ingsight 14 - july 2015

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July 2015

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Title picture:Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme Kosovo: Badovc Barrier Lake (article pg. 12)

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Inhalt

Conference room of Dorsch Holding in Offenbach, Germany

Contents

Group News 4

Dorsch Topics:

Personnel Changes in the Commercial Sector 10

In Brief 11

Landmark Project:

Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme Kosovo 12

Reports of the Companies 14

facebook and twitter 29

Imprint 29

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In UAE the delegation’s programme comprised a visit of the urban design project “Masdar City“.

In Qatar the delegation visited Sheikh Faisal bin Kassim al-Thani, the granduncle of the Emir of Qatar. But most notably, a visit of the large-scale urban design project “Lusail City“ was on the agenda of Minister Gabriel.

Dorsch Gruppe is rendering construction supervision services for this outstanding project.

Many German enterprises hoped for assignments in Qatar. “The competition in Qatar is at a maximum, top enterprises from all over the world are gathering here“, Hoffmann reported to FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

The large-scale project was initiated within the scope of the Soccer World Championships taking place in Qatar in 2022.

Dorsch Holding

German Minister for Economy Gabriel visits Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar

Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economy and Energy, visited the Gulf Region from March 07th to 10th, accompanied by a large economic delegation with participation of Olaf Hoffmann, CEO of Dorsch Gruppe. He visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Dorsch Gruppe is commissioned with large-scale infrastructure projects in all three countries.

Beside political talks with govern-ment representatives of all three countries, the conversations focussed on the topics Infrastructure and Energy.

Gabriel opened the meetings of the mutual economic commissions in Saudi Arabia and in the UAE.

The local working conditions were discussed very critically in press and public prior to the visit.

Hence, the visit of the delegation of the Minister for Economic Affairs is a result of a transparency offensive of the Qatari government and the involved enterprises to resolve the allegations.

Minister Gabriel raised the issue of the migrant labourers in Qatar offensively and also questioned workers on site during the visit. The delegation’s visit to the construction site was accompanied by 37 journalists.

Gabriel praised Lusail as an exemplary construction site.

Group News

German Minister for Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel accompanied by Olaf Hoffmann and his delegation talking to workers at Lusail City construction site (© BMWi/Maurice Weiss)


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favourable investment opportunities to enterprises.

Both countries Oman and UAE are important commercial partner regions for Hessian business companies.

Dorsch Gruppe is active in the region for several decades yet.

Group picture of the Hesssian business delegation

Tarek Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs, together with Olaf Hoffmann in Oman

Hessian Business Delegation Visit to Oman and the United Arab Emirates

The Hessian Minister of State for Economic Affairs Tarek Al-Wazir and the Chairman of the Working Group of Hessian Chambers of Industry and Commerce Prof. Dr. Mathias Müller visited Oman and United Arab Emirates (UAE).

They were joined by a business delegation of 30 persons. The journey to Muscat and Abu Dhabi took place from February 22nd to 26th. The visit is expected to intensify the Hessian economic relations to both countries.

Mr Olaf Hoffmann, CEO of Dorsch Gruppe, and Mr Axel Böcker, partner at Dorsch International, followed the invitation of the Ministry to Middle East.

Folke Mühlhölzer, Managing Director of HA Hessen Agentur GmbH, promoted for business cooperations between the State of Hessen and the Middle East on location.

Mühlhölzer is also pleased about the participation of Dorsch Holding GmbH. “Dorsch Holding shows in impressive manner how know-how from Hessen can be distributed internationally“, Mühlhölzer stated.

The Sultanate of Oman and the UAE belong to the most attractive countries in Gulf Region, offering excellent growth perspectives and

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QatarBahrain

Doha

Al Manamah

KuwaitKuwait City

create momentum in the already improving construction industry.

The largest ever Expo site is set to be built at a total cost of US$ 4 billion and the secondary infrastructure spend will be upwards of US$ 8 billion including construction opportunities in the transport, hospitality, retail and commercial sectors.

With all extra infrastructures spend; jobs will be generated with some estimates claiming 30 % of the potential 300,000 jobs created by EXPO 2020 is expected to be in the construction sector alone.

Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, largest ever construction contracts awarded worth US$ 22.5 billion in three separate contracts on the Riyadh Metro Project.

Similar to Saudi Arabia, US$ 155 billion planned spend on metro and rail gathers speed in 2014 with US$ 50 billion planned for metro projects alone for Doha Red Line in Qatar.

Each nation within the Gulf Cooperation Council is looking to increase its water security and waste water systems to meet the increased demand created through rapid population growth and it will come as no surprise that Iraq’s water

DC Abu Dhabi

Gulf Cooperation Council & Iraq Construction Market Outlook 2015

If we consider the fundamentals of the construction industry, it is certainly easy to conclude that there is a lot of positive sentiment and more recently positive developments in awarding some mega and social infrastructure projects across the key markets.

Over 2014, the optimism within the GCC construction market has risen considerably and rightly so. The GCC saw US$ 70 billion worth of construction projects completed in the last year and is predicted to rise to US$ 84 billion in the current year according to the sources.

GCC governments have impressive national development plans to diversify their economies, reducing their reliance on oil and gas reserves, and a desire to be recognized on the world stage.

In order to deliver these plans, governments create “New Cities” the most ambitious multi tasking programmes and each one has considerable value such as King Abdullah Economic City in KSA, Mohammed Bin Rashid City in UAE and Lusail City in Qatar. Additionally Oman is planning US$ 8 billion of property development to 2020. The value of the “New Cities” cannot be underestimated as these developments bring sustainable and social value to the area.

UAE and KSA ranked in the top two positions for all sectors apart from education and healthcare where Qatar held the top spot in both.

During the past year Dubai saw 500 building projects launched since the celebrations Dubai winning the Expo 2020.

We have seen renewed confidence which is much needed stimulus to

injection project dominates the infrastructure pipeline.

