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Monthly Construction news, tenders, project focus, and forthcoming exhibitions in QatarIssue No.94 - May 2015

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

Insurance opportunities to increase in industry, real estate and infrastructure

Minister of Energy : Cement industry to consider using “ Green Cement “

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Global Coalition for Green Schools recognizes Greenest School on Earth The Greenest School on Earth is an annual competition, highlighting a K-12 school that exemplifies how sustainability can be integrally woven into the infra-structure, culture and curriculum of a school. The Dunbarton High School of Pickering, Ontario, Canada, has been named the 2015 Greenest School on Earth by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).The Center for Green Schools at USGBC defines a green school as one that achieves zero environmental impact (including energy, water, waste and carbon), a positive impact on occupant health and performance and 100% environmentally literate graduates. These traits are encompassed in three pillars – environmental impact, human health and eco-literacy. The Greenest School on Earth designation includes a $1,000 award to be used by the selected institution for a sustainability initiative.“The Greenest School on Earth recognition goes to the school that is defining what it means to live, breathe and teach whole-school sustainability,” says Rachel Gutter, director of the Center for Green Schools. “Dunbarton High School is an excellent example of a school that engages its students at every turn, placing them in the driver’s seat and empowering them to improve their envi-ronment, inside and out,” says Gutter. “We are pleased to recognize Dunbarton’s efforts to improve their community, enhance the biodiversity of the region and elevate young minds to a higher order of thinking about sustainable practices.”Dunbarton High School, built in the 1960s, has undergone a significant retrofit over the past five years, installing new energy-efficient windows, insulation and lower wattage light-ing. The school offers a Specialist High Skills Major in Environment and engages students through coursework and extracurricular activities related to the school’s natural surround-ings. Also a winner of the 2014 Greenest School in Canada competition, Dunbarton features an outdoor classroom for 40, a 500 square meter pollinator garden and a rooftop solar water heater. Students at the school are provided with stainless steel water bottles upon matriculation and are involved in projects such as organic waste removal and the Atlantic Salmon Res-toration Program. The school plans to utilize the $1,000 award to develop a school garden and construct 10 additional bee condominiums, to be shared with the local community.“It is a great gift for us to be in this community and have the ability to provide students with so many fantastic opportunities related to sustainability,” says David Gordon, instructor at Dunbarton High School. “In Pickering we receive nothing but support for our sustainability initiatives from the board, Pickering City, local businesses, parents, universities and NGO’s,” Gordon says. “They all provide our students with opportunities to deepen their understanding of sus-tainable practices and with the chance to take action to make Pickering and Dunbarton High School demonstrably more sustainable.“This is what the world needs to adapt to a changing future; young people prepared to take action in a supportive community.”Thomas Mueller, president and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council, describes Dun-barton as “an exceptional example of a school that recognizes and integrates sustainabil-ity into education and operations.”Mueller says: “Changes were made to the old building to reduce carbon emissions and provide a healthier indoor environment for staff and students; their curriculum empha-sizes the value of protecting and restoring ecosystems and provides students with hands on experience, and their community engagement brings people together to take action with a positive impact on the environment.”The Canada Green Building Council and the Canada Coalition for Green Schools congratu-lated Dunbarton students, staff and the surrounding community for their “outstanding contribution to a sustainable future and inspiring others to do the same.”

GCC outdoor design marketreaching new heights Regional developers are increasingly placing sustainable, environmentally-responsible use of outdoor spaces at the center of their projects, industry experts said at a recent regional event. The UAE construction market alone has a total value of $315 billion in announced and planned developments, driven by mega-projects such as Expo 2020 and by spending on social infrastructure. Local and international leaders in the outdoor design and urban development market at-tended the Outdoor Design and Build Show 2015, focusing purely on design and build for all public and private spaces.The Outdoor Design and Build Show featured major international brands and local industry leaders, showcasing cutting-edge products and services.Major exhibitors at the three-day event included Tanseeq LLC, Gebal Group, Bee’ah, FX Lumi-naire and Elegance Shades & Décor amongst others. “As the GCC market matures, sustainability and environmentally responsible development is going to become increasingly important,” said Rovan P D Souza, General Manger, Trans Gulf Cement Products LLC.“Developers and planners are grasping the need to incorporate and use outdoor space ef-fectively and we expect to see this market grow substantially in the future,” he said. “Events like the Outdoor Design and Build Show help to spread awareness and understanding in the marketplace and drive the agenda for outdoor planning,” he added.

QFC expands legislative framework The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority has introduced legislative expansions to its Companies Regulations and Rules. The update aims to further diversify the QFC platform to welcome Companies Limited by Guarantee (LLC - G), a new legal entity that will broaden the QFC environment and facili-tate a wider range of business activities.The latest alteration to the QFC Companies Regulations and Rules will enable structures such as social enterprises, non-profit and non-governmental organizations to set-up in Qatar’s rapidly growing and diversifying economy. The introduction of Companies Limited by Guarantee will also help broaden the QFC plat-form to facilitate private sector activities where a traditional company limited by shares would not be appropriate.The newest addition to the QFC’s Companies Regulations follows a 30-day public consul-tation period on the proposed amendments in which several QFC and non-QFC entities participated. The expansion was later approved by the QFC Authority Board and enacted by HE Ali Sha-reef Al Emadi, Minister of Finance, in accordance with QFC Law.Yousuf Mohammed Al Jaida, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the QFC Authority, welcomed the expanded QFC mandate, saying: “Tasked with ensuring the consistent diversification of the Qatari private sector, the QFC has endeavored to enlarge its offering to best address the key private sectors needs of the Qatari economy. “We will continue to strate-gically explore new entities and structures that will posi-tively impact Qatar’s diverse economic plans and pursue their implementation in Qa-tar”.Established in 2005, QFC is an onshore center that pro-vides a platform for domes-tic, regional and internation-al growth. It consists of the QFC Authority, the QFC Regulatory Authority, the Civil and Commercial Court (First Instance and Appellate Divisions) and the Regulatory Tribunal.

QC to set up largest medicine hospital in GazaQatar Charity (QC) will establish the largest internal medicine hospital complex in Gaza over an area of 20,000sqm, with a capacity of 432 beds. The QR582,000 project will be supported by local and international consultants. It is part of QC’s relief and development plans in Gaza. QC has signed an agreement to prepare designs of the internal medicine hospital compound in Gaza. It was signed by Mohamed Abu Halloub, Deputy Director, QC’s Office in Gaza, and Engineer Rifaat Diab on behalf of the coalition of consulting firms and Dektis Consultant Engineers Ltd, Greece. The ceremony was attended by rep-resentatives from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, including Dr Mohammed Kashif, Director-General, International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, and Mohamed Abu Ham-da, Director, Engineering Office at the ministry. “The building will host internal medicine departments, including kidney dialysis, an intensive care unit, general internal medicine, departments of neurology, endoscopy, heart, hematology and oncology, among others, and a laboratory, a pharmacy and other ancillary services,” said Halloub.Dr Kashif praised QC’s efforts to provide funds to implement key projects. The new proj-ect will replace the current internal medicine building, built some 60 years ago. Its re-placement was a top priority in the five-year health plan of the ministry prepared half way through last year.

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create revenue downstream. Anyway, saying the market is slowing down is relative. Growth figures in Qatar are still in double digits which is higher than the global aver-age. The private sector needs to diversify and develop new strategies, new plans and think out of the box if it wants

to see growth.What’s unique about ACI-CO in the Middle East?ACICO has strengthened its stand in the market and worked hard to meet the ever increasing demand for AAC products by expanding its manufacturing facilities and opening new ones in other lo-

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

cations within the GCC coun-tries to cater to the demand in the region. We feel that ACICO can really push bound-aries in this business envi-ronment. We understand the pace of business in Qatar, it is driven by the local culture. A key success point in this market is to respect the local business culture. Qatar has a more solid business culture that some of the other GCC countries. We know we can cut the cost of construction by providing lightweight solu-tions for building homes that are comfortable and sustain-able. In recent years, we have witnessed a growing demand for green building materials in Qatar and AAC blocks proj-ects have come up across the country. With increasing supply and the advantages of AAC, awareness about this sus-tainable product is increas-ing. More and more con-tractors are viewing AAC’s application favourably and including it in their projects. Our role as the manufacturer is to convince the client about the benefits of this sustain-able product. Worldwide, in every region and climate, thousands of structures have demonstrated the reliability and longevity of autoclaved aerated concrete as it does not rot or decay like wood or other organic materials. ACICO light construction blocks and reinforced ele-ments are relatively new in the Gulf but builders in the region can now use this in-novative concrete material as a revolutionary alternative to the traditional heavy solid concrete structures. Traditionally businesses in the Gulf region are driven by the hydrocarbon sector. What is currently driving the growth in the market?Population growth, market di-

versification and green codes. I think that the introduction of new initiatives like Manateq, the economic zones project, will stimulate the economy if backed up with the proper regulatory infrastructure and systems. Coupled with the de-velopments in the transport sector, it could be the silver bullet that will neutralise the unstable hydrocarbon prices. It will make the Qatar mar-ket a ‘plug and play’ market; removing many barriers to entry that currently exists. In the next five years expect the market to grow rapidly de-spite the low oil process and the instability of the global market. The other factor is population growth. The high demand for housing will con-tinue to provide revenue in the construction sector which cannot survive on mega proj-ects alone. Residential hous-ing units are in high demand as many families are moving in and this population growth will continue until 2020 when it is expected that the num-bers will reach a total of 2, 8 million. The Qatari govern-ment is currently encourag-ing the construction sector to adopt the green codes it has developed as part of the Qa-tar Construction Standards. ACICO is also increasing its network to reach out to the local construction indus-try and to raise the product awareness and to participate in different sustainable initia-

tives in cooperation with local agencies. ACICO can demon-strate a 20 – 30% decrease in building costs, a 40% de-crease in operation costs; with a considerable portion of that being a reduction in energy costs. There are grow-ing signs that the demand for green building materials in Qatar and in the wider GCC is rising. A rapidly-increasing demand for green building materials to meet local green building regulations may out-strip supply.What are your plans for the current year? Do you expect growth in AAC de-mand in Qatar?We expect the market to con-tinue to expand. As a result of the combined natural popula-tion growth and recruitment of skilled labour. This is good for ACICO as it means that the demand for housing will in-crease. It is expected that the demand for new housing will be in excess of 45 000 units.This is an excellent time for ACICO to introduce its prod-ucts and innovative solutions for the housing sector. It is definitely the time to be in construction as the business sector is growing. Its strength as an established global com-pany means that it can cope with the demands and pres-sure of an emerging and de-veloping market. We expect that the shape of things to come will improve year on year.

The concrete industry in Qa-tar embraces innovations by offering different concrete solutions which reduce con-struction time, promote sus-tainability and lessen envi-ronmental impact. The ACICO group is one of the largest of its kind worldwide. They have 13 factories and as a group have invested almost $4 billion in the company. The GCC is its main focus at the moment due to the unprec-edented economic activity in the region. In an interview with its Gen-eral Manger, Hazem Al Sharif, Construction Sites learnt of the group’s ongoing efforts to improve service excellence and the continuous enhance-ments to their product.There’s been a lot of talk of stagnation in the con-struction market due to the falling oil prices. What’s your view on the Qatari market?Everyone is concentrating on 2022 but the FIFA event is merely creating the mo-mentum for the Vision 2030 which is ultimately what Qa-tar wants to achieve. I be-lieve that growth will continue beyond 2022. If you invest US$110 million then it will

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

tives from research to educa-tion. QF’s response to advance sustainability in the built envi-ronment was to establish the Qatar Green Building Council in 2009 from which it has in-crementally increased its out-reach and prominence, year on year. QGBC held its first annual Qatar Green Build-ing Conference last month. It brought together local, re-gional and international pro-fessionals and experts from industry, academia, NGOs, the public and government. QGBC demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by measuring and reducing the carbon foot-print of the conference itself, bridging the gap between rhet-oric and practice. Jane Ander-son, QGBC’s lead carbon foot printing specialist and Princi-pal Consultant at Thinkstep, a worldwide leading environ-mental consultancy group with subsidiaries across four con-tinents, measured the confer-ence’s carbon footprint using a

variety of techniques and pro-cesses. Thinkstep, previously known as PE International, is one of the largest and most respected sustainable consul-tancies in the world through its work advising organizations and governments. The carbon footprinting techniques that were applied included mea-suring the operational energy consumed per square metre of conference area, the con-sumption of food and bever-ages, as well as the distance travelled by participants and

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

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

Efforts at reducing en-ergy consumption are particularly important, especially so in Qatar,

as figures show that its carbon footprint, or CO2 per capita, are amongst the highest in the world. Although Qatar’s contribution to world CO2 emissions is relatively small, its aspirations regarding sustainability, as set out in the Qatar National Vi-sion 2030, are quite high and consequently Qatar’s role as an exemplar has become in-creasingly important to its in-ternational standing. So what is to be done? According to Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), in most developed and developing countries, between a third and a half of delivered energy is consumed in the built environment. En-ergy conservation measures within both new buildings and the existing building stock are therefore likely to signifi-cantly reduce Qatar’s carbon footprint. According to QGBC

Towards a sustainable built environment in QatarQatar Foundation member is taking the lead in the promotion of sustainable construction practices

