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OPEN FOR BUSINESSBuying time in KSA

POWERFUL IMPACT Gensets packing a punch

GETTING CLOSE Setting Exalt up in Saudi

SCOPE FOR CHANGE Bobcat’s new telehandler

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04 EDITORIAL A man in need of a chance.

06 NEWS What’s happening across the region in construction machinery?

12 NEWS ANALYSIS Is the attempt to form a Gulf-wide rail network at risk of

collapsing before its even started?

16 HEAVY HITTERS: DAVID O’CALLAGHAN CMME talks to Exalt’s David O’Callaghan about his journey to

secure funding for forklift manufacturing in the Middle East.

22 CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY SHOW 2014 Buyers out in force in Dammam.

24 KOMATSU IN SAUDI What the official launch of ALJHE could mean.

28 STEP IN THE ARENA CMME looks at Sharjah’s ambitiously scheduled Sharjah

Ampitheatre project.

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Saudi? “The machines that visitors were

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at the new offerings in the power generation market. Page 46 A BOBCAT WITH BOOM CMME takes a tour of Bobcat’s new large telehandler.

1 CIFA PUMPED UP What the Italian/Chinese company has in mind for the region. Page 54 THE LAST WORD

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POWERFUL IMPACT Gensets packing a punch

GETTING CLOSE Setting Exalt up in Saudi

SCOPE FOR CHANGE Bobcat’s new telehandler

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THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

I write this month about the story of David O’Callaghan, a man who has kept alive his dream of setting up a manufacturing

plant for forklifts in the region for several years.

I first came across David and his company, named Etali, shortly after I first arrived in Dubai.

Back then the city was filled with a lot of chancers – I know some of you would argue it still is! – and it would have been easy to judge David and his dream of using local money to set up an international forklift truck factory as yet another flight of fantasy.

And so did I. Credit to David, when I wrote a story questioning whether this was a scheme that was truly bonafide, he contacted me to explain what Etali was about, the technology it possessed and how a company with roots in the north of England had found itself talking to billionaires in the Gulf.

David’s attempts have gone through many guises over the years. First he used the Shaw name he inherited over two decades ago from the now-defunct company in the hopes of setting up in Abu Dhabi. The financial crisis ended that dream. Next he re-surfaced as Etali, and now as Exalt with Saudi Arabian money, workers and sites all targeted.

He told me that he has come close to getting his project off the ground on a number of occasions but the crucial investment he needs remains elusive. Time and time again he has returned home to England with nothing to show for his effort but expense and promises.

O’Callaghan has tackled a lot of the preconceptions he’s encountered by being the outsider that is looking in.

When we met I approached it as an investor digging down into the fundamentals of the business and clearly his knowledge, not just of the industry but the region, shows that he is a great student of the region and that he’s smart.

He’s also learned the value of something tangible and brought with him a precious 3D model of the modular designed truck he dreams of producing one day.

Whether it is finally enough, is far too early to tell. I am also not fully qualified to judge whether the design he holds can be the revolutionary game changer he hopes it is, but I wish him all the luck in his endeavours.

Before he left he told me that he’ll keep coming back until he finds that elusive partner – and I believe him. I’ve never met someone so outwardly devoid of cynicism as David O’Callaghan and I hope that should he find that special investor he needs they don’t take advantage of him or his ideas.

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NEWSNew machines, new offices, new projects, new initiatives – we look around the region at what’s new this month.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Middle East Corporation FZE has signed a dealership

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rolaco Trading, with Rolaco becoming a distributor for Hitachi Sumitomo Crawler Cranes (HSC) in the Saudi Arabia territory.

The agreement was signed and executed by Hitachi CM ME president Hidefumi Sameshima and Rolaco Group COO Sami Alhalabi, and witnessed by Hitachi CM ME manager Hideki Shimada and Piet Hein van Bakergem.

Hitachi Sumitomo is best known for its range of crawler crane products, ranging from max lift weights of 40

tonnes to 550t, cranes which are popularly known for their reliability, long lives, and ease of operation.

Established in 1968, Rolaco provides services for Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure in wholesale construction, shipping, contracting, transportation, housing and commercial construction.

“The Hitachi Dubai headquarters will provide dedicated HSC product support, education and training to all involved. We are confident this union with Rolaco will reinforce our joint position in the crawler crane market for the Saudi Arabia territory,” said van Bakergem.

Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co, Ltd. was

established in 2002. The company manufactures, repairs and sells construction equipment and other auxiliary equipment with primary

products including Crawler cranes, earth drills, pile drivers, casing drivers, truck cranes, wheeled cranes, and floating cranes.

Eric Lepine, the general manager of Caterpillar France, has been appointed as president of CECE (Committee for European Construction Equipment) for a two-year term.

Lepine took over the position from Johann Sailer, who had been chairing the association for two years.

The official handover took place in Paris in December on the occasion of the last CECE-Steering Group meeting of the year.

During his 26 years of experience in the industry, Eric Lepine has held various positions at Caterpillar in countries such as Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Russia, USA and UK before taking over the responsibility in Grenoble, France.

His main goal for his presidency will be to ensure

the implementation of the ten points listed in the CECE’s industry manifesto, which were presented during the 2013 CECE summit in Brussels to the members of the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Lepine believes that CECE should focus on three main priorities during his Presidency: achieving a harmonisation of road safety requirements for non-road mobile machinery within Europe; ensuring that industry’s needs are duly taken into account within the current revision of the exhaust emission legislation and finally the association should work for the final approval of the market surveillance legislation review, currently stuck at the European Council level.

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DAMMAM STRIPPED FOR DEMO MODE

LiuGong Machines get ready to rumble at last month’s

Construction Machinery Show held in the eastern city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia.

Rolaco named new Sumitomo dealer

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COMPANY INTELLIGENCESAUDI BAUER FOUNDATION CONTRACTORS HAS COMPLETED THE FOUNDATION WORKS FOR WHAT IS INTENDED TO BECOME THE WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING, THE KINGDOM TOWER. The tower, expected to be at least 1,001 metres tall, is being built in Jeddah, and is being developed by Kingdom Holding Company, the investment company of Prince Al Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud. Saudi Bauer is a subsidiary of specialist foundation engineering company Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH based in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria. The company installed extremely long piles to place the foundations of the mammoth building.

THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ’S MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES HAS PURCHASED SEVEN TADANO GT-550E-2 TRUCK CRANES. The truck cranes, with a boom of 42m and a maximum safe working load of 55t at 3m, were delivered by local TADANO DISTRIBUTOR UNITED IRAQI TRADING EQUIPMENT COMPANY (UITECO). The Ministry of Water Resources is responsible for looking after an extensive system of irrigation canals and dams across the country, working to balance the competing demands of irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower, flood control and environmental requirements.

TOPCON has anounced that it will offer aerial mapping services to customers in Europe, following a strategic partnership with MAVinci announced last year. THE SIRIUS PRO TECHNOLOGY, WHICH MAKES USE OF AN AN UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS) DRONE AIRCRAFT, is designed to produce the most accurate solutions for automated mapping of construction sites, pipelines, disaster areas, mines, quarries, regardless of the terrain.

Chinese construction machinery manufacturer XCMG has highlighted work carried out by its loaders on a major project near Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

The Siwera Sewage Treatment Plant Project, which is 40 km to the southeast of Bagdad, capital city of Iraq, is being carried out by Chinese contractors CGGC, which is its first engineering project in Iraq.

The $126.6 million contract was awarded by the Ministry of Municipal and Public Engineering of Iraq in 2012. Work includes the construction of a 348km rainwater and domestic sewage drainage pipe network, 14 lift pump stations and one sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000 tons in a construction period of 1,065 days (35 months), and a maintenance period of 12 months.

All construction machineries used for the project are manufactured by XCMG, which reflects CGGC’s high recognition of the company’s products and their trust in the brand of XCMG.

As part of the operation, XCMG’s wheel loaders are conducting the extension of the camp of CGGC’s Siwera Project.

Meanwhile, Arabtec Holding, the UAE-based engineering and construction group of companies, has revealed plans for a large-scale campaign to create thousands of jobs for the youth population of the UAE, GCC and wider Middle East and North Africa region.

The recruitment campaign will begin in the UAE, targeting ambitious youth who are ‘eager to contribute to their country’s development by joining Arabtec’s various teams and at the same time gain invaluable experience from the unique mix of international expertise involved in Arabtec’s projects’ said the company in a statement.

“Emiratisation has always been at the core of our

corporate strategy. We perceive it as a duty, a commitment, and part of our responsibility towards this great nation. We have developed a fully-fledged strategy geared at attracting local talents to our fast growing business. Paramount attention is given to developing attractive packages for UAE Nationals and enabling them to gain real time experience from our international teams,” said Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, managing director and CEO of Arabtec.

The campaign will be driven through intensive advertisement on the local media, he added. It coincides with a surge in growth of Arabtec business, the biggest in its history, Ismaik said.

XCMG WORKING ON MAJOR IRAQ PROJECT

1 Jumeirah Golf Estates (JGE) has awarded a contract to ETA ASCON FOR THE FINAL

COMPLETION OF THE DEVELOPMENT’S ‘CLUBHOUSE’. ETA Ascon, a leading contracting firm in the UAE, has been commissioned to implement Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) services and landscaping work at The Clubhouse. The contractor has already commenced work on the project on February 1, 2014 and will finish by August 31, 2014.

2 Controversy has arisen as local contractors have claimed that OMAN RAIL’S STRICT

PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA for its national rail project leaves only international contractors eligible to bid. Local Omani contractors are expected to form alliances and partnerships with the international contractors, who are expected to have the adequate experience required to bid for the Design & Build (D&B) package, covering Segment 1 of the network. Tendering for the same will begin in the third quarter of this year.

TENDER UPDATES A $3.4m Terex crane was the most expensive lot sold by Richie Bros Auctioneers in 20013, the largest auctioneer of industrial equipment in the world said as it revealed the five most expensive machines.

Topping the list with a sale price of $3.37 million was a 2008 Terex Demag AC700. The 9-axle all-terrain crane is a 700 tonne capacity class lifter, and is powered by a Benz OM906LA upper engine and a Mercedes-Benz OM502LA lower engine.

The ATC included a tilt cab, a 15.5-60m, five-section boom, 160 tonne counterweight and counterweight removal device.

The crane had 16,520km on the meter. The crane was sold in June at Ocana, Spain, and is the largest all terrain crane sold at a Ritchie Bros. auction to date.

The second most expensive machine sold last year by RBA was an unused 2010 Liebherr R974C demolition excavator, sold at an auction in Italy for $1.4m.

The demolition excavator came with a 41m 3-section boom, a hydraulic elevating A/C cab, expandable chassis, hydraulic extendable tracks and had just 49 hours on the meter.

