 – 26 Nov Venue: TBC Location: Kuwait Tel: +974 4485 8816/717/727 Fax: +974 4485 1723 Email: nalmomen@goic.org.qa / aajaber@ goic.org.qa / alanqar@goic.org.qa Website: www.incge.com

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Consultant

Client

Main Contractor

Value Range (QR) Million

Project Status

Type of Project

M/s. Commercial Development

M/s. Arabtec

500-750

Piling & Shoring

Hotel and Office Buildings

Audit Bureau Towers

M/s. Al Attiya Group Trading Co.

Not Appointed

400-600

Tender Stage

Offices / Residential Towers

Al Waab Mall

M/s. Qatar Industrial Services

Man Enterprize, Qatar

300-400

Under Construction

Mall

Q-Tel

Not Appointed

250-350

Tender Stage

Technical

Qatar Islamic Bank

AFQCO & REDCO - Al Mana

1.2-1.4 bn

Under Construction

Residential Towers

Business Trading Company

IDC

400-500

Under Construction

Shopping Mall

Al Malki Real Estate Investments

Satal Qatar Contracting

N/A

Under Construction

Hotel

Ghanem Al Thani Holding

Ramco

N/A

Under Construction

Office Building

Project Title

Twin Towers

Mesiemer Five Residential Towers at Viva Bahriya at the Pear (project management)

Gulf Mall at Gharrafa

Doha Centro Hotel at Bin Mahmoud Ghanem Office Building at Salwa Road

Alfardan Properties Co.

CDC

N/A

Under Construction

Hotel

Mazaya Qatar Real Extate Development QSC

Sinohydro Group Limited

N/A

Under Construction

Residential

Qatar Airways

Redco International

N/A

Under Construction

Residential Building

Al Sarh Real Estate WLL

CRC

N/A

Under Construction

Residential

Sh. Hamad Bin Faisal Al Thani

REDCO – Al Mana

N/A

Under Construction

Office Building

Mr. Abdullah Abu Salah

Shannon Engineering

N/A

Under Construction

Office Tower

Ahmed Abed El Aziz Al Baker

Construction and Reconstruction Co.

675

Under Construction

Office Building

Private Investor

Orientals Enterprises

N/A

Under Construction

Residential

Shiekh Abdullah Bin Naser Al Thani

Construction and Reconstruction Co.

85

Under Construction

Commercial

MOI

Hassanesco Co.

N/A

Under Construction

Mixed Use

Shk/Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani

Construction and Reconstruction Co.

205

Under Construction

Commercial / Residential

Tricon International

Atlantic Contracting Co.

150

Under Construction

Hotels

Al Hodaifi Group

Not appointed

30-40 Million

Design stage

Office Building

El Eida

Not appointed

5-10 Million

Design stage

Villa

H.E SH Abdulla Bin Mohamed Al Thani

Not appointed

N/A

Under Design

Residential Building

Doha Education Centre

Not appointed

30-50 Million

Design stage

Education

Step 1 International Academy

Step 1 International Academy

Not appointed

20-40 Million

Design stage

School

5 Hotel Towers adjacent to City Center Marriott Rensance, Marriott Courtyard, Shangri La, Rotana & Merweb

Al Rayyan Holding Company

Al Habtour

3.5 Billion

Marriott Rensance & Marriott Courtyard in handing over and the other 3 Hotels are under construction

Hotels

Real Estate Services Group

SEG

800

Construction Stage

Mixed Use Towers

Al Shereef Enterprises

Dorra Contracting

350

Construction Stage

Mixed Use Towers

PWA

Tag Engineering & Contracting

120

Under Construction

Media Complex

MOI

Not Appointed

N/A

Design Stage

Educational Complex

Health Care Centers (Pacakge 4 & 5)

PWA

ITC/UCE

600

Under Construction

Medical Centers

Construction of Head Quarters Bldg. for Ministry of Interior

MOI

WCT

N/A

Under Construction

Administrative and Office Building

Alaqaria

Arcon

169

Under Construction

Mixed Use

Qatar Navigation

Not Appointed

N/A

Design Stage

Warehouses

Ministry of Interior

Not Appointed

N/A

Design Stage

Administrative and Office Bldg.