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

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has grown to be a highly re-puted and respected building envelope engineering compa-nies in the region. Consistent investments in production, processing and manufactur-ing plants focused on both aluminum and glazing have helped Alutec in establishing a vertically and horizontally enriched organization with in-house glass processing, that includes the productions of tempered glass, laminated glass, decorative glass as well as insulated glass among other advanced glass processes like etching, beveling, screen print-ing and producing curved glass etc. From its start up in 1995, Alutec has come a long way in the field of glass processing. It has transformed itself from a small scale processor to a “one stop shop “for all the glass and glazing requirements of the fa-çade industry. The Gulf land-scape has been peppered with structurally sophisticated buildings clad in combinations of glass, panel aluminum and stone with each building enve-lope and design bringing the ar-

chitect’s craft and developer’s vision to match the aspirations of their future tenants. Leading the way in creating these mar-vels of modern day engineer-ing is Alutec, a facade and building envelope engineering company based in Qatar. Today it is capable of carrying out a wide spectrum of glass pro-cessing customized to the spe-cific client requirements. With the addition & successful com-missioning of its second factory during the last year, in the New Industrial area, a set of unique facilities have been explored and made open to the clients.Preprocessing jobs works in-clude Glass cutting, arissing, straight edge polishing, shaped edge polishing, drilling, cut-out works, door slotting works etc. Branded machines such as LI-SEC, BAVELONI and SCHIATTI from Europe have been spe-cially selected and purchased to ensure reliability in quality production and machine per-formance. Mirrors and related decorative works by ALU-TEC have beautified many residen-tial, public areas and in particu-lar - hotels.Heat Treatment is another important mandatory require-ment of glazing works wherein the glass is strengthened and gets tougher for safe usage in various applications. Two such significant processing jobs are

Tempering & Heat Strengthen-ing of glass for which Alutec is proud to be the owner of two fur-naces from GLASTON-Finland. The recent addition of the state of the art FC 500 machine has made many difficult tasks very easy. The machine is capable to process glasses as large as 2.8mx6.0m in size and certified to process very sensitive coated glasses with a minimum roller wave distortion reading, which in other words means perfectly flat glass. To validate its perfor-mance in Heat Treatment, ALU-TEC is certified by all suppliers (Guardian, St. Gobain, AGC and Emirates Glass) for capability to temper and Heat strengthen the high performance coatings. Heat Soak Testing prevents the spontaneous breakages due to the NiS (Nickel Sulfide) inclu-sions in float glass. ALU-TEC has 2 such furnaces and pro-cessed thousands of glasses in accordance with EN 14179 standard. To validate the pro-cess of testing ALU-TEC has the unique distinction of having a third party certification from Info-CCS Dubai, comprising an annual audit & certification sys-tem. External certification for safety performance is done by SGCC (Safety Glazing Certifica-tion Council) for which ALU-TEC is a member company and gets its glass tested twice a year.Lamination of glass: With its

jumbo lamination line sup-plied by LISEC, together with a SCHOLZ- Germany Autoclave, all kinds of glass lamination works are being undertaken such as double, triple and mul-tiple laminates. Bullet Resistant Glazing has been produced and certified by CLOSE Focus Research –USA for BR6 level weapons in accordance with EN 1063 & EN 1522,1523. A second variant of Glass Lami-nation is the EVA Lamination in which beautiful textures of fabric and paper have been laminated and occupied posi-tions in interior decorations at various projects. A newly added variant is the ‘Switchable Pri-vacy Glass’ which is now on the rising trend, especially for the Middle East region.Curved Glass demand is on the high for applications such as balustrades, lifts, etc. With its bending furnaces capable of bending glass of 2.4mx3.6mx 0.6m deep, ALU-TEC has ca-tered to many residential and commercial projects and con-tinues to be a leader in glass bending. Capabilities have been developed for curved glass lam-ination and large glass lamina-tions with the introduction of Vacuum Bag and Nylon Bag De-airing systems. PVB interlayers of clear, translucent, opaque, transparent colours have been processed and supplied to vari-

ous customers. Fire Rated Glazing is another important segment in which ALU-TEC has specialization. Being a UL certified fabricator in partnership with TGP- USA, it caters to the monolithic, film laminated and double laminat-ed products of FireLite brand. It is now in the process of acquir-ing certifications for Fire Rated framing.Double Glazing, the most prom-inent form of glass supplied to a curtain wall or a façade is in produced by 2 DGU lines sup-plied by LISEC-Austria. Range of products include rectangular, shaped, Georgian bar inserted, etc. The facility is proud to be the first owner of the’ Argon Gas filling system’ (INA Gas make) in Qatar. The process of DGU making is certified by IGCC (Insulating Glass Certification Council- a reputed independent body in USA). ALU-TEC has been a member for 4 years its prod-

ucts are tested once a year at IGCC approved laboratories.Alutec is taking major steps to offer exterior envelope sys-tems that are environmentally responsible and resource-effi-cient through the buildings life cycle. This is following the ex-pected high rise demand and working on innovative exterior envelope systems that will in-crease the efficiency of the building envelope and position Alutec as pioneers of environ-mental friendly facades. Expect-ed to grow forty to fifty percent per annum with increased in-ternational penetration, Alutec is positioned to become a light metal industrial behemoth that will stand testament to the abili-ty of local industries to engineer international quality design, products and services, hinder-ing the entry of global facade engineering companies flocking to the Middle East to cash in on the boom.

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radat states: “The construction sector in Qatar is the biggest field for MAN with almost 90% of our sold vehicles operating in this segment. It is one of the major strengths of MAN to sup-ply perfectly fitted solutions for the construction industry and a wide portfolio of MAN trucks is supporting the construction industry with a multitude of tai-lor made options like reinforced axles and springs, heavy duty cooling and filters.” On the occasion of the Project Qatar, Qatar International Au-tomobiles will also officially in-augurate their new showroom which is located on Salwa road next to the Midmac roundabout. The new showroom measures 540sqm and has a permanent vehicle display in the outdoor area. Customers and visitors can use to opportunity to see the extended range of vehicles within the portfolio at the show-room such as 3 and 4 axle tip-pers and 2 axle tractor heads and inform themselves about the range of service and parts offerings of MAN.“This is a very special year for us because MAN Truck & Bus celebrates 100 years of com-mercial vehicle manufacturing and we are proud to be part of the celebrations.” Iyad Jaradat

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

expertise in production of reli-able and durable vehicles since 100 years, with a history of en-gine manufacturing, which even goes back to 1758.”In Qatar, MAN Truck & Bus saw

a strong performance increas-ing their sales figures by 50% in 2014 compared to the previous year. The positive sales performance comes on the back of a stronger

brand perception and steady growth for the transport and construction sector and dem-onstrates the strong growth mo-mentum for MAN moving into 2015.

At this year’s Project Qatar, MAN will showcase their latest construction truck for concrete transport and officially inaugu-rate the new showroom located next to the Midmac roundabout in Doha. Qatar International Automo-biles, the exclusive distributor of MAN Truck & Bus in Qatar, will be present at the Project Qatar with a MAN TGS 8x4 BB on the exhibition stand HM 30 which is co-hosted by IMER Group. The truck has a load variant of 42 tons and comes with 360HP engine. For the heavy duty transport it has reinforced front and rear springs. The wheel-base of 2505mm allows for small turning radius and excel-lent maneuverability. Driver comfort is guaranteed with its spacious M-cab. The body mounted on the truck is a 10cbm IMER transit mixer.Qatar International Automo-biles General Manager Iyad Ja-

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der various brand names. The basis of all technical textiles is

carrier fabrics, which are man-ufactured in company-owned

weaving mills. The coatings consist of several components

depending on the application. The result is high-quality fabrics

and high-tech products, which are used in almost all seg-ments worldwide. Mehler says it provides a broad portfolio of products of consistent quality, rapidly. In Doha, tensile fabrics are mostly used for shading, although upcoming high-profile sports events provide an oppor-tunity for using them in retract-able roofs for stadiums. It also has applications in adaptive architectural facade systems. Mehler does testing of tear re-sistance in-house and through a third party as well, enabling the company to offer clients up to 15 years’ warranty on the fabric. The fabric also has an E-coating on the inner side to prevent sun heat from coming inside. Bernert said the fabric could withstand temperatures as high as 70 degrees Celsius. To reduce temperatures under the fabric, two layers with an air gap in between can be used. In an interesting coincidence, ten-sile architecture might not be a novelty in the region after all, since the traditional Arabic tent could be considered as a primi-tive form of tensile architecture.The presentation was held by Mehler Technologies in associ-ation with their local agent TOP-TEC Technology and Trading.

A tensile structure is a construc-tion of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. It has numerous appli-cations for roofs, car park shad-ing, play grounds, etc. In an interesting presentation about Mehler products, German ar-chitect Katja Bernert took the audience through the history of tensile architecture since it has been championed by German engineer Frei Otto in the 70s till today when steady techno-logical progress has increased the popularity of fabric-roofed structures. The low weight of the materials makes construc-tion easier and cheaper than standard designs, especially when vast open spaces have to be covered. Otto’s first use of the idea was in the construction of the West German pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. Otto next used the idea for the roof of the Olympic Stadium for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. In Qatar, Mehler Texnologies pro-vides coated technical fabrics through their distribution part-ner TOPTEC Technology and Trading. Mehler is one of the international market leaders in coated fabrics. They produce and distribute annually more than 50mn m2 of materials un-

Mehler: Extensive applications for tensile architecture in QatarThe presentation was held by Mehler Technologies in association with their local agent TOPTEC Technology and Trading.

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welding technology and refrac-tory anchoring systems. Since the founding in October 1980, the name AS Schöler + Bolte has been synonymous with quality, reliability and product knowledge as well as flexibil-ity and customer proximity. As a medium sized family owned company, they are able to act quickly and directly, and strive to supply products and services with their customers in mind. They have in 3 locations Witten (headquarter), Gevelsberg and Dachau 85 people employed. In their subsidiary’s SB Produk-tion GmbH and Ossenberg & Piepenstock GmbH another 80 people employed.They supply everything from a single source – welding studs, stud welding units and sys-tems, as well as the necessary accessories – thus guarantee-ing perfect quality of stud weld-ed joints. Their team prides themselves on setting stan-dards by developing innovative products and solutions with ex-emplary value for money. They are certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 (initial certifica-tion: October 1998).According to the company they have an extensive network of qualified consultants and expe-rienced distribution partners. They export their products and services to over 50 coun-tries, mainly with local distribu-tion and service partners. AS

Scholer + Bolte GMBH has two main services, the company is divided into two divisions stud welding systems and refractory anchoring systems.Stud welding can reduce costs by saving labor and material where end joined components are required by speeding up de-sign time and application rates, and preventing many common secondary operations. Bosses and spotfacing, counterboring, undercutting and manual fil-let welding, soldering, drilling and tapping, riveting, inserts and special retainers are often totally eliminated. Yet in most cases the welded joint is stron-ger than many of these tradi-tional joining methods.THE PROCESS: The welding stud is placed (with a hand tool called the Stud Gun) in contact with the base metal, a weld arc is drawn which melts the welding stud base and an area of the metal work piece for metal fastening. The welding stud is then forced into the melted area and held in place until the metals re-solidify. This high quality fusion

arc weld is complete in millisec-onds and is accomplished by one of two major methods.TWO METHODS AVAILABLE are Capacitor Discharge (usually “CD” for short) and Arc Stud Welding. STUD WELDING SYS-TEMS consist of a Power Sup-ply and/or “Controller”, a Stud Gun, and Welding Cables to tie the system and work-piece to-gether.What is Rapid Arc Welding (RAW): When furnaces need to be re-paired, the refractory materials are demolished and the an-chors are removed by grinding or gauging. Once this is done and the surfaces of the fur-nace are free from refractory concrete the surface is marked out to indicate the locations where the anchors need to be placed. Subsequently these po-sitions need to be ground to a clean metallic surface using a grinder.How Does CD Differ from Arc Welding? The CD stud welding process produces weld power through a rapid discharge of stored en-

ergy from a bank of capacitors. This stored energy is usually derived from a standard 230 volt AC source. CD stud weld-ing, as a general rule, is used for studs 8 mm and less in di-ameter, for thin base metals, or where dissimilar metals are to be joined.Benefits of stud welding• Uniformity and Repeat-

abilityEnergy used to produce the weld is strictly monitored and precisely controlled by our welding equipment. The amount of energy used is al-ways the same, making the welds consistently strong.• Attractive AppearanceThe CD weld only penetrates a few thousandths of an inch, creating no burns or dimples on the reverse side. The fastener is surface-mounted to one side of the work piece thus eliminat-ing ugly rivet heads, bolts, nuts, and washers.• All Types of Metals

Practically any metal can be adapted to stud welding. Alumi-num, mild and stainless steel, copper, brass, and zinc are the most common metals used. However, “exotics” including ti-tanium and inconel can also be used successfully in the stud welding process.• Speed• Weld Strength, Perma-

nence and IntegrityFull fastener strength is de-veloped. The weld is as strong as the fastener and the par-ent metal. Fastener will break or parent metal will fail before permanence of weld quality. • AccuracyPrecise location of your stud welded fastener. With simple tooling, a location tolerance of +- .015” is standard with por-table equipment. With bench-type equipment, standard tol-erance is +-.010”. A location tolerance of even +-.007” can be achieved with special equip-ment.