Third on the list was an unused 2012 Caterpillar D10T, with two of the models selling in the same auction for a price of $1,070,000 each. The massive

RBA’S TOP SELLERS IN 2013Hitachi EX2500-6 hydraulic excavator is used primarily in mining, but also in large construction projects. The 2009 Hitachi EX2500-6 pictured above sold for $950,000 at an auction in Charleston, WV, USA in May 2013.The machine had 9,845 hours on the meter.

Rounding out the list was a 2011 Caterpillar 637G motor scraper, with 1,215 hours on the meter, which sold for $900,000, one of four scrapers sold at an auction in August.

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Five Linden Comansa tower cranes are being used in a major bridge project in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Crossing the Red River, the project consists of a 1,500m bridge, while in total the cable-stayed bridge and approach viaduct have a length of 3,080m.

The main bridge, to be completed by the end of this year, will feature five A-shaped concrete pylons, to which the clamping cables will be tied. The construction of these pylons, located every 300m along the bridge, has been done by five 21LC550 18t tower cranes, supplied to Sumitomo Mitsui Construction by Asia-Ted, a dealer of Linden Comansa in Singapore.

The initial assembly of the five cranes, as well as some jacking-up operations, was carried out by a team of Linden Comansa’s technicians, who moved to Hanoi from Spain to attend this sophisticated operation.

All pylons are practically of similar dimensions, so the cranes were erected with the same settings: jib length of 50m and 11 tower sections, to reach a freestanding height of 63.8m. In addition, each one of the cranes was erected on foundations over four steel piles driven to the ground, giving the crane a further height of between 5 and 11m depending on the location of the pylon.

The erection of three of the five cranes was especially complicated, as the pylons were completely surrounded by the water of the Red River. The lifting of the sections had to be done by crawler cranes located in barges in the river, which made the maneuvers more difficult the days in which waters flow down at high speed. In addition, the need

to transport material and sections on barge demanded a large amount of planning and slowed down the erections tasks.

The five tower cranes have worked at the jobsite since 2009, raising all the necessary materials for the construction of the pylons, such as formwork, prefabricated rebar cages, concrete, etc. The 21LC550 have also helped to unroll and place the cables of the bridge, as well as to raise the cable anchor boxes to the top of the pylons. These 29 red pieces of anchor boxes per pylon, which have been directly embedded into the concrete, weight a maximum of 18 tons per piece, forcing the cranes to employ 100% of its maximum load capacity.

Project manager Hitoshi Yamaji, from Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co, expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the cranes: ”The five 21LC550 tower crane worked well during our pylon construction without any trouble. In addition, the maintenance and technical support by their well trained technicians were satisfactory. We got the best decision by choosing Linden Comansa cranes for our construction works; otherwise, I think it would have been difficult for us to complete our project on time”.

A joint venture formed by Japanese firms IHI Infrastructure Systems and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction, it is in charge of the construction of the “Nhat Tan Bridge”, which is also known as the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Bridge.

The “Nhat Tan Bridge” is expected to open in October 2014, after 60 months of construction, just in time for the 60th Year Anniversary of Hanoi Capital Liberation Day.

JCB betting on golf to boost salesJCB has announced it will spend nearly $50 million (£30m) building a golf course next to its World HQ in Staffordshire, UK, to hoping to boost sales and build global awareness of its brand.

The 18-hole, par 72 championship golf course centre, along with plans for five-star hotel-style accommodation complete with a new luxury spa and leisure facility, will be used for visiting JCB guests from across the world.

While still subject to planning approval, when built the course will be made available mainly to JCB’s network of 770 global dealers, used to drive business growth, helping to build relationships

with new customers and strengthen relationships with existing customers.

The 7,150 yard course will be planned by design house European Golf Design, and built to tour-quality standard, with the possibility of eventually hosting a major tour event, further boosting the JCB brand profile.The club house will be situated in a 18th century mansion currently in ruins, Woodseat Hall, which will be completely renovated.

JCB chairman Lord Bamford announced the plans, following on from the news late last year that JCB would spend close to $250m in building two new factories in the UK to serve market demand.

BRIDGE DEMOLISHINGVolvo CE equipment has been used to demolish an old bridge in Jharkhand (500km from Calcutta), with the machines taking 60 days to bring the structure to the ground.

LINDEN COMANSAS DEPLOYED ON 3KM BRIDGE PROJECT IN VIETNAM

Kobelco to manufacture in US

Kobelco’s reemergence as a player in the excavator market is looking more serious and it plans to

build a plant in the US.

WALKING THE COURSEJCB’s $50 million golf course next to its World HQ will help boost sales and build global awareness of its brand.

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TunisSociété Commerciale de Matériels (COMAT)www.comat.tn+216-74468710AzerbaijanGrand Motors LLCwww.grandmotors.az+994-125647494

United Arab EmiratesGeneral Navigation And Commerce Company (GENAVCO) L.L.C(Member of Juma Al-Majid group)

www.genavco.com+971-43961000OmanGeneral Engineering Services Est.(Genserv)(Member of Juma Al-Majid group)

www.genserv-oman.com+968-24490755

QatarAl Arabia Heavy Equipment Co. L.L.C.(Member of Al Fardan Group)

www.alarabia.com.qa+974-44971090BahrainZAYANI MOTORS W.L.L.www.zmotors.com+973-17703703

Saudi Arabia-Arabian Bugshan Group(Earthmoving machinery)

www.abugshangroup.com+966-14931018-Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Co., Ltd.(Concrete machinery)

www.kanoocom.com+966-22632959KuwaitBahrah Trading Company W.L.L.www.bahrahtrading.com+965-1802008

IraqAl Ittihadia General Trading Co.( Member of Sardar Group)

www.sardargroup.com+964-662569888AlgeriaS.A.R.L. SOCOPEwww.socope.net+213-43273939

Shantui‘s value proposition made Shantui a leader in China’s fast-growing construction machinery industry.

Now, with a fully diversified line of products and a mature international sales network, Shantui is uniquely able to put that value proposition to work globally, meeting the need for value and exceeding the performance expectations of heavy construction machinery customers around the world.

It’s the Shantui Way.

Value, Ready To Work

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Boels Rental has made a major investment in JCB machines for its rental fleet, purchasing $18.1 million worth of equipment. The order for 300 machines is their third major purchase in three years, and means the company will have a fleet of more than 1000 JCBs.

Boels Rental is headquartered in the Netherlands, but has more than 300 outlets across Europe, and operates in countries including The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia and Poland.

The order comprises a range of micro and mini excavators, telescopic handlers and rough terrain forklift trucks. Delivery is set to be completed by the end of March 2014.

Pierre Boels, CEO of Boels, said: “Performance and efficiency were key factors in our decision to purchase the JCB machines. In particular, the fuel savings offered by the Ecomax-powered products

are particularly important, as being environmentally responsible is essential to our business.”

All the machines are being supplied with JCB’s LiveLink telematics system, used to monitors service requirements, and protect them from theft.

JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “We are delighted to have secured such a significant order from one of Europe’s most important rental companies. This is the third year in succession that JCB has won this major business from Boels which speaks volumes for the superior quality, performance and efficiency of JCB’s machines.”

Manitou Group has appointed Michel Denis as the new President and CEO, as the manufacturer of rough terrain handling and industrial material handling equipment looks to return to full market strength.

The company, whose brands include Manitou and Gehl, had revenue of $1.73 billion in 2012. Denis was appoointed to a four-year term, expiring in 2017.

Marcel Braud, chairman of the board, thanked the outgoing interim CEO Dominque Bamas.

“After having assisted the Board for several years as a Director, he made himself available at a pivotal moment in our history that required a realignment between profitability and development.”

“During this period he stabilised financing for the next five years, reduced the debt and initiated a combination of optimisation programs and developments from which the group should benefit in the upcoming years.

“It is our pleasure to welcome Denis whose appointment marks a new chapter in the history of Manitou. I’m confident that his experience will permit him to

continue the operating reforms already launched and accelerate the Group’s adaption to the markets evolution. As the leader in Rough Terrain Handling since decades, our mission is to continue to serve our customers to the best of their needs,” Braud said.

“Based on the strength and leadership of the group, our goal is to remain faithful to our historic motto: safe international development based on innovation, performance, quality and customer satisfaction.”

Denis, 48 is a graduate of “ESSEC”, a French business school and the “Ecole Centrale de Lyon” a French engineering school. He has worked as a strategy consultant, later managing the French businesses of MC International which became Johnson Controls. In 2003 he joined the Fraikin Group, a major European truck rentals player, for which he was CEO until August of 2013.

During his 10 years at Fraikin the company saw strong international development, and imposed its approach to the design of industrial vehicles, the associated services and the European financing of its fleet of 60,000 vehicles as a model.

GROVE GMK6400S PROVE WORTHMANITOU APPOINTS NEW CEO Grove’s new GMK6400

all-terrain crane is proving popular, with six cranes sold to customers in France. The 400 tonne-rated capacity lifter is the strongest six-axle crane in the world and, despite its size, easily meets road permit laws in France.

Mediaco, the largest crane rental company in France, is the latest to add the GMK6400 to its fleet, after buying three of the ATCs.

Philippe Dumas, sales director Manitowoc EMEA, says that the crane has attractive advantages for buyers.

“‘If you build it, they will come’ – if you build

the best possible crane, customers will want it,” he says. “And that is the GMK6400; this crane can perform lifts that no other six-axle or even seven-axle crane can, and yet is easy to transport on French roads. We are incredibly proud of what this crane can do and, much like our 300 t Grove GMK6300L, I expect it to reach more sales milestones in the future.”

All of the GMK6400s in France are owned by crane rental companies. The cranes already in the country are used for general construction work. In particular, expansion and maintenance work at refineries and

manufacturing plants are among their main activities. The cranes are located across the country in Nantes, Lyon and Le Havre.

The three GMK6400s going to Mediaco will join the company’s huge fleet of more than 700 cranes, and be based in Paris, Nantes and Marseilles.

Outside of France, GMK6400s can now be found working in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the U.S., and as far away as Curacao and New Zealand.

Grove’s GMK6400 recently earned Manitowoc the “Innovation Manufacturer” award from Europe’s leading lifting and transportation trade association, the European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes.

The GMK6400 features a range of unique design elements including a single engine concept, self-rigging MegaWingLift and the MegaDrive hydrostatic drive system.

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GCC network could hit buffers

The long anticipated railway construction boom in the GCC finally kicked off last year with billions of dollars of major rail project

contracts awarded across the region, but it faces delays

Forming a sizable chunk of the $108 billion contracts awarded in 2013, rail seems set to be the region’s most ambitious and exciting project sector for a good while. It

is estimated that there are $194 billion worth of rail projects currently underway or in the pipeline.

The first three quarters of 2013 saw more than $30 billion worth of rail construction contracts awarded across the GCC, a staggering jump from the $3.9 billion awarded during the same period in 2012. The reason for this massive jump was the awarding of the $22 billion construction contracts for the Riyadh Metro in June of this year.