PWA

ITCC / Al Sraiya

350

Under Construction

Educational Buildings

IBA GROUP

Not Appointed

400

Design Stage

Commercial / Offices Towers

Mr. Saeed Ben Zayed El-Khayareen

Al-Huda

200-250

Under Construction

Office Building

Fahd Suite - Apartment Hotel

FBA GROUP

Not Appointed

200

Detail Stage

Shopping Mall & Office Tower

IBA Hotel

IBA GROUP

Not Appointed

200

Under Construction

Hotel

Alaween

B5

N/A

under construction

fit out

Mr. Ali Abdulla Q A Al Emadi

Not Appointed

108 Million

DC-2 Stage

Hotel

QNB

Not Appointed

20 million

under construction

Bank

Almal Holding

Not Appointed

120 Milliom

Permit Stage

Driving Academy

Gulf Pearls Company

Gulf Pearl

40 Million

Design Stage

Residential Building

Mr. Abdulla Abdul Rehman Abdulla Haidar

Not Appointed

38 Million

DC-1 Stage

Corporate Offices

Sheikh Badr Khalifa Al Thani

Al Batra

96 Million

under construction

Residential Building

MOFA

Not Appointed

N/A

Design Stage

Government Building

ACES

RAMCO Engineering

22 Million

Tender Stage

Industrial Building

Sh. Ahmad bin Hamad Al Thani

NA

54,000,000.00

Service Design

Commercial

Regency Real Estate

NA

38,000,000.00

Design Stage

Office Building

Rabban Group

NA

126,319,000.00

Design stage

Mixed Use Building

FV7 - Multi Purpose Hall / Art Centre

Regency Real Estate

NA

67,500,000.00

Design stage

Commercial

C6 - Lusail

Regency Real Estate

NA

165,540,000.00

Design stage

Mixed Use Building

C4 - Lusail

Regency Real Estate

NA

108,070,000.00

Design stage

Hotel Apartments

Foxhills - A29

Fursan Real Estate

NA

20,091,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - A30

Fursan Real Estate

NA

32,627,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - A13

Regency Real Estate

NA

24,918,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - D04

Regency Real Estate

NA

25,273,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - D14

Regency Real Estate

NA

23,150,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - D21

Regency Real Estate

NA

27,472,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Foxhills - D49

Regency Real Estate

NA

29,299,000.00

Design stage

Residential Building

Nasser Obeidan

NA

2,371,000.00

Tender Stage

Office Building

Marsa Malaz Hotel at the Pear Qatar (Main Works) Qatar Sidra Village Project

Qatar Airways Crew Accommodation Al Rabban Suites Hotel Apartments (3B+G+M+50Floors) Office Buildings (3B+G+22) at Lusail Marina District

Office Tower (3B+G+14Floors)

Al Baker Executive Towers Al Nour Tower Al Nasr Showroom Police Training Institute Panasonic Showroom & Residential Al Sadd Hotel

Al Hodaifi Group HQ Al Eida Villa Blusail Furnished Apartment at Lusail (3B+G+10) Doha Education Centre

Shemoukh Mixed-Use Twin Tower, Al Saad

Al Jasrah Twin Tower Lusail Qatar Radio and Television Complex

Police College Academy

MIC Business & Recreation Complex

Logistic City Headquarter of General Directorate of Borders, Passports & Travel Document Department

Construction of 6 Nos. New Schools Al Emadi Twin Towers City Tower

Al Aween Fit out 5 Star Hotel

Qatar National Bank Branches Qatar Driving School Gulf Pearl Office Building

Office Building in Energy City

Sheikh Badr Residential Building Qatar Embassy and Diplomat Villas in Mogadishu, Somalia

ACES (Arab Centre for Engineers Studies)

Al Ahli Club FV9 Al Asmakh Head Office in Lusail

C5 Lusail

Office Building D-Ring

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Local property developer comes out tops in Tarsheed’s National Energy Conservation Programme

“Msheireb Downtown Doha” (MDD) project aims to create a legacy for sustainable urban development in Qatar by reviving the old commercial district of Doha with a new architectural language that is modern, yet inspired by traditional Qatari heritage and design

Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation and Qatar’s leading sustainable developer, has been presented with two awards as part of Kahramaa’s National Program for Conservation.

Eng. Abdulla Al Mehshadi, CEO of Msheireb Properties and Eng. Ali Al Kuwari, Chief Officer Design and Delivery of Msheireb Properties, received the awards at a ceremony held in Doha.

The competition was run by Kahramaa’s Tarsheed, the National Campaign for the Conservation and Efficient Use of Water and Electricity, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad AlThani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, and was judged by a panel of industry experts and regional professionals.

The competition witnessed entries from different sectors in the country, with Msheireb Properties winning in both the

Government and Industrial sectors. The award winning buildings, the Diwan Annexe and the District Cooling Plant (DCP), are both located in Msheireb Downtown Doha, the world’s first sustainable regeneration project, with more than 100 buildings targeting LEED gold and platinum rating. To date, the company has earned the ISO 14001:2004 certificate for environmental performance from the British Standards Institute – as well as BSI certification for quality and health and safety and ISO 31000:2009 certificate for Risk Management Standard.

The Diwan Annexe’s winning entry in the Conserved Buildings Category includes an energy performance, rain water recovery, and onsite energy generation through photovoltaic (PV) panels. The overall energy savings for the Diwan Annexe come to 35.5% using ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Appendix G meth-

odology. The overall potable water savings for the building total 87.5%, which includes low flow toilets and shower heads and the use of non - potable water. The landscape saving is at 100% with no potable water usage at all.

Winning in the Industrial sector, the District Cooling Plant (DCP) was designed with energy efficient features including efficient lighting, ventilation and outside air heat recovery. On the industrial side both electrical and potable water features have been implemented. The use of highly efficient chillers will result in savings of more than 5 million kilograms of CO2 per year. Once fully operational, the total capacity of the district cooling system will be 29,250 TR, sufficient to serve the cooling needs of the entire Msheireb Downtown Doha development.

Receiving the awards, Eng. Abdulla Hassan Al-Mehshadi,

HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed Bin Saleh Al Sada presenting an award

CEO, Msheireb Properties said, “We are exceptionally pleased to have won these two important awards within our local community. MDD’s building philosophy is a result of three years of research by leading architects, master-planners, en-

gineers, designers and experts from around the world to ensure we used cutting edge, environmentally friendly technology and best building practice throughout the development with the aim to reduce energy consumption in MDD by 32 per-

cent once the project is complete. We hope that the project will provide an inspiration to other cities around the world on how to blend innovative design that is inspired by the past with the latest in sustainable solutions.“