STUD WELDING is a high-speed metal fastening process in which a metal fasten-

er can be applied by a welding arc to another piece of metal. There are a wide variety of fas-teners called weld studs. In this welding process a fastener can be end-joined to a metal work piece instantaneously for a high quality, high strength per-manent bond. This process is less expensive than other fas-tening methods and can used in locations which do not al-low the use of other fasteners. Weld Studs can be installed by one person, working on one side of the work piece, in less than a second. There are many reasons why the stud welding process is superior over other fastening systems. Weld Studs are used in a wide variety of ap-plications:• Insulation Installation• Offshore• Shipbuilding• Petrochemical• Electronics / Aerospace• Signs and Decorative Trim• Construction• Light and Heavy Duty

Equipment• Transportation• Forging Process• Appliances• Toys• Utilities MetalworkingAS Scholer + Bolte GMBH are a leading global supplier of stud

Why stud welded fasteners are betterStud welded fasteners offer many benefits over other fastening systems

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become more positive this year. As a result of its focus on diversification, the Oxford Group report says that Qatar has a relatively lower degree of reliance on hydrocarbons and this will give it the impe-tus to encourage more inves-tors to enter the market. While many of the region’s larger oil producing countries will see GDP growth rates easing this year, a Masraf Al Rayan Bank study forecast a real GDP growth of 7.1% for Qatar in 2015. The Masraf report noted that

although oil and gas prices were likely to remain low in the short-term, high levels of public spending, underpinned by significant cash reserves built up over recent years, should help sustain growth and feed into private sector expansion in Qatar.These are some of the fac-tors that have been contrib-uting to the flood of trade delegations that Qatar has received over the past few months. Belgium and China are among the countries that have sent trade teams to Qa-

Qatar and China expand trade ties

tar this year. China plans to hold a trade exhibition in Doha this year with the participation of more than 300 major companies. The “Made in China Exhibi-tion” will be hosted by the Qatar Chamber of Commerce from December 14 to 16. Qatar Chamber Deputy Gen-eral Manager Saleh Hamad Al Sharqi said that more than 50% of the exhibition’s to-tal space had already been booked and that more than 30,000 people were expected to visit the three-day exhibi-

tion.“We are honored to host ‘Made in China Exhibition” which will shed light on the most prominent leading Chi-nese companies in infrastruc-ture, technology and con-struction areas,” Al Sharqi told the same press confer-ence which was addressed by Cui Bin.He noted that a delegation representing 50 Chinese companies would visit Doha in May to meet with Qatari businessmen and explore in-vestment opportunities in the

state. “As we know, Qatar is still expanding the project invest-ment to fulfill the National Vision 2030 and to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup,” Al Sharqi said, expecting “many new opportunities” for China-Qatar cooperation. “I wish the Made in China Ex-hibition will be a new bridge for mutual cooperation, of-fering convenience and as-sistance to Chinese enter-prises and products entering into Qatar market,” Al Sharqi added

T rade between Qatar and China has in-creased sharply from $400 million in 2004

to $10.6 billion in 2014, a 26-fold growth in 10 years, according to a Chinese em-bassy official in Doha.Addressing a press confer-ence recently, Cui Bin, the commercial con-sul at China’s embassy in Qatar, said that cooperation in project contracting also expanded during the same period. “By the end of last year, Chi-nese companies have signed more than $8 billion project contracts in Qatar, covering civil construction, roads and bridges, ports and telecom-munication,” he said, adding that cooperation in financial service, aviation and tourism had also been strengthening. “Qatar has become one of our most important business partners in the Middle East and the Gulf region,” said Bin.Both China and Qatar, he said, enjoyed “a profound tra-ditional friendship”. According to a recent eco-nomic report by the Oxford Business Group, outlook for corporate earnings and the broader economy in Qatar re-mains quite strong.As Qatar begins to ease re-strictions on foreign owner-ship of firms, its investment environment is expected to

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

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ly required in order to permit the main contractor to with-hold subcontractor payments in this way.A typical pay-when-paid clause is as follows:“Payment in respect of any work, material or goods com-prised in the subcontract shall be made within seven (7) days after receipt of a corresponding payment by the Contractor from the Em-ployer.”Qatari courts have historically interpreted these clauses in accordance with a literal interpretation of their word-ing, meaning that payment from the main contractor to the subcontractor is due only when the equivalent payment has been made by the em-ployer. The effect of this is that payment by the employer to the main contractor be-comes a condition precedent to the main contractor’s li-ability for payment under the subcontract. Challenging pay-when-paid clauses in QatarPay-when-paid clauses are generally considered to be ef-fective and enforceable in Qa-tar. However, the general ac-ceptance of the enforceability of pay-when-paid clauses in Qatar does not necessarily mean that the mere presence of a pay-when-paid clause gives a main contractor in-vulnerability to claims from a subcontractor if the employer has not paid it for the subcon-tractor’s works. A question which often arises is whether a main contractor can still rely on paid-when-paid claus-es in circumstances where, for example:• it has failed to properly

submit the relevant in-voices for works to the employer, or

• it has failed to actively and diligently pursue a contested claim for var-ied subcontract works.

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

ted to appropriate docu-ments to the main

contractor, has negligently missed a time limit for the submission of such docu-ments, or has failed to ac-tively pursue a meritorious variation claim (assuming the subcontractor was not at fault). Such situations are, actually, not at all uncommon in Qatar. In order to get around the re-sulting potential unfairness of these situations, a well advised subcontractor might rely on Article 172(1) of the Qatari Civil Code, which im-poses a duty of good faith on all parties to a contract. If good faith is absent, the de-faulting party (in this case, the main contractor) may not be able to rely on other pro-visions of the contract to its benefit. So, for example, if a main contractor is at fault and is unreasonably slow in submitting its invoices to the employer, or submits sub-standard documentation, and this results in the employer not making the associated payments to the main con-tractor, the subcontractor would have a good argument that the main contractor should not, in good faith, be able to rely on the pay-when-paid clause to withhold equiv-alent subcontract payments to the subcontractor. In other words, if the main contractor is at fault, there are circum-stances where it may not be able to rely on a pay-when-paid provi-

sion to avoid

paying a subcontractor for

work properly undertaken by that subcon-tractor.Direct pay-

ments from the employer

An alternative rem-edy for subcontrac-tors, if suffering from payments be-

ing delayed by the main contractor, is to

seek payment directly from

A subcontractor’s right to be paidthe employer. In many juris-dictions, such as the UK, the doctrine of contractual priv-ity would prevent this sort of claim. However, Article 702 of the Qatari Civil Code spe-cifically entitles subcontrac-tors to make a claim against the employer for monies owed to it by the main contractor in respect of work properly un-dertaken.Article 702 states: 1. The subcontractor and

labourers working for the account of the main contractor to perform the work shall be entitled to directly demand the em-ployer to pay their dues to the extent payable by the main contractor at the time of the claim. The employees of the subcontractor shall have the same right against the main contractor and the employer.

2. The aforementioned sub-contractor and labour-ers, when they levy an attachment in respect of the employer or main contractor, will have a priority right over the amounts due to the main contractor or the subcon-tractor at the time such attachment is levied and the priority right of each of them will be in propor-tion to his right and pay-ment of these amounts may be made directly to

them.3. Such rights of a subcon-

tractor and labourers as are established under this article will be pre-ferred to the rights of those to whom the con-tractor assigns his right in respect of the employ-er.”

Such a claim is not without its difficulties, and it may have a negative impact on the subcontractor’s com-mercial relationship with the main contractor. Further, the provision assumes that court proceedings have been com-menced in which the Subcon-tractor will obtain “priority” in respect of payments to the Main Contractor by the Em-ployer. However, this Article of the Civil Code can provide useful leverage in commer-cial payment negotiations. ConclusionA subcontractor’s right to be paid for work undertaken depends, to a large degree, on the terms of the subcon-tract, and great care should be taken when reviewing and negotiating these documents. However, if a main contractor is failing to pass on payments it has received from the em-ployer, or failing to ensure that it receives such payment in the first place, there are various potential solutions available to a well advised subcontractor.

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

We are frequently approached for advice by subcontrac-tor clients in circumstances where some or all of their fees for work or services in Qatar are being withheld. This ar-ticle explores some of the more common circumstances giving rise to a main contrac-tor withholding payment, and investigates the potential op-tions a subcontractor might have if faced with this issue.Freedom of contractUnder Qatari law, contracting parties have broad freedom to enter into the contracts as they see fit, provided that their terms do not impinge on public order and decency, and do not conflict with a man-datory legal provision. This leaves a subcontractor po-tentially free to sign contracts which are very favourable to it, but also to be bound by contractual provisions which severely restrict the subcon-tractor’s rights in important respects – such as the right to be paid.In Qatar, it is usual for sub-contractors to be offered contracts which are largely, if not exclusively, on a ‘back to back’ basis with the main contract. The primary objec-tive behind this arrangement is to protect the main con-tractor from incurring costs or other liabilities which relate to a subcontractor’s works if it cannot pass these costs down to its subcontractor. In many cases this ‘back to back’ principle is fair and rea-sonable, and it allows a sub-contractor to take advantage of favourable terms which the main contractor might have been able to negotiate with the employer. In other cases, however, the principle can be criticised as one fur-ther way in which a main con-tractor can unfairly withhold payments to subcontractors, especially in relation to noto-rious provisions such as ‘pay-when-paid’ clauses.Pay when paid clausesA typical pay-when-paid clause provides that the main contractor need only pay the subcontractor when it receives the corresponding payment from the employer, irrespective of whether or not the relevant work has been completed

by the

sub-contrac-tor. Cru-cially, the ap-plication of pay-when-paid obligations is not necessarily implied just because the sub-contract is expressed to be on a ‘back to back’ ba-sis with the main contract (albeit that this will de-pend on the precise word-ing of the relevant clause), and specific wording is usual-

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

Laura WarrenAlexander is an associate in Clyde & Co’s construction team in Doha, and is a solicitor of the Court of England and Wales. He is experi-enced with the legal and commer-cial issues affecting construction professionals, having practiced in Qatar, Dubai and London, as well as within the legal team of an in-ternational contractor. Alexander regularly acts for build-ing contractors, professional con-sultants and property developers, although he is also experienced at assisting institutional investors with construction issues and sup-porting corporate transactions. He frequently advises on the draft-ing and interpretation of project documentation and local legisla-tion, and has acted for clients in mediations, court proceedings and arbitrations.

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those products that is open and accessible to everybody,” said Shamari. Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, QGBC Director, said: “The Qatar Green Directory is aimed at filling the existing gap between supply and demand in Qatar’s green buildings market. The directory will greatly help local manufacturers and dis-tributors of green building ma-terials make their products and services easily available and accessible to the industry. With-in the last month, we have re-ceived over 1,000 listings from local and regional companies, indicating the overwhelming in-terest and demand available in the market. We look forward to welcoming on board manufac-turers and suppliers operating in Qatar and the region to join QGBC’s online comprehensive platform,” he added.Registration to be featured in the green directory is free of charge. Companies that would like to be included in the direc-tory need to register online at www.qatargreendirectory.com . Shamari expects the directory to be the “missing link” in the construction industry’s product supply chain. “It will be similar to the Yellow Pages as it will

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

green building materials mar-ket in GCC is estimated to reach $22.97 billion in 2016, accord-ing to analysis from Frost and Sullivan. The major green ma-terials in demand in the region are concrete, insulation, paints and flooring. The Qatar Green

Directory is available online and can be accessed at http://qatargreendirectory.com/. Dr Alex Amato, Head of Sustain-ability at QGBC, said: “The Qa-tar Green Directory is a direct outcome of QGBC’s innovative research of the green building industry in Qatar. QGBC is work-ing closely with other stake-holders in Qatar and the region

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

QGBC launched its much await-ed green directory, an online interactive platform, at the its Inaugural Green Building con-ference on 26 April 2015. Con-struction Sites spoke to QGBC Director Eng. Meshal Al Shamari at the start of 2015 about the Council’s work. He spoke then about the imminent launch of the directory. The first of its-kind in the country, the Qatar Green Directory features a com-prehensive search engine and database providing information and analysis about existing and new green building products and services provided in Qatar and the region. The directory forms a major part of QGBC’s support of Qatar Foundation’s commitment to deliver the sus-tainability goals set out in the Qatar National Vision 2030 by raising awareness and promot-ing best practices in Qatar’s green building sector. “One of the challenges the industry fac-es here is the non-availability of the right information; so many investors or developers would like to use green materials, but they don’t know what services and materials are already avail-able in Qatar. So, we are trying to create a kind of a platform for

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The value of local in-vestments in joint industrial projects is approximately 29.2

billion USD, 35.4% of the to-tal cumulative investments in manufacturing industries. The cumulative value of the invest-ments in factories in the Gulf region is approximately 2.4% of the total industrial invest-ments, while Arab non-Gulf investments is valued at about US$ 141.5 million. Moreover, joint foreign industrial projects were valued at approximately US$ 16.4 billion in 2014 (20% of the total capital invested in manufacturing industries). The “Invest in Qatar 2015” seminar held under the pa-tronage of HE Sheikh Abdul-lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the Gulf Organization for Indus-trial Consulting (GOIC) is an effort to attract local, Gulf and global industrial investments. Qatar offers several incen-tives, including preferential gas and electricity rates, cus-toms exemptions on machin-ery, equipment, and industrial spare parts imports, prede-termined tax cuts for corpo-rations, customs exemptions for exports, tax-free salaries, state-of-the-art medical and education facilities and tele-communications centres. The seminar was organised in col-laboration with the Ministry of

Energy and Industry, Economic Zones Company (Manateq) and with the participation of Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) and the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC). Furthermore, the Forum will shed light on the broad investment environment in the State of Qatar, in addi-tion to investment opportuni-ties prepared by GOIC. Qatar has strong, promising, and en-couraging economic prospects in the coming years. The coun-try is indeed witnessing a re-markable industrial growth in general, accompanied with a construction boom and sever-al key infrastructure megaproj-ects with big investments, par-ticularly driven by the decision to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha. GOIC Secretary General, Mr. Abdulaziz Bin Ha-mad Al-Ageel stated that the patronage of HE Sheikh Abdul-lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani reflects His Excellency’s support of economic devel-opment to achieve Qatar Na-tional Vision 2030 aiming at promoting the industrial sector and developing local and for-eign investments. The Forum is also expected to result in practical recommendations to set up industries capable of attracting foreign investments and providing job opportuni-ties for Qataris.Forum GoalsIn this promising economic

environment, “Invest in Qatar 2015” offers an overview on the current status of indus-tries in Qatar, in addition to industrial developments and trends aiming at promoting the industrial sector. It also features a number of indus-trial investment opportunities in key promising industries in Qatar that were recently pre-pared by GOIC. The Forum created a space of dialogue and discussions between industrialists, inves-tors and decision makers in the area of industrial develop-ment. Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for SMEs, and how investors and entrepreneurs could bene-fit from available programmes and incentives to support the industrial sector in the State of Qatar. In addition to that, B2B meetings were held between technology suppliers and in-vestors willing to implement investment opportunities. The Forum tackled the impor-tance of industrial subcon-tracting to industrial develop-ment and discussed topics like the role of economic zones in developing manufacturing in-dustries’ supply chains and attracting foreign investments, solutions to environmental pol-lution caused by manufactur-ing industries and how to ben-efit from the waste recycling programme.

