While the Qatari government is gearing up continuously

towards tendering unparal-leled projects worth hun-dreds of billions of dollars in the construction sector and infrastructure, Interna-tional Fairs and Promotions (IFP) – Qatar announces the launching of the ninth edition of Project Qatar, the International Trade Fair for Construction, Building and Environment Technology. This yearly highly successful show in Qatar and the region will be held at Doha Exhibi-tion Center between April 30 and May 3. Participation from 50 coun-triesFollowing a fair that sur-passed all expectations in 2011, with important growth rates on all levels, Project

Qatar was ranked number two in the list of specialized construction fairs in the en-tire Middle East. This led to an unprecedent-ed participation in this year’s edition, with 2,000 local and international companies from 50 countries participat-ing, two months before its launch. This overwhelming participation is expected to increase in the remaining time left before the launch of the event due to companies’ anticipation for a success-ful business opportunity in the country hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022. It is ex-pected to bring huge invest-ment and business to the country in all different sec-tors, mainly in the booming construction sector whose growth does not seem to be slowing down.23 national pavilions

Project Qatar’s previous edi-tions proved to be successful to an extent that it became a destination of choice for all international companies that seek to establish business in Qatar. The importance of the exhibition is reflected in the step taken by some national chambers of commerce to financially support and bear the expenditures connected to the participation of com-panies from their countries. As a matter of fact, interna-tional participation in Project Qatar 2012 beats all expec-tations, as the number of official national pavilions reached already 23 to date. Some countries are taking part for the first time, like Ire-land, Taiwan, Sweden, Lux-embourg and Malaysia. The fair will also be supported by more than 20 international commercial agencies from

Europe and Asia. The large participation ne-cessitated an expansion in the exhibition space, that reached 60,000 square me-ters, compared to 52,000 square meters last year, an increase of more than 15%. Two concurrent events In an effort to meet the con-struction market needs in Qatar and the region from one hand, and maximize the high-tech aspect of the event in a way that benefits all ex-hibitors and attracts elite specialized visitors, from the other hand, two concurrent events will take place at Proj-ect Qatar 2012. The International Stone and Stone Technology Fair will showcase cutting-edge prod-ucts and equipment needed in the construction market, namely marble finished products, granite, natural

stones as well as a variety of other stone blocks and fin-ished products. In parallel, Heavy Max 2012 will cover the technology of heavy machinery, plants, including tractors, loaders and lifting appliances and conveyors. The international fair for heavy machinery is an ideal platform to meet the needs of huge commer-cial and industrial projects, as well as infrastructure and housing projects in construc-tion machinery. With a booming construction market continuously sup-ported by the government in the State of Qatar, and with unrivalled organisational ca-pacities at Project Qatar, ex-hibitors participating in the fair seem to be benefiting from a promising opportunity in the world of business and development projects.

Project Qatar in its ninth editionBrings technology and development to the construction sector in Qatar and the regionMore than 2,000 companies participating with 23 official national pavilions

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However, if, as is often the case an unconditional bond is required a fixed expiry date pro-vides some measure of protec-tion against the common peril of a perpetual bond. Bonds that are stated to expire on the issuance of a defects liabil-ity certificate or the like expose contractors to the risk of an en-during exposure and additional cost that is best avoided.For further information on this topic or construction/engineer-ing legal problems, please con-tact Laura Warren at laura.war-ren@clydeco.com.qa

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Most parties to con-struction contracts and now more commonly consul-

