Nespak News Report - April-June 2018

Registration No. L8071 VOLUME 44 NUMBER 1

NESPAK NEWSREPORT

JANUARY - MARCH

2018

Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project ....page 8 - 9 Corporate News 02 - 03 Staff News 12 - 15

Project News 04 - 11

02 CORPORATE NEWS

Lunch for

Dr. Aamer Ahmed

Canadian Company BBA officials visit NESPAK

Secretary Power Mr. Yousaf Naseem Khokhar (C), Dr. Tahir M. Hayat (R) presenting a memento to outgoing MD Dr. Aamer Ahmed

A lunch was arranged in the honour of Dr. Aamer Ahmed, Additional Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Energy, who was looking after NESPAK as Managing Director, at a local hotel in Lahore on January 7, 2018. On this occasion, Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK, presented a shield to Dr. Aamer Ahmed in recognition of his services.

MD NESPAK and senior professionals of NESPAK attending a meeting with Canadian company officials

Dr. Ghulam Mustafa and Mr. Glen Ichikawa from BBA Inc., Canada, visited NESPAK House, Lahore on March 6, 2018. Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK and senior professionals greeted them. Both officials represented their firm and had a detailed discussion on various ongoing

Railway officials given briefing on NESPAK

Pakistan Railways personnel and foreign delegates with NESPAK MD and officials

A delegation comprising officials of Pakistan Railways and foreign delegates visited NESPAK House, Lahore on February 7, 2018. The purpose of the visit was to get an introduction of NESPAK and its working. Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK, welcomed the guests.

Later, Mr. Ahmad Said, GM/Head Business Development Division, gave a corporate presentation to the visiting officials. He introduced NESPAK, its working and various projects tackled by NESPAK. The guests showed keen interest in the presentation and took a round of the NESPAK House.

projects related to the hydropower and transmission lines sector. M/s BBA is a multidisciplinary engineering firm headquartered out of Montreal but having 11 offices across Canada. BBA's areas of expertise are transmission lines and distribution, hydropower and mining.

NESPAK gets registered with PCATP for the first time In a landmark development, NESPAK got registered with the Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners (PCATP). In this regard, the certificate was issued duly signed by PCATP Chairman Mr. Asad I. A. Khan, who happens to be the former MD of NESPAK. It is for the first time that NESPAK has got registration with PCATP. Earlier it was having registration with the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) only.

CORPORATE NEWS 03

Meeting with UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy

UK High Commission officials visit NESPAK House, Lahore

Mr. Kamran Imtiaz presents a shield to UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy while Ahmad Said (2nd from L), Ahsan Anwar (3rd from R), Amir Bin Younas (2nd from R) and Tariq Altaf (1st from R) look on

NESPAK senior officials held a meeting with UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy on February 13, 2018 at Lahore, to discuss business opportunities with NESPAK. Trade Envoy Mr. Rehman Chishti, Member Parliament was accompanied by a delegation comprising of Mr. Ali Aziz, Senior Manager at Deloitte, Mr. Mark Gill,

Project Principal at Mott McDonald, Ms. Farmida Bi, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, Mr. Steve Hart, Senior Executive Officer at JLT Specialty, Mr. Michael Dryer, Investment Director, Infrastructure at CDC PLC and Mr. Saad Ul Islam, Investment Manager, Infrastructure at CDC PLC.

Dignitaries Visit Nespak

Mr. Matt Lister, Deputy Director, Department of International Trade (DIT), British High Commission Islamabad, visited NESPAK House, Lahore, on February 8, 2018. The British High Commission will facilitate NESPAK to seek business opportunities in the UK market by providing an access to UK companies. Mr. Kamran Imtiaz, Vice President Human Resources Division, along with senior NESPAK professionals attended the meeting. With the cooperation of British High Commission, NESPAK will target the UK market by developing links with UK companies. This mutual arrangement is likely to herald new business opportunities for NESPAK in Pakistan and the European market.

MD NESPAK visits New Islamabad International Airport

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK (5th from L) with Abdul Qadeer, GM Islamabad office (6th from L) and other officials of NESPAK

Mr. Amir Muqam, Advisor to Prime Minister, calls on Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK, at NESPAK House, Lahore

WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (R) Muzammil Hussain with Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK and other officials at NESPAK House, Lahore

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK, visited the New Islamabad International Airport on January 11, 2018 and held a meeting with Mr. Asif Ali Shah Gillani, Project Director (PD) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The PD CAA commended NESPAK services. Later, MD NESPAK visited the project and instructed the site staff and Contractors to ensure quality of works and comply with health and safety standards.

