Monthly Construction news, tenders, project focus, and forthcoming exhibitions in QatarIssue No.102 - JaNuary 2016

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Challenges in managing major infrastructure projects in Qatar

Entry, work, residence and exit rules in Qatar

Green Building Safety & security

Qatar has succeeded in placing itself as one of the first amongst the greatest advocates of “sustainability” worldwide since the introduction of Qatar National Vision (QNV2030)The last few years have been a major challenge for Qatar’s construction sector, due to the unavailability of efficient systems and environmentally friendly materials, as it started embracing green building concepts. Read about how Qatari authorities have begun enforcing the implementation of sustainability codes and construction standards by consultants, contractors and suppliers.

In Focus: GREEN BUILDING

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USGBC’s ambitious commitment made at COP21 in Paris The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it will commit to scaling green buildings to more than 5 billion square feet (478 million square meters) over the next five years through the LEED and EDGE green building rating systems. USGBC’s commitment was made at Buildings Day, an official event at the United Nations climate negotiations conference known as COP21.“As we gather around the imperatives to address climate change at COP21, we know that buildings must continue be a key focus area for countries to reach carbon emissions reduc-tion goals,” said Roger Platt, president, USGBC. “By encouraging the use of green building rating systems like LEED and EDGE in both the public and private sectors, countries can log immediate and measurable reductions of these emissions as their building stock uses less energy and water, creates less waste, saves mon-ey and creates a healthier environment for everyone.”LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world’s most widely used green building rating system. LEED projects can be found in more than 150 countries and territories throughout the world, with more than 1.85 million square feet of space being certified everyday. Designed for emerging economies, EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings that enables design teams and project owners in developing countries to assess the most cost effective ways to incorpo-rate energy and water saving options into their buildings.USGBC’s sister organization, Green Business Certification Inc., is the exclusive certification body for LEED globally and EDGE in India and also certifies EDGE projects in other countries throughout the world. GBCI oversees a portfolio of additional rating systems and programs that support carbon reductions as a way to mitigate climate change.USGBC joined 25 other Green Building Councils from around the world that unveiled com-mitments at COP21 to transform the sustainability of buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that the building and construction industry plays its part in limiting global warming to 2 degrees.Buildings in general currently account for about one third of global emissions, and green buildings are one of the most cost-effective solutions to climate change, by generating sig-nificant environmental, economic and societal benefits.“USGBC has long been at the forefront of real leadership on green buildings and its ambi-tious commitments at these critical climate change negotiations in Paris are an excellent example of that leadership,” said Terri Wills, CEO of the World Green Building Council. “We know how to build bigger and bigger. The challenge is to build bigger and better and at the same time improve our existing build-ings stock. And it is commitments like these that will underscore the critical importance of using every tool at our disposal to achieve the 2 degree world we need to ensure for our future.”

Qatar National Library offers free hands-on training sessions for engineering professionalsQatar National Library (QNL) is offering free hands-on training sessions on the effective use of selected engineering and technology online resources: ASTM International, ASME Digital Collection and IEEE Xplore Digital Library. This initiative is part of its continuous efforts to engage readers, students and researchers across Qatar. ASTM International: The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International) is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering dis-ciplines.ASME Digital Collection: The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Col-lection provides access to its repository of current and archival literature including some of the most prestigious journals, conference proceedings and books.IEEE Xplore Digital Library: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore Digital Library provides access to full-text documents from some the world’s highly cited pub-lications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.These online resources contain scientific journal articles, e-books and reviews in various ar-eas of engineering and technology. The training is open to all and certificates of attendance will be awarded.The training will take place on January 19, at the Computer Laboratory 1, HBKU Student Centre, Education City, The training schedule will be as follows:

For more details, check out www.qnl.qa. Since the seats are limited, RSVP be-fore January 14 to Christine Afinidad at cafinidad@qf.org.qa

Topic Time Session LanguageASTM International: The American Society for Test-ing and Materials (ASTM International) is a vast col-lection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines.

09:00am - 10:00am English

Break 10:00am - 10:15amASME Digital Collection: The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection pro-vides access to its repository of current and archi-val literature including some of the most prestigious journals, conference proceedings and books.

10:15am - 11:15am English

Lunch 11:15am - 12:15noonIEEE Xplore Digital Library: The Institute of Electri-cal and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore Digital Library provides access to full-text documents from some the world’s highly cited publications in electri-cal engineering, computer science and electronics.

12:15noon - 1:45pm Arabic & English

ElectriCity offers Gothenburg’s citizens a mobile festive showThe surprise concerts given in September on board the bus route 55 by Seinabo Sey and Zara Larsson caught the public’s attention in both Sweden and abroad, getting more than 2.6 million views on Facebook and YouTube.Sweden’s ElectriCity, where Volvo is one of the main participants, followed up its September success last month with acoustic concerts given by Swedish artistes among passengers on the electric bus route 55. This time it offered Gothenburg’s citizens a mobile Christmas show. The electric bus itself provided the entertainment in the form of a light show accompanied by traditional Christmas music while travelling through central Gothenburg.“The previous ‘Silent Bus Sessions’ campaign highlighted one of the major benefits of elec-tric buses – how quiet they are,” says Helena Lind, PR manager at Volvo Buses.The Christmas show was used to highlight in a fun way that the electric bus allowed the city’s traditional noise to be replaced by pleasant sounds, according to Lind.The Christmas greetings extended to Gothenburg’s citizens could be seen and heard along the bus route 55, which passes along Avenyn and Östra Hamngatan in the city center. The route normally only runs on weekdays, but an exception was made on the weekend of De-cember 4-6 when the Christmas bus also ran on Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 6pm.“One way you can look at the Christmas bus is like a mobile Christmas card which we are using to send Christmas greetings to Gothenburg’s citizens, while also spotlighting a suc-cessful venture where innovation and sustainability combine to create an attractive means of public transport,” said Lars Backström, managing director of Västtrafik, early last month.Collaborative projectElectriCity is a collaborative project between academia, industry and the public sector and is aimed at developing, demonstrating and evaluating new sustainable public transport sys-tems for the future. Testing and evaluation of electric bus transport is a central part of ElectriCity. Silent, emis-sion-free public transport can operate in places where traffic is currently banned. This opens up new possibilities for urban planning in towns and cities.The three electric buses on the route run on renewable electricity and are energy-efficient, silent and completely emission-free. The buses run on batteries that are quickly recharged with renewable electricity at the bus terminus stops. Passengers have access to onboard wi-fi and phone charging facilities. The Teknikgatan bus stop on Lindholmen is indoors.Besides the three completely electric buses, the route has a number of electric hybrid buses which run on electricity for approximately 70% of the route.In addition to the actual buses, ElectriCity develops and tests new bus stop solutions, trans-port management systems, safety concepts and energy supply systems.

‘Art of Giving’ T-shirts to benefit construction workersRegional designer, Sheikha Wafa Hasher Al Maktoum, as part of her charitable initia-tives, has launched a special collection of T-shirts to benefit construction workers under the “Art of Giving” project. The range of T-shirts has been designed with road safety signs on the front while the back carries the “Art of Giving” logo. Priced at Dh200 per piece, the T-shirts are available at FN Designs and can be purchased by both individuals and corporate companies. The proceeds generated from the sale of the T-shirts will be donated to construction work-ers in the form of necessities they may require in their day-to-day lives such as telephone cards, blankets, shoes, clothes, food or medicines.Launching the T-shirts, Sheikha Wafa stated: “ ‘Art of Giving’ is all about caring and re-membering those who are not so fortunate. Our aim is to encourage people to work to-gether for the benefit of our society and show their appreciation for the significant contri-bution workers make. “The T-shirts will not only bring a little joy to those in need but are also aimed to spread awareness about road safety measures as these people generally work on streets and hazardous sites.”The “Art of Giving” project , headed by Sheikha Wafa, was launched during Ramadan last year whereby FN Designs had collaborated with Al Maktoum Foundation and Beit Al Khair to carry out a number of charitable initiatives.Sheikha Wafa is the founder and director of FN Designs. Love and passion for art are the words to describe her. She holds degrees in business administration and in arts and design. Curiosity, creativity and aspirations lie at the heart of her diverse body of work. Dubai-based FN Designs takes pride in promoting art in the Middle East and making it accessible to all by creating a more design-centric social community within the emirates through innovative and collaborative events. Home to a bevy of young artists, FN Designs was conceived in 2008 by Sheikha Wafa, who is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including “Patrons of the Arts Award” given by Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minis-ter of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Conceptual and visual de-sign, illustrations, photogra-phy, publication and clothing are among the many prag-matic and creative solutions offered at the studio.

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There is a bit of slowdown in Qatar’s economy for the time being but this is just a tempo-rary feature. The GDP growth is likely to see a slight decline until 2017 but it is expected to climb from 2018 to 2022. Many new projects are still coming up in Qatar, attracting a lot of inter-est globally. Companies from various coun-tries are looking to Qatar. Com-petition is becoming stronger and managing work is becom-ing tougher. Successful project execution is becoming a challenge. Ma-jor projects in Qatar have vari-ous distinctive characteristics. The good thing about them is that they’re all financed by the government, meaning there’s no lack of money”, said Jay Sanaknaki, Vice President/Managing Director at Louis Berger.The American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar hosted Sanaknaki at a breakfast semi-nar in October 2015 where he discussed some of the chal-lenges in managing major infra-structure projects in Qatar. Qatar has a growing infrastruc-ture sector sustained by gov-ernment investment and driven by Qatar National Vision 2030 and FIFA World Cup 2022.Various major projects like met-ro and rail, roads and highways, bridges and tunnels, airport, water supply and treatment, and power plants attract inter-national consultants, contrac-tors and suppliers; in which Louis Berger plays an active role. Sanaknaki said that construc-tion professionals should be wary of various challenges that should be addressed in order to successfully manage these ma-jor projects.“Even within the space of six years, a lot of things could change. Economies could change, lots of factors, demo-graphics, politics, security may also change. You have other

countries in the region that could become attractive to your employees and they jump ship,” he said.“Consultants and contractors come from various countries and often you need to have joint ventures. Sometimes it’s the size of the project that de-mands partnerships but often times it’s the clients’ prefer-ence”. “It’s not only the performance side but the finance as well. It’s not easy to undertake a contract that is worth $2 bil-lion and have that money tied up; sometimes for upto a year,” said Sanaknaki as he outlined the myriad challenges that mul-tinational construction compa-nies face.In a similar forum that took place in September 2013, contractors and consultants in Qatar had mentioned many of the factors that Sanaknaki dis-cussed as problematic. So even though more than two years have passed since then, Qatar still seems beset by the same challenges with no immediate solutions in sight. At the 2013 forum, represen-tatives of the Qatari construc-tion industry took part in a discussion that examined the most critical issues affecting their sector. Some of the ob-servations made at that time included that Qatar had been witnessing phenomenal activity in the construction sector with a growth rate of nearly 13%.The forum was chaired by Rod Stewart, Managing Director of Atkins at the time. In his address, Stewart said: “The challenges for contrac-tors are clear here in Qatar – increasing contractor com-petition, slow decision-making processes, unbalanced con-tractual conditions and likely shortages of material and staff supply”. “It is great to see a forum such as this bringing the main con-tractors and other key stake-

holders together to discuss these challenges, solutions and promoting early contractor en-gagement.” Of all the issues the one that Ashghal has addressed fore-most has been early contrac-tor engagement. They are now working on more than one kind of contract form; including de-sign and build, design-build-op-erate and concept-design-build. Some of the additional bottle-necks mentioned at that forum included payment risks, logis-tics, short delivery times and regional pressure on raw ma-terials.In his discussion, Sanaknaki identified six potential challeng-es that contractors face: hu-man resources, economics and finance, client management, procurement procedures, con-tractual and legal and stake-holder management.He focused on the first three. He identified some of the major characteristics of major proj-ects as being:• Financed by the govern-

ment• Long duration with a fast

track nature. They are im-pacted by local, regional and international eco-nomic trends.

• Some have various con-sultants and contractors involved, often teamed up in client mandated joint ventures.

• Employment of a large number of multinational staff.

• Risk levels may shift along the timeline of the project.

• Many stakeholders are in-volved; some are very in-fluential.

• Commercial terms may not be in accordance with in-ternational standards, i.e. FIDIC.

• Usually have various de-sign changes which may lead to delays.

“You employ here in Qatar a multinational workforce. And

when you have different nation-alities among your workforce, you have different motivational triggers, different aspirations; all of which need to be taken into account,” Sanaknaki point-ed out.“Some cultures are seen as aggressive, others are seen as passive by other cultures, so having a multinational staff is a challenge. Many things can happen over a year, make pro-vision for them and mitigate them, anticipate them and stay ahead.”Sanaknaki praised the Qatari government and parastatals for identifying needs in the con-struction sector and responding positively. “For example, on a project like the QRail, you need to deal with many different government departments like Kahramaa, different municipalities. If you had cone business in Qatar

10 years ago or even five years ago, you would agree that a lot of the commercial terms that were in the contracts were very biased towards the client. “The client had the upper hand in the contracts. In the last few years, Qatar has realized that in order to attract more compa-nies to come and do business here and more of the right kind of companies they had to make the terms of the contract more favourable. “For example, take the cases of Qatar Rail, Ashghal projects and Doha International Airport. A lot of these authorities have improved on the contractual terms of the contracts and it is becoming more attractive for in-ternational players to come and do business here in Qatar.”“However, one of the more crip-pling characteristics of major projects in Qatar that Sanakna-ki pinpointed was that that many of the projects did not fin-ish on time. This puts a burden on the team and finances.“A key reason, which probably comes as no surprise to many of you is that some changes may not be allowed to be per-ceived as a variation or as be-ing allowed to get compensa-tion for the delay.“There are many challenges facing large contracting com-panies. When companies like Louis Berger or AECOM tender for a project, Qatar expects an ‘A class Team’, the ‘Tiger team’, the best of the best”. “However, finding the qualified staff is a challenge. The reality of the situation If you look at the dynamics of the region, for example in the rail sector, you have various programs ongoing at the same time. You have the Riyadh Metro, the Jeddah Met-ro at the planning stage.

“You also have the Makkah Metro, the Medina Metro also in the planning stage. In Qatar you have the Doha Metro which is on a very aggressive sched-ule. They are literally trying to achieve what Singapore did in 20 years in only seven years!“The challenge in this is that the region may all be compet-ing to hire the same people because the projects need a specialized set of skills which in most cases is in short supply. Employees will join the project that will start the soonest and provide the best working condi-tions which include things like schooling for their children and a safe family environment.” Sanaknaki added that there was the added challenge of the prospective employee did not have the nationality that matched the visa type available as there are restrictions on re-cruiting from certain countries.Human resource challeng-es:• Finding qualified resourc-

es: Identify them before the project and secure them through contracts.

• Be aware of cultural differ-ences: Include training on diversity for your team.

• Labor law, immigration and visa requirements: Should have a strong pub-lic relations “mandoob” team and dependable visa agents in the staff coun-tries of origin

• For joint ventures, estab-lishing and maintaining a one-team spirit: Invest in team-building events, executive management of JV members should be involved

• Staff turnover: Expect it, plan for it, address it quickly

Challenges in managing major infrastructure projects in QatarQatar has a growing infrastructure sector sustained by government investment and driven by Qatar National Vision 2030 and FIFa World Cup 2022

Flashback to 2013: At a forum held in 2013, representatives of the Qatari constructionindustry took part in a discussion that examined the most critical issues affecting their sector.