Furthermore, when it comes to overland rail, the UAE’s Etihad Rail has been one of the most prominent projects in the region, with the first phase of the project well underway. In fact, the next 12 months will see a surge in railway project activity, with Oman looking to set up its own national railway, while Mecca, Medina and Dammam are all looking to develop metro and light rail networks.

Meanwhile, the Metro Jeddah Company has already announced that the Jeddah Metro will most likely be awarded in the first half of 2015.

This railway activity isn’t limited only to the GCC, with Iraq keen to build up its railway network

while working on plans to develop an elevated metro in Baghdad. In addition, there are numerous opportunities in Northern Africa for rail projects, with a high speed railway been Tangiers and Casablanca most prominent amongst them.

Given that all the GCC projects will tie up to create a region wide railway network, the need to get all facets of its construction spot on is vital, says Trevor Butcher, Partner – Head of Finance and Projects, at DLA Piper Middle East.

“The 2,177km GCC rail network is set to link all six Gulf states for the first time in history, providing a welcome alternative to air, sea and road for both goods and passengers,” he says. “This will be a fantastic achievement for the GCC and the wider Middle East as a whole. The complexity of the project should not be underestimated however, with ambitious time frames and numerous developmental and operational challenges remaining to be overcome, such as resolving the aims and priorities as between passenger and freight services and settling the immigration and customs logistics at the many borders that will be crossed.”

“It is imperative that the GCC countries work together to resolve the outstanding challenges if they are to realise the improved efficiency in

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WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN?Julian Hill, regional managing director, Rail for Atkins is more optimistic about the time line for the projects, he stresses that it’s vital for the right level of dialogue and planning to take place now, so as to avoid issues later on.

“From a historical perspective, for a cross border railway, I think the level of coordination and shared vision for the railway, is at a pretty good level. We’re encouraged by the fact that there is a working group to drive things forward and to resolve potential issues at the earliest stage,” he explains. “Saudi Arabia has led the track standardisation (gauge width and axle load), to ensure freight trains can technically move seamlessly between countries. Common clearance envelopes and train control systems will be adopted. Diesel trains have also been adopted with space provisions in the infrastructure for potential electrification in the future.”

Of course there are other problems that contractors, consultants and developers will face when it comes to the actual construction of the railways. One major issue is the availability of skilled labour and materials to work on these complex projects. Given the delicate situation in the Kingdom, thanks to the Nitaqat ruling, and the demand in Qatar and Dubai, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022 and Expo 2020 respectively, sourcing skilled labour and materials is going to be vital for the success of these projects, say the experts.

“That’s really an issue,” says Scheifler, “I’m always saying that we’re now living in the decade of rail in the Middle East. We have projects popping up everywhere. We’re talking about the main line projects, but in addition, we have many metro and tram projects coming up. In Saudi we have numerous metro projects, in Qatar we’re in the midst of the tender process. In Abu Dhabi, there are plans for a metro and light rail system as well. All of that falls under the umbrella of rail, and all of that needs expertise. So at the moment, there are a lot of opportunities out there,” he asserts.

“I think this is the most important topic, if you want to do your project successfully. What we’ve done is set up a recruitment programme, which on one hand looks into the whole organisation, as we have projects globally. So we first look internally, where we have expertise available. We recruit from within, but that’s not enough. We also have to approach (people) externally. We have professional recruiting agents (on the case). But I would say that, at the end, the key will be remuneration. You have to offer proper packages to attract the best people. It’s not too complex a task, but one that needs to be taken very seriously.”

transportation and logistics that the scheme offers, as well as furthering the vision of a more closely integrated GCC community,” Butcher points out.

Dr Nadhem Bin Taher, the executive director of the National Transport Authority, adds that this cooperation between GCC countries has already begun, with plans for a GCC Railway Authority already in motion, so as to regulate interoperability issues and the connections between each country.

“This has been discussed in the GCC council and will very soon be raised with the GCC supreme council, I don’t have an exact date but this is the plan,” he says.

“Connecting the whole GCC line and the UAE network, there’s a part that’s around 580km, which is part of our national network. Our national network is around 1,200km, so we’re connecting all these issues together. Saudi Arabia is working on (their railway) right now, Qatar is working, Oman is working and we are working,” Dr Nadhem explains.

“Now we are studying the connection and interoperability issues, immigration issues, trips issues, taxes, and customs, all these issues are studied right now to see how we can go further from this perspective.”

“In order to have a feasible railway industry, you need to take care of all these issues. If you go to Europe, you can take the Euro rail, there are all these issues like customs and immigration, they’ve solved it.”

“So all these will be studied by different departments and the responsible authorities, like the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Immigration, the Customs Authority and the National Transport Authority. We’ll work with our colleagues in the GCC to enable the GCC railway to be a good tool for transportation (in the region),” he adds.

Butcher emphasises that for the GCC Railway to

work, there will need to be close collaboration and consultation to ensure an alignment of objectives, standards and time frames between the various long range and urban rail projects.

While addressing the media recently at the Ministry of Public Works’ headquarters in Dubai, minister of public works and chairman of the National Transport Authority (NTA), HE Dr Abdulla Behaif Al Nuaimi said the planned unified GCC rail is currently unsynchronised, as each member country has achieved only varying levels of their completion targets.

“We had hoped the GCC network would be up and running by 2018,” said Dr. Al Nuaimi. “However, at a meeting last year, we realised that some GCC members will possibly face delays in completion of their rail networks.

“The concern for us, then, was whether to hold-off our development activities based on theirs,” he added.

While Saudi Arabia and UAE are well-poised to meet their due date of 2018, countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain have faced logistical errors, leading the construction industry to question their capacity to deliver the rail networks on time.

Joerg Scheifler, CEO of Siemens Infrastructure and Cities, Middle East says that one of the biggest issues the region’s rail projects is going to face is meeting their own targeted deadline, which is due to the rate at which work is being completed across the region.

“Basically, from my own perspective, I don’t think they’ll all make it together, by 2018. We are already at 2014. The Saudis are well ahead, the tracks exist already, so I’ll say that they can make it. The UAE is next. Phase one of the network is under construction, so I think they’ll make it too. But others like Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, or the link to Qatar, I think those will take longer than 2018. But this is understandable. Building a rail network is very complex, and especially in countries where there is no rail history.”

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David O’Callaghan will bring jobs and manufacturing to Saudi Arabia – he just needs to find that special someone

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David O’Callaghan grips his winning ticket as he comes back to the Middle East. He’s been carrying it for so long now you would understand if he was beginning to wonder whether he will ever find somewhere or

someone who can help him to cash it in. It could happen in the next meeting. Or it could be the next one after that, he reasons. When not if, it will happen, he tells himself.

O’Callaghan last popped into the consciousness of heavy equipment observers in the region three years ago when his company Etali announced it was in talks with Saudi investors to start the production of its modular forklift in the Kingdom. He’s come close once; in 2012 when talks in Saudi got so advanced he told us to expect 200 units out of the Kingdom by the end of the following year.

The announcement, in turns out, was to no avail and he started 2014 returning to Dubai for yet more investor meetings promising to turn his dream into a reality. Decades into his quest, he says he is still learning. He’s realised that people need something more tangible than presentations and designs and comes armed with a scale model this time of his truck. It demonstrates the uniqueness of a design, he says. So many people arrive in the region with dreams to sell that it is easy to grow weary about their claims, and he could be dismissed as yet another. In fact when you meet O’Callaghan, he is almost too self-effacing and too grounded for what is a lofty ambition.

The story of a man who was still in his early 20s when he bought a company and idea he is driven to see succeed told through his cheery veneer even gives him a touch of the Quixotic. Spend time with him and you want him to succeed. When he recalls meeting a billionaire Saudi businessman in London at the venerable Ritz Hotel he tells CMME that the pair went to Café Nero opposite when the hotel was fully booked. He sounds almost awe-inspired that a person of this man’s standing would want to spend time with him in a coffee shop chain.

“I couldn’t believe it. I thought he would only want to meet in a big hotel,” he says. “But he turned around to me and said, ‘Dave, we have a house in Mayfair.’”

O’Callaghan’s dream has come in many guises since he first announced that his company Shaw

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So far so good, but the question has to be asked if it is such a game-changer why is a modest company like his attempting to do this design and not one of the competitors the company is seeking to emulate?

“Well we have 58 years of design innovation for a start,” he says and to demonstrate the point he says the origins of the company can be traced back to Joshua Shaw and Sons of Batley, Yorkshire. Shaw’s speciality was sideloaders, but the company was also a prolific patent holder, including, among others, a design for adjustable cabs for load handling vehicles.

“In 1968 they made the first multidirectional sideloader which could go here, there and everywhere. They’ve always been at the forefront. Shaw got nationalised and then taken over by British Leyland’s Coventry Climax.”

David O’Callaghan sees a local future for global forklift production. “There have been some quite major changes in the materials handling industry over the last year these have brought up some very interesting opportunities like the Linde heavy Lift truck plant in Wales and Sany’s new heavy truck plant near Dusseldorf in

Germany,” he told CMME last month.

O’Callaghan believes that there will be more consolidation between manufacturers in 2014 with the larger manufacturers taking more of the market share globally. The top five manufactures at the end of 2013 controlled around 68% of the global market, he explains.

“This would give a local manufacturer, like we plan, a good advantage in the local market as long as the product meets local demands, as our product can do,” he says.

“We hope to have the first fully built trucks in Saudi early next year though we would enter the market before this with trucks that will be built here in the UK and as the

company grows with our Saudi partner. Production will start slowly first with assembly but by the end of the year or early next year full production will be done in the Saudi plant,” he said.

“Only the engine and transmission will be imported all the rest of the truck will come from inside Saudi if local tyre manufacture is available.”

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Handling would produce a revolutionary truck out of Abu Dhabi at the close of the last decade.

Following the turmoil of the financial crash, it resurfaced as Etali and now under the Exalt banner. The location of where production would be based has likewise shifted from the UAE to Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom is one of the few countries in the Gulf that can boast manufacturing of any real substance, a booming materials handling market, plus the investors required to get a project like the one headed by O’Callaghan off the ground. He is also prioritising the idea of providing employment to young Saudis.

So could it be that he finally has everything going in his direction to get the project off the ground? When asked whether he would like a coffee he opts for a Sprite and is soon breaking down the current state of play.

“We’re talking to three different families at the moment, plus there’s another couple of people that have got in contact with us,” he explains. “Where we are today is where the mobile phone industry was ten years ago. Back then you had Nokia, Blackberry, Motorola and now they’re not here. Instead, you have Apple, Samsung and HTC. All new companies that have come in; and the same is going to happen in our industry of materials handling.”

He continues: “Where our product differs from everybody else is not just on hydrostatic systems which have been around for 30-40 years (you’ve got Toyota who have just released one in Europe to compete with Kion) but how our truck physically builds.”

To extend the mobile phone metaphore, Exalt’s truck’s killer app is a design that allows rapid engine servicing and replacements.