The New Islamabad International Airport, spread over an area of around 3,200 acres, is located in the outskirts of Islamabad. It is nearing completion at a cost of Rs. 100 billion. It is envisaged that the airport would accommodate 9 million passengers per annum.

NESPAK, with its French partner ADP IngĂŠnierie, is involved in the design and field design support services (FDSS) for complete infrastructure and miscellaneous airport buildings. Mr. Ahmad Halim, VP/Head NESPAK Karachi office, is acting as Project Manager for Design and FDS services. NESPAK is also involved in construction supervision of the Airport Security Force Camp and certain other buildings costing around Rs. 3 billion. Mr. Salman Shahid, Chief Engineer Islamabad office, is acting as Project Manager for the construction supervision services.

04 PROJECT NEWS Expert meeting on EIA of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project

NESPAK team during site visit

Mr. M. Shariq Ahmed, Principal Engineer and Hafiz M. Abid Saleem, Environmental Engineer GT&GE Division, visited Peshawar on March 5, 2018 for the technical presentation on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and joint site visit of FATA Development Authority (FDA) for the permit process of the Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project.

Mr. Shariq Ahmed delivered a detailed presentation to FDA on March 6, 2018 on EIA. At the end of the presentation, he answered all the questions. Mr. Shahzada Behram, Manager (Small Dams), FDA, Mr. Salman, Assistant Director appreciated the presentation and the efforts of environment team to prepare a comprehensive report.

NESPAK conducts public hearing

NESPAK awarded

combined warehouse project An agreement signing ceremony for the construction of Combined Warehouse for TB, HIV & Malaria Programmes under Health Planning System Strengthen and Analysis Information Dr. Sabeen Afzal, Deputy Director Programs for Ministry of NHSR&C and Mr. Tahir Analysis Unit Shamshad, VP/Head NESPAK Islamabad signing the agreement (HPSIU), Ministry The project comprises construction of a of National Health warehouse and an admin block in Phase-I Services Regulations & Coordination and construction of a parking plaza in (NHSR&C), took place on January 11, Phase-II. The total covered area of all three 2018 between Ministry of NHSR&C and facilities is 180,000 sq.ft. Project cost of NESPAK. Phase-I is approximately Rs. 476 million.

Mrs. Saira Afzal Tarar, Federal Minister for NESPAK scope of work includes Ministry of NHSR&C and Dr. Asad Hafeez, topographic surveys, geotechnical Director General Health for Ministry of investigations, master planning, detailed NHSR&C were also present. design and construction supervision.

Lahore Knowledge Park

NESPAK H&TE Section, Islamabad was awarded detailed design for construction of Farooqabad and Kot Pindi Das Interchanges by National Highway Authority (NHA). For accomplishment of detailed design, a public hearing on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was conducted in Sheikhupura. Mr. Kashif Bashir, Environmental Specialist, Mr. Muhammad Sohail, Senior Engineer, H&TED, Mr. M Shahid Nadeem (Junior Engineer, H&TED NESPAK & Mr. Usman Haider Muhammadi organised the event up to the satisfaction of Client and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Punjab.

Public hearing in progress

NESPAK entered into an agreement with Infrastructure Development Authority Punjab (IDAP) on January 16, 2018 for providing consultancy services for construction supervision of Lahore Knowledge Park (LKP) Package-1. The Construction Management Division is providing construction supervision services for the project. The LKP is an initiative by the Higher Education Department (HED), Government of the

Punjab with an objective to create linkages and synergy between academia and the corporate world in areas that feed knowledge into industry by developing futuristic and sustainable knowledge parks.

LKP is one such facility envisioned to facilitate collaboration between the best local/global educational and corporate entities to make Punjab in particular and Pakistan in general, as South Asia's future nodal point for global knowledge economy.

PROJECT NEWS 05

French envoy visits Hydropower Training Institute at Mangla His Excellency Mr. Marc Baréty, Ambassador of France to Pakistan, along with representatives from Agence Française de Développement (AFD) paid an official visit to the Hydropower Training Institute (HPTI) at Mangla on Group photo of H.E. Mr. Marc Baréty, Ambassador of France to Pakistan (5th from L), March 21, 2018. at HPTI Mangla The double storey Mr. Khawar Nazir, Chief Engineer (Power) reinforced brick masonry structure is being WAPDA, briefed the guests about the constructed under supervision of NESPAK salient features of the Project and its role in

by WAPDA under funding from European training of officials. The guests visited the Union through AFD for training of WAPDA project site and expressed satisfaction officials. over the progress of works.