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its associated regulations are being complied with.Right of entryThere are 3 main ways for an individual to enter Qatar:Tourist, visit or on-arrival visas Nationals of 33 countries can currently enter Qatar on an on- arrival visa issued for a fee at the Hamad Interna-tional Airport. GCC nationals or holders of certain GCC residence permits can enter on this basis alone. The visas are issued for 30 days and can be extended for a further 30 days at the discretion of the immigration authorities. On the expiry of the initial or extended 30 day period an in-dividual must leave Qatar but can then re-enter (same day if necessary) and be issued with a new visa. Nationals from outside the 33 countries must either arrange for a tour-ist visa through a Qatar based hotel where they must remain during their stay in Qatar, or a visit visa through the Qatari Embassy responsible for the jurisdiction in which they are resident. Family visit visas may be applied for and ob-tained before entering Qatar. Application details may be found on the Qatar Embassy website.Business visasOnly Qatari entities approved to issue business visas may do so. Business visas must be applied for in advance of an individual entering Qatar. . Approved Qatar entities may also issue multi entry/exit vi-sas. Alternatively the Qatari Embassy responsible for the jurisdiction in which an indi-vidual is resident may issue a business visa. A letter of sup-port from a Qatari national or registered entity must be sub-mitted in support of the ap-plication. Details in relation to such applications may be found on the Qatar Embassy

website. The type of visa will determine the period dur-ing which an individual can remain in Qatar, when they need to leave, whether or not an exit permit will be re-quired for them to leave and/or whether or not the visa can be extended and for how long.. In addition there is a 72 hour business visa which can be issued on arrival at Hamad International Airport subject to the provision of appropriate documentation and the payment of a fee; this method of entry is not com-monly used.Work permitWork permits may only be applied for by an individual or entity registered with the Qatari immigration and em-ployment authorities. These applicants are known as the workers’ sponsors. Sponsor-ship and immigration are interlinked in Qatar. Once a Qatari entity has been issued with a computer/immigration card it may register with the Labour Department and sub-mit block visa allocation ap-plications to bring individuals into Qatar. A block visa appli-cation should state the gen-

Qatar: entry, work, residence and exitder, nationality and job title of the workers a Qatari entity wants to employ.Once the block visa allo-cation has been approved by the Labour Department passport copies and appro-priate bachelor’s degree cer-tificates must be submitted to the Immigration Depart-ment in order for each worker to be issued with his or her work permit. It is important for workers’ sponsors to care-fully consider the job titles it initially applies for given cur-rently certain job titles are precluded from driving in Qa-tar and or require education certificates which the individ-ual being employed may not hold or have access to.Right to workHolders of tourist, visit or on-arrival visas may not work in Qatar. With some exceptions business visas allow the hold-ers to represent themselves or their companies, but not to work. ONLY a holder of a valid work permit may work lawfully in Qatar.Holders of residence permits may work but ONLY for their sponsors. Contract working is not permitted. Individu-als holding family residen-cies must apply for, and be issued with, work permits, often called labour cards, to work, subject to some excep-tions, eg. the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). Part time work-ers can work, subject to the permission of their sponsor/employer, for another Qatari national or an entity regis-tered to undertake business in Qatar.Right to resideResidence permitOnce the work permit has been applied to the worker’s passport when he or she ar-rives in Qatar, their sponsor must process their residen-cy. Such progression should commence within 7 days. Where individuals are enter-ing Qatar for a period of less than 30 days they may be ex-empt from processing their residency. This exemption should be read in the context of our comments in relation to visas generally and what expatriates can do in Qatar depending on the visas they may hold from time to time.An integral part of the resi-dence permit application pro-cess is the submission to and approval by the Labour De-partment of a dual language English and Arabic local con-tract. Law No.(14) of 2004, Labour Law, sets out the mat-ters to be referred to in the

local contract, the form of which may be “tweaked”, but may not be amended materi-ally, eg. complex bonus calcu-lations may not be approved by the Labour Department. For this reason many workers will hold more than one em-ployment document pertain-ing to their employment in Qatar. It is important that all employment documents “mir-ror” one another to avoid am-biguity should a dispute arise. The Labour Law provides that where a local contract has not been executed and ap-proved by the Labour Depart-ment a worker can evidence his or her employment and the terms thereof by whatev-er means, eg. payroll records, bank statements, etc.Dual residencyDual residency, eg. Qatar/United Arab Emirates (UAE), is permitted by discretion in Qatar. In the past dual resi-dency was difficult to obtain however currently an applica-tion should be successful.Family residencyWhere an individual holds a valid Qatari residence per-mit he or she can apply to sponsor their spouses and dependent family members. The resident will have to dem-onstrate to the immigration authorities that he or she is appropriately employed with sufficient funds to do so. Cur-rently this is defined as hold-ing a bachelor’s degree cer-tificate and earning in excess of QAR 10,000 a month for at least 6 months as evidenced by Qatari bank statements.Sponsorship transferResidency may be transferred between sponsors, subject to the discretion of the Immigra-tion Department. In order to transfer sponsorship an indi-vidual must hold a residence permit which has been valid for more than 12 months, a sponsor’s letter of no objec-tion (NOC) and a “clean” Po-lice Report. Where no NOC is provided (there is no obliga-tion to provide and no right of provision) an individual may not legally work in Qatar, ie. be sponsored and employed in Qatar, for a period of 2 years, although appeals can be made to the Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior. Where individuals do not have a residence permit which has been valid for more than 12 months, provided they hold an NOC, they must leave Qatar and re-enter on a work permit in order for their new sponsors to be in a posi-tion to apply for a residence

permit.LiabilityDuring the period of time in which an individual resides in Qatar he or she will have a Sponsor for Residence (Sponsor) who will be legally responsible for them, includ-ing obtaining and renewing residence permits and asso-ciated registrations.A Sponsor will not be liable financially for any of the ob-ligations of the individuals it sponsors unless it specifical-ly agrees to guarantee such obligations.New immigration LawThe Ministry of Interior has recently announced that Law No.(21) of 2015 regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates in Qatar (New Immigration Law) will be in-troduced towards the end of 2016. The New Immigration Law will repeal the Immigra-tion Law and the decisions and resolutions previously used to implement it. Given the New Immigration Law has only just been published, at this stage it is difficult to con-firm with any real certainty the effect the law may have on expatriate workers in Qa-tar.NOTE: Qatari laws (save for those issued by the Qatar Financial Centre to regulate internal busi-ness) are issued in Arabic and there are no official translations, therefore for the purposes of draft-ing this article we have used our own translations and interpreted the same in the context of Qatari regulations and current market practice.For further information on this issue or other legal matters please contact Emma Higham (emma.higham@clydeco.com) or Yasser Shabbir (Yasser.shabbir@clydeco.com).

Qatar’s population has ris-en from around 600,000 in 2000 to in excess of 2 mil-lion by the end of 2014 and is still growing. It is among one of the most prosperous coun-tries in the world and one of the fastest growing econo-mies in the Middle East.Law No.(4) of 2009, Immigra-tion Law, sets out the regula-tions under which expatriates may enter, work and reside in and exit from Qatar. The Im-migration Department of the Ministry of Interior and the Labour Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs are the main agencies of administration. The law defines an expatriate as any individual entering Qatar who is not a Qatari national.Unless an individual is a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) national he or she must be sponsored by either a Qatari national or an entity regis-tered to undertake business in Qatar. This arrangement does not lend itself to short term or casual employment arrangements. It is also im-portant to note that there are laws and regulations in place to encourage the employment of nationals, known as Qatari-sation.We note that penalties can be imposed by the Minis-try of Interior in relation to breaches of the Immigration Law. These penalties can be onerous, eg. up to 3 years in prison and a fine of up to QAR 50,000. The penalties may be levied against any or all pertinent parties. It is therefore important for all ex-patriates and their sponsors/ employers to consider the ac-tivities that the expatriate is undertaking in Qatar and to independently confirm that the visa on which the expatri-ate is undertaking those ac-tivities is the correct visa and that the Immigration Law and

Yasser is a UK qualified employ-ment lawyer in Clyde & Co’s MENA employment team, based in Qatar. Yasser specialises in advising both local and international clients in relation to all aspects of employ-ment and immigration law in Qa-tar (including the Qatar Financial Centre).

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Emma Higham is a legal director of the International Law Firm, Clyde & Co LLP, in Doha. Emma is a cor-porate commercial lawyer who has been based in Qatar for more than ten years. Emma incorporates her extensive knowledge of local law when advising both local and foreign clients on Qatar establish-ment and employment matters.

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petition Venues Executive Di-rector, said: “We are excited to announce that the design contract has been awarded to a Qatari company AEB for the stadium in Al Thumama. We look forward to working with them in creating a de-sign which fits well in the sur-rounding area.“With this design award, our vision for the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East con-tinues to take shape. We now have six stadiums under construction across the coun-try and have recently held our second Local Organising Committee Board Meeting.”The stadium in Al Thuma-ma will have a minimum of 40,000 seats for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and host matches to the quarter-finals stage.

In legacy mode, the stadium capacity will be reduced to a maximum of 20,000 seats.The stadium will be located in an area of 515,400sq meters that already comprises four outdoor training pitches and office facilities currently used by the Qatar Football Associa-tion Technical Committee. Ibrahim Mohamed Jaidah, AEB Group CEO & Chief Archi-tect, said: “We are honored to have won a bid in an interna-

Qatari company set to design 2022 World Cup stadium in Al Thumama

tional design competition to participate in such a presti-gious project. For us it is an absolute privilege to be en-trusted by the Supreme Com-mittee to take the lead for the design of this stadium.” He added: “Since 1966 we have been commended for our work on other projects and are thrilled to have our international-level capabili-ties recognised by the Su-preme Committee.

We aim to design a facility that will remain as a true leg-acy for the local community.”Meanwhile, Chuck Baldwin, Project Director, TiME Qa-tar, the project management company for the stadium, has said: “We are very pleased that a Qatari company has been awarded the Al Thuma-ma design contract and look forward to working with them to deliver a truly unique stadi-um.” The SC’s Community En-

gagement Team recently met with Al Thumama residents to hear their opinions about the stadium development and re-flect it in the project design. During several majilis meet-ings, residents expressed their interest in having a health clinic, green spaces, a retail area and sporting facili-ties, including a walking and cycling track, among other facilities they look forward to see in the stadium precinct.

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has appointed Arab Engineering Bureau (AEB), the oldest ar-chitectural and engineering consulting firm in Qatar, as the design consultant for the eighth proposed host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be located in Al Thumama. Established in 1966, AEB boasts vast experience, along with a diverse portfolio of more than 1,500 completed projects.The award-winning firm works across different project scales, typologies and envi-ronmental conditions, with its approach grounded in the search for contextually appro-priate and environmentally sustainable solutions. Ghanim Al Kuwari, SC Com-

Senior officials discussing the stadium project.

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Qatar Rail Managing Director Abdullah Al Subaie has under-lined the key role being played by the private sector in the country’s rail project, with over 700 contracts being awarded to local companies. He also highlighted the num-ber of business opportunities available for private companies in the infrastructure, retail and real-estate sector as he took part in the American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar’s Distin-guished Speakers Series.He spoke at length on the three key Qatar Rail projects, Doha Metro, the long-distance net-work for passengers and freight and the Lusail light rail tram system. Speaking about business op-portunities in the project, Al Subaie said that future tenders included those for the freight and passenger railway phase 1 and operation and facility main-tenance contracts. In the Metro and LRT projects, tenders for operation and facil-ity maintenance will be rolled out, as well as smart services, MEP and architectural subcon-tract works and rail systems subcontracts. The Lusail tram offers tenders for PMCS and contract exten-sion to civil PMC contracts.

Other business opportunities highlighted by Al Subaie includ-ed park and ride facilities, retail and real estate opportunities.“Sites have been identified for having real estate develop-ments around the stations. Twelve sites have already been identified and talks are on about the mix. An additional six sites have recently been identi-fied as well for developments to be on top of or very close to sta-tions,” he said.Al Subaie pointed out that with 37 stations and 12,000sqm of retail space offering, the project offered countless business op-portunities.He highlighted plans for transit-oriented developments. Devel-oping rail will integrate com-munities to increase and grow ridership of the metro. He ex-pected the occupancy of these communities to be high.The company and authorities concerned will adopt smart ur-ban planning to build a sustain-able model for Qatar Rail.Excellent networkHe said that the fast economic growth Qatar was witness-ing was expected to drive fast population growth and thus the need for a good transportation network. “The population is expected

to grow from 2.6 million now to 3.6 million in 2031. This means there will be a need for efficient mobility solutions, reduction of CO2 emissions, enhanced road safety, and a transportation in-frastructure supportive of eco-nomic productivity,” he said.Al Subaie pointed to some of the challenges faced by QRail, including the establishment of a world-class infrastructure through a company that is start-ing from scratch, in a relatively short period of time. He added that the Doha Metro was a highly complex project, with nine packages and 27,000 workforce on site right now. He said that the management and co-ordination between the dif-ferent packages and the pack-ages and utilities was very criti-

cal.He said that the long-distance rail project would give Qatar access to three seas and more than eight ports.The portion of the project han-dled by Qatar Rail is the con-nection between Doha City and the border point with Saudi Ara-bia which covers a distance of 150km. Saudi Arabian authorities are in charge of the other part. He explained that the time table was organized between the two countries so each would finish its part around the same time.“There is a technical committee among GCC countries to moni-tor and review schedules of different countries and ensure the schedule is compatible and that we both finish at the same

time,” he said.He added that freight and pas-senger services would start at the same time, but economic feasibility is seen more for the freight rail transport.“Around 400 trucks are needed to carry the load of one train. The freight service will contrib-ute to road safety and improve maintenance cost of these roads between GCC countries,” he added.He pointed out that the LRT should be operational by the year 2020. Machines working on the project will be reduced over time as they complete their missions.Enhanced qualityResponding to a question about the difference between his role and that of Qatar Rail CEO Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi, Al Subaie said he was running the executive committee’s strategic decisions, especially major pro-curement decisions, a strate-gic program to raise awareness and interaction with stake hold-ers. He is also working with con-cerned bodies to ensure QRail has the rules and regulations and the support it needs.Al-Mohannadi is overseeing the development of the program, its safety and quality aspects

and day-to-day corporate busi-ness decisions.Talking about benefits of the rail, Al Subaie said the reduced number of cars would mean less transit time and less Co2 emissions, which translates to an enhanced quality of life.In two years of operation, QRail expects to have 640,000 pas-sengers per day. This number is expected to grow to 1.65 mil-lion passengers in 10 years of operation.“By 2021, we aim to increase the share of public transport to 21%. More than 75% of the population (will be) in the catch-ment area for the transport net-work. This transit time will be improved significantly, which is important for the city’s econom-ic competitiveness,” he said.On the social aspect, he said the network would help connect communities. At the same time it will provide opportunities to train and qualify nationals in its different operation phases.Responding to a question about security systems in the net-work, he said QRail would have some duties and the Ministry of Interior some others. “We will have one security system but will co-ordinate with the Interior Ministry which might have add-ons,” he explained.

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It seems that everyone is suddenly interested in “GREEN” to the extent that the word “GREEN” has

started to lose its meaning!Today, ‘Green’ is the easiest word to express your interest in achieving “sustainability” goals, if any. It has become a magic word to promote anything and everything, from cosmetics to aircrafts and from hospitality to heavy industries. Nobody denies that Qatar has succeeded in placing it-self first amongst the greatest advocates of “sustainability” worldwide since the introduc-tion of Qatar National Vision (QNV2030) in the year 2010. The “green” concept has now emerged in the construction in-dustry, like in other sectors as well. Green building technology and sustainable construction became a trend in the market after the adoption of different green building rating systems (LEED/QSAS/GSAS). The trend has taken form and gained momentum through the sub-sequent initiatives that were taken by different stakeholders. From government agencies to businesses and from research houses to NGO’s, we have wit-nessed an unprecedented num-ber of efforts and initiatives, all aimed at promoting “green” or “sustainability”. However, I can admit that after more than 5 years we have achieved very little of what we dreamed of in 2010! Nevertheless, this is bet-ter than nothing anyway.This raises important ques-tions: What went wrong? More-over, how to get better results? From my point of view, I think we have all had good inten-tions in our efforts. However, most of these efforts lacked “seriousness”. I do not believe in the proverb “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”, as I am sure good intentions al-ways lead to a better world as long as they are “serious” inten-tions.First things first:Before being “serious” about Green, let us agree that we still have a large “integration” gap as well as a large “knowledge” gap in the construction market. I believe that these two gaps are preventing us from making steady gains in our progress towards a sustainable commu-nity; in the very least it is slow-ing down this progress.There are many un-coordinated efforts that result in missing op-portunities to realize our goals. For me, it looks like starting the construction of a high-rise building from the second floor! It simply won’t work because foundations must be construct-ed first. Becoming “Green” requires preparation and co-ordination at all organizational levels. There must be sort of “green infrastructure” or “green base” from which we can unify and launch all our efforts and ensure hitting the targets. “We need to fill the knowledge

gap first by more education and awareness of all as-pects of sustainability, and then join forces together to fill the integration gap by more coordination & col-laboration.”First, there is our ecosystem, which includes us together with other living and nonliving things; this is simply the envi-ronment within which we live, work and grow. Then, there is our society, as a sub-system, where we interact and assist each other in all facets of life. As a result of our social inter-actions, the economic system exists as a subsystem to our community. This specific hierar-chy requires wise thinking and a high level of human collabo-ration to control and prevent a subsystem from adversely affecting or destroying the sys-tem of which it is part. Sustain-ability, in its essence, is to be responsible and “seriously” take part in this wise thinking (knowledge) and human col-laboration (integration). In the first part of this article, we will focus on establishing a level of “knowledge” about “green” and more specifically “green build-ing”. This will prepare the scene for the second part, which will focus on the “integration” of the missing parts of the puzzle.Areas of ConfusionYou may be keen to partici-pate in the “green” movement, whether seeking your own busi-ness benefits or willing to ad-vocate sustainability. In both cases, you need to clear your understanding of some areas that came as a result of the “green” movement.The follow-ing are some areas of confu-sion related to green building concepts, which if not clarified may cause you to deviate from your goal.Product Certification/En-dorsement“To differentiate your product or service as environmentally sound, you may want to obtain certification from an indepen-dent, third-party so that you can include their logo or “eco-label” on your product’s label and other marketing materials. Ecolabeling is important way to market your product to green consumers.” (Source: U.S. Small Businesses Administration).Most importantly, you need to know that green building rating systems are not the right place to seek your product certifica-tion. LEED or GSAS, for exam-ple, never endorse or approve manufacturers, products, sys-tems or materials. They are intended to guide the project teams to utilize the best practices in order to ensure a better performance of the building as a whole. However, by understanding how those assessment tools work and what they require, you will be able to align your products/services with their require-ments.