Looking to 2015 and further ahead, government led initiatives will continue to drive growth in the GCC Construction sector as regional governments continue to focus on social infrastructure projects.

Bahrain | GCC Stimulus Package · PPP · Housing

Outlook: Stable financial and market trend(s), maintaining activity and pace of 2014. Active Sectors: Roads, Airports and Mixed-use.Notes: • Reportssuggestthattheoverall

growth is set to stabilize at around 4 per cent in 2014, with clear diversification efforts from the hydrocarbon sector resulting in significant increase in the large-projects spending.

• Followingthereceiptofthefirstfunds from the GCC Stimulus Package various stalled projects are being re-launched and resumed.

•Morethan50,000affordablehousing units are in shortage in Bahrain, to date. However, the first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) housing project in the country has been announced to tackle this matter.


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Outlook: Stable financial and market trend(s), maintaining activity and pace of 2014. Active Sectors: Airports, Railways and Roads.Notes: • ReportsstatethattheOmani

projects log is worth more than US$ 50 billion of mega-projects over the next 15 years.

• TheOmanigovernmenthasbeeninvested heavily in infrastructure construction to enhance the transportation network throughout Oman. This enthusiasm will assist the country in realizing its ambition as a major trade and transport hub in both interregional and Asia-Africa trade.

• US$15.5billionofspendingonrailprojects as well as the construction of a new town in Duqm.

Qatar | Growth · 2022 FIFA World Cup · Transportation

Outlook: Stable financial and market trend(s), maintaining activity and pace of 2014. Active Sectors: Social Infrastructure, Transportation, Infrastructure and Hospitality and Leisure.Notes: •Oneofthemostactivemarkets

dominated by metro projects; four of five biggest contracts awarded in Qatar are transportation infrastructure projects.

Iraq | Progress · Erbil · Legislations

Outlook: Stable financial and market trend(s), maintaining activity and pace of 2014. Active Sectors: Infrastructure.Notes: • Consideredthefastestgrowing

emerging market in the region.• Iraq’sunprecedentedneedfor

power and electricity; accordingly Iraq is planning to undertake programmes to build more than 12,000 MW of new capacity by 2016.

• Reportssuggestthatthesemi-autonomous northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, has become the first stop for many foreign companies looking to establish a presence in Iraq.

Kuwait | Greatest Potential · PPP · Power & Water

Outlook: Positive; experiencing favorable financial and market development compared to 2014.Active Sectors: Infrastructure, Metro, Power and Electricity and Desalination.Notes: • TheThirdKuwaitMasterPlan

Review includes, but is not limited to, the completion of following by 2030: 315,000 private housing units, more than 8,600 hospital beds and more than 580 schools.

With a diverse market and a chronic

need to develop the infrastructure, Kuwait’s government expenditure is set to triple by 2016.

Promising to become one of the largest power and water project market in the region is fueled by the additional need for 10,000 MW and new desalination capacity of 270 million gallons a day both by 2020.

The most prominent projects reported to date are: the Metro Project (US$ 7 billion), Kuwait International Airport (US$ 3.3 billion) and Subiya Causeway (US$ 2.6 billion).

Oman | Diversification · Airports · Transportation Hub

Oman

Muscat

IraqBaghdad

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Saudi ArabiaRiyadh

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

• Toaccommodateforthespectatorsexpected to attend the 2022 World Cup, Qatar has begun pursuing the construction of tourism-related hospitality facilities.

•OverUS$24billionareallocatedfor infrastructure budget in 2014 which is the biggest infrastructure budget in the country’s history.

• LusailCityhasstartedreceivingits first residents following the completion of the bulk infrastructure

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) | Premier Market · Government Spending · Water

Outlook: Stable financial and market trend(s), maintaining activity and pace of 2014. Active Sectors: Social Infrastructure, Transportation, Healthcare, Metro and New Cities.Notes: • Leadingthewayintheregion

with over US$ 1 trillion of projects planned and underway.

• Toaccommodatefortheyouthfuldemographic of the country, the Saudi government is heavily investing in the development of the social infrastructure including healthcare and education.

• Variousambitious‘NewCities’programmes are also being introduced similar to the prestigious King Abdullah

Economic City project.• US$66billionwerepledgedfor

housing alone, with 500,000 new units in the pipeline.

• Thebiggestconcernisduetothemassive scale of construction is the reality of input cost inflation and the possibility of project delays because of the lack of construction materials and labor.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Recovery · 2020 World Expo · Affordability

Outlook: Positive; experiencing favorable financial and market development compared to 2014.Active Sectors: Transportation,

Residential, Mixed-use, Infrastructure and New Cities. Notes: • DorschHoldingholdsa33%share

of GCC’s project market.• FollowingtheawardingofExpo

2020 to the host city, Dubai, the total value of projects planned or underway at US$ 727 billion. Accordingly UAE has been aggressively investing in residential and infrastructure market, with the sector of affordable facilities emerging.

• ThelargesteverExpositeisset to be built at a total cost of US$ 4 billion.

• Inlinewiththeregionalactivityin the transportation sector, the current projects log is currently valued at US$ 5.7 billion; with the largest project being the high-speed Etihad Rail Network.

• DespitefiercecompetitionfromKSA and Qatar, UAE tops the list of mixed-use and residential developments, especially in the presenceofambitious‘NewCities’projects such as Mohammed Bin Rashed City in Dubai.

• AbuDhabiissettobetransformedby US$ 100 billion worth of construction projects.

• 62kmhighwayconnectingDubaiand Abu Dhabi, scheduled for completion in 2017.


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BDC/Dorsch International Cairo

Presentation “Trenchless Sewer Rehabilitation” of Uwe Wetzel in Cairo

In many urban areas with a high volume of infrastructure in Egypt, a significant proportion of sewer systems have recently exceeded their expected life-times and need to be newly installed or repaired.