Khanewal Railway Station Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms, has approved the design proposal for the Khanewal Railway Station prepared by NESPAK. NESPAK scope of services includes topographic surveys, geotechnical investigations, detailed architectural and engineering design of buildings, infrastructure works, tender documents and resident construction supervision. The tendering process of the station has been started.

Conceptual view of Railway Station building

Work in full swing at Havelian - Thakot Section Construction activities are in full swing under NESPAK supervision on the Havelian-Thakot Section (120 km), which is a part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

It has 3 Interchanges, 103 bridges, 460 culverts and 6 tunnels.

Construction progress is at par with schedule (45 percent up to March) and the project is expected to finish on target date of February 2020.

NESPAK is providing consultancy services as [Assistant to Employer's Representative] in the fields of design review, top supervision and contract management in association with M/s DOLSAR of Turkey.

Median barrier steel fixing

Girder launching in progress

Girder casting yard

Deputy Speaker KPK with site staff during his visit to Abbottabad Tunnel

06 PROJECT NEWS Refurbishment of National Stadium Karachi

Khanewal-Lodhran Road Project

NESPAK Architecture & Planning Division Lahore successfully completed a challenging assignment of Refurbishment/ Uplifting of National Stadium Karachi (Phase-I). The task was accomplished due to strenuous efforts of design and resident supervision team to meet the commitments/expectations of senior officials with all necessary arrangements for the PSL final match well before time.

Mr. Abdul Baseer Sheikh is the Project Manager and Mr. Rizwan Hanif is the Project Architect.

Participants of a design review meeting on Dualisation of Khanewal-Lodhran Road Project

NESPAK has been entrusted with design & construction supervision of Dualisation of Khanewal-Lodhran Road Project (94 km) connecting Districts Khanewal, Vehari & Lodhran. The project cost is Rs. 20,000 million with time period of one year. M/s SWE Roads (Swedish Company) has been assigned design vetting.

Refurbished sections of stadium

UNHCR awards Project to NESPAK NESPAK has signed an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in February 2018 for providing consultancy services for construction supervision of a Provincial Cold Chain Warehouse in Peshawar.

Refugees Affecting and Hosting Areas (RAHA) Program is funding the project costing Rs. 130 million and it is to be used

by EPI Directorate, Department of Health, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A Design Review meeting was held and attended by Mian Muhammad Mushtaq, Additional Chief Secretary, Mr. Javed Akbar, Secretary Transport, Government of

the Punjab, Mr. Nayar Saeed, Chief Engineer (C&W), Mr. Ansar Mahmood, Additional Secretary (C&W), Mr. Feddrick, SWE Road Expert, Mr. Qasim, SWE Road Expert, Mr. M. Dawood Rana, General Manager, NESPAK, Mr. Azhar Masood, Advisor, NESPAK, Mr. Asif Arshad, Senior Engineer, NESPAK and Ms. Ammarah Shahzad, Senior Engineer, NESPAK. Additional Chief Secretary praised the working of NESPAK and instructed engineers to follow the same standards for upcoming projects.

Detailed Ecological/Biodiversity Management Plans

NESPAK earlier also provided consultancy services for detailed design of the project.

Construction activities have started at the site and are expected to complete within eighteen months.

Mardan Medical Complex NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has signed a consultancy agreement with Mardan Medical Complex to provide feasibility studies, detailed design and construction supervision services by the name “Improvement, Refurbishment and Up-gradation of Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) at Mardan Medical Complex (MMC), Mardan” with an initial cost of Rs. 300 million.

A group photograph of Inception Workshop participants

The World Bank-funded project “Preparation of Detailed Ecological/Biodiversity Management Plans for the Dasu Hydropower Project” has been awarded by WAPDA to M/s MWH International Inc. USA (Lead Consultant) and M/s NESPAK as sub-consultant.

As a first deliverable, a Draft Inception Report has been submitted. The inception workshop of the subject project was conducted on February 13, 2018 at a local

hotel in Islamabad. The workshop was chaired by Syed Mehr Ali Shah, Joint Secretary Water. Individual experts of each discipline (Aquatic Ecology, Terrestrial Ecology, Avifauna, Wildlife, Forestry, Watershed, Physical Cultural Resources, Capacity Building and GIS) presented their area of expertise. Focus Group or Roundtable discussions were also held with all the stakeholders i.e. World Bank, WAPDA, NTDC, Forest Department, etc.