I have seen many suppliers and manufacturers who were very interested to get their product or service “green certified”. They were ready to do whatever it takes them to be listed as pre-ferred manufacturers or sup-pliers for LEED or GSAS rating systems. Later, they got to know that the only way to do that is through certain third-party or-ganizations which have no ex-istence in Qatar or GCC. Here, we may raise another important question, is there any plans for the GCC (as a consistent united entity) to have regional organi-zations that can provide such third-party certification? The following question should be: when?Building CertificationNot like product certification, a building certification process is a holistic approach to measure and assess a whole building performance against different impact categories and perfor-mancecriteria. “Knowledge” is essential in understanding the implications of this process to the design and construction of the building. “Integration” be-comes the next magic word in achieving the certification goal.According to the Green Building Alliance (GBA), third-party cer-tification is a great way to add credibility to any green build-ing.The process of achieving certification also adds a layer of accountability and integrity for the building project teams. While a building can certainly be green and high-performing if it is not certified, there are several tangible and intangible benefits that accompany certifi-cation that cannot be as easily attained without it. Third-party certification is not the only way to achieve a healthy and high-performance space, but it is certainly one of the most efficient ways to guar-antee you get it done.Every project, team, and budget will consider a variety of dif-ferent delivery and verification methods for their high-perfor-mance place; however, anyone working on a green building project should review the fol-lowing certification options, benefits, costs, considerations, and requirements.QSAS/GSASGSAS, Global Sustainability Assessment System (formerly known as QSAS) is developedby

GORD (Gulf Organization for Re-search & Development) through several years of intense collab-oration with theTC Chan Centre at the University of Pennsylva-nia, and Schoolof Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Tech-nology, USA andother reputed houses of expertise.GSAS was developed by drawing best practices adopted from40 dif-ferent rating systems known re-gionally and internationally.“GSAS is the Middle East’s first integrated and perfor-mance-based sustainability assessment system for the built environment.”The systematic assessment method is applied seamless-lyfrom the macro to a micro scales encompassing urban design,infrastructure and build-ings levels.LEED

LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is trans-forming the way we think about how our buildings and commu-nities are designed, construct-ed, maintained and operated across the globe. “LEED is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strat-egies and practices.” To receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy pre-requisites and earn points to achieve different levels of certi-fication. Prerequisites and cred-its differ for each rating system, and teams choose the best fit for their project.Although GSAS and LEED are being recognized very well in Qatar and the region, many oth-er forms of green building rating

systems are available mainly in the U.S. and Europe. “Knowing” a bit about some of those sys-tems will help you understand the different aspects of building certification and start thinking how to “integrate” your efforts to achieve better goals (Source: Green Building Alliance):ENERGY STAR for Buildings ProgramENERY STAR was originally developed by the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) as a voluntary labeling program to promote energy-efficient products and reduce green-house gas emissions.Home Energy Rating Sys-temThe Home Energy Rating Sys-tem (HERS) is an evaluation of energy efficiency and forecast-ed energy costs within a home.Green Globes

The Green Globes system was based on the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) by the Canadian Standards As-sociation.Corporate SustainabilityAccording to Dow Jones Sus-tainability Indices, Corporate Sustainability is a business ap-proach that creates long-term shareholder value by embrac-ing opportunities and managing risks deriving from economic, environmental and social devel-opments. Sustainability-related megatrends are changing our world and are having a measur-able impact on companies’ top and bottom lines.Seemingly, the corporate sus-tainability is related to the atti-tude of a company and is used as a measure of the behavior of its business activities in terms of Environmental, Social and Economic aspects. This has nothing to do with Green Build-ing certification, although both are addressing sustainability.GreenwashingAccording to the Greenwashing Index, greenwashing happens when a company or organiza-tion spends more time and money claiming to be “green” through advertising and mar-keting than actually implement-ing business practices that min-imize environmental impact. Evidence that an organization

is greenwashing often comes from pointing out the spend-ing differences: when signifi-cantly more money or time has been spent advertising being “green” (that is, operating with consideration for the environ-ment), than is actually spent on environmentally sound prac-tices. Greenwashing efforts can range from changing the name or label of a product to evoke the natural environment on a product that contains harmful chemicals to multimillion dollar advertising campaigns portray-ing highly polluting energy com-panies as eco-friendlyConclusionWe are in a continually chang-ing world! Things are becoming more sophisticated and com-plicated than ever before. The impacts of human activities are proven to be of tremendous ef-fects on our ecosystem. This leaves us with only one op-tion, to take sustainability to a “serious” level to achieve our national vision QNV2030. In a knowledge-based economy like the case of Qatar, knowledge become essential for everybody which mandates self-learning and sharing of knowledge and experience. On the other hand, our diversified initiatives and efforts should be unified and “integrated” to achieve real progress. In the next article, we will examine the missing com-ponents of the green building sector in Qatar, and how to inte-grate them together.

This article was first printed in Construction Sites magazine in January 2015. The article reflects the per-sonal perspective of the author whose aim is to improve the sustainability practices for a better and more ‘green’ Qatar. Please, keep the discussion go-ing by contacting the author: diaa@qatargreenleaders.com

Are we serious about GREEN?Qatar has succeeded to place itself amongst the greatest advocates of “sustainability” worldwide since the introduction of Qatar National Vision (QNV2030)

DIAA EL-MASRY:is the General Manager and co-founder of QATAR GREEN LEADERS, a specialized company in Green Building Certification Management & Training. With more than 20 Years of experience in Architectural Design as a Senior Architect & Design Manager, Mr. El-Masry grew a keen interest to-wards encouraging and accelerat-ing global adoption of green build-ing and sustainable development practices. He has strong experi-ence as a mentor of Green Build-ing Concepts, LEED programmes, Design Management and public awareness. He is a pioneer in pro-viding Green Building training to various clients & organizations inQatar & GCC.

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By Dr. Cynthia SkelhornQatar is developing at a phe-nomenal rate and this rapid pace in development presents various sustainability and en-vironmental challenges. In col-laboration with other industry partners, Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of

Qatar Foundation for Educa-tion, Science and Community Development (QF), has devel-oped an array of initiatives geared towards creating sus-tainable solutions that are gov-erned by cutting-edge research and thoughtful design. It is imperative for current and

future generations in Qatar to be at the fore in developing lasting solutions to these green challenges in the nation’s jour-ney towards achieving its long-term sustainability goals. In collaboration with the Col-lege of Science and Engineer-ing at Hamad Bin Khalifa

University (HBKU), QGBC has developed a core module fo-cusing on the essentials of sus-tainability for students in the newly launched Master of Sci-ence and Ph.D. in Sustainable Environment and Sustainable Energy programmes. This col-laboration is aimed at generat-

ing innovative solutions to the existing sustainability challeng-es by bridging the gap between academia, research and indus-try in Qatar. HBKU’s programmes offer ex-citing prospects in the field of sustainability and highlight the importance of partnerships between academia and indus-try for enhancing sustainabil-ity research and innovation. Students will gain invaluable knowledge and the necessary research skills required to formulate lasting solutions to the environmental challenges, which are a product of the re-cent rapid growth. Programmes like these are vital when it comes to raising awareness of various career prospects in the field while moving towards a more sus-tainable and knowledge-based society where future genera-tions will be more mindful of the environment, local ecology, cultural heritage, and the im-portance of their preservation. Such programmes develop not only the scientific and techni-cal knowledge of sustainability issues, but also the ability to apply the knowledge to urban planning and design. In the coming years we will no

doubt witness an increase in sustainability graduates and it is the next generation who will make significant contributions to sustainability efforts through new and innovative ideas and designs. Continued initiatives and aca-demic programs such as these are paving the way for lasting solutions towards a more sus-tainable environment and so-ciety. For more information about QGBC, log onto: www.qa-targbc.org.

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More power from the sun hits the Earth in a single hour than humanity uses in an entire year. A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that regular solar panels like the ones used today could supply much of the world with power. They believe terawatts of ener-gy could be produced by 2050 and say that the main obstacle is investment, not technology. The world’s population cur-rently consumes 15 terawatts of power from various energy sources, according to the Economist publication. Despite making up less than 5% of the world’s population, Americans use 26% of the world’s power.The publication, by the MIT, shows that no revolution in so-lar energy needs to take place, as scientists already have ev-erything they need to harness the energy of the sun and turn it into electricity, though minor tweaks may help to improve efficiency. The US generates less than 1% of its energy from solar power. This is something the researchers are looking to change. “Our objective has been to assess solar energy’s current and potential com-petitive position and to identify changes in US government poli-cies that could more efficiently

and effectively support its mas-sive deployment over the long-term, which we view as neces-sary,” Robert Armstrong, the director of MIT Energy Initiative, said in a statement.Qatar, like its neighbors, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, recog-nizes the importance of solar power as an alternative to the use of fossil fuels. According to a report on thegreenprophet.com, the Qa-tar Solar company in 2013 pur-chased a stake in SolarWorld, a German firm dedicated to the manufacture and marketing photovoltaic products world-wide. SolarWorld distinguishes itself from its competitors by integrat-ing all components of the solar value chain, from feedstock to module production, from trade with solar panels to the promo-tion and construction of turn-key solar power plants.Salah Nezar, Corporate Sus-tainability Director at the Doha-based Qatar Project Manage-ment (QPM) company, says the practical applications of harnessing solar energy in the Gulf region are massive and lu-crative.“There are just a few days in the region when direct sunlight is low. Therefore, the practical ap-plications of harnessing solar

energy in the region are mas-sive and much more lucrative in terms of sustainability fac-tors than anywhere else in the world. This solution can drive the massive demand growth for cooling in our expanding cities,” adds Nezar. According to the US Depart-ment of Energy, the world con-sumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadril-lion Btu (British Thermal Unit), or 715 exajoules by 2030 – a 44% increase over 2008 levels . Levels for 1980 were 283 qua-drillion Btu and 500 quadrillion Btu in 2009). Using 70% as the average sunshine days per year (large parts of the world like up-per Africa and the Arabian Pen-insula see 90-95%) we can say that there will be 250 sun days per year at eight hours of day-light on average. That’s 2,000 hours per year of direct sun-light. Here’s how much of the world would need to be covered in solar panels to power EarthIf divided into 5,000 super-site installations around the world (average of 25 per country), it would measure less than 10km a side for each. The UAE has plans to construct 1,500MW of capacity by 2020

which will require a space of 3km per side. If the UAE con-structed the other 7km per side of that area, it would be able to power itself as a nation com-pletely with solar energy. The US would require a much larger area and approximately 1,000 of these super-sites. Ac-cording to the United Nations 170,000 square kilometers of forest is destroyed each year. If we constructed solar farms at the same rate, we would be fin-ished in three years. There are 1.2 million square kilometers of farmland in China. This is 2 1/2 times the area of solar farm required to power the world in 2030.Even if solar is only 20% ef-ficient (as it has been in lab tests) at turning solar energy into power, we’d only need to cover a land area about the size of Spain to provide the entire Earth with power by 2030.The Topaz solar farm in Cali-fornia went online at the end of 2014. It generates 500 megawatts of energy, which is enough energy to power at least 160,000 homes. A terawatt is 1 million megawatts of energy.The company behind the proj-ect, First Solar, uses 9 million solar panels to generate elec-tricity. Crucially, it also elimi-nates over 350,000 tons of

CO2 every year.The study has emphasized the need for more research at a federal level, as well as more development support to help to advance low cost and large scale electricity storage tech-nologies. Battery technology is expected to be a crucial part of the future development of solar power energy, as the batteries can be used to store electric-ity during peak production and then dispense it at times when there is no sunshine.The CEO of Tesla industries, Elon Musk, has been a big ad-vocate of trying to develop bet-ter batteries that could help to store electricity. “Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world uses energy,” the Bloomberg news agency quoted Musk as saying in April last year. “We’re talking at the terawatt scale. The goal is the complete transformation of the entire energy infrastructure of the world,” he said. Locally, so-lar energy could be harnessed for cooling. In a research paper by QPM explains how the sun can be an innovative and sus-tainable answer to a scalable and affordable outdoor cooling solution in Qatar. The research is co-authored by Nezar on behalf of QPM in part-nership with Dirk Krüger and

Jürgen Dersch from the Ger-man Aerospace Center, which is headquartered in Cologne. The ground-breaking solution aims at rebranding the outdoor environment in Qatar during the summer, so it is comfortable and more appealing for people to experience open-air activi-ties rather than staying inside a confined environment. The outcome of this synergistic study shows the viability of the proposed outdoor cooling solu-tion with the use of solar energy up to 90% of the cooling de-mand. There are few days only when the direct radiation is low; the output of the proposed solu-tion can’t fully meet the cooling demand and another source of energy might be considered for these days. As the cooling load peaks late in the day due to high humid-ity level, an optimized thermal storage between the solar field and chiller has been introduced in the region to provide for unin-terrupted system performance. Nezar believes that “solar en-ergy is the future. The technol-ogy might be expensive now but in the future when fossil fuels have run out, all we will have is the sun. So tracking the stra-tegic path of developing this technology as an alternative re-source is very important.”

Future remains bright for solar energy developmentThe practical applications of harnessing solar energy in the gulf region are massive and lucrative, according to a senior expert

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After water, concrete is the sec-ond most consumed material on earth: tonne for tonne, it is used yearly twice as much as steel, aluminium, plastic and wood combined. Sustainable construction starts from sustainable concrete, ac-cording to Dr Anna Grichting Solder, an assistant professor from Qatar University, an ad-vocate of “Blue Design”. She believes that sustainability is more than being “green” which is becoming carbon neutral. Construction Sites (CS) got an opportunity to discuss the “Blue concrete” with Dr Grichting and also about the innovative de-sign and engineering research regarding sustainable concrete and how we could invent and design new forms with concrete that could play an active role in shaping a sustainable environ-ment. She explained water use and reuse, the transformation of quarry landscapes, concrete in ecological and nature resto-ration and concrete composi-tion and biodiversity and other emerging trends.What is Blue Design and why the Green Design doesn’t work anymore?The question can sound differ-ently. From green to blue - is green really the color of sus-tainability in the Gulf countries and drylands?As water is the source of green in a desert and is an essential component for building materi-als - necessary to grow wood, to produce concrete, to make steel and many other materials for construction – we propose to use the color blue as a sym-bol of a paradigm shift in the way we look at sustainability. When I began this research, from green to blue, I discovered that the concept had been pro-posed by Saatchi and Saatchi branding company’s CEO Adam Werbach. His concept of the “Birth of Blue” includes a shift from passive approach to sus-tainability to a more active and people-centered approach and advocates for the emergence of a post-green, consumer-led movement that aggregates the power of both marketers and consumers as catalysts for so-cial change.“Blue is bigger than advertis-ing,” says Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide CEO Kevin Roberts. “To be Green is tablestakes in the effort to make our world a better place. To be Blue takes us from obligation to opportu-nity; from limits, to true possi-bilities.” In brief, we need to unleash the creativity and imagination of the global public if we are go-ing to overcome the challenges our planet faces and to leave a smaller footprint, whether it be carbon footprint, water footprint or food-print. It is not only the producers

without quarries, transparent concrete and water-absorbing concrete. Self-healing con-crete is a good example of “Blue concrete” that can be used in different applications. This new form of concrete uses microfi-bers in the place of coarser bits of sand and gravel that tradi-

of the built environment, but also the consumers or clients that have to be informed and inspired to make this shift. Sustainability indicators and certification such as LEED and GSAS for the Gulf region are contributing to this, but can we do more?What is “Blue concrete”?Blue Design creates places that go beyond carbon neutral-ity and actually add back to our world, in a new symbiosis between buildings and land-scapes. This new approach rep-resents a fundamental shift in how engineers, designers and architects should view the chal-lenges of our projects, thinking in systems rather than design-ing icons. Creating a new flow and sym-biosis between people and the planet underscores the impor-tance to forge new interdisci-plinary alliances with academia and the industry to improve the quality of the urban and rural environment and to cement our commitment to healing and saving our planet. It is important to work in close collaboration with the local con-struction industry to explore these opportunities for inno-vative design and engineering research regarding sustainable concrete and how we can in-vent and design new forms of concrete that can play an active role in shaping a sustainable environment. It is also essential that architec-tural and engineering educa-tion raises awareness on new forms and approaches to using concrete. As concrete is the most widely used construction material in Qatar, we have to explore all the opportunities of sustainability that this material presents such as water use and reuse, the transformation of quarry land-scapes, concrete in ecological and nature restoration, con-crete composition and biodiver-sity and other emerging trends.Is blue more sustainable than green, if we consider Qatar’s example?When I first arrived in Qatar, I used to hear lots of talks about green building and about “green” as the color of sustain-ability: of course, green is the color of an oasis in desert but is green really a color of sustain-ability for a dryland area? A beautiful green law consumes much water and is maintained by pesticides and herbicides that are harmful to people, animals and birds. It seems to me, water is a fundamental is-sue here. Blue Design looks at how we can best recycle water – grey and black water, prefer-ably onsite, using natural and organic systems.Green Design helps us achieve carbon neutrality, blue design gives back to the environment, isn’t it?