“We’re the only ones that can do physical modualisation, we can actually change an engine in less than two hours,” he claims. “Everything rotates, transmission, power pack. We can do a complete engine in less than an hour. That is where our strength lies because forklift trucks no matter where they are working all the customer is looking for is to get that truck back in service as quickly as possible. No other manufacturer seems to grab that idea.

“Replacing a machine can cost 110,000 euros as the chassis and the ballast weight never wear out all we need is replace the power pack and the transmission - and you’ve got a new machine at a fraction of the cost.”

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Eventually Shaw was picked up by Kalmar before being shut down, It was again rescued by a management buyout before O’Callaghan bought it in 1989. He was 21 at the time; he explains how the deal came to him at such a young age.

“I was working with Shaw on selling the licensing agreements for producing machines in Canada. I had done quite a lot of work on it but unfortunately one of the main directors (Ronnie Watson) passed away.”

He describes the remaining directors as unsure whether to continue with Shaw after his death.

“They had other businesses and Ronnie was running it. I had done all this work and they said you understand the business, do you want it? I could either forget about it or buy the company,” he laughs. “I had a friend who was quite well off and trusted me.”

While he guided the company until 1993, the young O’Callaghan understandably struggled with his new company. “Certain people took advantage of me,” he says.

Eventually settling into other career avenues, it wasn’t untill 2006 at a friend’s funeral that he was prompted into revisiting his plans as an older and wiser person. A lad who used to work for me said: “You know that was the best forklift truck ever. Why don’t you build them again?”

The attempt to build the trucks in Abu Dhabi may have faltered two years later but that may have been a blessing in disguise, he argues, especially when another friend connected him with a family-owned Saudi conglomerate in a market estimated to be 50% of the region’s materials handling sector.

“We realised the market wasn’t the UAE but Saudi Arabia. The young Saudis are very astute and they can see an opportunity.”

O’Callaghan is already in talks to take over a company in Wales to develop larger trucks, so why not just serve the Kingdom from outside the region?

“Because Saudis want to and need to create jobs. If you were to say to a young population that we’re

“IF YOU WERE GOING TO PRODUCE FORMULA ONE CARS YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF INTEREST. IT’S THE SAME WITH OUR TRUCKS”

going to produce Formula One cars you would get a lot of interest. And it’s the same with our forklift trucks. Our factory won’t be typical. It will be spotlessly clean. It will be such an environment that young Saudis will be inspired to come and work.”

He estimates that the facility needed to produce the trucks could employ between 350 to 500 people. It will also produce the company’s modular forklifts for not just the Saudi market but the globe too.

“It will provide the 2t-5t trucks and you could be talking 15-20,000 units per year. The UK factory will produce all the handlers over 6t. We will have the complete range from a reachstacker to a 2t forklift.”

He has history, designs and plans. All he needs now is the cash injection to complete the purchase in Wales (which is being backed by the local authority there) and set up in Saudi (he names Yanbu, Dammam and KAFC in Jeddah as possible sites).

“I want to create it here,” he says emphatically. “When I said that I wanted to put a factory in the Middle East, there were a lot of people in the industry that said I was mad. They said it could never happen, it was pie in the sky. Now, they’re thinking...you see Emirates, Etihad, DP World. These are global brands.”

The purchase of Italy’s Raimondi with Saudi money and the promise of a plant to produce in the Kingdom has set a precedent he can now use to strengthen his case. With the model, the plans, and now this, O’Callaghan could be close. You sense he will persevere even if that dream remains elusive.

“This will be something Saudi can be proud of. Prince Khalid buying the Italian crane company proves we were right.”

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Show Review

One of the strangest news stories to come the way of the CMME team in February was from a US-based company that used the Construction Machinery Show as a way of promoting its auctions as an alternative

way to buy equipment. Opportunistic it may have been, but it was an indication of how far the Saudi show has come in just a couple of years. They even had the grace to call the show as “The place to be.”

The Construction Machinery Show has been able to claim that it is the largest dedicated event for heavy machinery and construction equipment in the GCC region for some time, but this year saw a step up in terms of the spectacle for visitors and sales for the exhibitors.

The move to the Dhahran International Exhibition Center in Dammam opened up the possibility of featuring a full demonstration programme and those that participated did not disappoint.

Visitors to the show were able to witness an array of excavators, wheel loaders, concrete pumps, skid steers as well as earth moving equipment in action for the first time in the region. These included some big name manufacturers such as Doosan with its synchronized display, Liugong with its

This year’s event in Dammam was the best yet, with demonstrations helping to drive sales at the stands and much more to follow

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Tron-inspired liveries and Bobcat with its compact gynamastics across the 15,000 sqm of dedicated demonstration areas. The Mayor of the Eastern Province, His Excellency Eng. Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Jubeir, opened this year’s event. Roots Group’s Abdulaziz Felemban, said that he was impressed that diginitaries were familiar with the Case and Jungeheinrich dealer’s progress in the Kingdom.

“The show was perfect from awareness point of view as we proved our presence in the Western Region through our large showroom, service centre, mobile workshops and our professional representatives. We explained RGA’s capability of covering the construction industry with all of it’s needs,” said Roots’ brand manager.

According to Felemban, Roots Group’s 1,000sm stand was visited by 120 difference to companies. He expects 50 units “will be moved”.

“Attendance was good specially during week days and towards the end of the exhibition. The machines that the visitors were most interested in order were wheel loaders, skid steers, backhoes and excavators.”

While CMME has documented the problems shows in the region face in capturing the same buzz you might expect at Bauma or this month’s ConExpo, the Construction Machinery Show is one of the few where visitors turn up interested in buying equipment.

Saudi dealer Al-Qahtani & Sons said that it sold 60 units during the week (this had risen to 70 just before CMME went to press). Managing director Khaled El Shatoury said that due to a successful event he was going to sign up for next year’s Construction Machinery Show.

“100 more units are under discussion. Because of that, we have booked our location for next year’s exhibition,” he said.

Al-Qahtani is the dealer for Terex, Genie, Boge, Atmos as well as Chinese brand LiuGong’s heavy equipment.

During the exhibition, the new LiuGong ME president, Benjamin Zhu said that he appreciated how the senior management at Al Qahtani group had: “given lots of attention on LiuGong business. Sheikh Salah, the vice chairman of Al Qahtani group, was in the exhibition by himself to support the team and meet with customers.”

Zhu said he had been impressed by the development of the Saudi market. Through the meetings with the customers, Zhu expects the Saudi market to be stable and will continue to be a major market. He added that LiuGong “will keep its promise in this market, to give more focus and more attendance, to the partners, customers and friends in this market.”

LiuGong has been in Saudi market since 2005, and together with its strategic partner, Al Qahtani, has become a strong brand in the market.

“LiuGong has machines working in Saudi Aramco projects and government projects with good supports from the local partner, Al Qahtani,” said Zhu. “There are more than 2,000 units of LiuGong machines working across the Kingdom. LiuGong’s going to be one of the biggest construction equipment brands in this market and the LiuGong and Al Qahtani teams will keep offering the best machines and package solutions to all our customers.”

Ahmed Alkooheji of Saudi Diesel described this year as finally delivering the show Saudi deserves.

“We have been trying to get an exhibition running in the Kingdom for many years and we have not been succesful. From four years ago, we have seen a vision in this exhibition and this year our vision was achieved,” he said. “I saw an increase in our sales immediately. We wanted quality traffic and we saw equipment and company owners, and we were able to communicate some promotions. Our principles Doosan and Everdigm really enjoyed themselves. We anticipate the upcoming years to be even better.”

“FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, WE HAVE SEEN A VISION IN THIS EXHIBITION AND THIS YEAR OUR VISION WAS ACHIEVED”

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KINGDOM KOM-BACK

March saw Komatsu and ALJHE’s assault on the Saudi market given its official launch, CMME looks at what could be in store for contractors

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S audi Arabia with its budget of anything between $1 trillion to $3 trillion, depending on which financial analyst you subscribe to, is by far the most inviting construction market in the Middle East.

Komatsu has an installed base of thousands of machines already proving themselves on the roads, sites and plants of Saudi Arabia. However, while Komatsu’s machines have made a huge contribution to the Saudi market over several decades, the famous Japanese marque’s presence is about to experience a massive boost.

Last year, Komatsu was brought into a joint-venture between Abdul Latif Jameel Group – a name synonymous with the ubiquitous Japanese brand Toyota in Saudi – and Sumitomo.

Their JV, Abdul Latif Jameel Heavy Equipment, paves the way for a fresh start in the Kingdom for the famous yellow machines and it has already begun to establish a substantial foothold in the Saudi market. Last month it made its formal entry into the market with the great and good of the Saudi industry gathered in Riyadh.

Describing its achievements and progress in that first 12 months as mere preparation for the launch does it a disservice as ALJHE has expended considerable effort to build its presence in the Saudi market place.

Indeed, in impressive time it has established a string of facilities in all major cities in the Kingdom through a growing network of regional hubs. Now up and running ALJHE is sprinting with the Komatsu line and has rapidly stocked and equipped its 4S facilities in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha with a sizeable parts inventory, service vehicles and of course equipment.

Investment continues and further purpose-built facilities are expected to come on-stream in the next two years.

Mohammed Arif Chishti the managing director at ALJHE explains that the Group’s entry into heavy equipment is a natural fit for the ALJ.

“ALJ was a name that was missing from the very buoyant construction segment,” he says. “Recent investment into the heavy equipment sector is aligned to Abdul Latif Jameel’s commitment to advancing the development of the region. By providing world-class construction and allied equipment coupled with top-quality guest support standards, as well as Sharia-compliant financing, we are doing more than just supplying products.”

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With a large number of new and older equipment in the market, it is essential to be able to deliver service and support across the Kingdom.

“Traveling time is thus significant. With the aim of providing fast responses to our ‘guests’,” said Chishti. “Four custom-designed facilities are also under construction. These new facilities will open to guests during 2015 and are designed with the most modern concepts; with specific attention to relation between core functions (sales, service and parts). Speed of parts supply is critical to equipment up-time, hence we have provided for adequately-sized parts warehouses with each facility.”

ALJHE’s operation may have only commenced but Komatsu’s broad product line-up provides it with the opportunity to be a significant player in many business segments such as general construction, the cement and mining industries, road building, oil and gas, public authority projects, and water and sanitation. It has already supplied to a number of key projects and is playing a major role in the further development of Saudi Arabia. At the heart of ALJHE’s approach to market is the placement of the customer at the centre of its business.

Speaking at March’s official launch ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Chisti pledged ALJHE’s commitment to the Saudi market, its industry and its young people. His words were received by the Japanese Ambassador Jiro Kodera, senior Saudi government officials and representatives of many of the leading companies in the Kingdom’s construction and industrial sector.

“Guest care is central to our business,” he told them. “We endeavour to become our guests’

preferred partners, supporting them through the life of their equipment. Our scope includes initial consultancy advice on the type of products they should buy or rent, proposing financing solutions, service agreements, onsite repairs operator training, technical training, immediate availability of parts and more.”