tancy agreements, are famil-iar with performance bonds but few will know that these evolved from legal agreements that have been used since be-fore Roman times. Those same principles that were applied by the Romans still exist today.A performance bond in the con-struction industry is a financial tool most commonly used by employers to provide security for satisfactory completion of a project. Issued by a bank rather than the contractor or consultant itself, the employer relies on the financial standing of the bank to guarantee that compensation will be readily available for any monetary loss up to the amount of the perfor-mance bond. In return the bank receives a fee from the party at whose request and in whose name the bond is issued.In some parts of the world simi-lar forms of security are also available from the insurance industry, though these prod-ucts differ in some key respects from the bank bonds that are invariably required by employ-ers in Qatar. Specifically, the products offered by insurers are more akin to a surety or guaran-tee and, therefore, subject to a significant number of hurdles to a successful claim under them. Nevertheless, insurance prod-ucts are widely acceptable else-where and provide a valuable form of security for employers in lieu of bank bonds.Performance bonds can either be “conditional” ie certain con-ditions are required to be ful-filled before a claim or demand can be made under the bond or, more commonly in Qatar, “un-conditional” or “on-demand”. The grounds under which a demand can be made under the bond are set out in the in the bond itself, though in many

cases a construction contract or consultancy agreement will also require that notice is given by the beneficiary prior to a de-mand. Conditions range from a simple requirement that the de-mand is signed by a director of the employer to the more oner-ous requirement for evidence of default such as a court judg-ment or arbitration award. In the case of an unconditional bond, a written demand, up to the sum of the performance bond, will be sufficient. Such unconditional bonds usually ex-plicitly require the guarantor, ie the bank, to pay to the employ-er the sum of the performance bond, despite any objection or contest to the same by the con-tractor/consultant.In Qatar, the value of the per-formance bond for private and public contracts is usually 10% of the contract price. In respect of government contracts, Law No. 26 of 2005 (the “Tenders Law” amended in 2008 and 2010) sets out provisions for the procurement of a tender (or temporary) bond and a perfor-mance (or final) bond. Article 36 of the Tenders Law states that a tender bond is required to accompany any ten-der. Pursuant to Article 37, such tender bond will be returned to unsuccessful tenderers and where a tender is accepted, will be replaced by a performance bond. Article 38 of the Tenders Law states:“The conditions of the tender called for shall determine the value of the performance bond in an mount equal to at least 10% of the price of the con-tract. Such amount shall be deposited under an acceptable bank guarantee letter from a lo-cal bank without any restriction or condition and shall be fully payable and irrevocable. The performance bond shall be fully held until a contract is completely executed includ-

ing the warranty period in ac-cordance with the conditions of tender. Then the bond shall be returned to the relevant party without the need for any request by such party within a period of no more than 7 days after the execution of the con-tract is finally completed.”Whilst the Tenders Law does not apply to private contracts (nor those with Qatar Petroleum or the Armed Forces/Police), similarly valued bonds seemed to have evolved by way of cus-tom. A demand under a perfor-mance bond can wreak havoc with a party’s cashflow and financial standing. Depend-ing on the type of financing arrangements used to secure the bond a demand when met, results in the sum under the performance bond being con-verted to a loan on terms that are generally disadvantageous. Moreover, the credit facility can be adversely affected making it difficult for a party to obtain ad-ditional bonds that are needed to bid for new work or to finance existing projects. A demand can also adversely affect a party’s standing in the market and has usually has the affect of driving the parties into a formal dispute process. For these reasons, demands under performance bonds are often considered a last resort. There are however various ways in which a Contractor can seek to protect itself:1. Employer’s Indemnity In some contracts, employers are obliged to indemnify the contractor where it is deter-mined (at a later stage by a court or arbitration panel) that a wrongful demand has been made under a performance bond.An example of this type of clause can be found at clause 4.2 of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design Build and the Conditions of Contract for Construction (First

Edition 1999). Clause 4.2 states:“The Employer shall indemnify and hold the contractor harm-less against and from all dam-ages, losses and expenses (including legal fees and ex-penses) resulting from a claim under the performance security to the extent to which the Em-ployer was not entitled to make the claim.”Whilst this may act as a deter-rent to an employer wishing to make a demand under a perfor-mance bond, less sophisticated contracts often do not contain such a clause and where a FID-IC 1999 standard form, is pro-vided at tender by an employer, this provision is often deleted.2. NoticeSometimes the performance bond or contract may contain a notice provision where the em-ployer is required to give notice to the contractor that it intends to make a demand under a per-formance bond. This gives the contractor the opportunity to attempt to remedy its default or failing this, to alert the bank in an effort to limit the damage or consequences to the banking