tional cement mix uses. The fibers allow the final com-posite to bend with minimal fracturing and if fracturing does occur, the cracks tend to be less than 50 microns wide. When these tiny cracks form, the dried concrete absorbs moisture from the air. When

The question here is how we can transform a building not just into carbon neutral but also to make the building productive and useful for the community. With “Green Design” we talk about carbon neutrality while “Blue Design” creates places that go beyond carbon neutral-ity and actually add back to the world. So designing the build-ing that produces more energy than it consumes is an example of a blue design. Blue Design, for me, must not be neutral and passive; instead it must be active, producing more than we consume, literally to give back. Could you please explain how it could be achieved with concrete?“Blue concrete” is a system, a process of interaction between two organisms and typically to the advantage of both. For example, concrete and ce-ment facades can be shaped in such a way to accommodate plants that can cool the build-ing and also capture carbon dioxide, at the same time re-ducing the urban heat island in dense areas. This facade becomes an interface between the building and the natural environment and can also in-crease biodiversity and species habitats in urban areas. This approach represents a funda-mental shift in how engineers, designers, architects should view the challenges of local projects and think in systems, how to use concrete the smart way and explore more possibili-ties and functionalities of this construction material. What are the solutions available in the market to-day?The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry has a wide range of solutions available; these include smart concrete, self-healing concrete or self-repairing concrete, bacteria in concrete, concrete

it does this, the concrete in the crack becomes softer and eventually “grows” until the crack is filled in. As we can suppose, this re-growth and solidifying of cal-cium carbonate renews the strength of the cracked con-crete.

Blue concrete, a sustainable solution that gives back to the environment“To be green is tablestakes in the effort to make our world a better place. To be Blue takes us from obligation to opportunity; from limits, to true possibilities”

Dr Anna Grichting Solder, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning College of Engineering, Qatar University

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By Eng. Shaukat AliCTBUH country representa-tive QatarDirector of Structural Engi-neering, KEO International ConsultantsThe Qatar chapter of the Coun-cil on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has organized a technical seminar titled, “Building envelope design for major structures”, at Doha’s Crown Plaza Hotel. The seminar was jointly orga-nized by CTBUH, Qatar and Grace Construction Products. CTBUH’s country representa-tive in Qatar, Shaukat Ali, has been playing a pivotal role in bringing attention to the ever-increasing construction activi-ties in the state for the benefit of industry professionals. Under his leadership, CTBUH keeps track of projects coming up in Qatar, new technologies

introduced in the market and solutions offered to the struc-tural problems design.In the opening speech, Shau-kat Ali, who is the Director of Structural Engineering, KEO In-ternational Consultants, briefed the gathering, consisting of more than 100 professionals, both from government and pri-vate sectors, about CTBUH’s activities in Qatar, stressing how important it was to edu-cate designers and engineers to adapt the latest technology

and innovative problem-solving techniques. He said that CTBUH organized technical seminars, presenta-tions and site tours of the build-ings which are iconic in nature and offer both design and con-struction related challenges.He also informed that the num-ber of companies and organiza-tions involved in the construc-tion industry in Qatar were joining the growing list of the CTBUH member community.The seminar focused on issues

related to design and construc-tion of building envelope in high-rise buildings, architec-tural and decorative concrete and protection of below grade structures. Technical experts from Grace, Qatar, talked about products and solutions they are offering which include waterproofing of below-grade deep basements, solutions to architectural con-crete in exposed areas mainly in building facade and weather barrier systems in high-rise buildings.Gerard Attree from Grace, ex-plained the technology avail-able in the Middle East for self-compacted concrete required in difficult areas where vibrator cannot be used as well as col-ored concrete required by the architects especially in facade design.Greg Austin from Grace talked

about the importance of weath-er barrier in the facade design and the latest technology in-dustry is offering to have more efficient design strategy and best solution for a functional weather barrier system in fa-cade design. He further reiterated that ex-treme weather conditions in the Middle East demanded a care-fully designed weather barrier system all around the building.Members of the audience de-scribed the seminar as “edu-

cational, offering knowledge and exposure on the design of an efficient facade system with fully-blended weather bar-riers, waterproofing strategies for below grade structures as well as the latest technology to achieve architecturally suitable concrete”.In the closing remarks, Shau-kat Ali thanked those present for attending the seminar and promised that more interesting topics would be addressed in coming conferences.

CTBUH making its mark in Qatarexperts address seminar on ‘Building envelope design for major structures’

A section of the gathering.

Shaukat Ali: CTBUH Country Representative, QatarGreg Austin, Global Marketing Manager, Grace Construction Products, addressing the meeting.

Rob Hossell from Grace talking about waterproofing strategy in basements.

Gerard Attree talking about architectural concrete

The Public Works Authority, ‘Ashghal’ announced the com-pletion of redevelopment works at Al Rayyan Park (also known as Al Busat Al Akhdar). The au-thority had announced that it would complete the works by Q4 2015. The restoration of the park took place in coordination with Al Rayyan Municipality, and the Public Parks Department of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning (MMUP). The authority expedited the work to reopen the park to the public on

17 December 2015, in conjunc-tion with National Day celebra-tions. The authority had announced the partial closure of the park to facilitate construction works related to the development of Al Rayyan Road adjacent to the park, as well as the main-tenance and upgrade of the park itself to include various fa-cilities of the park, namely; the fence, walkways and lighting system. A jogging track will also be introduced to the park so visitors can have a wider choice

of sports to exercise. Al Rayyan Park is located at the intersection of New Al Rayyan Road and Al Shamal Road stretched over a vast green area of 130 thousand metres. It has been designed to cater to people with special needs and will include eight entrances in total, five of which will be locat-ed at the north section of the park and the remaining three at the western part. It also com-prises a special events area at the southwest corner of the park.

Al Rayyan Park reopens after upgradeThe park is designed to cater to people with special needs

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Green building is one of the hottest top-ics in construction today. And it has

become even hotter around the talks about global warm-ing and the role of construc-tion professionals to help the planet to be in a better shape for the next generation. Activity within the green build-ing sector is doubling every three years and according to a recent report, World Green Building Trends 2016, more than 60% of the construction projects will be in green con-struction. As the green building sec-tor witnesses steady growth, the database of applications available for construction professionals has also been expanding, allowing them to adopt sustainable practices. CS looks into green building apps that became a neces-sary working tool for construc-tion professionals committed to sustainability.

Green BadgerThe application provides easy-to-use tools for construction professionals embarking on their first LEED project. It en-ables one to manage all green projects in one central loca-tion with the swipe of a finger.

Never search for a status up-date again – Green Badger offers real time reporting on how the projects are meeting their LEED goals. Plus, Green Badger is the easiest way to aggregate data and metrics across projects. The custom reporting options let the user track waste diver-sion efforts across dozens of projects, see material use fre-quency, and demonstrate how successful the projects are at obtaining various LEED con-struction credits, and avoid work duplication by periodi-cally checking progress from the dashboard.The Green Badger LEED Docu-mentation Software is free to download, but to access the documentation features, you must purchase project-based subscription for a low monthly fee. Green Badger can cut the time spent on LEED construction documentation by 75% and easily pays for itself in time and overhead savings.

Green Badger LEED Water Calculator appThe Green Badger LEED Water Calculator makes determining water savings and associated prerequisite and point compli-ance a breeze.

No more complicated spread-sheets or guessing – just by selecting the fixture flow rates, the rate of water savings is calculated!It enables one to calculate re-sults for plumbing fixture wa-ter savings for WEp1, WEc2, and WEc3. Plug and play multiple scenar-ios to see which fixture combi-nations maximize savings and points within seconds. The app is free.

LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation GuideThe LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation Guide, LEED v4 Edition, is designed to help pass the LEED Green Associate exam. The exam prep guide captures the critical points you need to know about green building. It reflects the structure of the exam knowledge and task do-mains to organize foundation-al concepts in green building and LEED. The guide will help you to pre-pare for the exam by empha-sizing key terms and providing application learning through practice questions. This resource is intended to be used in conjunction with the exam primary references,

including the LEED Core Con-cepts Guide. Access to a variety of digital resources that enhance learn-ing is included with this guide. These resources include practice questions, a practice exam, printable flashcards, an illustrated glossary and more!

Green Buildings Guide by Dubai Municipality This app provides an over-view for the concept of Green House and also offers a con-ceptual explanation on how to apply the list of conditions and specifications for green build-ing standards to a model of residential villas.Most of the presented exam-ples on these residential villas are applicable to any type of new buildings, whether resi-dential, commercial or other.

Green Building Checklist 100It is an excellent primary app, to gain basic knowledge about green building characteristics for the construction profes-sional.

The application is simple, easy-to-use, interactive, pre-cise, 100-points. Another advantage is that it is absolutely free. Use it to de-sign new green buildings or evaluate existing buildings to check its green, eco-friendly character.The app covers all major areas of green building and presents it in a simple, understandable way i.e. site planning, environ-mental architecture, energy conservation and manage-ment, water conservation, ef-ficient building materials, solid waste management and other important measures.The “Detailed Report Genera-tion” facility provided in the app, acts as a handy, build-ing-specific, ready-reference guide of green building crite-ria. The “multiple projects” listing and its working or eval-uation, simultaneously, is pos-sible in the app.

Home Energy PerformanceAudit property and home ap-pliances: get energy efficiency-rating, produce PDF reports, including the property evalu-ation label and the household carbon footprint. This app generates accurate

figures of the household en-ergy consumption and pro-duction (gas, electricity, wood, etc), and the energy cost of each appliance.This easy-to-use software has been designed to address the needs of landlords, home own-ers, estate agents, surveyors, builders, property managers, realtors, solar PV installers... .The produced report will cover the following elements: Personalized recommenda-tions; insulation: roof, wall, windows, window shutters, door, ventilation, bottom floor, floor & thermal bridges; Energy consumption & produc-tion: central heating, program-ming and control, secondary heating, back-up heating, hot water, air conditioning, sus-tainable energy; Household profiling: electricity usage for your heating in cold season and/or air condition-ing in cooling season, electric-ity usage for your hot water, forced ventilation by electrical energy; Energy usage: T° comfort: your heating profile in cold season, T° reduced or dur-ing short absence: your heat-ing profile in cold season, air conditioning usage in hot sea-son (average actual internal temp), home insulation (roof, walls and glazing), occupancy rate in heating season and/or cooling season, lighting.

Green building apps for a sustainable 2016

A snapshot of opinion from the GCC’s construc-tion has shown a dramatic drop in optimism over the last year.Pinsent Masons’ Annual GCC Construction Survey, which was presented to represen-tatives from the industry at the international law firm’s recent Annual Construction and Engineering Law Confer-ence, shows that just 32% of respondents are optimistic about the year ahead. This compares to 77% stat-ing that they were optimistic about 2015 when asked the same question a mere 12 months ago. This sudden shift in sentiment is consistent with the indus-try’s responses to questions about order books, contract conditions, payment periods and disputes, which are all less positive than a year be-fore. 16% of those surveyed said that their 2016 order books had declined by over 10%, which compares to just 4% who said the same thing a

year earlier. Asked about con-tract conditions, 93% of busi-nesses said they had become less favourable during 2015, representing a 14% increase on a year earlier. In addition, 95% said payment periods were longer this year, and 60% said they were in-volved in more disputes during 2015 than had been expected before the year started. The results are indicative of a hardening economic envi-ronment as the construction industry, like many others, grapple with the impact of on-going low oil prices, simmer-ing geopolitical tensions in parts of the MENA region, and a general concern related to emerging markets from many global investors. Optimism surrounding Saudi Arabia saw a pronounced de-cline. Asked what country will provide the strongest growth opportunity in 2016, just 12% stated Saudi Arabia, repre-senting a substantial drop from the 40% of respondents who believed it would be the strongest market during

2015. In contrast, a growing portion of the industry now views Qa-tar as offering the strongest regional opportunity, rocket-ing up in positivity from 14% of respondents last year to 33% in this year’s survey. The UAE is considered the strongest market opportunity in 2016.By sector, real estate saw the largest single reversal in sentiment, with 26% of those surveyed considering it to of-fer the strongest commercial opportunity next year, falling from 48% of respondents the year before. This may be due to the uncer-tainty around oversupply in places like Dubai in particular. Away from the GCC, the con-struction industry remains tentative towards Iran and India, with only 40% and 42% respectively pursuing oppor-tunities in these countries. This may simply be due to a wait and see approach being adopted for Iran, as sanctions have not yet been officially re-moved. However, the India re-

sult is surprising given the his-toric trade links between the GCC and India, the strength of the economic growth be-ing seen there, and the recent promotional visit of Prime Minister Modi to the UAE.Similarly surprising was the survey result on public pri-vate partnerships (PPPs). Two thirds (67%) of the industry stated that they are not cur-rently involved in, or anticipat-ing to be involved in, PPP proj-ects over the next 12 months. With the fiscal environment under pressure across all the oil exporting economies of the region, a far healthier result around PPPs was expected. Commenting, Sachin Kerur, Head of Middle East Region at Pinsent Masons, said: “This is the sharpest annual decline in optimism our survey has seen, and there is no doubt that economic and geopoliti-cal concerns are playing heav-ily on people’s minds. It would seem that good fundamentals in many places are being ob-scured by the role that politics is playing.

However, it is possible that as these issues lift there could be just as a swift a return to positivity.“Nowhere in the region is fall-ing optimism as pronounced as it is in Saudi Arabia. This is to be expected given the challenges the country is facing and the central role oil maintains in its economy. Despite this, there is a gen-eral sense amongst the indus-try that if the current financial squeeze can deliver greater diversification of the econo-my, Saudi Arabia will remain a highly attractive market. Indeed there have been some positive diversification mea-sures discussed in the King-dom, which if implemented should enable greater private participation in the economic development of the country. Meanwhile, in Qatar, they are benefiting from a natural bounce as the World Cup edg-es closer.“The lack of anticipation of more PPPs was a surprise, on account of the fiscal chal-lenges facing many countries

in the region. These arrangements could offer a favourable solution for numerous major infra-structure and construction developments, and there have been legislative changes made to make them more ac-cessible and attractive. It may well be that the private sector still believes more re-form is needed before PPPs become mainstream.“The majority of the GCC con-struction industry is hesitant around pursuing opportuni-ties in Iran and India. A cautious approach is al-ways advisable when enter-ing new markets, particularly ones that have been subject to sanctions. However, India is one of the few countries in the world to show strong eco-nomic growth and businesses located in the Gulf are ideally suited to access the country. I would encourage them to be more proactive on pursu-ing commercial opportunities in India, providing the right level of due diligence is con-ducted.”