ALJHE employs 200 associates with more than 75% being in the area of aftersales – parts, service and guest support, Chisti explained.

Chisti added: “Our guest support standards ensure best in class up-time, thereby providing optimum utilisation of the equipment. We will be able to provide employment opportunities for the local youths too.”

As a recent visit of Saudi’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Crown to Japan, where he was greeted by the royal family, demonstrates, the links between Saudi Arabia and Japan run far deeper than may at first seem obvious.

ALJHE has taken its inspiration from its Pacific Ocean partners, adopting the Kaizen-style concept of continuous improvement across all areas of its business. Kaizen, which is Japanese for ‘improvement’ or ‘change for the best’, is a philosophy that focuses on the continuous improvement of processes.

“ALJHE IS A DYNAMIC ORGANISATION AND IS FOCUSED TOWARDS BUILDING ITS REPUTATION AS A KEY FORCE IN THE EQUIPMENT SEGMENT.”

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Seen in industries as diverse as manufacturing, engineering, and business management, ALJHE says it is seeking to instigate its own programme for changes. It is focusing on delivering the best experience to “guests – from the quality of Komatsu products to the top-quality guest support standards”.

With the large population of Komatsu equipment already operating in the country, ALJHE has an opportunity to support a ready-made collection of customers, who have high expectations of their Komatsu machines.

Much of the work in the lead-up to this moment has been focused on building up capacity and developing its structure to ensure that it is positioned to approach both new and returning Komatsu customers alike with a fresh approach to supporting them. March’s official launch was a chance to make these intentions clear to the market.

“ALJHE is a dynamic organisation and is focused towards building its reputation as a key force in the equipment segment of Saudi Arabia,” explained Chishti. “This will be done through our core brand – Komatsu. Saudi Arabia’s economy is buoyant and indicators show that this will be the case for the foreseeable future.”

“WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING FAST RESPONSES TO OUR GUESTS, ALJHE OPERATES THROUGH FACILITIES IN ALL MAJOR CITIES.”

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SHARJAHGavin Davids visits the construction site of the 4,500

seat amphitheatre hosting Sharjah’s Capital of Islamic Culture 2014 celebrations, due to be open this month

Scheduled to be running by March 2014, the pressure to complete the project on time is immense, says Saleem Saada, project manager for the Government of Sharjah’s Directorate of Public Works, at the centre

of a $38.1 million artificial island which be home for an open-air amphitheatre, which is set to be the first of its kind in the region.

“There’s a team that needs time to start (the planning) for the show,” he explains. “The contractor is promising he’ll finish by the 15 February. He’s doing precast moulding in his factory and they’re working full time there. The buildings are, let’s say, 70% ready. The people will work day and night on the project and we’re trying to push them to finish before the 15th of February, because the other teams will need time to practice their show, and they need to inspect the place and the site.”

Part of a $74.32 million development of the area, the amphitheatre, man-made island and bridges connecting the two to the mainland will all have to be built within 90 days, the chairman of the executive committee for Sharjah’s Islamic Culture Capital organisation, Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi says.

“We have discussed with the contractors and they have agreed to deliver the project on time and with a lot of efficiency,” he is quoted as saying in a local newspaper late last year.

Clearly, time is of the essence and the pressure is on, given that the first show is pencilled in for March 2014. However, if Jawdat Barqawi, Emirates Stone’s general manager is feeling the pressure, he’s hiding it very well.

“We are working 24 hours a day in the factory itself, in order to prepare all the precast elements. We have also made extended shifts for the design team to prepare the design drawings for the factory,” says the general manager of the firm organising precast works for the amphitheatre.

“On site, we’ve also made them extend the shift work till midnight. That’s the plan as we’ve made it

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in order to finish on schedule, and hopefully we’ll make it, but I feel the plan may extend by a couple of weeks,” he confides.

“Definitely, when we come to the stage of finishing (on site), we’ll work shifts here to 24 hours. With the manpower that we have here, we can (easily) work two to three shifts to complete the project.”

“We’re used to fast-track projects; we’ve been doing them for 20 years, projects like this. When a job is required to be done in a few months, we plan ourselves to do it. We’ve done similar projects in Kalba and Khorfakkan, which were also done (within a) very short time,” Barqawi reiterates emphatically.

“What we’re doing is working in parallel with design, production and erection. So far, there is work going on in the design office. This is because our project contains more than 1,500 elements. The whole project is broken into elements and each element has to be studied in order to not have any problems later, when we erect it,” he points out.

The $32.6 million amphitheatre has been designed in the open-air Roman-style style, and will include several terraced seating areas that can accommodate up to 4,500 spectators. Furthermore, there will be a centre stage which will be equipped with state-of-the-art audio and lighting systems. In addition, the amphitheatre will have conference rooms and galleries, and a number of shops, restaurants and green areas that will surround it from all sides,

offering ‘panoramic views’ of the waterfront. Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, chairman of Sharjah Media Centre, adds that choosing the design for the amphitheatre was a brief, if intensive, process.

“It was all done in a few days actually,” he says during the tour of the Al Majaz Island construction site. “We wanted to have an open amphitheatre and I think when most people see an open amphitheatre, they link it to Roman architecture; but it’s an open air amphitheatre and we think it’ll be one of the biggest and best in the region. With regards to the show, we brought in an expert in the ‘creative areas’ so that if we have another show, we don’t need to do any more work.”

The contract for the Al Majaz Island project has been awarded to Gulf International Engineering Consultants and Emirates Stone, while the bridge linking the project to the mainland has been awarded to the Halcrow Group and Al Darwish Engineering, says Saada.

The bridge is set to be another challenge for the project, with Halcrow and its team working overtime

“WITH THE MANPOWER THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE CAN (EASILY) WORK TWO TO THREE SHIFTS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT”

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Sharjah was named as the Capital of Islamic Culture for 2014 by ministers of culture at an Organisation of Islamic Countries conference that was held in Azerbaijan’s capital city of Baku in 2009.

Speaking at the time, Abdul Rahman Mohammed al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, and the head of the UAE delegation, said that the UAE had a strong commitment towards Islamic

causes and cultural issues. He said that the title of Capital of Islamic Culture would provide a boost for Sharjah’s cultural development and came as a tribute to the emirate’s work towards spreading awareness of Islamic culture.

to ensure that the project is completed on schedule. Achal Kumar, project manager (bridges) for Halcrow Group Middle East, says that 29 January was the main deadline for the project.

“Everything, the bridge and the access road, needs to be ready by then,” he tells CMME during the visit. There will also be a small fountain, which will be ready by the end of February. Basically everything is going to be ready (by March), with the main components ready by the end of January,” Kumar asserts. “I think the bridge will be done with no problems, we built the causeway early on so that the contractor could go on and build the building, while we’re building the bridge. Both parties are working together. The causeway is much wider than the actual bridge, just to give access to the contractor.”

Costing $3.53 million, the bridge has 44 pilings, with depths ranging from 19m for the carriageway to 22m for the piers: “For the pouring, we have had to use some soil stabilisation,” says Kumar. “The subcontractor for piling, Soiltech, has used stabilising (for the bridge). It is for both vehicles and pedestrians. We have walkways and a seven metre carriageway, with limited, VIP access.”

Expanding on the theme of cooperation, Jawdat Barqawi explains that there was a need to widen the access point so as to allow access for the precast segments and heavy equipment.

“In the beginning, there was only a small access

area to the site. In order to start the work here, we asked for access to the site from Al Darwish Engineering and Halcrow. They made the temporary access that we have here. The site requires heavy equipment, at the beginning we had to excavate the area, we had to push all the heavy equipment to move in, and later we had to move with all the precast elements, with all our trailers, which was done using the temporary access,” he explains.

Mousa Mansour, civil engineer and area manager for Emirates Stone, points out that about 30% of the precast work is now complete, while the foundation works have all been finished. However, in contrast to the bridge, he explains that his firm has to approach laying the foundations in a different manner.

“The soil is soft, so we couldn’t do piling,” he says. “So we did what we call ‘strut foundation’. The bearing capacity for it was very good. We were concerned, at the start of the project, that we would spend more time on piling, so we did the soil investigation and we designed our foundation accordingly,” he adds.

Finally, Saleem Saada says that given the express nature of the project, it has been necessary for the Directorate of Public Works to step in and ensure that the entire process is as smooth as possible.

“We are limited because of time, but the precast is fine, they’re working according to our construction schedule. The challenge now facing Emirates Stone is to finish this size of building within a very short time. It’s almost, you can say, three months from the day they gave the formal order,” he says.

“WE WERE CONCERNED, AT THE START OF THE PROJECT, THAT WE WOULD SPEND MORE TIME ON PILING”

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

page44 POWER CUBED 3-dimensional ideas for the regions power needs.

page 39 BE A SAFER BUSINESS

Construction Machinery ME’s guide to improving the safety of your operations operators

and fleet drivers.

page 35IN THE NEW MIX CMME looks at New Mix’ new Cifa-manufactured concrete pump – the K38L.

page 53 PUMP TRUMP CIFA talks about the concrete company’s approach to market.

page 48 BOBCAT WITH A BOOMCMME looks at Bobcat’s new telehandler that is ready for some heavy duty.

page39 CAT NOT NAPPINGCaterpillar reveals its new line of loaders.

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WHY GET IT? REDUCED VIBRATIONS DURING MANOEUVRING

STURDY DESIGN

LIEBHERR LAUNCHES 37M

TRUCK MOUNTED PUMP

L iebherr has launched a new truck-mounted concrete pump, the 37 R4 XXT. The German-built pump has a four-section, roll-fold distributor boom has a reach of 37m, and can

be equipped with pump units featuring three different outputs ranging from 125 m³/h to 163 m³/h.

Built with a pump type THP 140 H, this equipment also features a Liebherr-patented XXT-narrow outrigger. It was unveiled at the World of Concrete event in Las Vegas.

The boom is extremely torsional-resistant, which ensures reduced vibrations when manoeuvring the boom during onsite applications.

A well-balanced weight distribution is achieved by channelling the concrete line extremely close to the boom on both left and right-hand sides, while pressure loss is reduced over the entire length of the distributor boom due to the generous 275 mm radius of the pipe bends.

Moreover, the pipe bends are predominantly of the same type, minimising the need to stock diverse replacement parts. Numerous design-related features optimise servicing tasks by simplifying the replacement of wear parts.

Liebherr is sole market provider of the exceptionally sturdy and low-torsion patented XXT-narrow outrigger. The front and rear support arms are secured directly to the pedestal of the distributor boom, through which the forces are channelled directly into the supports, completely bypassing the boom.

All four support arms are pivot-mounted to allow maximum flexibility and a particularly extensive working range of the distributor boom with narrow support configurations, a feature which is invaluable on construction sites with restricted access.

Chassis from various manufacturers can be used for the truck-mounted concrete pump in accordance with customer requirements.

These rugged and durable concrete pumps from Liebherr are developed and produced in Germany, and feature exclusively high-quality components from renowned manufacturers.