The traditional “open cut method” for replacement of the sewer results in already overburdened inner cities to traffic collapse. Appropriate measures to deal with this aging infrastructure are now urgently needed. Trenchless sewer rehabilitation technologies could be a real alternative.

Some projects that are processed in the context of IWSP, founded by KfW, are increasingly required to solve these problems in inner-city rehabilitation. However, most of the engineers of designing and construction companies lack the necessary experience in this specialized field of Egypt.

HCWW issued Dorsch International with the contract to prepare and give a presentation on trenchless sewer rehabilitation technology.

Mr. Wetzel is head of department of urban water management of Dorsch Gruppe and since 1997 a certified expert for sewer rehabilitation in Germany.

He prepared the presentation in cooperation with Keith Brooke, Technical Manager for Water and Wastewater of Dorsch International and director of the Dorsch International office in Cairo.

The presentation took place on Sunday, the 7th of December 2014 at the HCWW Cairo office.

According to the agenda, Mr. Wetzel reported on the following main topics:

Trenchless Technologies of Sewer Rehabilitation

• Thebasicsforpreparation-designcriteria

• Theprocedureforstructuralrehabilitation (Repair, Renovation, Replacement)

• Selectedrawinvestmentcost

Selected Practical Examples for Trenchless Rehabilitation

• shortpipelining• hoselining• pipebursting

With the support of individual material samples and video clips of different technologies, the following requirements were presented:

• thepotentialareasofapplication,• advantages-anddisadvantages

as well as • rawinvestmentcostsof

technologies

A particularly important issue for urban replacement projects is the construction of new sewer “on line” or “off line” alongside the existing sewer. Fundamental decision criteria were covered in the presentation.

The discussion with the attending engineers and representatives from HCWW showed a huge interest in learning more about applications and backgrounds of trenchless methods.

Still struck by the impression of this very positive feedback, the gained experiences were used to offer similar services to our current partners in Brazil. Efforts were made to get into conversation with our Brazilian clients, including the water and wastewater utility COPASA in the federal state of Minas Gerais. This issue arouse interest immediately, further proceedings are on the way.

Uwe Wetzel (left) and Keith Brooke (2nd from left) during the presentation on 7th December 2014 at HCWW in Cairo

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Personnel Changes in the Commercial Sector of Dorsch Gruppe

by Andreas Rienecker, CFO of Dorsch Gruppe

During the last few months quite a few changes have taken place within the Dorsch commercial area.

Effective October 1, 2014, Mr. Martin Monden took over responsibility for the corporate controlling department after Mr. Achim

von Kutzschenbach had taken his retirement.

In this position he will be responsible for the controlling department as well as represent the Dorsch policy guidelines competence towards our subsidiaries.

In addition, with effect from January 2, 2015, Mr. Monden was appointed Quality Management representative of Dorsch Holding GmbH. He took over this task from Mr. Philipp Ditzel who will increasingly redirect his attention to operative tasks within Dorsch International Consultants GmbH (DI).

Since January 2, 2015, Mr. Andreas Blau has been supporting Mr. Monden in the controlling department in Munich.

In this position he will be responsible for the overall strategic development of Dorsch Gruppe.

We have also strengthened the DI and BDC commercial areas.

On October 1, 2014, Mr. Paul Gestner joined the DI team. With some years’ professional experience in controlling he will mainly be responsible for general commercial tasks as well as, in the medium term, get involved in the project controlling.

Mr. Mehmet Yildiz will further support the accounting team, effective July 1, 2015.

Thanks to Mr. Yildiz’ professional

experience of many years he has a profound accounting knowledge.

He replaces Mrs. Doßke who left the company on March 31, 2015.

The BDC commercial team will be strengthened by Mrs. Bianka Jürgens effective July 1, 2015.

Mrs. Jürgens, who replaces Mr. Clemens Rodewald, has a long-standing professional experience as a controller and will, in addition to general commercial tasks, look after the superordinate company / project controlling.

Mr. Blau basically took over Mr. Monden’s former position and will also help with the daily controlling challenges.

In Offenbach Mr. Sebastian Gassner and Mrs. Natalia Hedderich came on board the group accounting department on May 1 and May 16, 2015, respectively.

Mr. Gassner worked for an auditing and tax consulting company for various years and will mainly be responsible here for balancing and tax issues.

Mrs. Hedderich comes to us from a tax accounting company and will be dealing with our accounting matters as well as support Mr.

Strobl, head of corporate accounting, with the preparation of month-end and year-end financial statements and any other relevant tasks.

Both our two new colleagues report to Mr. Strobl. They replace Mrs. Koev, who left the company effective March 31, 2015, and Mr. Lorenz who will leave Dorsch on July 31, 2015.

After working for Dorsch for almost 25 years Mr. Rose has decided to take on a new professional challenge. Mr. Andreas Fellmann will follow him as manager IT of Dorsch Holding effective July 1, 2015.

Bianka Jürgens,

Controlling BDC, Berlin

Dorsch Topics

Paul Gestner,

Controlling DI, Munich

Andreas Fellmann,

Head of IT, Offenbach

Martin Monden, Head of

Corporate Controlling, Munich

Achim von Kutzschenbach,

Independent Gentleman

Andreas Blau,

Controlling Offenbach

Natalia Hedderich,

Accounting, Offenbach

Sebastian Gassner,

Accounting, Offenbach

Mehmet Yildiz,

Controlling DI, Munich


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Already since the end of 2013, Mr. Zaldy Gabin has been working as accountant for Dorsch Qatar (DCQ) in Doha.

In Abu Dhabi a SAP training for DCE and DCQ accountants took place in spring 2014. The employees were trained for the duration of one week in order to reach future group targets.

During the course of this year DCE converted the local accountancy system to SAP and, since then, has been making all bookings in SAP on their own authority.

The DCQ accountancy is already being run at 100 % by SAP. It is planned that in future DCQ as well should assume more direct responsibility for the SAP-operated accountancy and carry out the bookings directly and locally in Doha.