relationship. 3. Legal ActionWhere there is no notice pro-vision in a contract, as above, the time between a demand under a performance bond by an employer and payment by the guarantor bank is often only a matter of a few days.Often, the only way for the con-tractor to attempt to stop the payment by the Bank to the employer is by way of injunctive proceedings through the local courts. In Qatar, this would involve an urgent (known as “Summary”) application to the local courts for injunctive pro-ceedings to be issued on the Bank to stop such payment. In this case, the contractor may be required to give an under-taking in damages (that is a payment into court) to cover costs if at a later stage the court determines that the em-ployer did have valid grounds to make the demand under the performance bond.4. ExpiryThe best protection for a con-tractor is not to have a perfor-mance bond at all or failing this to make the bond conditional.

Laura WarrenLaura Warren is a Legal Director of the International Law firm, Clyde & Co LLP, in Doha. Laura has a wide ranging contentious and non contentious construction practice involving projects in Qatar as well as in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Libya, Egypt and TunisiaLaura is Co-ordinator for the Society of Construction Law (Gulf) in Qatar.

Rephouse has an-nounced that Coastal is the exclusive dis-tributor for its innova-

tive rubber flooring products with immediate effect. Coastal has served the Qatar market for many years, provid-ing superior service and sup-port in the building and con-struction industry. As a turnkey distributor, Coastal handles everything from the construction of sub-floors to fin-ished surfaces and is poised to introduce Rephouse products throughout Qatar.“At Coastal, we pride ourselves on our inside and outside sup-port with the focus always on customer service”, said Junu Kurian, General Manager, Coastal Trading & Engineering. “Through our extensive distri-bution capabilities and well-trained technicians, Coastal will be pursuing new opportunities

to supply & install the quality, versatility and advanced tech-nology of the Rephouse product line,” he said.“The appointment as distribu-tor into the hands of the Coast-al Product Team will enable Rephouse to explore continued success within the Middle East Region, where resilient floor-ing products are always in high demand,” says Michael Brink-ers, Managing Director of Rep-house. “Rephouse is eager to meet this challenge and we are look-ing forward to servicing our cus-tomers through Coastal,” Brink-ers added.Rephouse is a leading manu-facturer of commercial, sports and recreational flooring sys-tems. With its state-of-the-art production technology, ISO 9001:2008 certification and more than 25 years of hands on experience in both produc-

tion and installation all over the world, Rephouse can ensure a premium quality sports & rec-reational flooring product tailor made for almost any kind of ap-plication.Rubber flooring products are particularly useful in areas where safety is an issue like playgrounds, sports halls, around swimming pools, etc, due to its anti-slippery proper-ties and its ability to absorb shocks. Rubber is also a very durable material and an envi-ronmentally -friendly one. All Rephouse products can be fully recycled and don’t gen-erate toxic substances at the end of its life cycle. Hundreds of thousands of square meters of Rephouse flooring products have been supplied worldwide and the company aims to be amongst the top five players of sports flooring in this region.

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HE the Minister of Finance and Economy Yousef Hus-sain Kamal has stressed Qatar’s commitment to the long-term development of the GCC reinsurance and captive insurance industry and to its emergence as a key part of the global marketplace. Kamal was speaking at the MultaQa Qatar 2012 con-ference, a leading international insurance industry event, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Doha from March 11 to 13. The conference attracted more than 400 senior global and regional insurance and risk management professionals and industry stakehold-ers from around the world. Organized by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFC Authority) and Global Reinsurance, the 2012 conference focused on global and regional insur-ance and reinsurance market trends in the context of economic and political developments in the Middle East region and the state and prospects of the world economy. The MultaQa 2012 program offered more than 12 speeches, presentations, panel discussions and case study clinics. Topics included the Middle East’s role in Lloyd’s of London’s international expansion strategy, the outlook for the global reinsurance industry, the part played by the QFC Authority in the development of Qatar’s and wider region’s insurance industry, stra-