SPECIFICATIONS: • Boom reach: 37m• Output range: 125m³/hto163m³/h• Pipe bends: 27.4cm

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Quarry equipment producer Gipo has launched its new GIPOCONE B4000 GIGA tracked mobile cone crusher in the Middle East, following its premiere at Bauma 2013.

The high-efficiency machine incorporates a high capacity variable speed cone crusher and a very large close circuit three deck screening machine for utilisation as a mobile aggregate plant in producing four grades of finished aggregate.

The new type of machine is distinguished by its flexibility, in which the base model cone crusher can have a separate pre-screen unit with either separate side stockpile conveyor or crusher bypass if specified.

It can be expanded with a three-deck post-screening machine, a magnet or other accessories and be run and transported with or without the screening machine.

Features for the cone crusher include multiple defined final product sizes with one processing system, continuous motor speed setting of the crusher actuator to optimise the final particle

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WHY GET IT:EASE OF TRANSPORTATIONAPPLICATION OPTIONS

quality shape and throughput, and a great reduction in the total length for transportation if the screen unit is detached.

Since it was first used in Germany, the machine has now been successfully put into operation in Switzerland and already has over 1,500 operating hours.

The machine is currently used to produce 0/4 crushed sand and 8/45 mm from river gravel.

In the Middle East, Gipo products are sold by Agg-Pro. Gipo is based in Seedorf, Switzerland.

Bauer Maschinen Group will exhibit a large range of its foundation equipment at ConExpo in Las Vegas this month, with the main focus given to its BG series of rotary drilling rigs.

Its BG 11 H, a new rig type, will be presented to the public for the first time.

Designed as a compact rig, its small size allows for easy and fast transport, rigging and derigging. The unit weighs only 34 metric tons including rotary drive and Kelly bar.

The BG 11 H is not only an optimal compact piling rig for the foundation industry. Drillers in the oil and gas industry are also considered as key customers. The rig can be used for the initial drilling of cellar holes to a diameter of three metres, followed by drilling for conductor pipes as well as for rathole and mousehole drilling.

Bauer plans to manufacture and service the BG 11 H in the United States for the local markets.

Bauer’s PremiumLine will be represented by a BG 39, which, with an overall height of 28 to 33 metres, a winch with a line pull of 290 to 355 kilo

newtons and a rotary drive with a torque of 390 kilo newton metres will make for an impressive attraction. While the BG 39 is an ideal rig for Kelly drilling, it easily can be converted for other special foundation applications in particular for single pass methods (displacement piles, CFA piles) and as carrier for soil mixing systems.

Bauer-Pileco, the American subsidiary of Bauer Maschinen and a specialist in pile driving technology, will exhibit a Diesel impact hammer, the D 62-22, which comes with an impressive piston weight of 6.2 tonnes and a total overall weight of approximately 13 tonnes.

BAUER’S BG RIGS GET TOP BILLING

SPECIFICATIONS (BG 39):• Overall height: 28-33m• Winch pull: 290-355kN• Rotary torque: 390kN• D 62-2 piston weight: 6.2t• D 62-22 overall weight: 13t

SPECIFICATIONS• Feed hopper: 6,5m³• Feeder channel: 1200 x 6000mm• Crusher output belt: 1400 x 12000mm• Three-deck screening machine: 1800 x 500mm• Main output belt: 1400 x 8800mm• Power pack: CAT C 15 / 403kW• Weight without screen: 56000kg• Weight with screen: 70000kg

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With crane manufacturer Link-Belt set to unveil its second all-terrain crane model at ConExpo this year, the company has also announced that export versions of both cranes will be available in 2014 for global markets, including the Middle East. Link-Belt introduced its first all-terrain crane at ConExpo 2011, the ATC-3275, which has helped shape its new 185mt ATC-3210.

The ATC-3210 will have a weight of 65,770.9 kg, and can transport in a three-axle dolly configuration with a three-piece hydraulic fly, auxiliary lifting sheave, hook block and ball and main and auxiliary winches. None of the axles exceed 9,071.8 kg, and none of the three truck loads exceed 20,412 kg.

The crane’s six-section boom is fabricated from

ultra-high-strength steel. The two-plate design of each section has multiple longitudinal bends for superior strength. Teflon inserts keep the boom lubed and are universal for all boom sections. Seven boom modes maximise capacities by varying the extension of the sections.

The ATC-3210 utilizes the ATC-3275 concept of upper engine mounted transversely to allow maximum space for the stowable fly. A 3.7-m heavy-lift fly has two-line, one-load lift procedures making it perfect for tilt-up work. An optional three-piece bi-fold fly hydraulically offsets from 2 to 45 degrees.

Caterpillar has launched three new small wheel loaders, the 924K, 930K and 938K, which replace the popular H-series models, the 924H, 924Hz, 928Hz, 930H, 938H and IT938H.

The small loaders feature a Tier 3 engine, improved fuel and great operator comfort. Among the new features are an efficient electronically controlled hydrostatic drive system and the new optimized Z-bar loader linkage already seen on the larger loaders. The three K-loaders are powered by the Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, which develops 102kW for the 924K, 115kW for the 930K, and 136kW for the 930K. The machines to deliver fuel savings up to 25%, compared with H-Series models, with the C7.1 rated speed setting of 1800 rpm, compared with 2415 rpm for the H-Series, contributing significantly to reduced fuel consumption, lowered sound levels, and reduced wear. An engine-idle shutdown system further reduces fuel consumption.

CAT LAUNCHES THREE WHEEL LOADERS

FIRST TIER 4 BOBCAT COMPACT LOADERS WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR REGION?REVISED CABINIMPROVED OPERATOR INFORMATION (OPTIONAL)

At the CONEXPO-CON/AGG Exhibition in Las Vegas, the comprehensive display of Bobcat equipment on Booth 1501 will include the company’s first Tier 4/Stage IV final compliant compact loaders alongside existing Bobcat models. The new Tier 4/Stage IV 500 platform loaders feature a non-diesel particulate filter (DPF) engine solution and provide operators with all of the same performance benefits of the previous interim Tier 4/Stage IIIB models launched at the start of 2013.

The Tier 4/Stage IV Bobcat non-DPF solution was achieved by

designing an ultra-low particulate combustion (ULPC) engine. The ULPC is accomplished through a specially designed engine combustion chamber that significantly reduces the amounts of particulate matter created during combustion. As a result, Tier 4/Stage IV emissions compliance can be achieved without using a DPF. In addition to eliminating the need for a DPF, the engines used in the new 500 platform loaders provide a 4 to 12 percent increase in torque. This increase in torque is produced over a wide range of engine rpm, allowing operators of all skill levels to better utilise the machines’ performance.

The new Tier 4/Stage IV S510 and S550 skid-steer loaders have a radius lift path, providing operators with the reach and visibility they require for dumping over a wall, backfilling or loading flatbed trucks. The new S530,

S570 and S590 skid-steer and T590 compact tracked loader models feature a vertical lift path, providing operators with the ability to lift heavier loads higher, making it easier to clear high-sided truck boxes and hoppers, as well as placing pallets.

The new Tier 4/Stage IV compliant loaders feature a machine protection system that monitors, manages and shuts down the engine if needed.

LINK-BELT ANNOUNCES ALL TERRAINS FOR MIDDLE EAST

WHY GET THEM: IMPROVED COMFORTINCLUDES LARGER LOADER Z-BAR

A further improvement for the engine is a redesigned fuel filtration system, which features a dual fuel filter with increased dirt holding capacity for longer life. The new models are also equipped with a step-less, four-range, hydrostatic drive system that allows independent control of ground speed and engine speed for efficient operation of hydraulically powered work tools.

A new creeper control feature is designed for low speed operations, allowing the operator to adjusted maximum ground speed down to 1.6 km/h (1mph). Additionally, an operator-controlled rimpull-control system helps reduce wheel spin and consequent tire wear, and a front differential lock enhances traction. Hydraulic-filter service intervals are extended to 2,000 hours. The loaders are built with the new optimised Z-bar loader linkage, which blends the breakout power of Z-bar linkage with the parallel-lift and load-handling characteristics of Cat VersaLink or IT (Integrated Toolcarrier) linkage.

930K SPECIFICATIONS: • Engine: C7.1 ACERT• Net kilowatts: 115kW• Operating weight: 13,198kg• Pin on bucket: 2.3m³• Full turn tip: 8,375kg

SPECIFICATIONS (S570):• Rated operating capacity:

944kg• Tipping load: 1888kg• Pump capacity: 64.70l/min• Pump capacity:101.10l/min • System relief at quick couplers

23.8-24.5MPa• Max travel speed: 17.3km/h• Engine: V2607-DI-T-E3B-BC-2 • Operating weight: 2,900kg • Shipping weight: 2,650kg

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Top 10 CMME’s guide to

construction safety tips

IF THE MACHINE NEEDS ADDITIONAL HAND HOLDS OR STEPS INSTALLED, DO IT. OPERATORS COME IN

DIFFERENT SIZES. MAKE IT AS EASY AND SAFE AS POSSIBLE TO ASCEND/DESCEND. AVOID THE NEED TO

STRETCH BY PUTTING THE GRAB RAILS WHERE THEY’RE EASY TO SECURELY REACH. GET A HANDLE ON SAFETY

GETTING ON AND OFF EQUIPMENT

Getting on and off the machine is the No. 1 cause of injury to equipment operators, forklift

drivers and truck drivers, any one of whom will readily share their “learning episode.”

It happens a lot.

DON’T RISK ROLLING OVER Even on level ground, there is a risk of machine roll-over during loading or unloading. Make sure you are centered on the ramps and stay straight. Allow enough room to maneuver the trailer and machine, which is sometimes difficult on tightly compressed jobsites. Use a spotter for guidance. Make sure the machine clears the ramps before turning.

How do you think all those scrape marks got on that counterweight?

Unfortunately, they are also usually fatal when people are involved. Thus, it’s important

to rope off the swing radius around the machine or

otherwise secure it.

Ten Tips

PEOPLE CROWDING THE WORK AREA Ask any backhoe operator what their biggest headache is and they will tell you without hesitation - people on the ground crowding the machine. People love to stand at the edge of the hole and watch the dirt being moved. There is usually no reason for them to be there, just force of habit. It’s up to foreman’s to prevent accidents.

MACHINE SWING RADIUS

OPERATION ON SLOPES Caution is always required when operating on slopes. You might make it up the

slope with a load, but coming down is another story! Know the limits of the machine, allow for surface conditions and don’t push it.

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INSTABILITY OR LOSS OF LOAD Moving dirt or bulk materials is fairly

straightforward. It becomes more complex when you try to use the

hoe as a crane, or otherwise become creative in finding new applications.

The best pipe layers in the world might only be “fair” when it comes

to rigging. All rigging attachments for lifting must be engineered for safety.