PROJECT NEWS 07

Trimmu and Panjnad Barrage Improvement Project A NESPAK-led joint venture has been rendering consultancy services for the construction supervision of Trimmu and Panjnad Barrages Improvement Project (TPBIP) since September 30, 2015. The duration of the Consultancy is 51 months. The project is being financed by Asian Development Bank along with ADB Mission during site visit Government of the Punjab.

The work at Trimmu Barrage is in full swing. To review the overall stakeholders of the project. The Mission implementation of the project, ADB Mid praised the effective role of the Consultant Term Review Mission visited Trimmu and showed satisfaction with the progress Barrage and conducted meetings with all of work.

High-rise flats in Peshawar

Contract signing ceremony with Peshawar Housing Authority official

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has signed a consultancy agreement with Provincial Housing Authority to provide design review and construction supervision services for construction of high-rise flats at civil quarter Peshawar.

The Project will be funded by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an expected cost of Rs. 850 million.

Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF), Gilgit ADB Mission in a group photograph with project staff

NESPAK signs agreement with Islamia College University, Peshawar NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has signed a consultancy agreement with Islamia College University, Peshawar to

carry out feasibility studies, detailed design and construction supervision for a PSDP project. The project is titled “Consultancy services for ITindustrial innovation, research center and strengthening of Islamia College University, Peshawar.� The scheme will be funded by Higher Education Commission with an expected cost of Rs. 860 million.

Contract signing ceremony for Islamia College University Peshawar

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in association with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is working together to position warehouse facilities at strategically identified locations within Pakistan to serve as a basis for relief operations during future emergencies and as logistic hubs during all other times.

These infrastructure facilities are being constructed in phases at the priority locations identified by the WFP and NDMA. Recently, NESPAK has been selected as Consultants for construction supervision of an HRF Facility at Gilgit. For this purpose a consultancy agreement was signed on February 14, 2018 between WFP and NESPAK. NESPAK scope of services includes construction supervision of steel frame warehouses, masonry buildings, boundary walls, reinforced concrete, gravel pavements and ancillary works.

Total cost of the project is Rs. 93.9 million with almost 10,600 sq.ft covered area. The project is likely to be completed by December 2018.

08 PROJECT NEWS

NESPAK completes Police Lines Daggar Project NESPAK has completed the project of “Police Lines Daggar� (Funded by International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Agency, USA) in District Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The project started on August 13, 2015 and

completed well in time on August 09, 2017. The inaugural ceremony was held at the Chief Minister House, KPK, on February 27, 2018.

Mr. Pervaiz Khattak, Chief Minister KPK, appreciated NESPAK Vice President Mr. Tahir Shamshad and Project Manager Mr. Mukhtar Arshad, for timely completion of the project within Chief Minister KPK Inaugurates Police Lines Dagger District Buner, KPK budgeted cost.

A view of completed buildings

Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project

24th Board of Management Meeting held The 24th meeting of the Neelum Jhelum Consultants (NJC) Board of Management (BOM) was held from February 08-16, 2018. The NJC joint venture comprises MWH (Intl.) USA, NORPLAN Norway, NESPAK, ACE and NDC of Pakistan.

Following members participated in the meetings: Dr. Peter Mason (Chairman) MWH, Mr. Tauseef Chaudry, MWH, Mr. Christ Konstantellos, MWH, Mr. Over Rusten, NORPLAN, Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, NESPAK, Mr. Amjad Agha, ACE, Mr. Foad Hussain, NDC, Mr. James R Stevenson, Project Manager NJC, MWH and Mr. Ayub Malik, Deputy Project Manager NJC, NESPAK The first meeting was held at Islamabad to discuss matters related to project commissioning issues, administration,

Neelum Jhelum Consultants Board of Management meeting in progress with Chairman WAPDA

of headrace tunnel. At Majohi, tunnels site was visited to see concrete plugs being installed at the access adits in preparation of filling of the headrace tunnel. At Chattar Kalas Powerhouse site, progress on the

contractual, etc. on February 8, 2018. The BOM members then travelled to Muzaffarabad for site visits.

At Nausehri, dam site was visited to see the filling of dam reservoir, remaining concrete of desander and concrete lining Neelum Jhelum Consultants Board of Management at Dam Site

dry testing of the generating units, concrete of adit plugs and progress of control building and the switchyard were observed. During the visit to each site, presentations were made by the respective CREs on the status of works and the progress.

The BOM held a final meeting with WAPDA on February 14, 2018 at Rawal Rest House, Islamabad. Dr. Peter Mason, Chairman BOM, briefed Chairman WAPDA Lt. Gen. (R) Muzammil Hussain, Member (Water), Member (Power), Member (Finance), CEO NJHPC Brig (R) Mohammad Zareen and other senior officials on the progress of the project works.