Furthermore, Mr. Bader, commercial director of Dorsch International, took over responsibility for commercial issues of BDC in June 2014. For this reason he was granted collective power of attorney for BDC.

In Dorsch Egypt (DCE), we were able to take Mr. Amr Elrahmany on board as accountant.

He took over accounting tasks from Mrs.

Sonia Elguindy in our Cairo office. Mrs. Elguindy took her well-deserved retirement after passing over her responsibilities. Mr. Amr Elrahmany reports to Mr. Thomas Krisch.

Zaldy Gabin,

Accounting Dorsch Qatar

Amr Elrahmany,

Accounting Dorsch Egypt

Michael Bader, Commercial

Director DI and BDC

M. Schleusener, BDC, meets Ms. G. Lötzsch in Berlin office

In Brief

BDC Berlin: Gesine Lötzsch, Chairwoman of Budget Committee of German Parliament, Visits BDC in Berlin

On the 16th of April 2014 Mrs Gesine Lötzsch (party DIE LINKE), chairwoman of the budget committee of the German Federal Parliament, visited BDC Dorsch Consult in Berlin. The headquarter of BDC in Berlin-Lichtenberg lies in the constituency of Mrs Lötzsch. Mrs Lötzsch and her office manager Mr Schlüsselburg together with a local press representative were informed about the work of BDC in Berlin and nationwide, but also about the recent International Development Cooperation performed by BDC successfully, in particular in Brazil. Especially the Development Cooperation issue was an essential occasion for the visit against the background of preparatory works of the Federal Ministry of Development Cooperation for Mrs Lötzsch. Typical problems accompanying and complicating the work of an engineering consulting company in the East of Germany nowadays were also discussed with Mrs Lötzsch. Both sides will keep in touch.

SAP training at Dorsch Holding GmbH led by Mr. Strobl and Mrs. Wicklein

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Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme Kosovo

by Daphne Voss, Dorsch International

About 40% of the population in Kosovo, mainly in rural areas, still lack access to piped water supply systems or rely on poorly functioning ones, not managed by licensed operators. Adequate wastewater treatment is almost absent in both rural and urban areas.

65% of the total population living in settlements benefit from a sewer system, whereas only 42% of the rural population has access to a sewer. There is no monitoring of neither the quantities nor the quality of the discharges. The wastewater in rural areas is disposed off into open earth channels which contaminate surface and groundwater, resulting in poor-quality drinking water from wells.

Despite the advanced legal and regulatory sector framework, Kosovo’s water sector remains fragile as the regional water companies (RWCs) are far from operating sustainably. Collection rate is only at about 60% and water losses are very high, at an average of 50%.

Some municipalities are reluctant to put their water systems under RWC management, because of weak application of services’ standards and a lack of water sources protection. Low capacities and high (technical and commercial) water losses undermine the RWCs’ sustainability, generating insufficient revenues even for covering just operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Between 150,000 and 170,000 Kosovars live in Switzerland, which equals about 8% of the population of Kosovo. They make up the biggest

Diaspora group of all countries in which SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)and SECO (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) are active. The group generates an intense social and economic network between the two states. These strong links represent a potential for increased economic cooperation.

Since 2005 the Swiss Confederation, acting through the SDC, contributed significantly to the improvement of the water supply and sanitation situation in rural areas in Kosovo through the previous four phases of the Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme in Kosovo (RWSSP).

A joint venture, led by Dorsch International Consultants GmbH was entrusted with the implementation ofPhaseVofthisprogramme.

Landmark Project

Badovc Barrier Lake is one of the major drinking water resources for rural areas around Pristina - its water level has reached a critical stage meanwhile


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The programme represents the largest development cooperation project financed by Switzerland at the moment and is coordinated by the Swiss Cooperation Office in Prishtina.

TheactualPhaseVoftheprogrammeis a scaling up of the previous phases. The programme will intervene on the following levels:

•Onthemicro-level,theprogrammewill work on increasing access of the population to water and sanitation systems. The programme will invest in the construction of new rural water and sanitation systems, in the rehabilitation or upgrading of existing rural water systems, and will assure the integration of all these systems into the management of the Regional Water Companies (RWCs). The implementation of the programme includes the selection and prioritisation of water and sanitation projects as well as the tendering and supervision of the design and construction works for the new and rehabilitated systems;

•Onthemeso-level,theprogrammewill support the RWCs to strengthen their capacities for providing sustainable water and

sanitation services, for planning and managing infrastructure investments, for operating and maintaining rural water systems, for protecting water sources and for increasing revenue collection.The implementation of the programme includes investing in equipment and/or tools as well as capacity building, training and organising an exchange with other utilities in the region; and

•Onthemacro-level,theprogramme will support national stakeholders to assure good coordination between the different levels for solving political issues relevant for rural water supply and sanitation.

The project activities cover the micro- and meso-levels as well as the coordination with national sector institutions within the macro-level.

Iber-Lebpenc raw water canal connecting Gazivoda Lake to drinking water offtake in Mihaliq village

Typical village in Kosovo near Iber-Lebpenc canal benefitting from the Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme

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Reports of the Companies

DC Abu Dhabi

Community Line Bus Stops for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

DC Abu Dhabi has been awarded its first project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

One of the most prominent clients in the Kingdom, Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), has awarded DC Abu Dhabi the consultancy services for the Community Line Bus Stops – Phase 2 and Phase 3 – project in the capital city of Riyadh.

The Saudi Arabian market today is coined as the largest projects market in the Middle East with US$ 61 billion worth of contracts awarded last year, and a further over US$ 1.0 trillion worth of projects planned or under construction, as reported by MEED.

The bus network will be the first development of the public transport system within Riyadh, with a total length of 375.8 km and 20 lines.

The scope of services includes studying each community and circle bus line in detail to determine the final location of each bus stop within the duration of 12 calendar months; providing traffic inventory studies and improving roads intersections among other services.