Geopolitical concerns weigh heavy on Middle East construction industrySurvey reveals sharp drop in optimism, longer payment periods, less favourable contract conditions and rising disputes as market conditions harden

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By www.concrete.org.ukConcrete – December 2014 – Evolving Concrete – 6-7 May 2015 www.evolving-concrete.org

Continued…Chloride resistance classes

Again, three classes are being proposed with chloride diffusion being measured at least three times up to two years using the EN 12390-11 test procedure and then the extrapolated chloride diffusion at 50 years being the basis for classification (see Figure 1). EN 12390-11 currently has the status of a draft for development, but it has been revised and it is undergoing formal voting as an EN.The task group has agreed that the test solution will be a defined seawater and that a margin needs to be applied but no proposals have yet been made as to the magni-tude of the margin. What is of more concern is the precision of this test and whether it is adequate for classifying in the way proposed. Type testing that takes two years to complete is also not ideal. Experts and standardisation bodies have been invited to comment on the task group proposals and the author suspects there will be several comments on the proposed approach to chloride classification. For example, it may be more practical to classify on the basis of an initial measured chloride diffusion coefficient and an accepted or mea-sured ageing factor. For the same ‘class’, a higher ageing factor would be linked with a higher initial diffusion coefficient. This approach means that classification may be completed in months rather than years and it minimises the impact of test precision. Such an approach also has the benefit of avoiding the assumption in the proposed method that ageing will continue throughout the design life, which is an issue being hotly debated between experts.Freeze–thaw resistanceFreeze–thaw testing is what is described as ‘torture testing’, which is an extreme test and if the concrete passes, it is highly likely to perform well in practice. The problem with such tests and the normally accepted criterion is that it fails many concretes that have performed well in the UK environment. The scaling test methods (TS 12390-9) and the criteria are under review and it is hoped that before too long acceptable per-formance criteria for this test will be defined for more moderate climates such as the UK. Freeze–thaw resistance also has to cover resistance to internal damage and at present CEN does not even have a test procedure with the status of ‘draft for develop-ment’. This has to be something for the future.Chemical resistanceThere is no agreed test method at European level for measuring the sulfate resistance of concrete (or cement). As it is the concrete that needs to resist the aggression, the focus for test development should be on concrete and not cement as many cements may provide adequate sulfate resistance if they are used in the appropriate concrete (see BS 8500-1). Sulfate resistance has to cover both the ettringite and thaumasite forms of sulfate attack. Given the lack of test methods, it is unlikely that the next revi-sion of EN 206 will include a performance specification for sulfate resistance.Conformity and production controlType testing will lead to limiting values that are specific to a set of constituents from specific sources. While control to comply with limiting values is practiced throughout Europe, the introduction of concrete resistance classes will lead to a debate on wheth-er current practices are adequate. There are a number of issues that need to be dis-cussed, validated and agreed, including:• Is variability from a specific source insignificant?• Conformity to w/c ratio.• What tests are needed to prove that the constituents have not changed sig-nificantly?• What are demonstrably similar materials, i.e., those that can be used without having to repeat the type testing?

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Sustainability is the key driver of the regional concrete sectorConcrete industry professionals are aware that the path towards sustainability of the GCC construction sector lies through sustainable concrete and to stay competitive in the market, it is important to adopt green practices. The recent sixth International Concrete Sustainability Conference (ICSC), Middle East’s leading concrete event, was dedicated to exploring concrete sustainability, recent regu-latory changes and upcoming trends of the local concrete industry – aspects that keep concrete industry professionals abreast and competitive in the demanding GCC construc-tion market. The conference was organized by the National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (NRM-CA), a US-based trade association, and Grey Matters. The latest conference in the series was sponsored by 11 companies and was attended by government officials, regional industry professionals, international thought leaders and industry experts. The event took place in Dubai for the first time in 2010 and has been organized there yearly since then. The Dubai Municipality strategically endorsed the latest conference.Being a specialized conference designed to provide learning and networking opportuni-ties on the latest advances, technical knowledge, continuing research, tools and solu-tions for sustainable concrete manufacturing, design and construction, ICSC has been reputed as a trendsetting event. The conference included a panel discussion deliberating local requirements of the Dubai Municipality for green concrete (circular 202 issued in January 2014); their implementa-tion, exceptions, alternatives and concerns rising from different parties such as authori-ties, concrete producers, contractors and consultants. This year’s conference witnessed the first official announcement of the new sustainability initiative by the Dubai Municipality in partnership with NRMCA and Grey Matters: Environ-mental Product Declarations (EPD).“EPDs allow manufacturers to accurately measure and report their environmental im-pacts using a scientific methodology called Life Cycle Assessment,” stated Lionel Lemay, senior VP with NRMCA. “Using Life Cycle Assessment permits a company to lower the impacts of their products by measuring current impacts and then developing products that have lower impacts through continuous process and product improvements,” added Lemay.Local, regional and international speakers from seven countries shared the latest devel-opments related to sustainable initiatives, design, specifying, manufacturing and con-struction of concrete. Internationally-recognized speakers shared their works which hold tremendous impact on the global concrete industry. Experts presented on the latest developments related to testing, construction, mainte-nance and research of concrete as it related to sustainable development. Keynote speakers included: Lionel Lemay, NRMCA (the USA); Eng. Abdullah Rafia, Dubai Municipality (the UAE); Manuel Lascarro, FIHP (Colombia); Wilko van der Meer, Doka Concremote (Netherlands); Dr Morteza Zohrabi, WSP (Middle East); Sam Rafiki, Al Falah Ready-Mix (the UAE); Kileigh Shea, Walter P Moore (the USA); Kirsten Ritchie, Gensler (the USA); Dr Anna Grichting Solder, Qatar University (Qatar); Stefan van Uffelen, Con-crete Sustainability Council (Switzerland); and Barry Mellor, Lytag (the UK).“We are thrilled to have such a good response from the regional and local concrete indus-try,” said Rabih Fakih, MD of Grey Matters. “This year’s conference gathered many international and regional keynote speakers who shared their expertise in all areas of concrete industry. The commitment of the Dubai Mu-nicipality towards sustainable construction should be the drive for all other authorities in the region. We are glad to offer a networking platform for the visionaries whose influence can be seen in projects throughout the world,” added Fakih.The ICSC 2015 received an excellent response from the attendants who pledged to con-tribute to expand the use of sustainable concrete. A graffiti banner of the event, which stated “Being part of the 2015 ICSC, I commit to contribute to Sustainable Concrete”, was the highlight at the conference site. The fact that all the delegates signed the banner showed their full commitment to sus-tainability. The conference delegates received a generous dose of positive attitude and humor from the words of the moti-vational speaker Carol Talbot and other special activities organized for them.

The International Concrete Sustainability Conference in progress

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GCC countries rank among the top 10 countries worldwide in waste generation per capita, according to regional experts, with construction and demoli-tion (C&D) debris representing the largest proportion of waste in the Middle East. Far fewer regulations in the re-gion, compared to other coun-tries, have resulted in the ac-cumulation of the C&D waste in landfills.Tadweer, the Center of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, aims to set regional standards for C&D waste reduction. Experts in waste management say that recycling C&D waste can conserve raw material, energy and water, as well as reduce the production of green-house emissions and other pol-lutants that can contribute to climate change. C&D waste recycling can pre-serve natural resources and support the local economy through the marketing of re-cycled C&D material which is much cheaper and has the same quality as the raw mate-rial and can be used in infra-structure projects. “Construction projects are rap-idly increasing in the region with Expo 2020 preparations in Dubai and the World Cup 2022 to be hosted in Qatar. With these developments, mu-

nicipalities across the GCC are recognizing the need for robust strategies to minimize the neg-ative impact of large amounts of C&D waste,” says Tadweer General Manager Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi. EcoWASTE is a leading interna-tional platform for advancing sustainable waste manage-ment and recycling across the region and beyond.“EcoWASTE 2016 is the ideal platform to bring together waste management experts and inno-vators from around the world, to share best practices and latest developments with key decision makers in the region,” accord-ing to Al Qubaisi.As part of the annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week hosted by Masdar, EcoWASTE, held in strategic partnership with Tad-weer, is an ideal platform for fostering collaborations, and pursuing business opportuni-ties pertaining to waste man-agement in the region. The 2016 Abu Dhabi Sustain-ability Week is scheduled to run from January16-23 and EcoWaste will run from Janu-ary18-21, co-located with the World Future Energy, and the International Water Summit (IWS), at the Abu Dhabi Nation-al Exhibition Center. The event is expected to bring together more than 50 exhibit-

ing companies from 17 coun-tries, and more than 4,500 trade visitors from the waste industry.The Waste Manage-ment Master Plan, being devel-oped by Tadweer for Abu Dhabi, includes studies about the best practices, laws and poli-cies related to waste manage-ment and the best cost efficient waste processing solutions. The plan’s outcome will also pro-pose methods to reduce com-mercial and industrial waste

and raise awareness about the importance of reducing waste especially that of construction and demolition.“The Waste Management Mas-ter Plan was established to help position Abu Dhabi as a global leader in waste management and sustainable resource policy development.” says Tadweer Deputy General Manager Dr Sa-lem Al Ka’abi, who is the head of the EcoWaste 2016 Commit-tee.

“As part of the master plan, de-spite the growth in C&D waste that increasing construction projects are likely to cause, we are aiming to reduce C&D waste levels,” he points out.“We hope to demonstrate how efficient C&D waste recycling can have a positive impact on the region’s environment, soci-ety, and economy during EcoW-aste 2016.”Seeing waste as a valuable economic resource, EcoWASTE

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The solar power station is expected to be operation-al by 2016, with a genera-tion capacity of 10 Mega-Watts (MW) to 15MW. The facility, which will cover an area of more than 100,000 square metres will be located at Duhail, according to construction-weekonline.com news re-ports.Remarking on the an-nouncement, Expotrade Middle East regional director Brad Hariharan said, “With ample amount of renewable re-sources at its disposal, the GCC region is harnessing the power of renewable energy tech-nologies to its full potential.“The state of Qatar has set a benchmark with its implementation of massive innovative programmes in deploying large solar power plants.”The GCC has seen rapid growth in renewable energy generation and consumption, with Qatar leading the region, supported by innovative research and infrastructure development plans. Deployment of new renewable energy initiatives has ensured that the small Gulf country has become a primary producer of solar energy, enhancing its sustainability drive.Being the most abundant and viable energy source, solar energy effectively addresses the increasing power requirements in the region, as the ongoing construction projects ramp up in the shadow of the FIFA World Cup 2022.Kahramaa has targeted a generation capacity of 200MW through solar power by 2020.The government has implemented numerous solar energy projects, including large-scale solar power plants, solar desalination projects and solar panel manufacturing plants, in line with the country’s goal to promote sustainability and diversity, while focusing on environ-mental awareness and reducing dependency on fossil fuels.The Solar-Smart Grid project – an initiative of the Qatar Foundation (QF) – is also the first commercial photovoltaic (PV) project to be granted approval for grid connection from Kah-ramaa. According to industry approximations, QF’s solar energy smart-grid-enabled systems generate up to 85% of Qatar’s total solar energy output.Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) announced its plans to set up a solar map by 2016, which will assist in identifying areas across the country that receive high-intensity solar radiation, with the aim to install solar cells for power generation.Five solar stadiums for the 2022 World Cup will use ground-breaking solar-powered cooling technology to enhance the use of renewable energy.However, while the country has exceptional solar energy potential, price competitiveness and lack of a renewable energy policy framework poses a challenge to the growth of the solar power in the region.

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liott, General manager / Jai-dah Industrial supply.Speaking at the launch event, Mr. Ayman Ahmed, Managing Director of Jaidah Equipment said: “Jaidah Group has a his-tory of long-standing relation-ships with major international manufacturers, making us perfectly suited to satisfy the high demand for equipment related to Qatar National Vi-sion 2030. Our dealership agreement with STILL will reap rich returns for both par-ties and enhance our efforts

to facilitate further growth in Qatar’s logistics industry”. The achievement created by the Company’s founder Hans Still in 1920 through a large amount of creativity, entre-preneurial spirit and qual-ity quickly developed into a strong brand well-known throughout the world, a goal that Jaidah Group also shares through a combination of providing high quality prod-ucts with excellent customer service. Mr. Frank Mueller added: “Jaidah has emerged as Qatar’s leading provider of industrial products, mak-ing the Group a perfect fit for us. We are delighted with this new dealership, and we are looking forward to having a positive impact on the Qatar’s growth by delivering our high quality products”.The dealership agreement, which both companies dub a “long-term strategic partner-

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ship,” leverages the comple-mentary strengths of both companies to provide high quality material handling equipment in Qatar. Mr. James Elliott General

Manager of Jaidah Industrial Equipment said: “At Jaidah Industrial Supply, we see hard work and determina-tion as key factors for achiev-ing excellence. Our division

offers complete post sales solutions for our customers’ convenience, including field service, after-sales mainte-nance contracts and an excel-lent availability of parts.”

Jaidah industrial supply di-vision – a subsidiary of the long-established and influ-ential conglomerate Jaidah Group, has announced an exclusive dealership agree-ment with materials handling equipment manufacturer STILL. Under the agreement, Jaidah industrial supply is the sole dealer of STILL forklift trucks & warehouse equip-ment in Qatar, reinforcing Jai-dah Group’s position as one of the most trusted provid-ers of industrial equipment , material handling, and Metal Fabrication in Qatar.A launch event at Regency Halls announcing the new dealership was attended by Mr. Ayman Ahmed, Managing Director of Jaidah Equipment; Mr. Frank Mueller, Vice Presi-dent CEE & Dealer business / STILL ; Mr. Maik Eckerkunst, International Corporate Com-munications, Mr. James El-

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Safety in focuS

According to the Chair-man of Al Harib, Mr. Ali Harib Al Harib, “Safety and Secu-

rity are indispensable to the health and growth of any business entity. In the last three decades, Security as an industry or do-main, has evolved enormous-ly with advances in technol-ogy. These technologies have brought in innovation and smart automation to improve business performance and also various aspects of hu-man life.”No longer the modest start up that saw its beginnings in 2005 as the provider of sim-ple CCTV solutuins. Al Harib can now provide a complete turnkey solution when it comes to your home – palace, villa , compound or apartment. They provide a complete range of security and sur-veillance solutions, which is user-friendly, cost effective, guaranteedand really worth the invest-ment. Their services vary from simple but essential to complex solutions, cutting edge and fully integrated sys-tems that satisfy security and surveillance needs of our customers at all levels.Qatar has very specific laws on security and according to

Law No. 9 of 2011 it man-dates that surveillance cam-eras be installed in residen-tial compounds, hospitals, malls, banks, hotels, ware-houses and other locations. CCTV cameras are indeed very important to add secu-rity system to establishments as well as key entry points to the country like the airport and land border checkpoints. Footage from the security system can, of course, also serve as evidence in case of crime or accidents. So there are many benefits to ensuring the installation of surveillance systems to prevent crime and ensure the safety of employees and residents.At AHSS we offer you a com-prehensive solutions portfo-lio of CCTV, DVR/ NVR, IP sys-tems, UPSs, Access Control systems such as Door Video Monitoring to advanced Bio-metrics compatible with time attendance/ HR systems and emergency alarms tai-lor made to suit your needs, with an unmatchable and op-timum return for your invest-ment. It also includes the cutting edge solutions such as Mo-bile DVR, Video Transmis-sion, mart Homes Systems and Solar Powered Solutions. Our specialized sales, engi-neering and service teams

provide customers with ex-tensive support from aware-ness creation, designing solutions to meet with regu-latory and tight budgets, synchronize security and sur-veillance solutions with MEP activities. After designing, building and commissioning we offer our customers comprehensive warranty and aftersales solu-tions.Our services to clients are available around the clock throughout the year (24/7, 365).“Al Harib Security Systems have received ISO 9001:2015 certification which is a testi-mony to the high standards and dedication shown by our staff and has helped us grow steadily over the years. We try our level best to align our business with the devel-opment initiatives of Qatar, which is stated in the QNV 2030”, said Mr. Al Harib. Our new Sustainable Energy business segment, supplies PV products and solutions from the world’s best manu-facturers in Taiwan ,Germany and UK at competitive prices. As Al Harib Group enters the third decade of our existence, we re-commit ourselves to our Core Values in an effort to add unprecedented value to our partners and custom-ers.