tegic issues affecting the GCC insurance and reinsur-ance markets, the international economic outlook and the increasing Boardroom relevance of insurance regulation. Kamal gave the keynote address. Del-egates who made keynote speeches included: Jose Ribeiro, Director, International Markets, Lloyd’s of London; Emmanuel Clarke, President and CEO, Part-nerRe Global; Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Shaibi, Board Member and Managing Director, QFC Authority; and Dr Robert P Hartwig, President, Insurance Informa-tion Institute. Among other contributors were senior representatives of Qatari companies, Geoffrey Brom-ley, President AonBenfield International; Dr Thomas Huang, Director General, Insurance Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan; Ellen Bennett, Ed-itor-in-Chief, Global Reinsurance& Insurance Times; and Sivam Subramaniam, Editor-in-Chief, Asia Insur-ance Review and Middle East Insurance Review. Delegates and the media had the opportunity to go on organized visits to the Msheireb Enrichment Cen-ter and Qatari Diar to get a better understanding of Qatar’s past and future. The Msheireb Enrichment Center is a landmark destination created by Msheireb Properties as an educational portal to showcase Qa-tar’s glorious past and soaring ambitions for the fu-ture.

At Qatari Diar, delegates attended a presentation of the Qatar Rail project, which highlights the country’s economic and social goals. In his keynote address, HE Kamal described Qatar’s progress towards realizing its National Vision 2030 under the wise guidance of the HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Reaffirming the govern-ment’s full support of the QFC Authority’s financial center development strategy, Kamal said: “Qatar is committed to the long-term development of the GCC reinsurance and captive insurance industry and to its emergence as a key part of the global marketplace. This event, I believe, plays an important role in fa-cilitating that development.” Shashank Srivastava, Acting CEO, the QFC Authority, said: “This confer-ence brought to the fore the increasing importance of the insurance and reinsurance sector to the GCC region’s economic development. Looking abroad, the GCC region is also destined to play a bigger role in the expansion strategies of global insurance and reinsur-ance companies. “It offers vibrant economies, deep pools of capital, strengthening links with Emerging Asia and other rapidly growing economies and excep-tionally favorable demographics. The QFC Authority has been privileged to participate in the success of the conference.”

Establishingindustrybenchmarksfor world-classstadiumsToday‘s sports facilities are relied upon to host more and varied events. Qatar, after winning the bid to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup, plans to set the benchmark for stadium development. The iconic nature of a stadium is usually defined by its design and sometimes by its key feature. The chal-

lenge for stadium owners and designers is to deliver the comfort and entertainment of home, combined with the excitement of the live atmosphere.The conference, Building World Class Stadiums, to be held in Doha on May 14-15, will address topics on the latest design concepts, comfort level, techniques and materials used for building a stadium of tomorrow. The event intends to turn the attention of world’s real estate and construction industry to the new design, trends, safety and security of world-class stadiums.The high-level conference will gather top-level deci-sion-makers from sports industry, governing bodies of sports associations and stadium developers to share their experiences as well as strategies. It aims to convene more than 100 participants under one roof to network with expert speakers, exhibitors and leading real estate company representatives.Dan Meis, Senior Principal at FAIA Populous, will address the conference on the key feature of build-

ing a stadium. “To be considered truly world-class,a stadium must employ the very latest technology, fan comfort and safety in a structure so flexible in use, and iconic in presence, that one can imagine it stand-ing and useful for hundreds of years, not unlike the Coliseum of Rome”.The lineup of speakers includes senior representa-tives from Federation of International Football Asso-ciation, British Olympic Association (FIFA), Disability Matters, Populous, The Sports Business CIC, Qatar National Bank, Burnley Football Club, talkSPORT, Place Dynamix, Olympic Board of London 2012 and German Football Association.The conference will serve as a platform to bring to-gether international, regional and local investors, architects and designers, real estate developers, gov-ernmental authorities and senior executives involved in the design and construction of 21st century sta-dium development from Qatar and internationally.