Having recently completed the design of a similar bus stops project for Abu Dhabi city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the Department of Transport (DoT), DC aims to implement Arriyadh Development Authority’s vision in providing a world-class public transport system that is reliable, efficient and an affordable.

This contract echoes Dorsch Gruppe’s expansionary policy and builds on previous successes experienced in the region such as the breakthroughs accomplished in various markets including Iraq, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar among others.

Provisional community stop design: two plus seven conditioned modules & vertical totem.

Map of Al-Riyadh Bus Project, KSA


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Musanada Contract, United Arab Emirates

Since its establishment, DC Abu Dhabi has taken pride in its long track record of building successful partnership with elite clients supported by a rich portfolio of reputable projects.

Amongst those partnerships that are dearly valued is our performance record with UAE’s Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada).

Musanada (an Arabic word meaning support) is a non-profit company established to provide shared services

to the government of Abu Dhabi in an attempt to deliver the highest of standards across three main domains: Buildings, technology and business support.

Amidst various collaborations, DC Abu Dhabi has been entrusted with providing the consultancy services for various residential projects that form an integral part of the national policies regarding providing housing for Emarati nationals.

The scope of services includes consulting services for the construction and completion of site grading, infrastructure and

residential units at Al-Yabana, Um Al-Ashtan and Bid’ Al-Mutawa’ah.

The project aims to promote the advancement of civilization and architecture in the Western Region through the rehabilitation and development of infrastructure for residential areas.

The contract value stands at AED 273 million (approx. € 54.3 million) and consists of 100 residential villas with a current percentage of completion averaging at 29 per cent.

Residential project in Bid’ Al-Mutawa’ah (60 residential villas)

Rendering of housing unit for Um Al-Ashtan area (20 residential villas) Housing construction in progress in Al-Yabana (20 residential villas)

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E19 Public Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Located in the heart of the capital city of Abu Dhabi is the E19 Public Park. The project awarded to DC Abu Dhabi for design, construction supervision, operations and maintenance; is the most recent manifestation of our landscape team’s originality.

The Park demonstrates an assertive statement of creativity, hard-work and sheer elegance. E19 is coined amongst the most complex and challenging projects not only due to its location but also implementation.

Triggering various safety concerns was the location of E19; situated in the central main island of Abu Dhabi city and overlooking one of the capital’s busiest main roads, Sheikh Zayed Street.

Adding to its complexity was the multifaceted nature of the allocated plot which houses an assortment of underground public utility mains that feed the capital. Such setting required comprehensive safety measures to be thoroughly studied and incorporated in the detailed variations of the design assuring that

safety, practicality and effectiveness are the main themes of the Park design.

The 2.1 hectare Park featuring greenery and a water fountain encompasses various features, including but not limited to, shaded picnic benches, children’s playground, gazebos, basketball court, tennis court, running track, chess/check

tables, outdoor gym equipments and a giant chess set. The functionality of the park extends with the presence of designated prayer areas and restrooms. Completed in December 2013, E19 has successfully been catering to the needs of the community offering a serene retreat amidst the mayhem of the city.

Good teamwork is the essence of project success: our DC Abu Dhabi landscape team

Running track and giant chess set in E 19 park in Abu Dhabi City


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DC India

River Crossings for Bakhrabad Siddhirganj Natural Gas Pipeline, Bangladesh

Crossing rivers in case of High Pressure Natural Gas Transmission Pipe Lines is always a big challenge. Dorsch Consult India Pvt. Ltd. is working on 60 km long 30” dia Bakhrabad Siddhirganj Natural Gas Pipeline in Bangladesh and this pipe line has six major river crossings. Dorsch is working as Owner’s Engineer on this IDA / World Bank funded project and the scope of services includes Basic Engineering, Preparation of Request for Proposal / Bidding Document for engagement of EPC Contractor on Turnkey basis, Construction Supervision, Commissioning and Start-up Assistance, Project Management.

Six major river crossings along the length are:•MeghnaGomtiRiver(1.57kmswide)•MeghnaRiver(1.309kmswide)• KazlaRiver(0.525kmswide)• AsariarCharRiver(0.522kmswide)• BrammoputraRiver(0.370kmswide)• SitalakhiyaRiver(0.278kmswide)

Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method was adopted to undertake these crossings. In this case, pipes cross the rivers at a depth which is determined by soil conditions.

One of the challenges in case of above rivers in Bangladesh is that they are in delta region and have

perennial flow of water throughout the year. Many river crossing efforts in past had failed because of various challenges. Crossing beneath the river bed keeping sufficient cover by using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method involving use of special equipments like guidance system, track steering system, directional drilling rig of 350 / 250 tons capacity, mud pump, mud recycle unit, mud tank, drill pipes, bentonite storage, generators, mud / waste pit, slurry pump, excavators, pipe layers, etc.

By successful completion of crossing of one of the largest rivers involved in the project “Meghna river (width 1.309 kms)” on 12th February 2014, all six major river crossings involved in this project have been successfully completed.

With river crossings completed, it was strategically decided to opt for commissioning of pipeline alone. “Gas-in” i.e. commissioning of pipeline alone with above approach is being worked out and it is expected that “Gas-in” would be achieved around end Nov. 2014.

Pipeline crossing of Meghna River - pipe side

Photograph of rig side of Meghna River crossing, Bangladesh

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DC Asia

Successful Under River Crossing of Chao Phraya River at MRTA Project in Bangkok, Thailand

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) completed the first under river crossing of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River for the continuing expansion of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) light rail network Blue Line Extension Project.

The Chao Phraya River tunnel will connect the existing intercity network of existing underground tunnels to elevated rail servicing the southern Bangkok suburbs which is also presently under construction.

The entire Blue Line Extension Project consists of approximately 5 km underground rail with four stations and 15 km elevated rail with 16 stations.