PROJECT NEWS 09

Work in progress on Balloki Power Plant NESPAK Architecture & Planning (A&P) Division Lahore has completed design and supervision services for auxiliary buildings including an administration building, staff accommodation, a mosque and a

Service road project

cafeteria at the RLNG-based Power Plant Balloki. Mr. Jamshaid Iqbal, General Manager A&P Division Lahore is heading the design team.

Mosque

Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah at the ground breaking ceremony

NESPAK has been awarded design and construction supervision of a service road (both sides) from Abdullah Pur to Gatwalla along R.B canal by Faisalabad Development Authority. The ground breaking ceremony was performed by Rana Sana Ullah, Provincial Law Minister, Government of the Punjab.

Administration block

Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project The 969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP) is approaching the completion phase with achieved excellent progress on all of its sites including Nausehri Dam, Headrace Tunnel System including single and twin tunnels, Jhelum Crossing, underground Powerhouse & Transformer Hall and Tailrace Tunnel.

Majority of civil works are complete or nearing completion. The overall physical progress achieved is 99 percent.

The most significant aspect of the project during this quarter was start of initial filling of headrace tunnel & tailrace tunnel starting in the 1st week of March 2018.

The event marked another major milestone towards completion of the strategically important project.

All 525 kV generator transformers have been installed in the transformer hall; installation of all equipment of the 525 kV Switchyard is complete along with the cabling to the control building. The work

NESPAK awarded more NADRA Projects Dam reservoir impounding

on the erection and commissioning of 525 kV transmission line was completed by last week of February 2018 allowing the final testing and commissioning of the switchyard on the availability of back feed from the transmission line.

Installation of electro-mechanical equipment in the powerhouse is on schedule with rotors already installed in all 04-units. The dry testing of first generating unit is complete while the wet testing will start in 1st week of April 2018 leading to start trial generation by middle of April 2018.

A view of front elevation

NESPAK was tasked by National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) with providing engineering consultancy services for renovation of existing buildings, construction of new works as well as maintenance of 400 hired offices and eight owned properties of NADRA. After the successful completion of 8 projects of NADRA having cumulative project cost of Rs. 357 million and in recognition of NESPAK strenuous efforts, NADRA has further engaged NESPAK for providing engineering consultancy services for establishment of its major setup at Narowal.

A view of outlet structure

Land acquisition for Narowal Campus is in process with Punjab Revenue Board. In addition, new assignment for establishment of NADRA Registration Centre (NRC) and DRO at Gujrat is in designing phase.

PROJECT NEWS 11

Dualisation of Muzaffargarh-Dera Ghazi Khan Road Project NESPAK has been awarded design & construction supervision of Dualisation of Muzaffargarh-Dera Ghazi Khan Road Project. The length of project is 54 km with 2+2 lane including two bypasses at Baseera and Chowk Qureshian.

The project cost is Rs. 8,000 million.

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has won four new projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comprising Central Prison (Phase-II), Cadet College Mardan, Khazana Bridge Lower Dir and Tauheed Abad Bridge Peshawar. The project costs are Rs. 100 million, Rs. 1,430 million, Rs. 46 million and Rs. 72 million respectively.

Mr. Azhar Masood, Mr. Imran Ishaq and Mr. Shamim Zafar during site visit

The project design and monitoring team comprising Mr. Azhar Masood (Advisor), Mr. Imran Ishaq & Mr. Shamim Zafar visited the project along with Mr. Dawood Rana, General Manager

H&TE Division NESPAK. The team guided the site staff on in process quality control and also instructed them to maintain the record as per ISO standards.

Sector F-14 & F-15, Islamabad M/s Frontier Works Organization (FWO) Rawalpindi entrusted NESPAK with carrying out topographic surveys, geotechnical investigations, master planning and detailed engineering design/documentation of its EPC Contract “Development of Sector F-14 & F-15 Islamabad”. Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF), Islamabad is the client while FWO has won the EPC Contract through an open bidding. Initially, NESPAK assisted FWO in preparing the design & costing component of EPC bidding. The Master Plan of Sector F-14 has already been finalised & got approved by Capital Development

Master Plan for Sector F-14 & F-15

NESPAK wins New Projects in KPK

Authority (CDA), Islamabad. The total project area is around 10,500 kanals located along eastern side of the GT Road in Zone-1 of Islamabad. The estimated development cost of the project is around Rs. 12 billion. The master plan will accommodate around 6,800 residential plots of various sizes along with all civic amenities and public facilities.