Top industry executives and officials will head to the annual Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) 2012, which takes place in Dubai on April 28-30 at Madinat Jumeirah, to discuss investment opportuni-ties in a region where governments are ploughing bil-lions of dollars into tourism infrastructure.Flush with cash from multi-billion dollar sales of gas, Qatar has embarked on an aggressive infrastructure spending program as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup, and for life beyond.The direct contribution of travel and tourism to Qa-tar’s GDP is expected to reach $1.1 billion in 2012, compared to $800 million in 2009, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.“The economic conditions are excellent. We see Qa-tar as a crucial addition to our GCC portfolio and look forward to seeing our core brand Radisson Blu make its entry into the market in 2012. The country has certainly become a key hotel investment destina-tion,” commented Kurt Ritter, President and CEO, the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. Over the next five years Qatar will invest around $65 billion in new transportation schemes. These include the new U$11 billion Doha International Airport, the $6 billion Doha port project and a $25 billion metro and railway.

Qatar is investing $20 billion alone into tourism infra-structure for its World Cup preparations, according to the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), with most of this investment going into building new hotels.The state plans to have 30,000 hotel rooms by 2013, up from 15,500 late last year, and aims to add 5,000 new hotel rooms each year up until 2022, bringing the total number of hotel rooms to 75,000, according to QTA.The conference, held under the patronage of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group, is being organized by MEED Events in part-nership with Bench Events. Its three-day program will explore the outlook for hotel investment in the Middle East’s changing landscape.As well as focusing on the Middle East’s investment landscape after the Arab Spring, AHIC will hold a ses-sion that looks at the issues facing Egypt, while key industry figures will address the challenges of devel-oping and operating in the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.There will also be a separate dedicated session ex-ploring investment opportunities outside the Middle East.

Qatari Diar Real Estate Invest-ment Company (Qatari Diar), an international leader in sus-tainable development and investment, has confirmed its appointment of thirteen in-ternational law firms to Qatari Diar’s six legal panels.The six legal panels cover the following practice areas: hotels, construction, finance, corpo-rate, UK projects and interna-tional. Commenting on the panel ap-pointments, Qatari Diar Group CEO Eng. Mohammed bin Ali Al Hedfa said, “I am delighted that we have appointed these thirteen international firms to support Qatari Diar’s global presence across our six pan-els. Qatari Diar was impressed by the high quality of the pro-posals received from the firms which participated. ”“Having prior knowledge and experience of Qatar and the GCC as well as the sectors and other regions we work in were essential in the selection of firms and is crucial to Qatari Diar’s vision of making a posi-tive impact and improving the quality of lives in the communi-ties we are serving,” added Al Hedfa. 46 firms were long-list-ed and invited to tender – the largest ever tender by the com-pany - and firms were request-ed to submit their proposals in January 2012, with short-listed firms invited to present in Lon-don and Doha in late February. No one firm has been appoint-ed to more than 3 panels with appointments starting 1st April 2012 for three years. Qatari Diar recently marked its sixth anniversary and has over 49 projects under development or planning in 29 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with a combined value of more than US$35 Billion.

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Tourism set to contribute $1.1 billion to Qatar’s GDP Qatari Diar appoints13 globallaw firms to legal panels

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The Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hosted an information seminar de-signed to showcase the new port project and specifically to present the opportunities available to local companies.Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi, head of the new port steering committee, said during the seminar that the QR27 billion worth port project will be one of the biggest and most important of its kind in the region. The committee unveiled a new section on its electronic page www.npp.com.qa, that in-cludes all the details needed by the private sector regarding awarded projects, current and future tenders.

The Qatar Petrochemical Com-pany (Qapco) has awarded two engineering, procurement and construction contracts worth more than QR600 million to in-tegrated engineering and con-struction firm CTCI Corporation of Taiwan.Phase one of the two-phase project aims to meet the inter-national standards of safety and environment by modifying, revamping and changing some technical equipment at Qap-co’s main ethylene production facility in Mesaieed Industrial City. It involves installing new furnaces and an ethylene stor-age tank.