Invest in Qatar 2015

The list of sponsors of this event includes Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Qatar Indus-trial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) as strategic partners, Qatar National Bank (QNB) as diamond sponsor and Aamal Company as gold sponsor. The official Arabic broadcaster is CNBC Arabia, the regional media sponsor is Al-Hayat Newspaper and the media partner is Al-Sharq Newspaper. Construction Sites (QC Sites) Magazine is the media partner for the general contracting sector in addition to the media sponsors: Al-Massira Magazine, Aamal Al-Khaleej Magazine, Ain Al-Riyadh Website and Ain Dubai Website.GOIC Secretary General said these partnerships were key to this important event. He stat-ed: “Invest in Qatar 2015 is an opportunity for all partners to offer support to the industrial sector in their respective fields in Qatar.” Mr. Al-Ageel explained that GOIC will introduce investments opportunities prepared for Qatar’s promising industries during the Forum. These opportunities are in the areas of pharmaceuticals, green building materials, recy-cling, petrochemicals and aluminium. The objective is to promote Qatar’s competitiveness in the region and globally.

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

At the recent GOIC seminar, “Invest in Qa-tar 2015” HE Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry said that, “Qatar is indeed offering all means to boost this sector and create a suitable envi-ronment capable of attracting local, region-al and foreign investments and advanced technologies in an internationally competi-

tive open economy, in accordance with Qatar National Vision 2030. “Invest in Qatar 2015” is yet another effort deployed by the Ministry of Energy and Industry to provide a variety of investment opportunities in order to contribute to the development of Qa-tar’s industrial sector by focusing on developing SMEs. The Ministry has collaborated with the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) to introduce investment op-portunities in the areas of pharmaceuticals, food industries, green building materials, recycling, petrochemicals and aluminium, in addition to sector studies, notably in the cooling and chilling sectors, two promising industrial fields reinforcing Qatar’s com-petitiveness in the region and abroad, the Minister added. We expect that the huge prospects of Qatar’s economy will allow for these promising industrial investments to accomplish remarkable achievements in the few coming years. In fact, Qatar is witness-ing a significant industrial growth in general, in addition to an outstanding construction boom with several megaprojects, particularly related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup”, he emphasised. Hamad Al-Ageel, Secretary General of GOIC said: “Since its foundation four decades ago, GOIC endeavoured to provide industrial investment opportunities through its Man-ufacturing Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP), one of its most important programs that resulted in the execution of many projects out of more than 400 industrial invest-ment opportunities.” He stressed that GOIC carries out studies to identify opportuni-ties that could be offered to investors and businessmen in GCC countries and Yemen based on its analysis of supply and demand, identification of developed technologies related to advanced industrial practices and introduction of value added products by using available resources in GCC countries. He explained that these investment op-portunities are determined in close cooperation with private and public sector investors and continuous collaboration with state-of-the-art technology suppliers. He said: “GOIC has prepared a number of investment opportunities to be introduced during “Invest in Qatar 2015” in the State of Qatar in promising industrial sectors, notably pharmaceuti-cals, food, green building materials, recycling, petrochemicals and aluminium. The total value of these investment opportunities is estimated at about 500 million Qatar Riyals (498.453). If implemented, these projects would create technical and administrative job opportunities for approximately 345 GCC citizens.”

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al green building standards. Sustainability is a value deeply entrenched in our corporate identity and that is consistently reflected in our work. As testament to our efforts, we have received numerous certifi-cates, recognitions and awards for our projects and initiatives in this regard. One of the main venues for the Men’s Handball World Cham-pionship 2015 - the Lusail Multipurpose Hall - received a four-star Global Sustainabil-ity Assessment System (GSAS)

rating. GSAS is a system that promotes sustainability beyond the process of construction and encourages sustainable initia-tives in various sectors such as economy and culture. The arena is one of the first sports facilities in the region to receive a sustainability cer-tification. Furthermore, we have been working closely with the US Green building Council from 2002 when ASTAD embarked on its first Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) compliant project.

In 2012, the Qatar National Convention Center was the first project in the state to receive the highly prestigious LEED Gold certification, while in 2013 and 2014 LEED Platinum was awarded to the Education City student housing project, the world’s largest educational res-idential complex pertaining to one proprietor, and the MEEZA Data Center respectively.What are some of the up-coming projects that you would describe as sustain-able in Qatar?

ASTAD is not selective about applying best practice with re-gards to sustainability; rather, it is imperative in all of our endeavors. One of the high-lights in this respect would be the MANATEQ Qatar Economic Zone 1 for whose masterplan we have received a GSAS Dis-trict Provisional Certification. Regardless of scope, complex-ity or time constraints, sustain-ability remains paramount in the delivery of our projects. In addition, our ambition is to obtain the LEED Neighborhood

Certification for Qatar Foun-dation’s Qatar Research and Development Complex. This is particularly important as the project is a key component in achieving Qatar’s transition to a sustainable, knowledge-based economy. Is sustainability the major concern facing Qatar’s con-struction sector?Considering the rate at which Qatar’s construction sector is growing, managing that growth in a sustainable fashion is vital. It is something that all stake-holders in the industry are aware of, and an element of our operations that is gaining prominence. We do not view it as a concern or issue, but as a global chal-lenge that has become one of the foremost considerations for the local construction sector.

The recent Qatar Green Build-ing Council (QGBC) conference, supported by two leading orga-nizations in the field of build-ing sustainability, Musheireb Properties and ASTAD Property Management, was a first for the state.Construction Sites spoke to ASTAD Sustainability Manager Sheikh Saud Al Thani about AS-TAD’s “green reputation”.How does ASTAD view green building practices?ASTAD has traditionally operat-ed adhering to the highest glob-

ASTAD adheres to the highest standards in green building

Sheikh Saud Al Thani: ASTAD Sustainability Manager

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

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

Masdar City unveils its first eco-villa

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

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

The homes are expected to use 35% less water than standard villas, thanks to low-flow toilets, faucets and showers, and other innova-tive water conservation mea-sures.

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s ur-ban innovation ecosystem, has launched a new con-cept for sustainable villas that generate enough solar energy to power the homes year-round. The eco-villas are designed to accommodate future pop-ulation growth and meet a growing demand for sustain-able family homes. “With nearly eight million people expected to live in the UAE’s urban centers by 2020, this rising population increases the imperative to design high-quality sustain-able homes that use fewer natural resources than exist-ing homes,” said Dr Ahmad Belhoul, CEO of Masdar. “The eco-villas are central to Masdar City’s goals to meet the lifestyle needs of a grow-ing urban population, while reducing these buildings’ consumption of water, en-ergy and waste,” Dr Belhoul said.“We have leveraged the ex-perience we gained during the initial phase of Masdar City’s development with the construction and comple-tion of Masdar Institute. We then continued to incorpo-rate new best practices as the City expanded in recent years. “This legacy of sustain-able innovation is evident in these concept homes as

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a robust year?Qatar enjoys one of the stron-gest economies of the world. Due to huge reserves and pro-duction of oil and gas, the GDP growth in the past few years has been one of the strongest in the world, helping to build up the country monetary re-serves, which have been di-rected toward international and local investments.The recent economic suc-cess of Qatar has been largely driven by huge growth in ser-vice and construction sectors. During the third quarter of last year, the construction sector grew 18.5% annually. The fi-nancial, real estate and busi-ness service sectors also saw high growth rates of 13.7% year-on-year. The growth in the real estate sector has been supported by a surge in population, which is increasing demand for hous-ing.In the local market, infrastruc-ture expansion projects have taken the lead to improve the country’s municipal services, utilities and transportation sectors. This has led to im-provement in quality and reach of real estate services to all parts of Doha. Demand has picked up and outpaced sup-ply in the residential sector, putting more inflationary pres-

sure on prices.What is you forecast for 2015? Why do you consid-er it is the best time to in-vest in property in Qatar?Supply is yet to catch up with demand, reflecting a huge up-ward potential for investors in the residential sector. The demand will continue to grow strongly, cooling off all fears from a drop in oil prices. The in-crease of Qatari riyal value ver-sus the euro and some other major currencies will lead to a fall in the cost of construction, encouraging new entrants to the market. The commercial sector is still saturated and the market needs time to absorb all the inventory in the market. Do you think that falling oil prices may stabilize prop-erty prices and rents in the country?I think they will not have any major impact on the short term. The imbalance in the market between supply and demand is still the dominating factor of the market prices. How would you describe Lamudi’s experience since its launch in Qatar?Great success, I would say. Though Qatar is relatively small in total number of popu-lation, the market is well struc-tured and well financed, point-

ing to great potential growth for Lamudi.We’ve grown from absolutely nothing to around 2,000 list-ings within very short period (less than two months) and we expect to hit the 5,000 mark within the second quarter of 2015. We are dealing currently with a number of largest real estate developers and agents in Qatar and look forward to add more along the way. In terms of visits, we have already passed the 4,000 weekly visi-tors and plan to double this number within the next two months.What are the strategies to set a balance between supply and demand in the residential sector? What could be regulation strate-gies to protect this sector from rising costs and to keep this type of property competitive with other re-gional markets?Just like all other GCC markets, Qatar’s market is also uncon-trolled and the legislators try not to interfere in it as much as possible. Yet the government has to bridge the gap between supply and demand, especially in the middle-income housing sector. The local municipalities have to offer lands for develop-ers with financing facilities to encourage developments in

certain areas where the middle class could benefit the most.What about affordable housing? Do you think there is enough supply in this sector?This is a new problem for Qa-tar’s real estate sector. The general assessment is that out of the two million residents of the country, 15% are locals able to support their hous-ing requirements or are sup-ported by the government. The 85% expat community is di-vided among unskilled workers (around 35%) who live in labor camps, 10% of high-income generators and 40% of mid-dle-income group. Affordable housing is a key issue for the last group and the government needs to find quick solutions to solve this problem. What is the scenario for re-tail and commercial prop-erties?There is a shortage of quality retail space and 2014 did not see any new developments in this sector. Yet 2015 will witness some retail projects openings which will narrow the gap in the market.The office sector is oversup-plied. The market needs more time to absorb this oversup-ply but with more government projects being launched, more office demand will be created along the way. The market is expected to be balanced by the end of this year or early next year.How will ongoing infra-structure developments in preparation for the World Cup 2022 impact Qatar’s real estate market?They will increase the demand for residential and commercial sectors. Rents and prices are

expected to grow higher than the current levels. They de-pend on how quick the supply side will react when prices sta-bilize around 2018.What is your industry fore-cast methodology?In markets where Lamudi has been present for a year or more, we build our views on actual numbers we can drive from our database, which is 100% accurate and timely data.In Qatar, our presence is com-paratively new (we launched only in early 2015). So we are cautious of how to build judg-mental trends from our data.In new markets like Qatar, we base our views on our continu-ous discussions with the sec-tor’s main players (developers and agencies). Also, we do have open line communica-tions with many of the inter-national real estate advisory firms to discuss market trends and movements.How can industry profes-sional and investors ben-efit from your portal?They benefit vastly from the scale and the quality of our database. Many key players in the real estate sector follow our portal to follow trends in prices and the market’s needs. Some developers benefit from the transparency we offer to track prices of certain products in certain districts before they go ahead and price their newly-launched products. Also, for our partners we can show them diligent reports on numbers to give them a clear picture of what the demand requires, where and for how much. This will help the de-veloper plan for next projects smartly.