Mr. Tariq Javed Bhatti of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Division is the Project Manager and Mr. Ahmed Masood, Principal Town Planner Architecture & Planning Division Lahore, is the Project Town Planner.

NESPAK wins Projects of University of Science & Technology, Bannu NESPAK won consultancy services for buildings of the University of Science & Technology, Bannu. The Client intends to construct four buildings namely Girls Student Hostel, Examination Section, Guesthouse and Cafeteria at its campuses located in Bannu City.

Total covered area of the buildings as per ToR is approximately 41,000 sq.ft. The Girls Student Hostel project is being funded by the Government of Pakistan under PSDP through Planning Commission & Higher Education Commission. Other three building projects are being funded by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under ADP. NESPAK scope of services includes planning and detailed design of buildings and allied external development works, geotechnical investigation, environmental study, preparation of engineer's cost estimate along with bidding documents and top construction supervision.

NESPAK to develop flood management plan for KPK NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has signed a consultancy agreement with the Irrigation Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) for Provincial ADP scheme “Comprehensive Flood Management Plan, KPK”. NESPAK will carry out feasibility studies of 31 individual streams of the province comprising Indus, Kabul, Swat, Chitral, Kunar, Siran, Panjkora, Bara, Kurram, Dor, Haroo, Gomal and Zhob rivers. The studies will include the development of flood protection plans, master planning of basins and feasibility studies for flood mitigation works along with development of early warning systems.

12 STAFF NEWS Hajj balloting

Achievements

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK, conducted the Hajj balloting on January 9, 2018 at NESPAK House, Lahore. A total of 10 employees from Grade1 to 7 will get the opportunity to perform Hajj 2018. Their names include Mr. Kashif Khan, Naib Qasid DM&R Division, Mr. Manzoor Hussain, Naib Qasid A&P Division Lahore, Mr. Muhammad Anwar, Driver H&TE Division, Mr. Tariq-ul-

Mr. Muhammad Azeem Siddiqi, Senior Engineer Building Services Division, has successfully achieved Project Management Professional (PMP ÂŽ) certification from Project Management Institute of USA on March 19, 2018, achieving Above Target Status in all Project Management processes. PMP is an International certification awarded upon a rigorous testing of five management processes including Initiating, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control, and Closing.

Participants of hajj balloting ceremony

Haji Abdul Wahid addressing the ceremony

Islam, Sub-Engineer Karachi office, Mr. Tariq Mahmood, Driver Overseas Division, Mr. Essa Khan, Lab Technician Peshawar office, Mr. Muhammad Tahir Khan, Driver Islamabad office, Mr. Muhammad Aslam, Naib Qasid Coordination Division, Mr. Muhammad Afroze, Driver Karachi office and Mr. Muhammad Iqbal, Naib Qasid M&QC Division. May they win Allah's blessings by performing Hajj, Amen!

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r. Asad Ali Saleem, Senior Engineer of Construction Management Division, has acquired Project Management Professional (PMPÂŽ) certification from the Project Management Institute (USA). He cleared his examination on March 19, 2018.

After a long break of many years, NESPAK organised sports gala by arranging inter-divisional sports activities. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Tahir M. Hayat MD NESPAK, on March 27, 2018.

A schedule under various sports categories including cricket, football, badminton and table tennis was issued and interested employees are participating in the games with immense enthusiasm. From March 27 to 30, 2018, table tennis matches were organised at the basement of NESPAK House, Lahore among various divisions of NESPAK. The Sports Gala event will conclude on April 21, 2018.

Sports gala kicks off at NESPAK

STAFF NEWS 13 In-House capacity building programmes Training and Development is a continuous process for individual and organisational development. Keeping the same in mind, an initiative was taken by the Construction Management Division for in-house training and development of all professional employees. In this connection, the first lecture was delivered by Syed Imran Waheed, Vice President/Head Construction Management Division, on the topic of “Construction Management.”

Takes Charge

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yed Imran Waheed, Vice President/ Head, Construction Management Division assumed the additional charge of Contracts Division on January 18, 2018 after retirement of Mr. Mahmood A. Sulehri.

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r. Abdul Qadeer, General Manager, Islamabad office has been designated as General Manager/Head, Regional office Islamabad with effect from March 1, 2018 in addition to his duties.

He has versatile experience of more than 35 years related to project management, construction management, contracts, proposals and project feasibility, for handling buildings as well as infrastructural development projects. The management wishes him best of luck for his new assignment with the company.