Qatar’s first commercial and recreational township for work-ers is nearing completion in the eastern part of the Industrial Area with easy access to Doha city, a local Arabic daily has re-ported.Planned on an extensive scale, the township will consist of more than 385 commercial shops, four cinema halls, an open air theatre and a cricket stadium. The designs of the buildings

The Philippines School Doha has signed an agreement with the Al Mana Design Consul-tants International for the de-signing of its planned school building in Doha’s Mesaimeer area.The tender for construction of the school, which will be built over 14,000sq m, will be ready

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has signed a contract with Al-Aali International Company to construct the Al Thumama Civil Defence Centre.The Logistics Department di-rector Brigadier Abdul Azeez al-Ansari said during the sign-ing ceremony that the building of Al Thumama Civil Defence

The contracts awarded to CTCI are worth QR604 million, with the option of an additional QR176 million, raising the total investment cost of Phase 1 to QR780 million.Phase two of the project is still under study by Qapco. Esti-mated to cost QR2 billion as of first quarter of 2013, the sec-ond phase aims to increase the overall production to reach be-tween 950,000 and 1,000,000 metric tonnes of ethylene. This phase will be declared for ten-dering after the approval of the Qapco board of directors.

and structures reflect tradi-tional Qatari architecture. The main objective of the project is to make it a self-contained township to meet the commer-cial and recreational needs of the labourers who are no more allowed to live in family residen-tial areas in Doha city and the outskirts. It has a well-planned network of roads and inner streets be-sides several parking areas for vehicles, the daily added.

within next nine months after the design is completed.The building, comprising a basement, ground and two floors with a total of 150 class-rooms, will be a semi-modern structure and very distinctly dif-ferent from some of the existing schools in the country.

Centre on E-Ring Road is part of MoI strategy under which secu-rity and service buildings will be built at various locations in the country. The total cost of the project will be QR17.1 million and it will be constructed on a total area of 10,000sq m.

Qatar’s first labourers’ township in final phase

Philippines School in deal for designing its building

Thumama Civil Defence Centre contract deal

Dewan Architects and Engi-neers has been awarded the consultancy contract to de-sign and supervise the con-struction of the Doha Pre-mier Inn Hotel at Education City, Doha. The four-storey, 200-key, three-star hotel, is set to open in 2013 at a strategic location within the Education City master devel-opment.According to Mohamed Al Assam, founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Dewan, the hotel’s design of-fers a carefully selected mix of facilities to cater to the business and leisure trav-eler market, which is cap-tured in a contemporary lin-ear architectural form, and which responds perfectly to the context as envisaged by both the master-planners of Education City and Premier Inn Hotels. Al Assam said: “The project is more than just an inspired architectural expression of a comfortable and friendly hotel environment; it is a practical approach towards providing high standard services to guests through a careful selection of self-sustained venues within the hotel. The project is also Dewan’s first project in Qatar and we are excited to enter this mar-ket together with a reputed client and group that we have successfully worked together with on two hotels in Abu Dhabi; at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and Abu Dhabi International Airport.” Another feature of the proj-ect is sustainable design, says Al Assam. “The building will be designed, detailed and built with a careful view of being environmentally-sensitive and sustainable, and as per the environmen-tally-conscious vision of Premier Inn Hotels as a de-veloper striving to achieve sustainable development across all its projects.”Dewan has already estab-lished its Doha offices in partnership with Peninsular Venture Group, a leading holding company in Qatar that has investments in construction, real-estate, manufacturing and that rep-resents a large portfolio of businesses in various sec-tors.