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Alpha Fire Services have been working in the field of building and fire safety for the last 25 years. It is a full service fire safety and security organization involved in the design, supply, fabrica-tion, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire prevention, detection, protection and suppression systems, closed circuit television (CCTV), barrier and access control systems, risk management consultancy or fire risk assessments and contingency planning for all classes of buildings from private residences to industrial, commercial and other public buildings.“Alpha Fire represents leading international manufacturers and suppliers and takes pride in being one of the company to introduce new innovative technology in Active and passive fire pro-tection systems to Qatar, such as SE Controls from UK, DSPA form Netherlands, Advanced Fire Alarm Systems from UK; amongst other fire safe products,” said Mr. Pranai Sampang Rai, the Group General Manager.Fixed Aerosol Fire Extinguishing SystemsThe General Manager for Alpha Services Qatar, Mr. Tony Lewis explained that the DSPA Aero-sol generator that they recommend for building fire safety ensures that the entire area that is affected in the building is flooded with a fire inhibitor. The aerosol extinguishing system uses solid micro particles that fill the compartment completely and attack the combustion process; knocking down the flames removing the source of energy. Additionally, DSPA aerosol generators are listed under the US Environmental Agency’s (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Programme (SNAP) as approved substitutes for Halon and other ozone depleting substances.SE Controls: Automated Ventilation SystemsNatural Ventilation improves indoor environments and reduces CO2 emissions and is cost ef-ficient. Mr. Tony Lewis explained that the SE Controls Natural Ventilation strategies can prevent the ‘sick building syndrome’ as well as reduce energy usage. SE Controls Natural Ventilation strategies are based on six stand-alone principles, which function differently depending on the building shape, internal heat loads and location of openings. Common ways of capitalizing on ‘free’ air movement is through the stack effect, cross ventilation and passive night time cooling using opening windows to facilitate ventilation. The opening of windows can be done manually or be automated. The use of actuators to automate windows can be used in both natural and smoke ventilation systems by reacting to sensors (rather than relying on human responses) to clear smoke or to increase the level of comfort within an indoor environment. Some of the key projects executed for SE Controls, smoke heat and natural ventilation system are: the Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Business Park, Heart of Doha, Silhouette Tower, Car Park and Stores for Amiri Diwan, Le Boulevard Commercial Bank Qatar and the Palestinian-Sudanese School; amongst others.Alpha Fire also offers annual contractual maintenance and repairs, refills, tests and revalidates all types of fire equipment in its fully equipped workshops that are managed by trained and expe-rienced technical and engineering staff. A fleet of vehicles enables the company to provide a fast and reliable emergency call-out service for all its contract customers. Mr. Tony Lewis said that Al-pha Fire Services currently has a wide customer base for maintenance in various sectors includ-ing: Retail, Industrial, Commercial, high rise residential, schools, hotels and medical facilities.Alpha Fire Services is the sole distributor in the GCC for DSPA Extinguishing System, SE Controls and the FIREDETEC Fire Suppression Systems. The products are all Qatar Civil Defense certified. Alpha Fire Services, the group’s flagship firm, is a triple certified ISO company, approved by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Bureau Veritas (BV) and Lloyds.

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codes now. Such enhancements often apply when buildings reach around 30 floors in height. A presentation, highlighting the fire safety challenges in super tall buildings and the features that are used to over-come them, was delivered at the Safety Design in Buildings Doha Conference. The presentation defined su-per-tall buildings generally as those greater than 128m. In Doha, there are approximately 65 super-tall buildings which are either completed or under construction.On January 4, 2010, Burj Khal-ifa was chosen as the world’s

tallest building, a record that it still keeps. Several additional enhance-ments have been included in its design, including:• Evacuation elevators• Areas of refuge• Fire elevators• Redundant water supply• Dual fire command cen-

ters• Increased fire resistanceThe 2003 International Build-ing Code included no addition-al requirements for fire safety for super tall buildings. The NFPA included recommenda-tions of increased structural fire resistance. In 2015, the IBC codes were updated to include:• Increased structural in-

tegrity of exit stairs• Increased bond strength

of SFRM• Dual sprinkler risers• Dual water supplies• Remote exit stairs• No reduction in fire resis-

tance• Evacuation elevators• Stairway markings• Additional firefighter stair• Firefighting elevatorsThe 2015 NFPA codes in-cluded:• Increased exit stair width• Stairway video surveil-

lanceAll super tall buildings face challenges when it comes to emergency response before and after crisis. The case is more complicated in Burj Khal-ifa due to its location at the vi-brant downtown of Dubai. That’s why certain enhance-ments were needed to ensure maximum safety for inhabit-ants and better emergency response. Structural enhancements• Four-hour structural

frame that was reduced to three hours for other than mercantile, indus-trial, or storage.

• Increased structural in-tegrity, including exit stairs and hoistways.

• Impact resistance (soft body within enclosure/hard body outside enclo-sure).

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strength (Height less than 128m: 20kPa/Height greater than 128m: 48kPa)Suppression enhance-ments• Dual sprinkler risers that

are protected within exit stairs. Each riser serves alternate floors.

• Dual water supply for 30 minutes, with connection to multiple mains and re-dundant on-site supply.

Means of egress enhance-ments• Remote exit stairs with

“enclosures” to be sepa-rated.

• Evacuation elevators: all passenger elevators for public use, a fire safety and evacuation plan is in place, in addition to water protection that includes: omit sprinkler protection for elevator spaces, omit shunt trip, hoistway pro-tection. An elevator lobby that can house 25% of occ. load (0.28 m2/ occ) was included. A house wheelchair is provided for each 50 occupants. More-over, signage identifying evacuation elevator and two-way communication with FCC is in place. A di-rect/protected access to stairs is available through the lobby and it has a 1 hour smoke barrier and 45 minutes smoke doors

with vision panels.• Stairway marking.• Luminous egress path

markings.Fire fighting enhance-ments• Additional fire fighting

stair, is provided if self-evacuation elevators omitted and it does not contribute to exit capacity.

• Two 1,600 kg firefighting elevators that has water protection including: omit sprinkler protection for el-evator spaces, omit shunt trip and hoistway protec-tion.

• Elevator lobby character-ized by:

• Not less than 14 m2and 2.5 m width

• Identified as firefighting elevator

• Two-way communication with FCC

• Direct/protected access to stairs

• Stair to also have sepa-rate access

• 1-hour smoke barrier• 45-minute smoke doorsThe NFPA enhancements for such buildings include in-creased stair width of 1,120 mm for less than 2,000 occu-pants and 1,440 mm for more than 2,000 occupants. It also calls for stairway video surveillance for buildings of more than 4,000 occupants, with monitoring for every five floors and discharge floor dis-played at FCC.Additional enhancements• Vertical isolation. • Computer modeling for

evacuation.

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Derived from the historic Islamic architecture, the “Vaulted Spaces” Doha Metro station design was uniquely selected by the Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in 2013. It highlights the region’s vernacular architecture, acting as a bridge between the country’s past and future. One of the key elements of the design is that it gives the exterior shape of the station, by using modern bright materials to stimulate the interior of the oyster.Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), the company overseeing the construction of Qatar’s integrated railway network, was awarded “Best Arabian Architectural Design for Public Ser-vice’ and the ‘Best International Architectural Design for Public Service’ at a prestigious event in London this month. The awards presented by the “International Property Awards” recognize the quality of the design of Qatar Rail’s “Vaulted Spaces” design for stations on the Doha Metro.A panel of 20 international architects’ judges have given the two distinguished awards to Qatar Rail during the international nomination event attended by Qatar Rail’s Deputy CEO, Eng. Hamad Al Bishri and Mr. Mohamed Timbely, Senior Director of Architecture and MEP Department. This recognition follows a win at the regional event in Dubai last month where the company was named best “Public Service Architecture – Qatar” for the same project. The regional award was handed to Qatar Rail’s senior representatives Mr. Mohamed Timbely, Senior Di-rector of Architecture and MEP Department and Eng. Hassan Al-Marwani Technical Interface Director. According to the organisers of the award, the stations design for the Doha Metro create a unique combination of a recognizable design across the network with an approach which allows each line in the system to have a distinct identity and individual stations to have designs which embody the culture and history of the area they serve. All stations in the network will reflect an overall design concept – called “Vaulted Spaces” which is based on traditional Islamic architecture. The stations will therefore bring together the modern high tech elements of the country’s future, yet will also celebrate its traditions.Commenting on the triple recognition, Qatar Rail’s Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Saad Al Muhannadi said: “Those three awards recom-pensed two years of efforts where we tried to appropriate the con-cept of the Vaulted Spaces in or-der to be part of the heritage, cul-ture and the national vision of the state of Qatar. It’s not only about architecture; it’s about a vision that we share”. The first phase for the Doha Met-ro’s architectural works, covering 37 stations, is set for completion by 2018 while the second, extend-ing to over 72 stations, by 2030.

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The American Chamber of Com-merce in Qatar (AmCham Qatar) hosted an afternoon dialogue with Mr. Scott Nathan, the U.S. Department of State’s Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, in Novem-ber 2015. Over 60 members of the American business commu-nity attended the eventMr. Nathan discussed the De-partment of State and the U.S. Government’s role in promoting U.S. business interests in Qatar and the region. He also provid-ed an update on the recent Eco-nomic and Investment Dialogue launched between the United States and the State of Qatar especially in the light of the re-cent announcement by Qatari Emir His Highness Sheikh Ta-mim bin Hamad Al-Thani that Qatar will invest $35 billion in the US over a course of the next five years:“My visit to Qatar comes as a follow up to our ongoing eco-nomic dialogue with Qatar. The key objective of the dialogue is strengthening our economic and commercial ties with Qatar. Small and medium enterprises play a vital role in that process. Regardless of the size, US busi-ness are interested (positioned) to better understand the pro-curement processes in Qatar

in order to become more com-petitive on the local market. On the other hand we want to work with all parties to investi-gate whether there are ways to mitigate some of the tax issues standing in the way of Qatari in-vestment in the US”. – Mr.Scott Nathan concluded.Robert A. Hager, Chairman, AmCham Qatar said: “American Chamber of Commerce is de-lighted to support the economic dialogue and we are working very closely with our partners at the U.S. Embassy in Qatar as well as the US Chamber of Commerce on the matters that concern our members and our Qatari business partners. Our members are engaged on some of the key infrastructure and development projects in Qatar and we hope that the suc-cess of this dialogue will result in more American companies setting up businesses in Qa-tar, and especially increase the number of SMEs joining the lo-cal economy”. Prior to joining the U.S. State Department as a Special Rep-resentative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Mr. Na-than worked in the private in-vestment sector for nearly two decades. As part of his visit to Qatar, Mr. Nathan met with gov-

ernment officials and private sector stakeholders in support

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leaders in the metrology field and learn about new ideas and applications to move forward and open new horizons for cooperation and advancement of this sec-tor in the GCC region”. They included Dr. Martin Milton, Dr. Stephan Patoray, Dr. Petr Fisk and Dr. Hyong-Ha Kim.Dr. Martin Milton, was the keynote speaker of the event and he addressed the fo-rum on “Scientific and legal Metrology” and “The impor-tance of metrology for the developing countries and for the GCC nations” within the first technical session. Dr Martin Milton is the Direc-tor of BIPM since 1st Janu-ary 2013. Before his move to the BIPM, Dr Milton spent 31 years at the National Physi-cal Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom. He was a Fellow in the Analytical Science Divi-sion and led the “Gas Me-trology and Trace Analysis” Group which was one of a small number of groups at

the NPL rated “internation-ally leading” for both its im-pact and its science quality by an independent interna-tional peer-review panel. The second Keynote speaker was Dr. Stephan Patoray, who presented on “The role of legal metrology in a global market”. Dr. Stephen Pa-toray is the Director of the International Bureau of Le-gal Metrology, (BIML) and leads a small group of highly dedicated professionals who provide all administra-tive support to the Interna-tional Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML). He is ex-perienced in standards de-

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velopment, quality auditing and certification. The third keynote speaker is Dr. Petr Fisk, who spoke in the sec-ond technical session titled “Industrial Metrology & En-ergy” about “The importance of international recognition of national measurement ca-pabilities to trade and global competitiveness: the Asia Pacific experience”. Dr. Fisk was appointed NMI’s Chair of Asian Pacific Metrology Pro-gramme and was appointed as Chief Executive and Chief Metrologist on 9th February 2012 at the National Mea-surement Institute – Austra-lia. Following a short period

as a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Cen-tre in California, he joined the CSIRO National Mea-surement Laboratory (NML) in 1991 to start and lead a new research project on atomic clock development. In 1993, he was appointed Head of the Time and Fre-quency group of NML. On 1st July 2004 he was appointed General Manager of the Physical Metrology Branch of the National Measurement Institute (NMI).The fourth keynote speaker is Dr. Hyong-Ha Kim, and she spoke about “Food metrol-ogy in Korea” in the fourth session titled “Health and Food”. Dr. Hyong-Ha Kim Director, Division of Interna-tional Cooperation National Research Council of Science & Technology, Korea (Prin-cipal Research Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Standards & Science). Dr. Hyong-Ha Kim received her B.S. & M.S. degrees from Seoul National University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Molecular Biology. During her training, she received various awards and scholarships including the ‘Harold C. Bold Award for

Teaching Excellence’, and the ‘Ralph Alston Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Research’. She joined the Korea Research Insti-tute of Standards & Science (KRISS) in 2002 and is cur-rently a Principal Research Scientist. She served as the Head of the Bioanalysis Cen-ter, and Director of the Glob-al Partnership Office. Her research mainly focuses on Bioanalysis and Biological Measurement Standards, in fields including food, GMOs and biopharmaceuticals. She is currently dispatched from KRISS, serving as the International Cooperation Division Director of the Na-tional Research Council of Science and Technology, a higher level council which governs the 25 research in-stitutes including KRISS. In-ternationally, she is the Vice Chair of the Food and Nutri-tion Technical Committee of International Measurement Confederation’s Metrology, and an Expert Evaluator for the EU Research Director-ate General of the European Commission.Learn more about the 1st Gulf Metrology Forum by visiting the website: www.gmf.goic.org.qa

G OIC hosted the first ever Gulf Metrol-ogy Forum in Doha, on 14 and 15 De-

cember 2015. The forum brought together experts in the field of metrology in the GCC seeking to plan for the future of this vital sector. The Forum touched on the latest international developments in metrology. It is a collective effort to align Gulf metrol-ogy policies and regulations with global developments in measurement techniques and their applications. Dr. Ali Hamed Al Mulla, GOIC Assistant Secretary Gen-eral and Chairman of the organizing committee of the GMF said, “We are extremely pleased that we were able to have four key experts in the field of metrology as special guests and keynote speak-ers for the forum. This is an excellent opportunity for me-trology professionals to get an insight into the industry through the eyes of world

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Doha Metro Red Line stations. A signing ceremony took place at Qatar Rail’s headquarters on the 30th of November in pres-ence of Eng. Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi, CEO of Qatar Rail, and Mr. Yasser Salah Al Jaidah, CEO of Qatar Cool. Aiming to support the environ-ment and save electricity and cost, Qatar Rail has chosen to partner with Qatar Cool to provide district cooling at the Pearl and West Bay stations (Legtaifiya, Katara, Al Qassar, Doha Exhibition and Conven-tion Center, West Bay, Corniche and Al Bidda stations), and pro-actively contributing to cooling measures during the summer months starting 2019, the pro-jected operation date of the

Doha Metro project (Phase 1). Through district cooling, chilled water is delivered via under-ground isolated pipelines to commercial, hotel and resi-dential buildings to cool the buildings water via an Energy Transfer Station (ETS) which is situated in the basement of each building within a district. The EST in each building then uses the buildings water to low-er the temperature of air pass-ing through the building’s air conditioning system, known as Fan Coil Units (FCU) or Air Han-dling Units (AHU). Cooling systems will operate throughout the other stations and on the trains themselves to ensure that customers enjoy the height of comfort when us-

ing the network.Commenting on the coopera-tion, Qatar Rail’s CEO, Eng. Saad Al Muhannadi, said: “Qa-tar Rail has always sought to work with the best local sup-pliers and partners on every aspect of each of its projects to achieve the implementation of a sustainable railway network. We have the pleasure to coop-erate with Qatar Cool to provide 7 stations on the project with a district cooling system that won’t only withstand the hot weather during summer peak times in Doha, but also con-tribute to protecting the envi-ronment by increasing energy efficiency and reducing envi-ronmental emissions, saving electricity, and evidently ben-

efitting from a much more cost-efficient cooling service with an economic interest on the longer

term”. CEO of Qatar Cool, Mr. Yasser Salah Al Jaidah, also comment-ed on the partnership: “We take great pride in being part of Qatar Rail’s story. The benefits that the Qatar Rail sys-tem will bring to our country by providing an environmentally friendly, safe, fast and very ef-ficient means of transportation are clear and necessary for our growing population. District cooling’s advantages are in-creasingly being recognized by governments, developers and end-users alike. It is an honor to say Qatar Cool is playing a fundamental role in Qatar’s sustainable and environmental fortification. We are committed to supporting Qatar and Qatar Rail throughout their journey.”