Nominated Dr. Niaz Akhtar, Vice Chancellor UET Taxila, nominated Mr. Mukhtar Arshad, Chief Engineer Islamabad office, as Technical Advisor/Investigator for quality control of all executed and ongoing projects of UET Taxila. Mr. Mukhtar Arshad has already served as Project Director in UET Taxila on a deputation basis during the year 2011-2012. UET Project Management team of Taxila University always appreciates services of Mr. Mukhtar during his deputation period.

Syed Imran Waheed imparting training

MD NESPAK presenting a memento to Mr. Mahmood A. Sulehri (L) and a bouquet to Mirza Asif Baig (R)

Retirements

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r. Mahmood A. Sulehri, Vice President/ Head, Contracts Division, retired on January 11, 2018 after 27 years of service in the Company with the highest level of professionalism and dedication.

Mr. Sulehri has a distinguished career in the fields of engineering contracts management and contract administration.

NESPAK Management and staff of Contracts Division wish him good health and a successful life ahead.

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irza Asif Baig, Vice President NESPAK, who was serving as Indus

Water Commissioner on deputation to the Ministry of Energy (Power Division), retired on January 10, 2018. Mr. Baig has an illustrious career. Before becoming Indus Water Commissioner, he was serving as the Vice President Water Resources Division. It is a great honour for the Company that one of its professionals has served on such a high position involving national prestige and requiring a lot of technical expertise to take up and resolve ongoing water disputes with India.

Undoubtedly, Mr. Baig has served with devotion and dedication. NESPAK Management and staff wish him good luck in his future life.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mukhtar Arshad was appointed as Project Manager for “Conference Room, Prime Minister's House Islamabad”. The project was challenging due to various bottlenecks and acute completion timeline.

Acknowledging the devoted & untiring efforts of Mr. Mukhtar Arshad during his project management period, Mr. Ali Akbar Sheikh, Director General Pak PWD, highly appreciated him and his team, and awarded a shield to acknowledge his excellent services.

Mr. Mukhtar Arshad receiving a shield from DG Pak PWD

14 STAFF NEWS

Training session on driving safety Human Resources Division in collaboration with National Highway & Motorway Police (NH&MP) organised training sessions on “Driving Safety� for drivers on February 19, 2018 and March 06, 2018 at the Irshad Ahmad

Professional Development Centre, NESPAK House, Lahore.

The training sessions included a discussion on various safety issues like adherence to traffic rules, clips on various traffic/accident situations, traffic signs and knowhow about tickets/penalties. All the drivers of the Coordination Division attended the training which turned out to be very beneficial. The same training sessions will also be arranged for other divisions in Islamabad & Karachi. After the training session, the Managing Director appreciated the efforts of NH&MP and presented them with Certificates of Appreciation.

NH&MP personnel with MD NESPAK and senior officials

Environmental Management Training A three-day training on Environment, Health & Safety Management was held from 18 - 20 December, 2017 at National Center for Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NCRR), Punjab University, Lahore. The training was conducted in continuation with World Bank Capacity Building Training Program whose first part titled Resettlement Management Training was already conducted in August 2017 at NCRR. Mr. Irfan-ul-Haq, GM/Head, ERGES Section GT&GE Division; Dr. Zakariya Zakar, Dean Faculty of Behavioral & Social Sciences/Director Institute of Social & Cultural Studies and Dr. Sajid Rashid, Principal, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences (CEES), Punjab University gave opening remarks and welcomed the training participants. More than 25

participants from Dasu Project Management Unit i.e.

Environment Team of WAPDA and Consultants attended the training. The main topics covered during Participants of Environmental Management Training in a group photograph training were: Legal and Policy Aspects of Environment, Corporate Policies, Occupational Health Health, & Safety; Pollution Control and and Safety Measures; Environmental Management of Wastes at various Work Monitoring; ISO/EMS/International Sites of Dasu Hydropower Project (DHPP); Standards; Carbon Finance; Monitoring & Application of GIS Techniques; Risk Evaluation and Case Studies of EMP Assessment and Implementation of DHPP Implementation.

International Conference

Conference on Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) from February 26 - 27, 2018 at a hotel in Islamabad. The conference was organised

by Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) in collaboration with International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced

Mr. Saqib Rehman, Senior Environmental Scientist from ERGES, GT & GE Division, participated in the 4th International

Participants of the workshop

Studies; the Energy and Resources Institute in India; and Alterra-Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands. Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Broadcasting and Communication, and Chairperson, Parliamentary SDG Secretariat, National Assembly of Pakistan chaired the conference and participants from different countries including Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh attended the event.