The real estate market in Qatar is predicted to prosper even further with its growth con-

tinuing on the back of strong economic fundamentals, posi-tioning the state as one of the leading emerging markets for property investors. The recent drop in oil prices is expected to have little impact on the country’s finances as Qatar continues to diversify its economy from its traditional role as an oil and gas exporter. Global property portal Lamudi, which operates in 32 countries across emerging markets, has recently entered Qatar’s real estate arena by launching its service in the country. Accord-ing to Lamudi analysis, 2015 is the ideal time to invest in prop-erty in Qatar. In an interview with CS, Alaa Hatahet, Co-Founder and Country Manager at Lamudi, speaks about the opportuni-ties and challenges in Qatar’s real estate industry. Lamudi sees Qatar’s real estate mar-ket as one of the leading emerging markets for property investors “that will only go from strength to strength”.According to your analysis, 2014 was a prosperous year for the real estate sector in Qatar. What fac-tors contributed to make it

Ideal time to invest in Qatar’s property sectorThough Qatar is relatively small in total number of population, the market is well structured and well financed

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Alaa HatahetCo-Founder and Country Manager at Lamudi

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Summit discusses trends in smart city developmentThe fourth annual Arab Future Cities Sum-mit Qatar 2015, organized by Expotrade in April, offered an array of presentations, panel discussions and networking ses-sions. The two-day summit featured topics on sustainable development, ranging from smarter cities enabled through the Inter-net of Things (IoT), energy efficiency and government initiatives to sustainable in-frastructure, ICT innovation and telecom-munications.“Qatar’s increasing prominence in the GCC region, coupled with Doha’s emergence as a true smart city of the future, has ensured that this is the ideal environment to discuss the latest innovation and trends in smart city development,” according to the summit’s organizers. “Qatar’s National Vision 2030 is a clear indicator of its commitment towards ensuring a smart, sustainable and efficient future for its citizens,” they pointed out.Governments are rallying around the smart cities concept. But what made a city smart was a ques-tion that echoed around the conference. According to a leading expert in the field, Caragliu, “a city can be defined as ‘smart’ when invest-ments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern ICT communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise man-agement of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement”. Both Ooredoo and Huawei, one a local telecommunication giant, the other a global behemoth, spoke about their views on how to create smart cities for Qatar. In his presentation, “Laying the Foundation for a smart Qatar”, Cyril Anand, of Ooreddo, elabo-rated on the role of the communications provider in enabling a smart country. Ooredoo continues to push the boundaries of smart devices in Qatar, exploring the possibility of smart homes in Qatar. .Safder Nazir, of Huawei, spoke at the summit about “smarter cities enabled through LoT”. According to Esri, one of the exhibitors at the seminar, a smart community starts with new ap-proaches to building information, improving collaboration, streamlining processes, and analyzing trends or problems.Simon Giles, Director of Intelligent Cities at Accenture, said that the role of cities in enabling the future urban information economy was not very well understood. He agreed that part of the challenge in the creation of a “smart city” was a technology problem but the biggest challenge that we faced was institutional reform and how we transacted and created platforms for the new transactions needed in a future urban information economy. Wael Doukmak, Director of Mega Projects at Ooredoo, inquired during the Q&A session if any sta-tistics existed on how these new transactions would contribute to the GDP. Giles responded, saying that very little data existed and that this was part of the larger problem.

By James K. Hicks, Michael A. Caldarone, and Eric BescherConcrete International, April 2015A major impetus for change in cement technology stems from the concrete industry’s sus-tainability goals and the associated demand for reductions in the collective environmental impacts of the production of concrete. These impacts include immediate effects such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, extraction of virgin materials (including water), and en-ergy consumption, and they can be compounded by premature repair or replacement as the result of inadequate durability. Alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) have the potential to provide major reductions in these impacts. ACM concretes can be produced with significantly lower GHG emissions and energy con-sumption than mixtures comprising portland cement. In some cases, the amount of water required in the concrete mixture is also significantly lower. Further, ACM concretes can ex-hibit improved durability—exemplified by reduced permeability, greater resistance to freezing and thawing, and enhanced resistance to high temperatures and chemicals resulting in increased service life.Purpose and Driving ForcesBecause traditional construction materials are well understood and established in existing codes, specifications, and test methods, there is a natural, cultural resistance to the intro-duction of new materials. Although most ACMs are now permit-ted in building codes, includ-ing ACI 318-14, and are included in two ASTM standards: ASTM C1157/C1157M, “Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement,” and ASTM C1600/C1600M, “Standard Specification for Rapid Hardening Hydraulic Cement,” resistance is still evident in the com-mon use of prescriptive specifications calling for portland cement concrete. The more wide-spread use of performance specifications based on an owner’s requirements could allow more extensive application of ACM concrete. The Strategic Development Council’s Accelerated Technology Implementation (ATI) Team on ACMs is working to help the industry develop usable specification and design information to facilitate safe and reliable use of ACMs and thereby achieve inherent reductions in energy consumption and GHG emissions, as well as other environmental benefits. As part of that work, the ATI Team has developed a state-of-the-art report (SOAR) on ACMs. The central reason for the development of a SOAR and associated guide was to enhance the industry’s understanding of ACMs, with the intended result of overcoming the resistance to using ACMs in place of portland cement in concrete. This article provides a summary of the materials covered in the SOAR.ACM Concrete SystemsACM concretes include concretes in which the cementitious phase contains no portland ce-ment. ACM concretes generally can be produced and placed using methods and equipment applicable to standard concrete. They also have performance characteristics that are similar to or better than those for standard concrete. ACM concrete can contain geopolymers, activated glassy cements, hydraulic fly ash cements, activated slag cements, calcium aluminate cements, calcium sulfoaluminate cements, mag-nesia-based cements, or CO2 -cured cements. While geopolymers, activated glassy cement, and hydraulic fly ash cements can comprise fly ash, they have distinctive differences. Geo-polymers are typically produced from low calcium content fly ash and are activated by alkali hydroxides, sodium silicate, or both with water. Activated glassy cement is typically produced from high-calcium fly ash and is activated with a high-pH activator coupled with an organic acid and water. Finally, hydraulic fly ash cement is typically produced from high-calcium fly ash and activated with a pH-neutral activator coupled with a retarder and water.Geopolymers Over the past 30 years, scientists have pursued various methods to produce fly-ash-based cements known as geopolymers. The fly ashes typically have low calcium content and are activated by alkali hydroxides, sodium silicate, or both in water. Geopolymers reportedly attain strength through polymeric silicon-oxygen-aluminum framework structures. Typically, concrete made with geopolymer cement loses plasticity within a few minutes after mixing and also requires elevated curing temperatures of 60 to 150°C (140 to 302°F) for the initial few days. As a result, geopolymer cement concrete has had limited acceptance in the construction industry. However, at least one geopolymer concrete, based on the chemical activation of a mixture of slag cement and fly ash, has been successfully used for airport and building construction.Activated glassy cements Activated glassy cements are made of either natural materials such as clays or industrial by-products such as fly ash and slag cement. The glassy components are typically alumi-nosilicates. When combined with water and a functional addition that meets ASTM C688, “Standard Specification for Functional Additions for Use in Hydraulic Cements,” these mate-rials form hydraulic cement per ASTM C1157/C1157M. The functional additions typically raise the pH, thus increasing the reactivity of the glassy phases. As the concentration of alumina and silicate species approach saturation in the pore fluid, an amorphous to semicrystalline inorganic polymer is formed that, in some cases, may be similar to a geopolymer.Hydraulic fly ash cementsA more recent glassy cement system comprises Class C and Class F fly ash with a proprietary, non-alkali activator. The hydration product is mainly composed of a calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate that forms the binder phase. This is in contrast to the calcium-silicate-hydrate (CSH) gel that is the primary binding phase of portland cement concretes. Depending on the curing conditions and the concentration of the activator, hydraulic fly ash cement can exhibit a wide variety of beneficial properties including high compressive strength, low creep and drying shrinkage, good acid resistance, and good fire resistance. Also, the system will not promote deleterious expansion associated with alkali-silica reac-tion. 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accelerating BIM adoption and implementation in Qatar. 2. Collaboration: BIM brings together all project partners. In Qatar, where all project partners come from different backgrounds, BIM serves as a collaborative plat-form to bring together stake-holders, end-users, owners of the projects and also consul-tants, contractors, specialists and suppliers involved, within a common data environment. BIM offers a way for people to collaborate, to share and develop ta single integrated model: whatever the develop-ment is, everyone is viewing the exact same data. Local industry players agree that adopting a BIM standard in Qatar would also significantly improve working relation on projects, and can be utilized to increase collaboration among project teams and

also increase efficiencies and to promote collaborative ap-proach through the industry. 3. Proven Cost-Efficien-

cy saves billions of dollars on sheer vol-ume of mega-scale projects:

BIM has the potential to save up to 30% of building costs through improving efficiency. According to studies opera-tions and maintenance phase of building lifecycle can result in efficiency losses of US$9 billion per year. With the mas-sive escalation in construc-tion activity in Qatar, this could potentially save billions of dollars for Qatar which is predicted to spend US$200 billion on construction over the next 10 years, including on construction of FIFA 1022 stadiums and also Qatar’s visionary projects in line with the National Vision 2030.4. Reduces safety risks: HSE is a top priority for Qa-tar’s construction industry. The safety standards are constantly reviewed and im-proved through set of regula-tions issued by government authorities. Though, the issue raises a number of questions for the construction firms on how to implement the regula-tions onsite and ensure that safety rules are implemented immediately onsite for work-ers safety and welfare. The answer is BIM. It enhances op-erational safety and reduces safety risks. Contractors can minimize construction risks by reviewing complex details and procedures before going onsite. There is also the op-

tion to modify the data, taking into consideration the most recent regulations issued by the government. Moreover, increased use in design for manufacture and assembly reduces risks associated with onsite construction activities. Crowd behavior and fire mod-eling capability enables de-sign to be optimized for public safety.5. Saves time: Faster project delivery is an-other important benefit of

BIM. Significant time sav-ings of up to 50% could be achieved by agreeing on the design concept early on in the project development process. This eliminates late stage de-sign changes; using standard design elements when practi-cable; resolving complex con-struction details before the project goes on site; avoiding

clashes; and using data to control construction equip-ment and optimize construc-tion efficiency.6. Allows easy conflict

resolution and clash detection:

The conflicts in the design can easily be detected and miti-gated in a BIM environment. The building can be visual-ized to the last detail to check construction sequencing and clash detection. As the con-struction cost in Qatar is one of the highest in the region, the clash detection capability provides a powerful manage-ment tool for analyzing and resolving the causes of con-struction phase clashes.7. Dispute resolution: Disputes in Qatar’s construc-tion industry are often the result of disagreements or dif-ferences of interpretation of initial information and data. This is where BIM can help with information that is ac-curately recorded. BIM is a source of detailed documen-tation for any construction project. The “I” in BIM is very important. The model stores very detailed information, down to the last detail; which can be used in the case of any disputes between the parties. 8. The whole life-cycle

asset management and facilities manage-ment:

Facilities management is a rather new discipline for lo-cal real estate industry. Local building owners outsource the facility management services. Because the FM market is still in the initial stages of de-

velopment, the owners don’t enter into long-term contracts with FM companies and tend to take a single service pro-vider or a bundled service providers rather than integrat-ed FM services providers. An integrated approach requires BIM, as it provides all the nec-essary information about the building that assists with op-eration and maintenance ac-tivities. BIM can enhance FM services and can also reduce the maintenance and operat-ing cost through the life-cycle of the project.9. Excellence through

innovation and re-search.

Qatar is open to new technol-ogy and innovation which pro-mote excellence in service; and the construction industry is no exception. To be a part of the market and keep up with the competition, innova-tion in working methods is inevitable. Government sup-ports the technology through research, in collaboration with academia and local construc-tion companies. A three year research project has been awarded by Qatar Founda-tion to Teesside University to look at BIM and how it can be used to improve the construc-tion process in Qatar. The re-search programme aims to making Qatar a centre of BIM knowledge and excellence in the GCC. A US$ 900, 000 re-search grant has been award-ed to Teesside University as part of the Qatar National Pri-orities Research Programme, which is the flagship funding programme of the National Research Fund. The Centre for Construction Research and Innovation at Teesside University will use a whole life cycle approach to information flow integrated to 3D visual-ization to track the cost, time, use of materials and execu-tion space utilization of build-ing projects.10. Qatar deserves the

Best!

As Qatar makes steady prog-ress in BIM adoption, many local construction firms have already identified the advan-tages and benefits of BIM use for their own business. More-over, Qatar’s ambitious plans and tight deadlines require an efficient and advanced solu-tion for optimized planning and execution of the large-scale construction projects. Several successfully com-pleted projects owners are al-ready leveraging the benefits of BIM application on their projects. Others are consider-ing BIM as a necessary tool in Qatar as almost every govern-ment-related project require BIM protocol as a mandatory part of the tendering process. BIM has been used to build such impressive projects as the Lusail City Development, National Museum of Qatar, the Doha Metro and Doha Ex-pressway Program and will be used during the construction of all eight stadiums for FIFA World Cup 2022. Here are top ten reasons for BIM use in Qatar, and how it can serve construction firms in realizing Qatar’s ambitious building and infrastructure plans.1. Government support: BIM in Qatar is no longer an optional accessory but it is be-coming a mandatory working tool. Government adoption is seen as a key to ensuring a wider uptake of BIM. Major government organisations have established BIM stan-dards for ongoing and future projects to be followed by all involved stakeholders and all project partners. Among them are Ashghal, Qatar Rail, Q22, Qatari Diar, and Qatar Foun-dation. Almost every public organization in charge of tendering new project issues fairly complete BIM protocols as part of their requirements. BIM receives strong support from the government and the talks are ongoing about adoption of BIM standards in Qatar. Consistent BIM stan-dards are crucial to govern-ment institutions and depart-ments in Qatar that manage multiple large-scale projects in collaboration with several stakeholders, contractors, subcontractors and also mul-tiple suppliers. Qatar BIM Standards working groups and workshops are also being held in collaboration with lead-ing BIM solutions providers such as Hochtief ViCon Qatar, government institutions, aca-demia as well as Qatar Uni-versity. Representatives from high-ranking organizations involved in construction of large-scale government proj-ects like Ashghal, QRail and Q22 are key to promoting and

10 reasons why you should be practicing BIM in QatarBIM is critical for companies who require an efficient and practical solution for executing construction projects

Major govern-ment organisations have established BIM standards for ongoing and future projects to be fol-

lowed by all involved stakeholders and

all project partners. Among them are

Ashghal, Qatar Rail, Q22, Qatari Diar, and

Qatar Foundation. HSE is a top priority for Qatar’s construc-

tion industry. The answer is BIM. It en-hances operational safety and reduces safety risks. Con-tractors can mini-mize construction risks by reviewing

complex details and procedures before

going onsite.