The project commenced in the first quarter of 2011 and shall be opened in stages with the final staged opening scheduled for April 2019.

The Blue Line Extension Project is divided into six contracts. Two civil contracts for the tunneling work, two civil contracts for thee elevated sections, one trackworks contract for all rail and a mechanical & electrical

Expansion Work of IIT Kanpur Institute, India

DC India has been appointed to work as Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the expansion work of prestigious institute i.e. IIT Kanpur. IIT Kanpur is India’s one of the premier institutes in the field of Engineering and Technology. The total project costs sum up to INR 1,200 million, about € 15.1 million.

DC India will provide following services:

•ProcurementRelatedServices/Advising and Assisting the Institute in Selection and Appointment of

Contractors,Suppliers&Vendorsetc.•ReviewofDrawing,Designs,

Specifications and Bill of Quantities•ProjectCostControl•QualityControl&QualityAssurance•MonitoringandManagementof

work•ConstructionSupervision•ProvidingAssistanceinLegaland

other related matters•Health,SafetyandEnvironment

Practices•CheckingandCertificationofall

Measurements and Bills•FinalBillsettlementandAs-Built

Drawings•DefectLiabilityPeriodServices

Renderings of the Engineering and Technology Institute IIT Kanpur


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contract that includes power, signaling and communications.

There are presently two Tunnel Boring Machines in operation and are each approaching the end of the first tunnel segment which is designed to accommodate single train structure gauge.

Tunnels at stations are designed for both horizontally parallel for a single station platform arrangement and also a double platform stacked configuration for stations that have limited horizontal space due do existing foundations for adjacent structures.

DC Asia’s contribution to the project Management Consultant Joint VenturePartnershipfortheBlueLineExtension Project includes key staff specialists for contract management and highly technical positions for signaling, operations, safety assessment, automatic fare collection and platforms.

KSB New Workshop Project, Bangkok, Thailand

After having been awarded to provide the project & construction management (PMCM) services to KSB Pumps Co., Ltd. for the construction of KSB new office building in Bangkok which was scheduled to be completed by March 2014, DC Asia Co., Ltd. was continuously selected to provide the PMCM services for the phase 2 construction of the new 1,200 sq.m. workshop.

The workshop will be equipped with the new pump test facility which will strengthen the capability of KSB Pumps Co., Ltd. to be able to provide broader services to its valued customers.

Renderings of exterior and interior view of KSB workshop, Bangkok

Breakthrough of Tunnel Boring Machine at Sanam Chai station at Dec. 15, 2014 after undercrossing the Chao Praya River

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In 2012, the local Governorate and the Aswan Water Company developed a restructuring project to secure the water supply of the informal area “Nassereya” in Aswan city. It consists of three components and is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) with Dorsch Gruppe as their consultant.

The current water supply system in this informal area was first installed in the late 80’s through a GIZ project and is now not able to meet the current demand any more. The main feeder pipeline does not deliver enough capacity and the main pumping station’s equipment is old and worn out, causing regular water cuts especially in summer.

After more than one year of planning and preparations, on Monday 24th of February 2014, there was the cornerstone laying event for the new pumping station in Nassereya (Aswan).

During this ceremony there were different speeches held by the Gov-ernor of Aswan (Mostafa Yossry El Saed), the Swiss Ambassador (Markus Leitner), the director of CARE Egypt (Hazem Fahmy), the chairman of the water company (Mohamed Badrin)

and the Dorsch project manager (Dr. Matthias Obermann).

In the course of their speeches, the referees pointed out the importance of the project for the local population for the improvement of the drinking water quality and the more efficient water usage. Furthermore the speakers expressed their sincere thanks for the good cooperation between the different participants in planning and implementation since the beginning of this extensive project.

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to access to quality drinking water and reduced water usage the governorate of Aswan. This project will run for four years until 2016 with an overall budget of about 38 Mio. EGP. It will deal with the three components infrastructure measure, capacity building and awareness / participation.

The first component of the project will increase the capacity of the main line supplying Nassereya, build a new pumping station with higher capacity (>1,000 m3/h) and storage tank (total volume 3,000 m3). An elevated storage tank for another 1,000 m3 was designed and will be implemented in a later phase.

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Water Programme Aswan, Egypt

People have been settling in this area already for thousands of years even though Aswan is one of the driest inhabited places in the world (99% of the Egyptian population uses only about 5.5% of the total land).

Only because of the Nile, one of the biggest rivers in the world, it was possible to live in this area although there were always problems with water shortage.

In the past but especially at this stage as well as in near future the water resources of the Nile can’t catch the fast growth of the Egyptian population any more.

Markus Leitner (Ambassador Switzerland) and Mostafa Yossry El Saed (Governor of Aswan)

laying the cornerstone for the new pumping station

Poster to promote the Swiss Water Programme


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In the second component, in order to support the strategic decision making within the Water Company, there will be a restructuring of the customer management, repair and maintenance management and the financial management.

The third component aims to create awareness in the local population of water related issues, e.g. involve students in schools and teach them about water conservation.

It also will be the link to give the residents the possibility to participate in the decision making and create ownership of the project.

SInce December 2014 construction started on the sites of the pumping station and the reservoir, expected completion is January 2016.

From August until December Component 2 conducted a “comprehensive subscriber survey”, updating the data of over 4,300

households with the aim to identify ways to increase revenue of the water company by e.g. repairing water meters or identifying illegal connections.

With these measures, MENA division of DI will hopefully contribute to a better and more equal access to water supply services in Aswan.

From left: Dr. Matthias Obermann (Project manager), Rawya El-Dhabi (Awareness and Participation Team Leader),

Markus Leitner (Ambassador of Switzerland), Mostafa Yossry El Saed (Governor of Aswan), Mohamed Badrin

(Chairman of the Aswan Water and Sanitation Company), Said Ismail (Head of City Council Aswan)

Inhabitants of Aswan during the corner laying ceremony

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The start of the project financed by KfW was in August 2014. It will be implemented until November

2015, the investment volume is € 11.8 million.