During the conference, Mr. Saqib Rehman spelled out some suggestions to bridge the gaps between science and policy and identify technology need assessment in the light of climate change adaption strategies.

Professional Group sweeps NEPWA elections NESPAK Professional Officers Welfare Association Regd. (NEPWA) Election 2017 was held on July 17, 2017. The “Professional Group” led by Chairman Engr. Javed Munir and General Secretary Engr. Nooraz Gul swept the NEPWA elections by a landslide victory.

Elections were held simultaneously at NESPAK House Lahore and Regional offices in Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar under the auspices of National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC), Islamabad. The elected office bearers of NEPWA took oath at a ceremony held on August 01, 2017 at NESPAK House, Lahore. Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK, administered the oath and congratulated the office-bearers and executive committee members.

Following Office bearers of NEPWA took the oath: Engr. Javed Munir (Chairman), Engr. Syed Muhammad Nadeem (President), Engr. Nooraz Gul (General Secretary), Arch. Samina Butt (Senior Vice President), Arch. Asad Ur Rehman (Vice President-1), Engr. Mukesh Kumar (Vice President-II), Mr. Ghulam Mustafa (Joint Secretary), Mr. Aslam Pervaiz (Finance Secretary), Mr. Muhammad Asif (Asst.

Finance Secretary), Mr. Jawad Aslam Bajwa (Office Secretary), Mr. Zulfiqar Ali (Information Secretary). Executive Body members include Mr. Asif Hussain, Engr.

Muhammad Umar, Engr. Irfanullah KIbzai, Engr. Wajahat Makhdoom, Mr. Hafeez, Engr. Qaim Jan, Engr. Saleem Pirzada and Mr. Asghar Ali.

STAFF NEWS 15 Research Paper Mr. Abdus Subhan, Principal Engineer, Agriculture Division, authored a research article titled “Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer on the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) and Yield Attributes of Wheat under Heavy Textured Soil”. The article is published in Volume 33, Issue 4 (582-590) December 2017, Sarhad Journal of Agricultural (sja). The article has open access via DOI| http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/ journal.sja/2017/33.4.582.590.

Research Publication Ms. Iman Meer, Environmental Scientist Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Division, has published research work titled “Removal techniques for heavy metals from fly ash” in an international Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Springer Japan (impact factor 1.604). Moreover her research work on Chashma wetlands titled “Abundance of Birds and Variations in Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Freshwater Reservoir” has been locally published in the University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences Jamshoro in November 2017. Her research work will be beneficial for consultants, industries, researchers, academic institutions and wildlife/fisheries/ecology departments.

MD NESPAK administering oath

Training course Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an emerging technology in the market nowadays and its expertise is rare. It can also be foreseen that expertise of BIM will become essential for business in the future. BIM brings a complete transformation by helping a construction project move from the design desks to physical reality. It trims redundant data,

erases communication lag and noise, maintains updated information, brings operational efficiency, improves coordination among departments and gives an overall efficiency to the whole life span of the project. With large infrastructural projects, BIM is a must. An expert trainer Dr. –Ing Abdur Rehman Nasir conducted a five weeks training workshop on BIM for professionals of NESPAK. Dr. –Ing Abdur Rehman Nasir holds the degree of M.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Management and is PhD in Construction Engineering and Management from Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Germany with main areas of research in BIM.

BIM orientation session

Long service award Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad, Manager Accounts, working at Regional Office Riyadh (KSA) received Long Service Award after completion of 30 years' service with NESPAK. The award was presented by Regional Manager Mr. Mohammed Shoaib.

Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad thanked the Regional Manager and other staff members for this honour.

NESPAK professionals visit Oman for business promotion Mr. Imran Waheed, Vice President Construction Management Division and Mr. Ahsan Anwar, General Manager/Head, Overseas Division visited Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from January 22 - 26, 2018 to attend the presentation for post tender clarifications of consultancy services for construction of roads and

bridges for NR-32 at Duqm and to meet many other Clients along with Mr. Khadim Hussain Jakhar, Regional Manager, Oman.

They met High Officials of Directorate General of Roads and Land Transport (DGR&LT), Ministry of Transport and Communication, Director of Projects

Meeting with Engr. Abdullah Al Khiyari, Director General of Roads and Land Transport Ministry of Transport and Communication

Meeting with Engr. Hilal Bin Marhoon Bin Salim Al-Islam (Director of Design)-MOTC

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