OVERHEAD/BURIED OBSTRUCTIONS Be aware of overhead obstructions and underground utili-ties, including electrical lines, water, sewer, gas, telecom, etc. Definitively mark or warn of overhead lines or low clearances. Continue to use caution even after underground lines are marked, since errors in marking are common. Be prepared to hand dig when it’s getting close.

STAYING STRAPPED UP If a piece of equipment starts to tip, your seat belt becomes your lifeline. Yet, the list of excuses for failure to use seat belts or harnesses is amazingly long.

Most operators would make great fiction

l USE PROPER TIE-DOWN PROCEDURES IF USING COMPRESSION CHAIN BINDERS, USE CAUTION WHEN OPENING THE

HANDLE. THE LOAD MAY SHIFT JUST ENOUGH TO ADD TENSION TO THE CHAIN

AND THE HANDLE MAY SPRING OPEN. USE SAFETY TIE WIRES OR SWITCH TO

RATCHET BINDERS.

WATCH YOUR SIX Reverse motion on anything in this industry is fraught with

peril. Backup alarms on construction machin-ery are basically cosmetic devices in terms

of assuring a clear backside. As such, operators need to positively assure

that no one or nothing is behind them. This is achieved by getting

out and looking.

AT A PINCH All pinch points on a machine must be identified and pro-tected (guarded) when possible. The minimum warning is a pictorial decal advising of the hazard. If a dump body has a safety “crutch,” make sure it is function-al and used.

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The power generation market heated up last month as manufacturers appeared to be waking up to the huge potential of demand in the region

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The need for power is being far outstripped by the region’s ability to provide the infrastructure to keep everybody plugged in. If the demand for power in the MENA

region is to increase by 7% in the next decade then we’re going to be dependent on the often heard but rarely seen power generators that continue to provide critical and standby power for communities, buildings, hotels and, in the case of Himoinsa in Qatar, Ikea stores.

The Spanish power provider used this year’s Middle East Electricity show in Dubai to launch the HPCW 510 gen-set. Himoinsa builds generators to last and can be relied upon even, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

The 500kW power generator which is mounted in a 10ft (3m) container provides “a considerable power density which allows extreme optimisation of logistics and unit handling. The Power Cube will be distributed in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar via Himoinsa’s dealer Famco.

The generator provides 50 kw of power/foot and can be synchronised to provide more power. It has been equipped with a control unit that permits up to 32 units to be connected for operation in parallel. This means a rental company execute projects from 500kw to 16MW with a single machine. The unit also

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features noise and heat insulation, and is surprisingly spacey too, making servicing straightforward.

Guillermo Elum, sales and marketing director at Himoinsa told CMME that the genset’s size, ease of accessibility, and ability to be synchronised, is a potential game changer for rental companies in the region.

“When you’re making a generator you’re not making a rocket. But even though you’re not making a rocket you are making quite a sophisticated product. To make a compact model it’s not easy to find the right noise level, make sure it can synchronise, that it can work in a critical situation like a hospital. The size means that today rental companies can use it in Dubai today and then ship it to Saudi Arabia. A unit like that can be moved very easily.”

German engine and truck manufacturer MAN formally announced its entry into the Middle East’s power generation market with the launch of a wide range of diesel engines last month.

MAN says it will offer a wide range of efficient diesel engines with performance spanning from 180 kW to 1,117 kW.

MAN diesel engines for peak load compensation, emergency power supply and basic load supply have been successfully sold for many years now in Europe, Asia, South Africa and America. The head of its engine division says that Middle East customers can expect state-of-the-art technology.

“From now on, we will be able to offer our customers local services for a wide range of reliable and durable MAN engines” said Hubert Gossner, head of Power MAN Engines. ”Our broad product range enables us to offer dynamic engines with mechanical injection as well as with the most up-to-date common rail technology. MAN engines are characterised by their high power spectrum, sturdy design and compact construction, whilst their low life cycle costs also win over many customers.”

MAN says it is providing its “tried and tested, sustainable 6-cylinder in-line engines, as well as 8-, 10- and 12-cylinder V-type engines” for emerging markets. Depending on their type of operation in PRP (Prime Power), ESP (Emergency Standby Power), LTP (Limited Time Power) or COP (Continuous Power), the engines can be operated for a maximum of between 200 and 8,000 operational hours per year.

MAN chose to use the Middle East Electricity show in Dubai to demonstrate its 6-cylinder in-line engine, the D2676 LE22x, as well as the 12-cylinder V-type engine, D2862 LE22x, to showcase “a broad spectrum of its range of different engines and performance diversity”.

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Safe and easy access to operation and maintenance areas has been a priority throughout the design of Doosan’s new generators. Accessibility to key areas, including the centrally positioned lifting eye, engine radiator compartment and maintenance points, has been improved.

The air flow has been optimised throughout the generator unit to meet cooling requirements for locations with high ambient temperatures, without detracting from the electrical output performance. The sound attenuation LwA rating of the generators meets or exceeds the relevant European regulations.

A user-friendly feature is the electrical control and power compartment which has been designed to meet the highest safety, reliability and flexibility requirements.

All control functions are grouped together on a common, simple-to-use operator control panel with easy-to-read analogue gauges displaying critical operating parameters at a glance.

A digital control panel version, offering extended parameter measurements and historical storage of events and alarms, is optional.

A new switchable dual frequency 50/60 Hz feature is available with the digital controller.

Making it accessible

MAN claims the D2862 LE22x boasts an innovative new design and is the highest performance diesel engine for power generation.

“This 12 cylinder V-type engine from MAN has a displacement of 24.2 litres, with a 128 mm bore and a stroke of 157 mm. The V12 offers mechanical performance of 880 kW at 1,500 rpm and 1,117 kW at 1,800 rpm for power generation in Emergency Standby Power (ESP) mode. The use of modern technologies such as Common Rail Injection systems enables the efficient, 12-cylinder engine to achieve peak values for fuel consumption over a wide, application spectrum. Its dimensions of just 2,660 mm x 1,540 mm x 1,920 mm ensure its suitability for use as a container generating set,” said Gossner.

Volvo Penta has highlighted its dedication to the Middle East markets, with a speech given by Giorgio Paris, president of emerging markets, at the Middle East Electricity 2014 show press conference in Dubai. Paris said that the range of genset engines have been proven in extreme environments like the Middle East, while also introduce two new 16-litre engines (the TWD1652GE and TWD1653GE), completing the range of Stage IIIA-compliant power units.

“We’ve tested our genset engines in harsh conditions around the world — from Antarctica to Saudi Arabia — to ensure the best possible uptime and performance,” he said at the show. “Our powergen engines now come in a complete range of sizes and power levels that make them ideal for a wide variety of applications and working environments.”

The company undertakes extensive field testing, with manufacturing in one of the world’s most advanced factories to ensure the engines are safe to use and of top quality, he said. “Our global service and support network — which now includes a new Iraqi importer, Ittihadia — continues to keep customers’ engines in peak running condition throughout their lifecycles.”

He also stressed Volvo Penta’s low total cost of ownership, which is driven by the company’s emphasis on environmental care. “With a long service interval — up to 1,000 hours on the 13- and 16-litre models — and low fuel consumption, Volvo Penta-powered gensets help customers reduce costs and maximise return on investment.”

Paris discussed the company’s role as an independent supplier of engines to genset

manufacturers around the world. Because Volvo Penta is not a genset producer, it does not compete with its customers — unlike other engine suppliers.

At the Dubai show, Paris said it was important to recognise the company’s efforts in the region.

“We’re here to show that we’re dedicated to the power generation market in the Middle East. We have a long history operating in this region, and we’ve teamed up with key players in the area to create a top-class dealer network here. Our offerings demonstrate that we have the right technology and services to meet our customers’ needs — even in an area with difficult working conditions, like the Middle East.”

Meeting the EU Stage IIIA engine emission regulations for generators, the new G80-IIIA (80 kVA prime power) and G100-IIIA (100 kVA prime power) generators have been launched by Doosan Portable Power. Sharing a similar design and characteristics to the larger G150-IIIA and G200-IIIA models launched in 2012, the new generators offer robustness and reliability, high performance and a wide choice of features to meet the needs of temporary power applications.

Of particular interest for the rental market, the G80-IIIA and G100-IIIA generators provide the highest flexibility available in the market, with an innovative fuel tank frame system offering a containment base integrated as standard in the frame to ensure 110% fluid containment capacity. The generators have a standard fuel capacity offering a minimum of 12 hours of autonomous operation (at 75% of the load), while a 24-hour onboard fuel tank configuration is available as an option.

“WE’RE HERE TO SHOW THAT WE’RE DEDICATED TO THE POWER GENERATION MARKET IN THE MIDDLE EAST.”

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BOBCAT’S NEW BREEDCMME is given a tour of Bobcat’s new T40180 telehandler which made its debut at this year’s InterMat Middle East event in Abu Dhabi

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One of the outstanding stars of this year’s InterMat Middle East event in Abu Dhabi was undoubtedly Bobcat’s new T40180 telehandler. The machine that marries the best of Bobcat’s knowhow and

engineering from its other ranges with its evolving understanding of how the flexible handler is being utilised is being launched alongside its slightly smaller brother the 14m T40140 into the market.

CMME met with EMEA product manager Johan Bursell for a tour of the telehandler on the Kanoo Machinery stand.

He emphasised the advantages of being able to drift lessons learned from the compact models produced by Bobcat, including improvements to the – in want of a better word – handling. While it may now control like one of the US-marque, South Korean-owned compacts, the T40180 is no diminutive wheeler and the first thing that strikes you when it is static is its size and robust frame.

“Everything from the bottom up on this machine is brand new,” stressed Bursell as CMME climbed into the cab for the first time. “That goes from the internal parts of the cabin too.”

Looking into the cabin he directs to the newly mapped joystick. According to Bursell the control uses the same approach (or as they put it: ‘philosophy’) as Bobcat’s skid steer loaders. “Basically you never have to let your hand go from the joystick.”

He continues: “We have 50 years of experience of skid steer loaders and what we’ve realised is that we use whatever we know on all products.”

The cabin is perhaps the most immediately

“THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS MACHINE IS THE LOAD CHART ON THE TYRES. YOU CAN STILL REACH 16.2M (ON TYRES)”

noticeable inheritor of this migration of technology. Recognisable to anyone familiar with Bobcat’s current range of skid steers will be the digital dashboard that keeps the operator in touch with the demands being asked of the machine.

“You have job hours, engine hours, engine speed, boom angles and levelling,” he said, returning to the joystick to demonstrate how it works in tandem with the display on the dash. “You can rotate through the entire menu. For example the auxiliary flow can be controlled through the joystick. This is a new philosophy we’re using from the previous models.”

Other information available to the operator includes stability (which is a measurement of the pressure on the rear axles) and most usefully diagnostic tools monitoring all functions on the machine.

“So if there are any issues you get a warning. It is exactly the same systems as the skid steers and the TL (the smaller types in the telehandler range),” he explained. “We’re learning a lot from the 7m machines launched two years ago.”