Reconstruction of Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructure in Gaza

Following the truce agreement on 26th August 2014 and in the frame of the ongoing DI contract for the Gaza Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Project, Dorsch International has been entrusted with additional services for the reconstruction of water and wastewater infrastructure in Gaza.

The project comprises repair works for pumping stations, wells and reservoirs but also supply of fuel, cement, chlorine and spare parts for the operators of the facilities such as our client, the Coastal Municipal Water Utility (CMWU).

The project is managed by our valued Technical Manager for Water and Wastewater, Mr. Keith Brooke and part of the Dorsch InternationaI MENA Department.

Destructions by airstrikes in Gaza city

A flock of sheep near Gaza


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Qena Water Supply Project in Egypt

The Qena Water Supply Project Phase 2, will be implemented in cooperation with our client the Qena Company for Water and Wastewater (QCWW).

It is designed as an open programme, which allows the optimal use of the available funds, focussing on improvement of the water supply infrastructure. The project comprises an investment volume of € 6 million and is financed by KfW.

The prime objective of the project is to improve the health and living conditions of the people in Qena City and in the Governorate of Qena by rehabilitating and upgrading the water supply infrastructure; this involves the provision and extension of a secure water supply distribution system, metering of water production and consumption (IWA water balance), development of the NRW reduction strategy, comprehensive subscriber survey and improved revenue collection as well as improvement of the energy efficiency and construction of river bank filtration.

Phase 1 of the project was completed in July 2013 already. Following this, DI was entrusted with Phase 2, beginning in November 2014 for a projected period of three years.

The Project Manager in Qena is Dr. Jürgen Moses. The project is part of the DI MENA Department.

Project Meeting in Qena

Repair works at Qena drinkng water network, Egypt

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Water Losses in Urban Environment Project for Tiruvannamalai Village, India

The project “WaLUE” is described as the Development and Demonstration of a Technology-based Business Concept for the Sustainable Management of Water Losses in Urban Environment, executed for the ODA-Financed Water Works Municipality of Tiruvannamalai.

The main objective of the project “WaLUE” is, to deliver an overall solution concept for water loss reduction, adapted to the situation of the Indian water supply sector and exemplarily executed for the municipality of Tiruvannamalai. For such a solution, it is necessary to adapt existing technologies.

The project will include capable national and international cooperation partners.

Applicant and Coordinator is IEEM. KIT will be integrated in the project as experienced academic partner. Strong industrial partners will participate (with valuable work input and financial self-contribution), namely, Dorsch International Consultants GmbH (for engineering,

planning, consulting and asset management), SebaKMT (for leakage management), WILO SE (for pump efficiency), GWFA GmbH (for business models and local business development)andVAG-ArmaturenGmbH as sub contractor (for dynamic pressure technology).

Pilot zones 5 (red) and 6 (blue) for water management in Tiruvannamalai, India

Women in Tiruvannamalai village getting drinking water from a well


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Indian partners are TNUDF (which is partially financed through KfW credit lines), the municipality of Tiruvannamalai and the IGCS as subcontracted academic partner.

Description of Services

• Dataevaluation(networkdata,customer data, water consumption, intake, supply zones)

• Digitizationofthedata(GIS)• Selectionofpilotzones(see

picture below): Zone 5 and 6, selection criteria: Pump application possibility, zone size, customer selection)

• Hydrauliccalculation–calculationof pipe capacity, pressure ratios, pump dimensions, identification of weak spots on the network

• Preparationofamonitoringconcept:

• Installationofwatermeters(household water meters, large-scale water meters – thereby identification of water consumption and intake into the pilot zones

• Useofleakagedetectors(bySebaKMT), identification of leakages

• Supportofrepairmeasures• Installationofpower-savingpumps

(Wilo)• Databaseentryofallsupplydata

and inventory including condition assessment

Data of Pilot Zones

• 5,622inhabitantsinzone5,equivalent to 3.9% of the total population of Tiruvannamalai.

• TheoperatorissupplyingZone5with the elevated tank Thamarai Nagar(V=150m3, 177 m a.s.l.) with manual regulation by a gravity-fed system.

• Zone6issuppliedbywellfieldSamudram Eri via two underwater pumps in a collection chamber.

• AccordingtoCensus2011about3,160 inhabitants are living in zone 6.

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German Support of Water Supply for Syrian Refugees, Jordan

A contract has been signed on Jan. 07th, 2014 at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, worth € 10 million to begin the implementation of new water projects in the areas with Syrian refugees with funding from the German Bank KFW. The Minister of Water and Irrigation, Dr. Hazem Nasser said during the signing of the grant that it will be allocated to local communities that includes Syrian refugees and that it had been requestedbytheministryinApril‘13.

During the presence of the Secretary General of the Water Authority Eng. Tawfiq Habashneh, Unit Manager of Planning and Administration Eng. Iyad Aldhyat and Assistant of Technical Affairs Eng. Ziad Haddadin, Dr. Hazem said that the grant will be implemented in the governorates of Mafraq, Irbid, Jerash and Ajloun and Ramtha. € 4 million will be allocated for rehabilitation and drilling of new wells in communities in Badia, further € 3 million for water and sanitation in those provinces and regions. Another € 3 million will be allocated for the purchase of equipment wiring sewer lines and tanks and pumps.

He also noted that the grant will ease pressure on the program of water and sewer lines that are designed to specific annual increases, but that the population increase is sudden and unusual in a period of a very short time has caused great pressure on these facilities. He pointed to the support of other international destinations for the water sector, especially the Japanese government to US$ 17 million, both from the international Bank and EU with US$ 10 million in addition to the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development through community organizations such as mercy core with US$ 10 million.