BIM is a source of detailed docu-

mentation for any construction project. The “I” in BIM is very important. The model stores very detailed information, down to the last detail; which

can be used in the case of any disputes between the parties.

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of deviation from estimated budgetRisk: The risk of serious ex-posure to any of the project management components as such project principles, proj-ect ingredient and customer satisfaction that will affect the project path Why projects fail:• Lack of dedicating enough

time for planning at the early stage of the project

• Lack of co-ordination be-tween the project manag-er and tender department at early stage of project initiation

• Lack of negotiating proj-ect price with the project manager prior to project award

• Misunderstanding the project manager role and responsibility

• Delay in appointing proj-ect manager and his team when project is awarded

• Lack of project manage-ment authorities

• Delay project mobilization • Lack of understanding

project scope as con-veyed by the owner

• Unrealistic project time frame by the owner and contractor remain silent

• Signing project contract blindly with the under-standing of project time constraint and or cost constrain

• Failure to put in place risk management plan, and register all possible risk exposure

• Lack of or inadequate resource of man power or equipment due to cut down in cost

• Lack of controlling project material delivery

• Lack of proper records keeping, lessoned learn and change management process

• Lack of qualified profes-sional or skilled people hired

• Inadequate safety mea-sure taken into consider-ation

• Lack of proper quality control taken into consid-eration when monitoring all aspect

• Lack of leadership and communication

• Lack of stakeholder anal-yses

• Lack of risk management analyses

• Lack of developing proj-ect methodology of the project will be running in order for the planning section have a clear ap-proach to align the project to the methodology

• Lack of project manage-ment competent

• Lack of attention to the project team culture

• Lack of working on the spirit of team

• Lack of understanding how to address noncom-

pliance and performance requirements

• Failure to establish ap-propriate control over re-quirements or scope

• Poor project management • Poor planned manage-

ment transition Some causes of failure• During project execution,

a combination of different constraints a project can be exposed to, such as time and cost, and with lack of proper risk mitiga-tion and action taken to overcome the constraint.

 

Time  slippage    Cost  slippage  The  Risk  become    Actual    

Time    

Cost  

Quality    Scope  

Risk    

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

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

 Cost  slippage    

“The  Risk  become  Actual  if  not  treated  earlier”  

Risk    

Time  slippage    

Scope  change     Quality  slippage    

  ! When  there  is  a  change  in  scope  there  will  

be  slippage  as  well  in  all  critical  constrains  area  such  as  time,  cost  and  possibly  

quality;  especially  if  project  is  pressured  to  finish  on  the  original  time  without  

allowing  any  time  extension  to  project  duration.      

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

than a threat. Project management has be-come a hot topic, especially for those who seek tactical solutions and corrective ac-tion for the most urgent con-straints. The American Acad-emy for Project Management have accredited programs such as CIPM and MPM that can provide you with different techniques to achieve smart project resolution. However, those who are not willing to invest in developing project personnel will most likely face many different con-straints. Furthermore, a project owner and contractor must admit that every project will have its own ups and downs and issues of concern. The proj-ect manager is responsible for providing the right project resolution with minimum cost, shortest time and highest pos-sible quality. Therefore, project managers

need to commit to the follow-ing to avoid any possibility of failure:• Consider risk manage-

ment as a core to preven-tive action

• Begin with the end in mind; “visualize how the project will end”

• Ensure full authority to the project

• Be alert and consistent• Manage by objective • Set practical deadlines

with proper project seg-mentation

• Be aware of “firefighting management style”

• Communicate well and provide continuous sup-port

• Team work is the only way to successful project de-livery

• Motivate your team with different improvements and rewards

• Keep your promises but assess the situation be-

fore you promise• Understand first before to

be understood • Honor in public and disap-

prove in private• Be aware behavior, at-

titude and moral danger points

• Lead by example and ex-plain as you coach your team

• Get to know your people• Ensure proper document

control• Utilize “lessons learned”

in the project• Have your project certified

by an international organi-zation

The above is a brief overview of some of the types of project constraints and some of the ways and means to avoid un-successful project delivery. For specific resolutions to more complex challenges you may contact Averroes Business Ad-visory & Services. info@avar-roesadvisory.com

Driving a project to safe delivery, the project owner, spon-sor, consultant, con-

tractors and subcontractors must be vigilant and cautious of the communication aspects among stakeholders.The following factors, time, scope, cost and quality, are the most important influenc-ers on any project. They can also constrain. There is anoth-er constraint too: risk. Progress will be affected un-less proper controls are de-veloped for each unit of the project, starting from looking at the big picture, including: Project Principles, Project In-gredient and Customer Satis-faction.Project principles can be a potential threat when there is no proper integration and alignment, allowing a proper follow-up of project processes. Yet, from experience it would not matter as long as the proj-ect manager is able to identify the potential risk before it hap-pens and do something about it before further escalation.

 

Project  Components  &  Area  of  concern  

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ception, planning, imple-mentation, monitoring, control, completion.

2. Project Ingredients: proj-ect charter & statement of work, people roles & re-sponsibility, organization structure, stakeholder analyses, proper integra-tion between principles and project ingredient, Scope, IT, document con-trol & Recodes, communi-cation, human resources, quality management, risk management, procure-ment, time management, cost, health & safety and Environment

3. Customer Satisfaction: the acceptance of the project sponsor and stakeholders during proj-ect implementation, deliv-ery and completion

Critical apparent con-straintsProject Scope: Project spec-ifications, drawings, blueprints and client’s requirements be-tween commitment and varia-tion Time: The time allocated to project in all its related as-pect of project delivery, tar-gets, milestones, and baseline changes Quality: The level of product quality delivered during project execution until the final deliv-ery of the productsCost: The cost variance dur-ing project execution until proj-ect completion and the level

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42 professionals receive certificates from TafawoqTafawoq, a project management center of excellence, has awarded a new group of profes-sionals from Qatar and the region with the International Project Management Association (IPMA) certificate.Tafawoq, which means Excellence in Arabic, is a partnership venture of Qatar Shell, Qatar Petroleum and Hamad Bin Khalifa University. It is focused on developing the competencies of project management professionals to de-liver Qatar’s capital investment projects. A total of 42 professionals were awarded the IPMA-level D certificate after successfully com-pleting the “Essentials of Project Management” course. The course familiarises new project professionals with on the principles and practices of project management over the life cycle of a capital investment project. Tafawoq Director Bader Al Jaidah expressed pride at the programme’s success in attracting a growing number of professionals, highlighting that it had trained more than 350 project professionals since its establishment three years ago. “We are very proud of the 42 project engineers who were awarded with an IPMA-level D certificate,” he said.“This achievement will allow them to enrol in more advanced programmes to further de-velop their project management skills,” he explained. “Through its accredited programme, Tafawoq is laying the foundations of a local community of project management professionals. The new skills acquired by the participants will make them more well-rounded professionals and will allow them to excel in their work environ-ments.” Noora Salem Al Shamlani, Senior Planning Engineer at Qatar Petroleum, said: “The ‘Essen-tials of Project Management’ (EOPM) course has allowed me to gain valuable knowledge through work-based activities and interaction with experienced mentors. “By comparing local practices with international standards, I was also able to propose im-mediate improvements in the field. “The course allowed us to examine all aspects of project management and identify the most important theories and best practices when it comes to major capital investment projects”.According to Ahmed Hassan Al Sulaiti, Head of Project Execution “On-plot & off plot” in Qatargas, acquiring new practical tools and techniques is another important aspect of Tafa-woq’s training course.“The EOPM training course covered 15 management-related topics that are keys to the success of any project. The new tools and techniques that I acquired through the interac-tion and group exercises with trainers and peers have helped me manage projects more efficiently and effectively ” said Al Sulaiti. In 2014, Tafawoq’s course, Essentials of Project Management (EoPM), was accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM), which is the largest independent profes-sional body of its kind in Europe with 500 corporate and 18,500 individual members.

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Qatar discusses more gabbro imports from OmanQatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) has received a business delegation from Oman, led by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Mining and Quarries Committee, to assess the country’s ability to expand imports of gabbro for construc-tion in the run-up to 2022 FIFA World Cup. The delegation discussed with QPMC the capacity of Qatar’s volume of raw materials such as gabbro it can stock. Oman has already been a steady supplier of raw materials for Qatar’s construction needs. The meeting with QPMC was organized in conjunction with Qatar Chamber to discuss the required amount of raw materials for Qatar’s massive infrastructure projects lead-ing to the 2022 games and Qatar National Vision 2030.“”QPMC’s prime objective is to manage the dynamic requirements of Qatar and en-sure supplies of building materials,” said CEO Eisa Al Hammadi. “It is bound to constantly explore new mines in search of primary materials; in all our efforts we seek to not only maximize the most efficient operations at controlled costs, but also to achieve a solid leap in relations between Qatar and Oman as two friendly countries,” he added.In line with QPMC ‘s commitment and as part of efforts to meet the growing demands of construction raw materials in the country, it had recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Belgian engineering consultant, Rent-A-Port, to initiate works on limestone and gabbro quarries in Oman. The initiative is in the light of the two licences QPMC has recently acquired to set up mining operations in the Khatmat Malaha area in Oman. Once the project is fully completed, the facility will have a 1km long jetty to quarry and transport over three million tons of gabbro and marketable primary materials every year by barges to Qatar. The agreement entails submitting a technical, financial and operational feasibility study in addition to an integrated mining operational plan. Phase II and III encompass the design and tendering for design and build contracts and the supervision during the execution of these contracts and commissioning of the facilities. Works on the project are to begin within a month and the whole project is expected to take about 20 months. If everything goes according to the plan, the project will com-mence operation by 2017. The aim of the project is to enhance the supplies of gabbro and limestone, which will be increased by three million tons annually.

Al Mirqab Capital and Chinese firm to build power plant in Pakistan Qatari investment firm Al Mirqab Capital and Chinese infrastructure corporation Power Construction Corporation will jointly invest in and build a coal-fired power plant in Paki-stan, which will have a total investment of $2.09 billion.The power plant will be located in Port Qasim in Karachi, the country’s biggest city. It will have two 660 megawatt units. The construction period will be 32 months.Experts say the rapidly developing textile industry in Pakistan, as well as emerging in-dustries such as processing trade, and a swelling middle class on top of a large popula-tion base have created a strong demand for electricity.“The Port Qasim power plant is a large project of great political and economic impor-tance. This project fits the company’s development strategy and investment direction,” according to senior official of Power Construction Corporation.The $2.09 billion total investment in the project includes $521 million of project capital, of which 51% will be invested by Power Construction Corporation and 49% by Al Mirqab Capital. The remaining $1.56 billion will be financed by loans. The power plant will be built and operated according to a build-own-operate (BOO) mod-el.

Qatari Diar to develop luxury resorts in Tunisia and MoroccoQatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company has entered into a partnership with Mi-nor Hotel Group (MHG), a hotel owner, operator and investor, currently with a portfolio of 126 hotels and resorts in 22 countries, to develop two new Anantara resorts in North Africa, to open in 2017.Anantara Tozeur Resort is a luxury escape being developed by Qatari Diar in the south-west of Tunisia, in the city of Tozeur. It will offer 93 luxurious guest rooms and villas, including pool villas, a selection of restaurants, meeting and business facilities, kids and teens clubs, a health club and an Anantara Spa. A hub of Tunisia’s Saharan tourism and easily accessible from the international air-port, or by road or rail, the oasis city of Tozeur is famous for its architecture and vast palm tree fields and is well known on the tourist trail for being the home of the original Star Wars film set.Also under development is Anantara Al Houara Tangier Resort in northern Morocco. The hotel will be part of the extensive Al Houara project which Qatari Diar is devel-oping in Tangier along 2.5km of beach front overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It will include a signature 18-hole golf course with golf club and residential homes for sale. The resort will offer 230 keys, a selection of restaurants, a large Anantara Spa, a well-ness center, a fitness centre and kids and teens clubs. Tangier is a vibrant city with a rich history and is a well-known tourist destination. The city is currently experiencing significant development, including tourism projects, a new business district, a new airport terminal, a sports stadium and the new Tangier-Med port.Speaking about the agreement Khaled Mohammed Al Sayed, Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatari Diar, said: “Qatari Diar is building signature projects and facilitating vibrant new communities on an unprecedented scale. Our projects are significant, landmark ones that are often unrivalled in size, scope and vision. “We aim at creating distinguished developments not only in Qatar but around the world and our partnership today with MHG, one of the largest hospitality and leisure companies in the Asia Pacific Region, goes in the same direction.”Dillip Rajakarier, Chief Executive Officer of Minor Hotel Group, commented, “We are excited to announce these two new Anantara resorts in North Africa in partnership with Qatari Diar. Our Anantara brand is now well established in the Middle East, with six properties in the UAE and our first resort in Qatar opened earlier this year, and we are keen to add North Africa to our footprint, where these two new resorts will help further develop luxury tourism within these destinations. “We are looking forward to a strong alliance with Qatari Diar going forward, with scope to explore additional opportunities to expand our portfolio in the wider MENA region.”