Using the same data collection as the other ranges has the knock-on benefit for dealers used to the system. They get the same information and the fixes are often similar, therefore improving local capability should something go wrong.

“If there is an issue, you get an error code. In the manual there is a description of what that means. Maintenance and service people will know exactly what to do.”

Speed control from the cabin makes it straightforward to keep engine RPM high and maintain high flow in the hydraulics while keeping speed low. Unique to Bobcat he explained is the chassis levelling system that works across the tyres and stabilisers.

It means you can move the boom and load to the left and to right without pitching over. The “side shift system” is a standard feature on the T40180 and T40140 models, ensuring there is no need to reposition the machine if it is not aligned with an

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opening, providing maximum flexibility with a +/- 700 mm side shift. This is combined with the unique integrated frame levelling system which works independently of the main frame to provide a tilt correction on inclined surfaces of +/- 4o on tyres and up to +/- 12o on stabilisers for safe, optimum positioning of loads. Overall, the set-up appears to be a very tyre-friendly system.

When operating on tyres alone, where the high stability of the telehandlers ensures minimal loss of lift height and capacity. As a result, the T40180 telehandler, Bobcat claims, has an unmatched maximum lifting height of 16.2 m when operated on tyres (whilst the new T40140 model offers the highest lift capacity of 4.1 tonne).

“The interesting thing about this machine is when you look at the load chart on the tyres. You can still reach 16.2m (on tyres). Which is something you normally can’t do on many of the competitor machines.”

Visibility in the cabin is a strong point, even overhead. Air conditioning is understandably, but perhaps disappointingly to some, not part of the standard kit considering the amount of glass. Remote control is also possible, with space saved in the cabin for storage.

Talking of storage: “There’s a compartment for even your iPhone or your Galaxy S.”

For those interested in its measurements, the T40180 telehandler has a maximum lift capacity of 4 tonne and a maximum lift height of 17.52m. The

“WE HAVE 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF SKID STEER LOADERS AND WHAT WE’VE REALISED OVER THE YEARS THAT WE USE WHATEVER WE KNOW ON ALL PRODUCTS”

lift capacity at maximum lift height is 2.5t, while at maximum reach (13.7m), the lift capacity is 560kg. Unloaded, the T40180 weighs 10.79t and provides a crowding force of 12300 daN. (Note: for the T40140 telehandler, the maximum lift capacity is 4.1t and the maximum lift height is 13.71m. The capacity at maximum lift height is 4t, while at maximum reach (10.43m), the capacity is 1.3t. Unloaded, the T40140 weighs 10.29t and provides a tilt crowding force of 12300 daN.)

At 30km/ph the T40180 is relatively quick on the ground ensuring one of the main attractions of these machines, namely their ability to move from one site to another.

Bobcat manufactures and develops its products at a number of sites dotted around the globe and has shifted the production across sites in the US and Europe. However telehandler production is centralised in France, he explained.

“It’s quite a complicated product so we’ve kept the centre of knowledge in France. We then supply from there to everywhere else.”

The telehandler is one of the most recent types in the industry and Bursell suggests that instead of seeing new original models, we’re now seeing hybrid developments to existing machines. Much of this is driven by manufacturers looking to broaden their penetration into different sectors.

“You’re starting to see combinations of different product particularly a loader with a telescopic boom,” he said. “You can either go through acquisition or you go through product development.”

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Special Feature

CIFA IN FOR LONGSTRETCHCMME meets up with Wajih Eit,area sales manager, Cifa, for an overview of the Italian-run, Chinese-owned pumped specialist’s regional operation

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It has been over half a decade since Zoomlion’s majority share acquisition of Italy’s concrete pump specialist CIFA in 2008. Fortunes have changed at the Italian manufacturer since the purchase with it now

making a comfortable profit as well as expanding its global manufacturing footprint.

Indeed December saw the opening of a production facility in Brazil (as Zoomlion Cifa) and the company ended 2013 announcing it was growing in Europe. And now into 2014, the company says it is feeling confident that it can make some headway in the Middle East. Area sales manager Wajih Eit, tells CMME that Cifa has even taken the step of designing a region-specific transit mixer that is designed to take the knocks that may come its way on the roads of the Middle East.

“Our biggest one – 12m3 – has been made especially for the Middle East. We call it HD or heavy duty because all of the base of the mixer is reinforced, the drum is thicker than normal. We know that in the Middle East and especially the Saudi market the roads are difficult.”

Like Schwing-Stetter – the German firm which was also bought by a Chinese company, XCMG in 2012 – Cifa provides a full line of equipment to produce, ferry and pour concrete where it’s needed.

“We have everything there is to do with concrete. We start from concrete production, fixed and mobile batching plants, to the transport of concrete from the plants to the construction site or final customers by transit mixers,” he explains. “After the transportation of the concrete we go to the pumping with back-mounted pumps that go from 20m to what was the tallest pump in the world at 80m.”

That Guiness Book of World Record winning pump was overtaken by a pump with 101m boom mounted on a Scania truck in 2012. That too was a Cifa-Zoomlion product. Unfortunately for

those that feel size matters, that pump is only exclusively available in China.

“The 101m pump could not work in the Middle East or Europe because of size and weight restrictions. So for now the tallest we can offer now is the 80m but we can mount that on any type kind of truck.”

Beyond its more upwardly mobile truck-mounted pumps, it is also possible to get stationary pumps for applications required at height, Eit explains.

He describes a typical set up which will be familiar to most towers contractors on site with the pumping unit being situated inside the structure and the boom on top. Mobile pumps can also form a perimeter around the building.

“For towers more than 80m, the stationary pumps in the UAE are normally used on towers and such buildings. So you have the pumping unit inside and the placing boom outside for where you want to put the concrete. Those two components are divided.”

Cifa’s attendance at InterMat Middle East was complemented by the news that CIFA was using the event to showcase its truck pump model K38L. Despite the four-section boom being bought by UAE firm New Mix, Eit says that Saudi Arabia is currently its most important market in the region.

“It’s our main market in the Arab world and we’re putting a lot of investment into Saudi,” he says. “We all know there are a lot projects. We don’t have a big market share in Saudi – about 7% or 8% - but now with the new dealer (Al-Futtaim’s FAMCO) we are going to improve. There are a lot of players there (Chinese, Korean) but we will only compete with European companies because of the price and quality.

“In the UAE we have a good market share in terms of batching plants. There’s tough competition but after a few years of investment (mainly on the product) we are able to offer extensions to warranties on the boom up to five years and four years on the drum. The competition is tough, but we have very good quality European products and at very good prices – we just need to move on the market. The Middle East market is the nearest to Europe and it has a lot of important projects. Mainly in Saudi but you’ve got the Expo, the World Cup. There are a lot of opportunities.”

“WE KNOW THE ROADS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ESPECIALLY SAUDI ARE DIFFICULT.”

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Indonesia has emerged as one of the most

dynamic markets for construction equipment

in South East Asia and its set to be one of the

fastest growing in the year ahead. Possessing

one of the largest populations in the world 250

million and an economy that is twice as large as the

UAE, the 17,000 island archipelago has experienced

almost half a decade of growth.

Indonesia is now the 3rd fastest growing

economy amongst the world’s wealthy industrial

countries and major emerging markets (G20). A US

investment bank said the BRIC economies (Brazil,

Russia, India and China), which had been fuelling

global growth for several years should now include

Indonesia.

Another securities house has ingeniously

invented the term “Chindonesia”. China, India

and Indonesia, as Asia’s economic bulwarks. The

Jakarta stock exchange index, in US dollar terms,

has risen by around 95% making the bourse the

world’s second-best and Asia’s best performer.

Indonesia’s GDP growth is expected to reach 5% in

2010, 6% in 2011 and potentially 7% in 2012.

To ensure that economic growth can rise to

its potential infrastructure development is vital,

more toll roads, power plants, railways, bridges

and tunnels and improved harbours and airports,

water and sanitation are needed, not only to create

employment (and stimulate consumer spending),

but also to attract private investment.

Plans to upgrade Indonesia’s

infrastructure are expected to

attract $70 billion of investment

over the next five years

stimulating a boom in the

construction industry –that is

expected to grow at a rate of

over 6.8% year on year.

The government has

announced plans to spend

more than $331 million

this year to improve the country’s ramshackled

infrastructure such as airports, seaports and roads.

Consequently, production of heavy equipment

could grow by as much as 6% this year as demand

to develop much-needed infrastructure is expected

to remain strong, according to Indonesia’s group of

heavy equipment makers.

According to the chairman of the Association

of Heavy Equipment of Indonesia (Hinabi), said

that overall production of equipment is forecast to

increase to 6,500 units.

“We predict that there would so many

infrastructure projects by the government and

hope that they would use domestic products,” said

Pratjojo Dewo.

Hinabi represents 44 heavy equipment

manufacturers which includes companies such

as United Tractors (distributes major brands like

Komatsu, Scania, Bomag, Tadano), a unit of Astra

International which represents (among many

others) Toyota and Isuzu, and others such as Wijaya

Karya Intrade, Sumitomo S.H.I, and Hexindo Adi

Perkasa (which distributes Hitachi brands).

The spending may seem small scale compared to

other territories, but if the predictions are correct,

then heavy equipment production will bounce back

from the 30% drop experienced in 2013, where the

number of machines fell from 7,947 to 6,127 in the

space of 12 months.

According to Hinabi much of the bounce back

will be equipment within operating weight range

of 10 to 30t as construction projects see growth

and demand for excavators with operating weight

of 40 tons for mining operations continue to fall.

(A global slowdown in commodity prices affected

many of the Indonesia’s resource-based companies

including coal miners last year, said Hinabi.)

“Demand for heavy equipment has slowed since

2012,” said Pratjojo, also a director at Komatsu

Indonesia.

Mining dump trucks fell most significantly, from

133 produced units in 2012 to 21 in 2013. Dewo

hopes that the construction and plantation sectors

will replace mining as the main source of heavy

equipment demand (particularly government-

initiated infrastructure projects are hoped to boost

this domestic demand).

The rupiah exchange rate is also an important

factor in the heavy equipment industry as part of

components are imported in US dollars. Indonesia’s

rupiah fell over 21 percent in 2013, thus making

these imports much more expensive.

Due to increased investment in both the

construction and mining sectors the country’s

biggest supplier of heavy equipment is

expecting sales to increase by 15%

year on year. The Indonesian

market has attracted the

attention of most of the major

international manufacturers

including; Ford Trucks, GM

Tractors, Hyundai, Kobelco,

Komatsu, Man Trucks,

Mercedez-Benz, Mitsubishi,

Nissan Diesel, Renault

Trucks and Volvo Trucks,

among many others.

Prospects for rapid growth

in mining have been

dampened by prioe drops.

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The Last Word

Continuing to rise

until 2017

By 2017 Indonesia’s

construction equipment market is

forecast to reach $6.84 billion, up

from $4.2 billion in 2012, says the

VDMA. This includes the value of

building construction equipment,

earthmoving, tunnelling and

road building equipment.

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