He added that the agreement includes a consultant preparing bid documents to improve services for the project of water supply in its second phase of the areas most populated with Syrian refugees in Jordan, where the company Dorsch International will prepare detailed studies and designs for and during the period of one month from now, and will oversee all components of the project which aims to improve the quality of water services in these areas and the value of up to about € 800,000.

Field trip to Znaieh Wellfield near Balama (Mafraq Governorate) to check status quo of existing production wells

by DI personnel Norbert Honigmann (Project Manager) and Amjad Al-Share (Site Engineer)

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Airport Survey for Ghana Completed

The World Bank and the Ghanaian Ministry of Transport are surveying the existing airports’ infrastructure and capacity to guarantee smooth air traffic.

Dorsch International is responsible for the so-called system plan, which has been completed successfully. It analyses the current airport infrastructure and offers advice for the future strategic airport development in the ten regions of Ghana.

The project comenced in 2013 with a tender of the World Bank to develop an official system plan for Ghana in West Africa. The main task of the World Bank is to boost the economic development of member states by financial help and advice and thus add to the international development aims.

Ministry of Transport (MoT) is official contractor, which has contracted an airport survey for ten regions in Ghana in total. This one has been completed lately.

The project has been managed with the cooperation of the Ghanaian airport company Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) integrating the relevant airport stakeholders, for example the flight companies and the Civil Air Traffic Authority.

The aim of this survey is to give advice to the MOT in regard to the airport development, considering the existing infrastructure and the increasing demand in the country. Based on a macro economic survey, a traffic prognosis and a capacity analysis of the existing civil and commercial airports have been investigated. Thus, the current and future role and function have been revised, infrastructure measurements defined and an investment plan programmed.

“The air traffic in Ghana has developed very quickly and it is not only an important part of the mobility of the Ghanaian population, but also the basic condition for the further successful economic development of the country.

Accra International Airport, Ghana


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The system plan supports the MoT and the GACL in developing the airport infrastructure of the country in a holistic way and to prioritize investments. Thus, the predicted traffic growth will be covered according to the needs and the security standards will be raised to an international level“, explains Adam Symalla, Airports CEO at Dorsch.

We surveyed the following existing airports:

• InternationalAirportinAccra,• NationalAirportsinKumasi,

Tamale and Sunyani,• TakoradiAirport• andtheregionalairfieldsinWa

und Paga

The Dorsch International project included:

• Analysisoftheexistingtechnicalcondition, functionality, capacity and security standards,

•Macro-economicsurvey,disclosingthe economic options in each region,

• Trafficprognosisinordertodetermine the future passenger and cargo volume and depict the resulting effects,

• Prioritymatrix,whichdefinestechnical, operative and economic

criteria and helps to prioritize projects and investments,

• Survey,whichfirstlygivesactionadvice for each airport,

and secondly illustrates the development of a well-operating airport system in order to guarantee a smooth air traffic in the future.

“The consulting project has been completed successfully at the end of 2014. The next steps will be to support the Ministry of Transport with the GACL – based on the good cooperation – in the implementation of the survey results and in developing partial measures. An adjustment of the system plan should take place every five years“, states Klaus Dorwarth, project manager of the Airports Division at Dorsch International.

Poor weather conditions during takeoff at Kumasi National Airport

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Sludge Disposal and Water Loss Reduction Concept for Batman, Turkey

The city of Batman is situated in the southeast of Turkey, approx. 100 km from the Syrian border and 300 km from the Iraqi border. The population stands at 370,000 making Batman an important and fast growing urban centre. Water supply, wastewater discharge and treatment show massive shortcomings.

Water losses amount to more than 70% with many illegal house connections. This results in unnecessary high operational costs and reduced revenues which do not cover a sustainable operation and maintenance of the systems.

At present, sludge from the wastewater treatment plant is disposed of at the municipal landfill. This violates the environmental law of Turkey due to the quality of the sludge. In addition, the fees which need to be paid for dumping of sludge become more and more a financial burden for Batman.

In Oct. 2013, DI was asked together with the Turkish partner ESER to carry out institutional consultan-cy services. The financing agency was KfW. The objective was (1) the preparation and implementation of an environmentally sound sludge disposal concept and (2) the improvement of the billing and collection performance resulting in reduced non-technical water losses (apparent water losses such as illegal house connections,

meter reading errors, etc.). The project ended successfully in January 2015.

Project Results:• Preparationofastandardized

water balance according to IWA and determination of a concept to reduce water losses.

• Analysisandimprovementofcustomer data management, billing and revenue collection.

• Preparationofafeasibleandsus-tainable sludge disposal concept.

• Carryoutasludgemarketingcampaign: preparation of a promotional brochure on sludge use in agriculture, organisation of an open day at the wastewater treatment plant and establishment of demonstration field trials.

• Selection,purchase,initialtestingand calibration of a sludge spreading machine.

• Trainingofutilitystaff.

AftertheteamleaderCeesVultohad quit the project unexpectedly end of April 2014, Bernd Klett took over the project management on site in June 2014. In addition, Philipp Ditzel, Baha Faqih (DI Amman), Ziad Masri (DI Amman), Mareike Petry and the trainee Mario Roith carried out missions in Batman. Laure Nicolet-Misslbeck was responsible for the overall project steering in Munich.

The sludge spreader is being filled at the disposal site

Field investigation and public questioning in Ziad


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Imprint

IngSight-Magazine© 2015 Dorsch Gruppe

Publisher: Olaf HoffmannEditors: S. Ergur, G. HabingerLayout: G. HabingerContact: [email protected]

We’d like to thank all authors of this edition (in order of theircontributions):

Olaf HoffmannMichael SchleusenerSelin ErgurDr. Florian WinterUwe WenzelAndreas RieneckerDaphneVossLamis JarrarNirmal HumbadJürgen SupikTanja BaurDr. Matthias ObermannMaria SchedayNorbert HonigmannBernd KlettMichaela Kreittmayr-Kühne/ Adam Symalla/Klaus Dorwarth

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