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Qatar Chamber signs deal with Chinese e-procurement firmQatar Chamber (QC) has signed an agreement with a Chinese e-procurement firm, ZA-GO.com, to facilitate trade between Qatar and China. The deal was signed during a three-day high-profile Made-in-China exhibition. QC Chairman Sheikh Khalifa Bin Jassem Bin Mohammed Al Thani expressed confi-dence that the agreement with ZA-GO would help facilitate B2B (business-to-busi-ness) meetings between Chinese and Qatari businesses to accelerate bilateral trade.About 100 Chinese companies from different sectors showcased their products and services at the exhibition which was held from December 14 to 17 at the Doha Exhibition & Convention Centre. Participating companies included Dongguan Xinxiang Metal Products, Foshan group of companies, Chaoan Jaidebao Ceramics Industry, Chaozhou Kedali Porce-lain and China Arab Purchase (Shanghai) Electronic Commerce.Sheikh Khalifa Bin Jassem said: “ZA-GO will be providing training, consultancy and host of other services to Qatari companies that are planning to procure quality products in big volumes direct from Chinese producers. The company will also help ensure effective and efficient delivery of goods door-to-door.”The QC chairman said that the Chinese company had already established an office in Barwa Commercial Avenue. “Any Qatari trader willing to buy Chinese products or equipment direct from the manufacturers, ZA-GO will help it to search and buy it at guaranteed best prices,” he said. “With the initiative, we expect that the volume of trade between Qatar and China will increase further.”QC Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed Bin Tawar Al Kuwari, Chinese Ambassador Li Chen and several prominent businessmen were present at the exhibition’s open-ing event. Registered in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, ZA-GO is an online arm of China Arab Purchase (Shanghai) Electronic Commerce. It is a modern information service pro-vider that specializes in Internet and cross-border e-commerce.Qatar is ZA-GO’s first destination outside its China operation. With Qatar as the entry market and targeted towards other Arab countries in the Middle East, the company commits itself to international trade and services in bulk commodities.The core business of the firm revolves around online sales, sourcing enquiries be-tween Chinese and Arab enterprises, corporate online procurement, tendering, bid-ding and security guaranty of online transition and financial settlements.

Qatargas presents JBOG project at UN climate change conferenceQatargas presented its iconic environment project, the Jetty Boil-off Gas (JBOG) Recovery Project, at COP 21 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Paris recently, showcasing Qatar’s mitigation efforts to combat the effects of climate change. Attending a session on “Role of Oil & Gas Technology to address Climate Change Challenges”, organized as part of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (Oapec) side events of the confer-ence, Hazim Ali Al Muraikhi, Environmental Affairs Division Manager, Qatargas, highlighted the JBOG project’s role in minimizing flaring at the six LNG (liquefied natural gas) loading berths in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The session was aimed at discussing the role of oil and gas technologies and research & develop-ment in Gulf Co-operation Council as well as the Oapec countries towards combating the effects of Climate Change and raise resilience for Response Measures.Al Muraikhi noted that this $1 billion environmental project would result in a 90% reduction, equiva-lent to annual Green House Gas (GHG) savings of 1.6 million tonnes of CO2. The project will help recover 29 billion standard cubic feet (bscf) of gas per year which is enough gas to produce 750 MW of electricity or to power 300,000 homes.The JBOG facility was built and is operated by Qatargas. It started operations in October 2014 and recently achieved a major milestone marking its 1000th loading, safely recovering approximately 535,000 metric tonnes of LNG.As the -160oC LNG is loaded onto the LNG ships, around 1% of the LNG evaporates due to the dif-ference of temperature between the LNG and the ship tank. JBOG collects the boil-off gas and transports it to a central compressor area. The gas is com-pressed, and then sent back to the LNG plants to be used as fuel gas or converted back into LNG. The compressor, specially built for the JBOG facility, is the first of its kind and the largest managing such low pressures and high volumes.As part of the Common Facilities at RasLaffan Industrial City (RLIC), the JBOG facility is led and operated by Qatargas on behalf of Qatar Pe-troleum and the LNG producers in Qatar. It is the biggest project of its kind and one of the largest environmental in-vestments in the world.Qatargas is committed to being a key contribu-tor in the realization of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 to have a proac-tive and significant inter-national role in assess-ing the impact of climate change through the re-sponsible production of LNG while protecting the environment.

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Hazim Ali Al Muraikhi highlighting the role of the JBOG project in mini-mizing flaring at the six LNG loading berths in Ras Laffan Industrial City.

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Volvo Trucks in Qatar has re-cently announced their sales growth up by 100% in 2015 compared to 2014. Represent-ed by Domasco, the authorized distributors in Qatar for Volvo, the company has put forward the advantages of the brand and also its unprecedented after-sale service. “Volvo Trucks has seen excep-tional growth in the Qatari mar-ket this year,” according to a Domasco official. “At Domasco, we value the strong relationships we build with our clients above all else and that is why, for us, it is not only about the product but the total solutions that we can offer to them,” says Domasco man-aging director Faisal Sharif. With the Qatar construction projects and transporting needs on the upswing, opera-tors are looking for solutions to meet the growing requirements of the trade. Particularly heavy duty com-mercial business are con-cerned with quality and service for the timely delivery of proj-ects, avoiding penalties, and preserving status as a reliable construction and transport outfit. This is where consistent vehicle performance and the

dependable after sales service of Volvo Trucks stand out. Domasco’s commercial vehi-cles sales and marketing man-ager Mohamed Majeed states that 2015 was a very good year for Volvo Trucks. “We have achieved full year tar-get by the end of the third quar-ter and we are proud to reveal sales growth up by 100% this year over 2014,” he says. Domasco has worked to en-hance customer-relations and to keep the customers updated on the latest available prod-ucts. The latest product the company offers today is Volvo FMX construction trucks - The FMX Transit Mixer. This truck is packed with fea-tures that will help reduce operating costs and has a lot of firsts for the truck industry here. Volvo claims that its chas-sis is the strongest in Qatar with an 8mm thickness. These trucks will also have the highest ground clearance in its category with a suspension that can handle the extreme surfac-es that the construction sites here can offer. The FMX truck comes with a Volvo’s I-Shift automate manual transmission which the manu-facturer claims will offer better

fuel efficiency and driveability. Volvo claims it can reduce 31% of the fuel costs and at the same time help the driver focus more on the road rather than changing gears. Volvo, which is known for their after-sales support, says that in Qatar customers can now get a pre-planned service appoint-ment. This means less time spent in the service center and less inconvenience for the cus-tomer. The Volvo Finance service offers also tailored finance schemes for its customers.Understanding the long-term needs of the industry, Volvo trucks not only addresses capa-bilities and spec requirements but also a complimentary ser-vice package is given on each truck. The initiative comes in answer to observations and dis-cussions with industry leaders on concerns of not just service availability but also unplanned costs associated with the same. The extensive service plan is designed to ensure the opti-mum performance of Volvo trucks. Once the plan has been drafted, customers can keep track of the truck’s mainte-nance through regular remind-ers from the service center.

The free service covers preven-tive maintenance inclusive of oil filter change, labor charges, use of only genuine Volvo parts ensuring against unexpected expenses and costly break-down. Dedicated technicians are made available who will have the full history of each truck on hand to guarantee proper and timely servicing at all mile-

stones. Volvo trucks are compared to brawny steel titans that can take on any extreme road condi-tion or climate variances in the Gulf region. It was Volvo which invented the phrase “Drive it like you hate it” to prove the resistance of its vehicles. Fifty years ago these words were made famous by a Volvo advertisement campaign.

Yet they have never been more relevant than they are today in a challenging construction envi-ronment in Qatar. The new Volvo FMX is built for the toughest working condi-tions on earth. Beneath the robust exterior, a revolutionary new steering system takes the weight off your shoulders, and purpose-designed suspension evens out the terrain.

Texas A&M University at Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar launched the inaugural issue of the Engi-neering Education Letters jour-nal at a recent event in Doha, as part of the Dhia: Engineering Leaders program partnership between the two organizations.The collection of articles from leading engineering educa-tion experts is an open source, peer reviewed, archival journal which reports results of the lat-est teaching methodologies, innovative teaching and learn-ing techniques, and academic successes observed by local, regional, and global experts in engineering education and the STEM fields (Science, Technol-ogy, Education and Mathemat-ics). It provides a resource for local educators and experts to support the continuing develop-

ment and delivery of high qual-ity technical education in Qatar.This semi-annual online jour-nal is published by QScience, a member of Qatar Foundation, under the editorship of engi-neering education scholars, Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Nimir O. Elbashir, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineer-ing and Petroleum Engineering, at Texas A&M at Qatar. Texas A&M at Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar have developed and introduced pioneering aca-demic activities and experien-tial leaning opportunities for Qatari students and teachers in STEM fields over the past sev-eral years.Maersk Oil has initiated and served as exclusive industry sponsor of innovative initia-

tives in the region, and has partnered with Texas A&M at Qatar to promote STEM educa-tion among young Qataris since 2012. Maersk Oil Qatar’s Dhia: Engineering Leaders partner-ship with Texas A&M at Qatar has brought regional and global recognition to the company and has made it a model com-munity leader in engaging the next generation of Qatari lead-ers in science and engineering. The initiatives are creating new opportunities to expose young Qataris to STEM programs and are aimed at encouraging these students to select STEM fields as professional pathways.At the launch, Dr. Mark H. Weichold, Dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, recognized Maersk Oil’s initiatives in Qatar, stating that the activities are proving to have a significant impact and are making a key contribution to Qatar’s drive to become a knowledge-based economy.“Qatar has been a leader in pro-moting engineering education over the past two decades,” he said. “Texas A&M at Qatar works closely with Maersk Oil as a committed partner to work toward achieving Qatar’s Vision 2030 and creating a new gen-eration of engineering leaders.”Jassim Al-Khori, Technical Manager of the Maersk Oil Re-

search and Technology Centre, said “As one of largest private sector supporters of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills in the country, we are focused on developing the human potential of the country for generations to come, as well as the safe and efficient delivery of more than 40 percent of the country’s oil production from a unique and complex offshore oil field.”He continued, “We are de-lighted to have created a forum for educational scholars in the region and around the world

to publish their work and dis-seminate results of their find-ings through a creative medium such as the Engineering Educa-tion Letters journal. Maersk Oil Qatar is also proud this publica-tion has been created in Qatar and produced by a local pub-lisher.” He also noted that Engineering Education Letters is the first journal of its kind published in the region.Parsaei and Elbashir stated that the goal in creating and launching this publication, also available online, is to promote

engineering and STEM educa-tion in the region and report major achievements of fellow educators to a larger audience. They also stated that articles submitted to this journal are re-viewed in less that a month by global experts in the field and the accepted articles immedi-ately appear online, whereas the turn-around time for similar global journals exist is about six to twelve months. Educators interested in submit-ting an article can view the jour-nal’s website, http://www.eeletters.org.

Texas A&M at Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar launch Qatar’s first journal on engineering education

Volvo Trucks celebrates 100% sales growth in QatarFifty years ago the phrase, “Drive it like you hate it,” was made famous by a Volvo campaign. Yet the words have never been more relevant than they are today in a challenging construction environment in Qatar

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The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Cen-ter organized a train-ing course on the New

Road Occupancy Law that covered the Law No 14 for the year 2015 about road occu-pancy. The two-day training session, held at Ashghal’s Assets Af-fairs building, was attended by Ashghal employees who were nominated to become enforce-ment officers of the law. The first day of the training included a presentation that explained the Law No (14) for the year 2015 about road oc-cupancy and stating stipulated violations. It covered the concept and the new law acts, in addition to clarifying the public and private road occupancy law and showcasing offences that are controlled by this law. The presentation explained how to prove, issue and deal with vio-lations. The first training day was cov-ered by Dr Bashir Saad Za-ghloul, a teacher of criminal law at the College of Law at Qatar University. He show-cased samples of issuing violations and concluded his session with a discussion with the trainees to exchange infor-mation. Whereas the second day was covered by Ahmed Matar Al Dousari, Environmental Pros-ecutor at the Public Prosecu-

Environmental Engineering Expert at Public Works Author-ity (Ashghal) and professor of environment engineering at Alexandria University Ghazi Ab-del Kerim El Sherif explained Ashgal’s long term sustainable approach for water resources in Qatar during a presentation at the Future Drainage and Storm Water Networks summit held last month.Sherif warned that the gulf area is already suffering a physical water scarcity, and that the fresh water lens un-der Qatar has depleted by 89% since 1971. So, water manage-ment methods need to be dif-ferent than that adopted in water rich areas. He pointed out that industries in Qatar depend mostly on de-salinated water and sea water. Sherif summed up major ob-stacles of water resources in Qatar as:• Agricultural Abstraction

Exceed Recharge of aqui-fers by precipitation

• Rapid Urban and Industri-al Development Acceler-ates Extension of Desali-nation Plants

• Losses of Desalinated Water in Distribution Sys-tems

• Limited Use of Treated Sewage Effluent Attribut-ed to Quality Reasons

• Incomplete Drainage and TSE Networks

Sherif said that there is a need for sustainable water resourc-

tion, who reviewed and dis-cussed practical cases related to this law. The training aimed to show all kinds of Road Occupancy Law and way of co-ordination, ex-plaining the different types of violations under this law. The training aimed at help-ing Ashghal’s proposed law enforcement officers to un-derstand legal aspects that surround their job and to gain the legal skills in working with

es management. However Ashghal faces several chal-lenges when it comes to Main Foul Wastewater, including limited treatment and network capacity, problems with pump-ing stations, operational flex-ibility, infiltration, septic tanks and tankers, sludge strategy and industrial waste water management.He pointed out that Ashghal’s Treated Sewage Effluent De-sign Criteria issued in 2004 is very restrictive if the water is to be used in public parks irriga-tion, to protect public health or in case of discharge in sea for example, which limits the use of this water.However, within One Decade (2004 – 2014), the Public Works Authority managed to increase production of high grade TSE three times, where in 2005 it produced 55 MM3 treated sewage Effluent, while the number rose to 169 MM3 TSE in 2014.Unfortunately according to Sherif, the end user was not ready to use the treated water, so they had to get rid of this high quality water, temporarily.He pointed out that the future capacity of treated foul water is expected to reach 366MM3 per year.Sherif said there is a need for long term compensation of de-salinatedwater and groundwater by treated water for different ap-plications of water use like in

violations and fixing them and learning the key data that needs to be included in the violation record. Ashghal, Qatar’s Public Works Authority, plans to co-ordinate with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center to hold simi-lar training sessions in English in the coming months.The Law No14 of year 2015 regarding road occupancy was issued by the order of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Ha-

agriculture, landscaping, cool-ing systems and construction. Manuals for TSE use for each of these fields are currently un-der development by Ashghal.He also highlighted the rise in urban ground water and need for a collection system. Ashghal adopts a traditional design approach of storm and surface groundwater network, where mainly networks are designed for final disposal to emergency flooded areas or marine environment. In ur-ban areas it aims to control groundwater level and emer-gency handel storm water in safe management manner. The discharged water contains solids, microbiological, trace oils and some metals.Sherif referred to a study by Qatar University that warned that 61,000 cubic meters of ground water was thrown into the sea daily in 2004.A Study of Surface Groundwa-ter and Storm Water Outfalls Discharges on Marine Environ-ment was carried out in 2007. The study called for coordina-tion between governmental or-ganizations to improve proce-dures to reduce contaminants reach surface groundwater and storm water network by implementing in source pol-lution prevention program. It also recommended settling guidelines for temporary dis-charges from construction sites, dewatering works to sur-face groundwater networks,

mad Al Thani on August 19 last year. The law forbids laying utility pipes or maintaining them or occupying the road with any-thing that might affect traffic safety, unless a permit is ob-tained from the department concerned in the Public Works Authority. The concerned department at the Public Works Authority co-ordinates with the Traffic Department of Ministry of In-

plan and design of treatment measures for surface ground-water in upper land areas far from sea line for reuse purpos-es. Moreover, it highlighted the need to consider treatment measures for turbidity , bacte-ria and hydrocarbon in surface groundwater before discharg-es to marine environment.Ashghal have also addressed the issue of urban ground water rise within Doha, which Sherif said is adversely im-pacting development.Shrif then moved on to discuss the challenge of development of drainage sewerage works to add new water resource.He pointed to the design change adopted by Ashghal’s Drainage Network Design Department for the Criteria of Surface Groundwater Net-works in 2012, to create a subsurface zone where soak-aways can work and base-ments don’t flood.He said that ground water and surface water should be con-sidered as a new source of recycle water. So recycled wa-ter is a combination of treated sewage effluent emanating from foul water streams (TSE) and treated ground and sur-face water (TGSW).This requires management and treatment measures to reuse surface groundwater and storm water as new water resource. This would require Ashghal to:• Complete public surface

terior to issue the licence for the contractors, consultants or other relevant entities to implement temporary closure of a road or part thereto and to provide traffic diversions if required. The department concerned is also responsible for supervi-sion and monitoring of these works. According to the law, the li-censee shall comply with the conditions, technical proce-

groundwater network and develop long and deep outfall discharge to sea as an emergency dis-charge measure.

• Management and treat-ment measures should be considered to reuse surface groundwater and storm water as new water resource.

• Implement treatment measures before dis-charge to existing outfalls. Apply polluters pay princi-pals .

• Develop recycling system for surface groundwater & storm water includ-ing treatment measure by wetland followed by reverse osmosis technol-ogy.