Ghana looks to Qatar’s expertise to develop its infrastructure projects Ghana is keen to forge joint infrastructure projects with Qatar. Speaking during a busi-ness meeting with Qatar Chamber Vice Chairman Mohamed bin Towar Al Kuwari, In-ternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Ghana Secretary-General Emmanuel Doni-Kwame emphasized that the West African country’s focus was on the development of three key areas: energy, transport and agriculture.“But the key element to kick-start economic and trade relationships is transport; there should be free movement of people and goods between the two countries,” said Doni-Kwame, who was part of a business delegation led by Togbe Afede XIV, King of Asogli State and chairman of the World Trade Center (WTC) Accra.Doni-Kwame explained that securing the expertise of Qatar Airways could help Ghana establish a base for cargo transport. “Once we have built infrastructure that would facilitate foreign trade, then we could proceed to other industries like manufacturing. It is also essential to invest in building huge power plants to provide electricity to large manufacturing projects,” he said.Ghana has one international and four domestic airports but does not have its own domestic airline. Doni-Kwame said the government was keen to build another interna-tional airport while expanding the current one. “We plan to ask Qatar Airways to come in as a partner similar to what it has done with Qantas, and use their knowledge in developing a local airline for us,” he said.The ICC official said the Ghanaian delegation members visiting Qatar represented 23 companies in agriculture, oil and gas, mining, quarrying, construction, telecommunica-tions, automotive, healthcare, aviation, banking, tourism, and real estate sectors. Doni-Kwame said the delegation’s business meetings with potential Qatari investors from April 7 to 9 came in the wake of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama’s state visit to Qatar in November last year. Asked if Qatar and Ghana had agreed on forming an investment fund, he clarified that no funds had been allotted yet “but the next step is for various agencies within the gov-ernment structure to work together and make sure these projects come out. It should be a win-win situation for both countries”.Ghana is rich in bauxite, making it a significant player in Qatar’s aluminium industry, according to a senior official.

US seeks to bolster joint investment with QatarThe US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has stressed the need to further en-hance joint investments between Qatar and the US. She called for joint investments by the two countries in various sectors that would “fur-ther strengthen” bilateral ties and “support” private sectors in both Qatar and the Unit-ed States.The US Secretary of Commerce was speaking after receiving Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group, who is also the Second Deputy to the Chair-man of Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) in her office in Washington. Sheikh Dr Khalid was accompanied by International Islamic (QIIB) CEO Abdul Basit Al Sheibi.Pritzker emphasized that the US companies in various sectors and activities are in-terested in contributing to the implementation of major ongoing projects in Qatar and those are planned to start in the coming years in the run up to the World Cup 2022. “Many big US companies are interested in the Qatari market and keen to be part of that vibrant market. These companies seek to take part in the development of both the countries,” she said.Sheikh Dr Khalid said the Qatari private sector enjoys genuine partnership with key American companies in a number of areas. The investments include a number of vi-brant and promising sectors, including technology. Currently, there are about 380 American companies operating in Qatar, which are in-volved in many key infrastructure projects.Sheikh Dr Khalid hailed the cooperation between both countries’ private sectors. He said that the Qatari private sector is ready to have maximum cooperation with foreign companies for the benefit of the national economy and encourage American companies to enter the Qatari market. The US is the largest foreign investor in Qatar. Its exports to Qatar reached up to $3.6 billion in 2013. Qatar’s exports to the US were valued at about $3 billion during the same period.

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vention Center project has a gross area of 47,700 square meters that includes five ex-hibit halls (of approximately 29,000 square meters), with 18-meter ceiling heights and 96-meter column-free spans that run 342 meters in length.The iconic building’s developer is Qatar Tourism AuthorityThe convention center con-tains a main foyer, bistros, pub-lic restrooms, prayer rooms, a loading zone, storage, circula-tion space, and a car park in the basement. Two levels of basement park-ing are designed for around 2,800 cars in the current phase and 1,700 cars in the next phase.

The project is unique for hav-ing a structure that provides 96 meters of column-free space, yet comprises a flat roof construction. The span across the hall is 96 meters with a 36-meter cantilever at each end.The composite slab roof is sup-ported by a steel box compres-sion chord and a parabolic ca-ble tension chord offset from the compression chord with steel compression struts. The super columns support-ing the roof structures are 18-meter-high, tapering from two meters in diameter to one meter, with specially-designed bearings. The foundation con-sists of compression as well as

tension bored piles. Twelve thousand tons of steel were used in the building’s construction. The exhibition area can be used as one hall or divided into five smaller halls with operable partitions.Several years ago, there was a plan to build a 551-meter skyscraper at the site. Foun-dation work had even started on the skyscraper, but it was never completed. Construction on the convention center itself continued nonetheless and the result is one of the biggest exhibition halls in the world.Architects, engineers, contrac-tors, and other industry profes-sionals were among the team touring the site.

Abdulaziz Al Romaihi, Se-nior Project Manager, Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, and Fahad Nabeel Alatwaan, Project Manager, Lusail Real Estate Develop-ment Company, gave presen-tations on various aspects of the building and construction history. The presentations were fol-lowed by a Q&A session.Stephen Kern, Principal Archi-tect/Vice President, JAHN, an-swered many of the technical queries. After the presentation and Q&A session, participants were taken on a tour of the building. Abdulaziz Al Romaihi (Se-nior Project Manager), Fahad

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

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

CTBUH Qatar holds tour of Doha Exhibition and Convention Center

Shaukat M. Ali HEAD OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN DIVISION KEO International Consultants I Qatar Office

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demand chain.”“Green” cement incorpo-rates and optimizes re-cycled materials to reduce consumption of natural raw materials, water, and energy, thereby producing a more sustainable construction material. The manufacturing process of “green” cement reduces the production and release of pollutants such as CO2 and other greenhouse gas-es. Green Cement has al-ready become mandatory for new projects in Dubai. According to a recent offi-cial statement, all landlords and contractors in Dubai Municipality will have to use environment-friendly cement for the construction of new buildings in the emirate.Green cement, which was developed in Germany about three years ago, meets or exceeds the functional per-formance capabilities of or-dinary Portland cement by incorporating and optimizing recycled materials, thereby reducing consumption of natural raw materials, water, and energy, resulting in a more sustainable construc-tion material.The GCC region is investing more than $210bn in major construction projects, mostly in preparations for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the World Expo 2020 in Dubai.

per year into the 12 silos (circular structure for storing bulk materials) with the total storage capacity of 60,000 cubic meters.Once operational, the plant equipped with the cutting-edge technology, will be able to load 1,000 tonnes of ce-

This also includes more than $120bn for transportation construction such as roads and bridges.“In fact, the construction industry in the Middle East, particularly the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council), is ex-

ment per hour in trucks, which will significantly re-duce the truck loading time to about 90 seconds per truck. In case the local pro-ducers would have, in the future, a surplus output, they could also use the stor-age facility which would help

Qatar supports green cement use

QPMC cement silos to be ready by year-end

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

maintain the quality of ce-ment intact for a long period.Although the plant has been designed to handle cement, it may also be used to store gypsum and clinker (cement in lumps or nodules) with minimal modification.The plant will improve the

in the coming decades, Dubai’s Expo 2020 and the FIFA World Cup in 2022,” Al Sada said.With the massive infrastruc-ture development planned for the legacy sporting event of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

cost efficiency and handling capacity of the port signifi-cantly as the latest technol-ogy will help unload a vessel with 60,000 cubic meters of cement within a day, in-stead of 10 to 15 days with-out the conveyor belts and silos facilities. The high rate

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

of discharge capacity from ships will also reduce ships’ waiting time. The cement unloading-conveying-storage terminal is equipped with smaller silos which have been designed to load up to four trucks simultaneously, taking the total loading ca-pacity to 40 trucks per hour or 20,000 tonnes per day.QPMC plans to provide ce-ment silos at the gabbro berths to store and dis-charge over two million tons of imported cement annually to meet expected increased demand.The company also plans to develop gabbro quarries outside of Qatar as well as provide the sea logistic sup-ply chain to satisfy the in-creased construction activi-ties, and also provide all the necessary comprehensive solutions for the transport, storage and delivery of key primary materials through-out Qatar.QPMC, established in 2006, aims to be the leading pro-vider of primary materials to support the private and government sector through efficient port services, sea and land logistics, develop-ing quarry assets overseas. It has the objective to sta-bilize prices and establish quality standards for aggre-gates and sand in the long term.

Green cement production accounts for 3.5% of global cement now and it is fore-cast to grow to over 13% of the market by 2020. Doha is one of the most vi-brant construction markets in the MENA region. Ongoing projects linked with massive infrastructure development will lead to strong demand for cement and other con-struction materials for the next decade. Billions of dollars will be in-vested to build roads and stadiums in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup.HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed Bin Saleh Al Sada, speaking at the opening of the Inter-cem Conference in March, called on major players and stakeholders in the cement industry to consider using environment-friendly tech-nologies and products to reduce carbon dioxide emis-sions.“One must not forget the role of the construction industry and its effects to the envi-ronment, particularly the production of cement, which is the foundation of our buildings, roads, dams, and bridges,” Al Sada said.“A concerted global effort in the production of ‘green’ cement will reduce environ-mental impact across the entire cement supply and

Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) is devel-oping a cement storage and conveying plant (silos) in Me-saieed, which will be com-pleted by the end of the year.The facility has been de-signed to discharge up to 1.8 million tonnes of cement

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

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inception to demolition and beyond. The gathering was told that “if it can be imag-ined, it can be modeled; if it can be modeled, it can be communicated; and if it can be communicated, it can be constructed, operated and demolished”. Mohammad spoke about understanding the levels of development, comprehend-ing the concepts of 4D to nD and the ability to formulate a strategy to implement BIM at the workplace. He concluded by summarizing the types of information that would be in-cluded in a typical BIM matrix. These included but were not limited to: building program & project meta data, physi-

cal properties of BIM objects & elements, geospatial and spatial location of objects & elements, manufacturer-specific information require-ments specifications, esti-mating, value engineering requirements, energy analy-sis requirements, sustain-able material LEED or other requirements, project envi-ronmental & site conditions, program/space compliance or validation, code compli-ance/ occupant safety re-quirements, building com-missioning requirements and facilities/asset management. For those who did not attend, the presentation and videos are available on the DBUG LinkedIn page.

Monthly session on BIMThe Doha BIM Users Group (DBUG) has established itself as a professional, expert fo-rum having a monthly discus-sion attended by engineers and other professionals.Each month the group invites a building information mod-eling (BIM) practitioner to speak about his or her area of specialty. Imran Mohammad, the BIM Manager at the Arab Engi-neering Bureau (AEB Doha), shared his views on the topic during a recent session. BIM, according to his prem-ise, is the process by which designers and engineers alike may generate and man-age building data throughout a building’s life-cycle, from

business decisions, thought-ful environmental decisions and smart human impact de-cisions. As our world shrinks, because of ever more pre-cious natural resources, technology and trade, it’s be-coming very clear that while the decisions to build green are local—one building, one home, one school, one hos-pital—the aggregate impact

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

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Qatar Green Building Coun-cil (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation for Educa-tion, Science and Commu-nity Development (QF), today launched its inaugural annu-al Qatar Green Building Con-ference at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). Outlining his vision for the conference, Engineer Issa Al Mohannadi, Chairperson of QGBC and Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), said: “Qatar Green Building Council is taking a balanced approach to addressing sustainability challenges in the country. We believe that a combina-tion of research and innova-tion, education and aware-ness, and building cohesive networks of stakeholders, is key towards achieving envi-ronmental sustainability on a national and a regional lev-el. The Qatar Green Building Conference has indeed cre-ated a platform for the green building industry to make this possible collectively.” In his keynote speech at the opening of the conference, Mr Rick Fedrizi, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, said: “Green buildings are a hall-mark of economically sound

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panel discussions, bilateral business meetings and net-working opportunities that highlighted key trends and strategic issues vital to the insurance industry’s growth in Qatar and the region.Al Jaidah said that the growth in insurance market was paral-lel to the development of local economy. “The more the proj-ects, the more the opportuni-ties for insurance companies,” he said.Historically speaking, con-struction and engineering in-surance has been one of the key attractions of the MENA markets in general and the Gulf markets in particular from a foreign point of view, Mul-taqa Chairman and Dr Schanz, Alms & Company President Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz told Construc-tion Sites. “Huge infrastructure projects

need insurance and risk man-agement services. The region is set to host some major glob-al events like the Dubai World Expo and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Many infrastruc-ture projects are in the pipe-line and that’s a key opportu-nity for insurance”, he said. However, Schanz pointed out that despite opportunities for insurance in the construction market in Qatar and the MENA region, the intense competi-tion in the sector clouded its growth prospects.“The competition in the com-mercial lines area is very in-tense, more intense than in personal lines insurance, like personal or health. Because the commercial lines business is very much an international one, it is covered by compa-nies from all over the world. It is transactive through brokers.

So, it’s a highly competitive business with small margins. That somewhat clouds the

market prospects,” Schanz said. “Growth is there, but prof-itability remains an issue in

commercial lines insurance, especially for big ticket risk in-surance,” he added.

Business leaders ex-pect increasing op-portunities in Qatar’s insurance market as

the country’s economy contin-ues to grow. “Infrastructure projects have increased significantly in the past five years. The GDP has been growing by 12% annually. The increase in the number of projects opens up more insur-ance opportunities, in industri-al, real estate and infrastruc-ture sectors,” QFC Authority Deputy Chief Executive Officer Yousuf Al Jaidah told Construc-tion Sites on the sidelines of the ninth Multaqa conference.The two-day conference, co-hosted by the Qatar Central Bank and Qatar Financial Cen-tre (QFC) Authority in March, gathered delegates from around the world. They took part in a range of

Construction insurance market to see big growth

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

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

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MRPSC/032/14-15 MRPSCDesign and Construction of TSE Distribution Trans-

fer System (Contract TRS-01) IA/ 13-14/ C /46 /M

Qatari Companies Only - Joint Venture - Non Qatari Compa-

nies25-Mar-15 8-Jun-15 Drainage

PWA/GTC/097/14-15 GTC

Design ,Supply, Installation and commissioning of Mobile Laboratories and Testing Equipment

(IA/14-15/P003/G)

Consultancy and Specialized Services 8-Apr-15 26-May-15 Roads

PWA/GTC/099/14-15 GTC

On - Call Contract for Rental of Heavy Vehicles/Equipment

(AA - R /14-15/ OM/ 042/ C2/ G)Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 26-May-15 General

Services

PWA/STC/047/14-15 STC

Calibration Verification of Electromagnetic Flow Me-ters (EMFM) for Various Drainage Pumping Stations

(AA-D/14-15/OM/1704/S)Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 21-May-15 Drainage

PWA/STC/046/14-15 STC

Procurement of Power and Control Cables for Sub-mersible Pumps of Various Capcities for workshops

(AA-D/14-15/OM/1695/S)Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 21-May-15 Drainage

PWA/GTC/100/14-15 GTC

Supply of Spares Parts for WEIR, KUBOTA AND S.P.P PUMPS for Pumping Stations and STW'S

(AA-DOM/14-15/M/1358-2.05/G)Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 19-May-15 Drainage

PWA/GTC/089/14-15 GTC

Design & Build For The Rectification Works for Truck Inspection Clearance Area And Agriculture &

Quarantine Buildings at Abu Samra (BA/14-15/C/068/G)

Qatari Companies Only 25-Mar-15 19-May-15 Building

PWA/GTC/085/14-15 GTC

Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Flow Monitoring System for Surface/Ground Water/Foul

Sewer Networks (AA-D/14-15/OM/1685/G)

Qatari Companies Only 18-Mar-15 12-May-15 Drainage

PWA/GTC/088/14-15 GTC

Post-Contract Professional Consultancy Services for Refurbishment and Upgrading Works for Various

Pumping Station ,CP -770 (IA/14-15/S/003/G)

Consultancy and Specialized Services 25-Mar-15 12-May-15 Drainage

PWA/GTC/090/14-15 GTC

Post Contract Professional Consultancy Services for Construction of 6 New Schools Around Doha

( and Villages ( Stage 10B) BA/14-15/S/083/G

Consultancy and Specialized Services 25-Mar-15 12-May-15 Building

PWA/ITC/046/14-15 ITC

Doha and Rayyan Sewerage Scheme Miscel-laneous House Connection works on-call contract

21/2014 (IA/D-HC/14-15/C/091/I)

Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 10-May-15 Drainage

PWA/ITC/043/14-15 ITC Supply of PS SCADA Spare Parts (AA-D/14-15/OM/1705/I) Qatari Companies Only 8-Apr-15 10-May-15 Drainage

PWA/STC/045/14-15 STC

Doha and Rayyan Sewerage Scheme-Property Connection to IKEA & Festival City (Micro Tunneling

Works) NDM (Project # P/31/2014) (IA/D-HC/14-15/C/098/S)

Qatari Companies Only 15-Apr-15 7-May-15 Drainage

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

General Conditions of Tenders- Full Documents for the Tender

can be obtained from Contracts Department (CD) against a Non–refundable fee paid to PWA Ac-count No. (0013-001813-052), Qatar National Bank together with a copy of the Company Registra-tion and a Company Authorization letter.

- Project document may be exam-ined at Al-Faisal Tower(1), Ground Floor, Al Corniche before purchas-ing from PWA.

- Each Tender must be accompa-nied 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)

3 /2015-2016 Local Tenders IBM filenet documents generator and smart solution - phase 2 Public Prosecution 10/5/15 140000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 150

5 /2015-2016 Local Tenders Maintenance works for A/C and cooling equipments for several mosques at Al Shamal area

Ministry of Endowment & Islamic Affairs 17/05/2015 12000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 150

4 /2015-2016 Local Tenders Development & modernization of retirement and pension applications

General Retirement and Social Authority 17/05/2015 30000 Q.R TWO ENVELOPES 150

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

Morden is one of the leading companies in scaffolding and form-work. We believe that success can only be achieved through inter-action with the custom-ers. We have all systems for scaffolding and formwork with all accessories. we make technical sup-

Tel: +974 44272344. +974 40374324Fax: +974 44272344P.O. Box: 15104 – Doha – Qatar (Opposite Abu Hamour Petrol Station)Email: info@mordenscaff.com mordenconstruction@yahoo.com

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Regent Hotel Qatar Foundation Wall System

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2015 Project Qatar 2015Organizer: IFP QatarEvent date (s): 4 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900 Fax: +974 44432891 Email: info@ifpqatar.comWebsite:www.projectqatar.com

Qatar StoneTechOrganizer: IFP QatarEvent date (s): 4 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 44329900 Fax: +974 44432891 Email: info@ifpqatar.comWebsite:www.qatarstone-tech.com

Future BIM ImplementationOrganizer: Advanced Conferences & Meetings FZ-LLCEvent date (s): 6 – 7 May Venue: Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC)Location: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 361 4001Fax: +971 4 361 4554Email:opportunities@acm-events.comWebsite:www.futurebimqatar.com

11th Trans Middle East Doha 2015Organizer: Transport EventsEvent date (s): 6 – 7 MayVenue: Intercontinental DohaLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +60 87 426 022Fax: +60 87 426 223Email: enquiries@transportevents.comWebsite: www.transportevents.com

Cityscape Qatar 2015Organizer: Informa Exhibitions Middle EastEvent date (s): 11 – 13 May Venue: Doha Exhibition CentreLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 336 5161Fax: +971 4 335 1891Email: info@cityscapeqatar.com Website: www.cityscapeqatar.com

Smart Skyscrapers Summit 2015Organizer: Expotrade Middle East FZ LLCEvent Date (s): 11 – 12 MayVenue: Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort and SpaLocation: Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTel: +9714 4542135Fax: +9714 4542136Email: marketing@expotrade-me.comWebsite: www.smartskyscrapers.com

World Stadium CongressOrganizer: IQPCEvent date (s): 18 – 21 MayVenue: St. Regis HotelLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 364 2975Email: enquiry@iqpc.aeWebsite: www.worldstadiumcongress.com

MEED Construction Leadership Sum-mitOrganizer: MEEDEvent date (s): 27 MayLocation: Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 8180 217 Fax: +971 4 4234 830 Email: meedevents@meed.comWebsite: www.constructionleadershipsum-mit.com

MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with MashreqOrganizer: MEEDEvent date (s): 27 MayLocation: Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 8180 217 Fax: +971 4 4234 830 Email: meedevents@meed.comWebsite: www.constructionleadershipsum-mit.com

4th Annual Underground Infrastruc-

ture and Deep FoundationsOrganizer: IQPCEvent date (s): 7 – 10 June Venue: InterContinental HotelLocation: Doha, Qatar Tel: +971 4 364 2975Email: enquiry@iqpc.aeWebsite: www.undergroundfoundations.com

The Big 5 DubaiOrganizer: dmg EventsEvent date (s): 23 – 26 NovVenue: Dubai World Trade CentreLocation: Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 438 0355Fax: +971 4 438 0356Email: info@thebig5.aeWebsite: http://www.thebig5.ae

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

Mesiemer Q-Tel Not Appointed 250-350 Tender Stage Technical

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

Gulf Mall at Gharrafa Business Trading Company IDC 400-500 Under Construction Shopping Mall

Doha Centro Hotel at Bin Mahmoud Al Malki Real Estate Investments Satal Qatar Contracting N/A Under Construction Hotel

Ghanem Office Building at Salwa Road Ghanem Al Thani Holding Ramco 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 Extate Develop-ment QSC Sinohydro Group Limited N/A Under Construction Residential

Qatar Airways Crew Accommodation Qatar Airways Redco International N/A Under Construction Residential Building

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

Office Tower (3B+G+14Floors) Mr. Abdullah Abu Salah Shannon Engineering N/A Under Construction Office Tower

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

5 Hotel Towers adjacent to City Center Marriott Ren-sance, Marriott Courtyard, Shangri La, Rotana & Merweb Al Rayyan Holding Company Al Habtour 3.5 Billion Marriott Rensance & Marriott Courtyard in handing

over and the other 3 Hotels are under construction Hotels

Shemoukh Mixed-Use Twin Tower, Al Saad Real Estate Services Group SEG 800 Construction Stage Mixed Use Towers

Al Jasrah Twin Tower Lusail Al Shereef Enterprises Dorra Contracting 350 Construction Stage Mixed Use Towers

Qatar Radio and Television Complex PWA Tag Engineering & Contracting 120 Under Construction Media Complex

Police College Academy MOI Not Appointed N/A Design Stage Educational Complex

Health Care Centers (Pacakge 4 & 5) PWA ITC/UCE 600 Under Construction Medical Centers

Construction of Head Quarters Bldg. for Ministry of Interior MOI WCT N/A Under Construction Administrative and Office Building

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

Logistic City Qatar Navigation Not Appointed N/A Design Stage 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 6 Nos. New Schools PWA ITCC / Al Sraiya 350 Under Construction Educational Buildings

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

Al Aween Fit out Alaween B5 N/A under construction fit out

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 Milliom 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

Sheikh Badr Residential Building Sheikh Badr Khalifa Al Thani Al Batra 96 Million under construction Residential Building

Qatar Embassy and Diplomat Villas in Mogadishu, Somalia MOFA Not Appointed N/A Design Stage Government Building

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

Al Ahli Club Sh. Ahmad bin Hamad Al Thani NA 54,000,000.00 Service Design Commercial

FV9 Al Asmakh Head Office in Lusail Regency Real Estate NA 38,000,000.00 Design Stage Office Building

C5 Lusail Rabban Group NA 126,319,000.00 Design stage Mixed Use Building

FV7 - Multi Purpose Hall / Art Centre Regency Real Estate NA 67,500,000.00 Design stage Commercial

C6 - Lusail Regency Real Estate NA 165,540,000.00 Design stage Mixed Use Building

C4 - Lusail Regency Real Estate NA 108,070,000.00 Design stage Hotel Apartments

Foxhills - A29 Fursan Real Estate NA 20,091,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - A30 Fursan Real Estate NA 32,627,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - A13 Regency Real Estate NA 24,918,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - D04 Regency Real Estate NA 25,273,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - D14 Regency Real Estate NA 23,150,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - D21 Regency Real Estate NA 27,472,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Foxhills - D49 Regency Real Estate NA 29,299,000.00 Design stage Residential Building

Office Building D-Ring Nasser Obeidan NA 2,371,000.00 Tender Stage Office Building

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Msheireb Properties, a subsid-iary of Qatar Foundation and Qatar’s leading sustainable developer, has been presented with two awards as part of Kah-ramaa’s National Program for Conservation. Eng. Abdulla Al Mehshadi, CEO of Msheireb Properties and Eng. Ali Al Kuwari, Chief Of-ficer Design and Delivery of Msheireb Properties, received the awards at a ceremony held in Doha.The competition was run by Kahramaa’s Tarsheed, the Na-tional Campaign for the Con-servation and Efficient Use of Water and Electricity, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al- Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, and was judged by a panel of industry experts and regional professionals. The competition witnessed entries from different sectors in the country, with Msheireb Properties winning in both the

Government and Industrial sec-tors. The award winning build-ings, the Diwan Annexe and the District Cooling Plant (DCP), are both located in Msheireb Downtown Doha, the world’s first sustainable regeneration project, with more than 100 buildings targeting LEED gold and platinum rating. To date, the company has earned the ISO 14001:2004 certificate for environmental performance from the British Standards In-stitute – as well as BSI certifica-tion for quality and health and safety and ISO 31000:2009 certificate for Risk Manage-ment Standard.The Diwan Annexe’s winning entry in the Conserved Build-ings Category includes an en-ergy performance, rain water recovery, and onsite energy generation through photovolta-ic (PV) panels. The overall ener-gy savings for the Diwan Annexe come to 35.5% using ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Appendix G meth-

odology. The overall potable water savings for the building total 87.5%, which includes low flow toilets and shower heads and the use of non - potable water. The landscape saving is at 100% with no potable water usage at all.Winning in the Industrial sector, the District Cooling Plant (DCP) was designed with energy ef-ficient features including ef-ficient lighting, ventilation and outside air heat recovery. On the industrial side both electri-cal and potable water features have been implemented. The use of highly efficient chillers will result in savings of more than 5 million kilograms of CO2 per year. Once fully opera-tional, the total capacity of the district cooling system will be 29,250 TR, sufficient to serve the cooling needs of the entire Msheireb Downtown Doha de-velopment. Receiving the awards, Eng. Abdulla Hassan Al-Mehshadi,

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

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

gineers, designers and experts from around the world to en-sure we used cutting edge, en-vironmentally friendly technol-ogy and best building practice throughout the development with the aim to reduce energy consumption in MDD by 32 per-

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

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

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