• Combine both treated water with recycled water within one treated wa-ter network to cover the

dures and the period specified in the licence, in accordance with the conditions and techni-cal specifications approved by the concerned department. The licensee shall abide by the guidelines for excavation works within the right of way as approved by the depart-ment concerned. The law binds on the licensee to restore the public road to the previous status after com-pletions of works.

needs of municipalities, district cooling plants and industries for water use for different purposes.

Sherif said that the water bal-ance predictions for 2060 foresees that demand will ex-ceed supply and that current practice will lead to insufficient recycled water to meet all de-mands and fulfill the country’s food security program.“We can accept using TSE with large quantities now. In 5 years, we can’t accept it. Ef-ficient TSE use for agriculture, landscaping and cooling to provide opportunities for other users should be a priority “ he said. Sherif advised all develop-ment management compa-nies working with Ashghal to consider applying wise design of landscaping and intelligent irrigation system as well as ef-ficient use in cooling systems.

Road Occupancy Law training for Ashghal staff

Current and future vision of drainage works highlightedOfficials with Ashghal employees during the training session.

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ASHGHAL TENDERS AND AWARDED TENDERS

Tender No. Type Tender Title Participants Issuing Date Closing Date Category

PWA/GTC/139/14-15 GTC Supply of Services Framework

(AA-DOM/14-15/M/1610-2.05/G )Consultancy and Specialized

Services 4-Nov-15 9-Feb-16 Drainage

PWA/GTC/135/14-15 GTC

Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) for 22nd February Street

(AA/ ROM/2015/090/C1/G)

Qatari Companies Only - Joint Venture 21-Oct-15 12-Jan-16 Roads

PWA/GTC/139/14-15 GTC Supply of Services Framework

(AA-DOM/14-15/M/1610-2.05/G )Consultancy and Specialized

Services 4-Nov-15 5-Jan-16 Drainage

PWA/GTC/135/14-15 GTC

Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) for 22nd February Street

(AA/ ROM/2015/090/C1/G)

Qatari Companies Only - Joint Venture 21-Oct-15 5-Jan-16 Roads

Companies Eligible to Tender: (1) Qatari Companies Only (2) Joint Venture (JV) Compa-nies, 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

General Conditions of Tenders- Full Documents for the Tender can be obtained from Contracts Department (CD) against a Non–refundable fee paid to PWA Account No. (0013-001813-052), Qatar

National Bank together with a copy of the Company Registration and a Company Authorization letter. - Project document may be examined at Al-Faisal Tower(1), Ground Floor, Al Corniche before purchasing from PWA.- Each Tender must be accompanied by a Tender Bond, either in the form of a “Certified Check” or a “Tender Bond’’ issued by a Bank acceptable to the PWA” in the

amount mentioned above valid for (120 days). Any Tender received 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.- For further queries about any of the tenders, please communicate in writing to the Contracts Department by Fax.: (+974) 44950777

TENDERS Please note that any information mentioned on this table are as per the listed companies’ tender advertisements, without any responsibility of the magazine.

Tender Number Type Subject Entity Close Date Value Envelopes System

Tender Fees (QRs)

52 /2015-2016 Local Tenders Dinamo wrap works for several mosques for three years Ministry of Endowment & Islamic Affairs 3/1/16 8000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 150

53 /2015-2016 Local Tenders The supply of spare parts and maintenance of air conditioning and refrigeration for several mosques area Gharafa - Aziguh

Ministry of Endowment & Islamic Affairs 3/1/16 15000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 150

518 /2015-2016 Central Tenders Guard and security work of the Ministry and its affiliated build-ings for two years

Ministry of Endowment & Islamic Affairs 4/1/16 380000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 300

509 /2015-2016 Central Tenders Works of cleaning of buildings Council For three years Supreme Council for Judiciary 4/1/16 180000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 300

Tenders Conditions: - You can get a copy of the documents of this tender / tenders of the Central Tenders Committee during official hours, against payment of the tender documents witch you can

retrieve it.- 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. - For more information about the Central Tenders Committee ,tenders and auctions are being posed by the Committee You can visit the site on the Internet www.ctc.gov.qa

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eventS

2016 Intersec 2016Organizer: Messe Frankfurt Middle East GmbHEvent date (s): 17 – 19 Jan 2016Venue: Halls 1 – 7, Sheikh Saeed Halls 1 – 3 and Saeed Arena Hall at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition CentreLocation: Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 38 94 550Fax: +971 4 35 85 511Email: Intersec@uae.messefrankfurt.com Website: www.intersecexpo.com

6th Edition Waste Management & Recycling SummitOrganizer: Nispana Innovative Platforms Pvt Ltd. Event Date (s): 9 – 11 Feb Venue: TBALocation: Doha, QatarEmail: jagadish.kumar@nispana.comWebsite: http://nispana.com/wmrsqatar/

Gulf Industry FairOrganizer: Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions Event Date (s): 9 – 11 Feb Venue: Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention CentreLocation: Manama, BahrainEmail: info@hilalce.comWebsite: www.gulfindustryfair.com

8th Annual Façade Design & Engineer-ing Middle East SummitOrganizer: IQPC Middle EastEvent Date (s): 21 – 23 Feb

Venue: TBALocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4364 2975Email: enquiry@iqpc.aeWebsite: http://bit.ly/1RyFPSG

5th Annual Arab Future Cities SummitOrganizer: Expotrade Middle East FZ-LLCEvent date (s): 11 – 12 April Venue: The Ritz CarltonLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 4542135Fax: +971 4 4542136Email: info@expotrade-me.comWebsite: www.arabfuturecities.com

Smart Parking QatarOrganizer: Advanced Conferences & Meet-ings (ACM) Event date (s): 18 – 19 April Venue: TBCLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 361 4001Fax: +971 4 361 4554Email: opportunities@acm-events.comWebsite: www.smartparkingqatar.com

Gulf BID 2015Organizer: Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions Event Date (s): 26 – 28 April Venue: Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention CentreLocation: Manama, BahrainEmail: info@hilalce.comWebsite: www.gulfbidexpo.com

Gulf Interiors Exhibitions

Organizer: Hilal Conferences and ExhibitionsEvent Date (s): 26 – 28 April Venue: Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention CentreLocation: Manama, BahrainEmail: info@hilalce.comWebsite: www.gulfinteriorsexhibition.com

Gulf Property ShowOrganizer: Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions Event Date (s): 26 – 28 April Venue: Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention CentreLocation: Manama, BahrainEmail: info@hilalce.comWebsite: http://gulfpropertyshow.net/index.php/en/

3rd Annual Lighting QatarOrganizer: Advanced Conferences & Meet-ings (ACM) Event date (s): 9 – 10 May Venue: TBCLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 361 4001Fax: +971 4 361 4554Email: opportunities@acm-events.comWebsite: www.lightingtechqatar.com

Project Qatar 2016Organizer: IFP Qatar LLCEvent date (s): 9 – 12 May Venue: Doha Exhibition & Convention Centre (DECC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900Fax: +974 44432891Email: info@ifpqatar.com

Website: http://www.projectqatar.com/

Heavy Max 2016Organizer: IFP Qatar LLCEvent date (s): 9 – 12 May Venue: Doha Exhibition & Convention Centre (DECC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900Fax: +974 44432891Email: info@ifpqatar.comWebsite: http://www.heavymaxqatar.com/

Qatar StoneTech 2016Organizer: IFP Qatar LLCEvent date (s): 9 – 12 May Venue: Doha Exhibition & Convention Centre (DECC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900Fax: +974 44432891Email: info@ifpqatar.comWebsite: http://www.qatarstone-tech.com/

2nd Annual Future BIM Implementa-tion QatarOrganizer: Advanced Conferences & Meet-ings (ACM) Event date (s): 11 – 12 May Venue: TBCLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 361 4001Fax: +971 4 361 4554Email: opportunities@acm-events.comWebsite: www.futurebimqatar.com

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Project Title Client Main Contractor Value Range (QR) Million Project Status Type of Project

Twin Towers 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

CBQ Boulevard CBQ HBK N/A Under Construction Commercial, Bank, Office Plaza

Five Residential Towers at Viva Bahriya at the Pear (project management) Qatar Islamic Bank AFQCO & REDCO - Al Mana 1.2-1.4 bn Under Construction Residential Towers

Doha Festival City (Package 3250,3100 and 7500 Basrec GCC/ALEC JV N/A Under Construction Retail Mall

Commercial Tower on Plot Com/49 Al Sedian Company Yousuf Al Mahmoud Al Balagh Trading & Contracting Co. W.L.L. N/A Under Construction Office Building - Tower

Office Tower (3B+G+22 Floors) Plot Com-50 at Lusail Marina Qatar Trading Agency Redco - Al Mana N/A Under Construction Office Building

Marsa Malaz Hotel at the Pear Qatar (Main Works) Alfardan Properties Co. CDC N/A Under Construction Hotel

Qatar Sidra Village Project Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development QSC Sinohydro Group Limited N/A Under Construction Residential

CBQ Towers at VB20 & VB21 CBQ Power Line Engineering - Qatar W.L.L. N/A Under Construction Residential Towers

Al Rabban Suites Hotel Apartments (3B+G+M+50Floors) Al Sarh Real Estate WLL CRC N/A Under Construction Residential

Office Buildings (3B+G+22) at Lusail Marina District Sh. Hamad Bin Faisal Al Thani REDCO – Al Mana N/A Under Construction Office Building

Holiday Inn at Business Park He Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Thani Man Enterprises Qatar, WLL N/A Under Construction Hotel

Al Baker Executive Towers Ahmed Abed El Aziz Al Baker Construction and Reconstruc-tion Co. 675 Under Construction Office Building

Al Nour Tower Private Investor Orientals Enterprises N/A Under Construction Residential

Al Nasr Showroom Shiekh Abdullah Bin Naser Al Thani Construction and Reconstruc-tion Co. 85 Under Construction Commercial

Police Training Institute MOI Hassanesco Co. N/A Under Construction Mixed Use

Panasonic Showroom & Residential Shk/Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani Construction and Reconstruc-tion Co. 205 Under Construction Commercial / Residential

Al Sadd Hotel Tricon International Atlantic Contracting Co. 150 Under Construction Hotels

Al Hodaifi Group HQ Al Hodaifi Group Not appointed 30-40 Million Design stage Office Building

Al Eida Villa El Eida Not appointed 5-10 Million Design stage Villa

Blusail Furnished Apartment at Lusail (3B+G+10) H.E SH Abdulla Bin Mohamed Al Thani Not appointed N/A Under Design Residential Building

Doha Education Centre 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

Mix 11 Hotel Tower at Lusail City Real Estate Services Group N/A 600 Million Design Stage Hotel

Al Jassasiyah White Beach Palace UrbaCon Trading & Contracting (UCC) N/A 400 Million Design Stage Mixed-Use

Marina Com 05 Tower at Lusail City Private Engineering Office / Mashour Real Estate Group N/A 315 Million Construction Stage Office / Commercial

Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry N/A 270 Million Design Stage Office

Com 02 - Barwa Bank Headquarters at Lusail City Barwa / Hilson Moran N/A 250 Million Design Stage Office

National Cyber Security Center Ministry of Interior / Al Ali International N/A 180 Million Design Stage Office

Police College Academy MOI WCT N/A Tender 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

MIC Business & Recreation Complex Alaqaria Arcon 169 Under Construction Mixed Use

Logistic City Qatar Navigation Ramco 450M Under Construction Warehouses

Headquarter of General Directorate of Borders, Passports & Travel Document Department Ministry of Interior Not Appointed N/A Design Stage Administrative and Office Bldg.

Construction of 56 Nos. New Schools (Stage 9B) PWA Al Huda/Al Sraiya/JTC 500 Under Construction Educational Building

Al Emadi Twin Towers IBA GROUP Not Appointed 400 Design Stage Commercial / Offices Towers

City Tower 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

Construction of American Hospital in Lusail Alwataniya Holding Not Appointed Confidential Tender Stage Hospital

5 Star Hotel Mr.Ali Abdulla Q A Al Emadi Not Appointed 108 Million DC-2 Stage Hotel

Qatar National Bank Branches QNB Not Appointed 20 Million under construction Bank

Qatar Driving School Almal Holding Not Appointed 120 Million Permit Stage Driving Academy

Gulf Pearl Office Building Gulf Pearls Company Gulf Pearl 40 Million Design Stage Residential Building

Office Building in Energy City Mr. Abdulla Abdul Rehman Abdulla Haidar Not Appointed 38 Million DC-1 Stage Corporate Offices

A Jazeera Finance Headquarter-Fut out Al Jazeera Finance Living Interior 9 Million Under Construction fit out

Consultancy Services for Additional Floors Fit-out at Al Bida Tower Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy Not Appointed Not Applicable Tender Stage fit out

ACES(Arab Center for Engineering Studies) ACES RAMCO Engineering 22 Million Tender Stage Industrial Building

C6 - LUSAIL REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 165,540,000.00 DESIGN STAGE MIXED USE BUILDING

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INDS. AREA MR. IBRAHIM AL ASMAKH NA 135,000,000.00 ON - GOING COMMERCIAL

C5 - LUSAIL RABBAN GROUP NA 126,319,000.00 DESIGN STAGE MIXED USE BUILDING

MIXED USE BUILDING (2B+G+8F)-C5 MR. IBRAHIM AL ASMAKH NA 114,080,000.00 ON - GOING COMMERCIAL

C4 - LUSAIL REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 108,070,000.00 DESIGN STAGE HOTEL APARTMENTS

FV7 - MULTI PURPOSE HALL/ART CENTRE REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 67,500,000.00 DESIGN STAGE COMMERCIAL

AL AHLI CLUB SH. AHMAD BIN HAMAD AL THANI NA 54,000,000.00 SERVICE DESIGN COMMERCIAL

FV9 AL ASMAKH HEAD OFFICE IN SUSAIL REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 38,000,000.00 DESIGN STAGE OFFICE BUILDING

FOXHILLS - A30 FURSAN REAL STATE NA 32,627,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

FOXHILLS - D49 REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 29,299,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

FOXHILLS - D21 REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 27,472,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

FOXHILLS - D04 REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 25,273,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

FOXHILLS - A13 REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 24,918,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

FOXHILLS - D14 REGENCY REAL ESTATE NA 23,150,000.00 DESIGN STAGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

NOTE: Whilst we take pride in keeping our Consultants Database with the most up-to-date information, please note that the above information is provided by the Consultants mentioned in the list; therefore QCS in not responsible for any incorrect data.

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Established in 1974, TRAGS Engineering is recognized as the leading Grade-1 MEP Services, District Cooling and Facility Management Contractor in the State of Qatar. The scope of activities covers all aspects of building services including design, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning of multi-service installa-tions. In addition, the company offers 24/7 Facility Management Services to government buildings, corporations, educational, healthcare, industrial, commer-cial and residential sectors.

TRAGS Electrical Engineering & Air Conditioning Co. W.L.LJaidah Tower Ist Floor, Abdul Aziz Bin Ahmed Street P.O. Box 470, Doha – QatarTel +974 44 41 42 11, Fax + 974 44 41 33 06 tragseng@tragsengineering.com

HVAC - Plumbing & Drainage - Fire Fighting - Electrical & ELV - Energy Centers - Street Lighting - Maintenance - Facility Management

www.tragsengineering.com

WIRE ROPES, SLINGS, HEIGHT SAFETY, FABRICATION, INSPECTION AND TESTING, RENTALS, CRANE HIRE

CRANE  AND  LIFTING  EQUIPMENT  ENGINEERS  GENERAL  MECHANICAL  WORKS  

4458 5480; 4469 4569; 5581 5641; 7748 7432 Email:  opera,ons@dutestqatar.com,  sales@dutestqatar.com  

Dutest Qatar W.L.L.

OUR  SCOPE  AND  SERVICES  

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UMM SLAL MOHAMEDP.O Box : 15104 Mob : 55 99 06 24 Telefax : 44 34 25 18 Email: info@metalplus.com.qa - hinzawi@metalplus.com.qa

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ESAB AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS WELDING MACHINES, CUTTING SYSTEMS, CONSUMABLES & PPE

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aldarwishe engineering bldg. d ring road .opposite lulu hyper market

Tel.: +974 4411 4482Fax.: +974 4411 4483+Mob.: +974 6611 4416

m.elrefai@greenstudio.qa

Rania Queen St. Amman- JordanTel: +9626 5356616 - Fax: +9626 535 6606 - P.O.Box: 622 - Aljbeha: 11941

watan_newspaper@yahoo.com

Monthly construction news, tenders, project focus, and forthcoming exhibitions in QatarTel.: +974 4469 3280 - Fax: +974 4451 0428

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