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Qapco awards contracts worth QR600 million

45 Italian firms take part in Doha business conference

A forum aimed at identifying investment opportunities in Qatar was held in association with the Italian embassy, Confindustria, Italian Businessmen Association, SIMEST, the development finance institution promoting the activities of Italian businesses in Italy and abroad, ANCE and Italian Construction Builders Association. More than 45 Italian com-panies from the real estate, infrastructure and construction sectors attended the forum.The decision to hold the forum had been finalized after Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassem Al Thani, president of the Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA), which is the organizer, met Italian Ambassador Andrea Ferrari.Local dailies quoted Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassem as saying that this event would allow Qa-tari companies to benefit from the experience of their Italian counterparts in implement-ing the development projects in preparation for hosting the 2022 World Cup.

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This article deals with valves controlled by their own medium. They are also re-ferred to as pilot operated control valves. This term is derived from the function of the valve. The pilot valve in the control circuit, via its own medium, determines the position of the main valve.For the development of the new VAG PICO® Pilot Operated Control Valve, VAG-Group has relied on 140 years of experience. As a provider of inno-vative solutions, VAG combined the proven technologies of the plunger/needle valve and the butterfly valve in the new control valve. The problem of the connection of the control circuit to the main valve was solved with an out-standing solution named CORFIX which

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Qatar is currently in the spotlight for several indus-tries worldwide. Off the back of Qatar winning the 2022 World Cup, the coun-

try’s main focus is to devel-op its construction industry. As MEP services evolve

into an integrated service delivery sector, the second annual MEP Summit and Awards Qatar will have mar-ket-relevant topics relating

to design, integration, in-stallation, testing and com-missioning. The focus of the

meeting of leading minds in the industry will remain on operation and maintenance for achieving comfortable, environmentally-friendly

and safer buildings in Qatar and position the country as an example for the develop-

ing MEP markets regionally. The MEP Summit and Awards Qatar, taking place in Doha during May 7-8, will bring together leading experts to share experience from working in the MEP field locally and internation-ally. Interactive panel discus-sion and presentations will cover topics such as MEP design and installa-tions, adopting sustainable regulations to improve MEP delivery, technology to en-hance the building lifestyle. Another highlight of the event will be the first MEP Qatar Awards, which will recognize and reward out-standing achievements of individuals and companies in various categories. Key topics that will come under discussion at the confer-ence include:

• Analyzing QSAS and its role in MEP project deliv-ery

• Improving thermal com-fort by using alternative HVAC systems in the Mid-dle East environment

• Optimizing quality assur-ance process through commissioning manage-ment – a project tool ap-proach

• Determining the archi-tects’ role in addressing the MEP systems during the project design phases

The outstanding speaker lineup includes:

• Bill Jolly, Head of MEP, KEO Consultants

• Dr Alex Amato, Chairman for Research and Innova-tion, Qatar Green Building Council

• Diaa El Masry, LEED Design Manager, Qatar Green Leaders

• Safaa Al Zubaidi, Senior MEP Manager, Energy City

•Saad Al Jibouri, Commis-sioning Managing Direc-tor, Qatar Project Man-agement

• Alfred Seeling, Design Di-rector, Woods Bagot

• Georges Ali Georges, MEP Manager, Commodore Contracting Company

• Dr Esam El Essarg, Re-search Manager, Qatari Diar Research Institute

• Dr Shetha Al Zubaidi, De-velopment Director, Ta-meer Holding Investment

For further information on the latest case studies and experts on the second annual MEP Summit and Awards Qatar, please visit www.mepqatarsummit.com. Alternatively email en-quiry@iqpc.ae or call +971 4 364 2975.

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At the fourth Facade Design and Engineering Middle East Sum-mit held in February in Doha, the main theme was design-ing functional and sustainable building envelopes by utilising smart technologies to deliver iconic facades. It is the region’s only conference dedicated to the design and sustainable construction of cost-effective, iconic facades.Facade engineering is often considered to be the highest risk of any project. The exterior envelope of a building acts as a filter protecting the internal space from undesirable ele-ments whilst allowing beneficial elements in. The facade is vital to achieve a habitable internal space. Minimum performance criteria are set out with legislations and codes which all projects in the Middle East must achieve. Most of these performance criteria are now driven by the need to improve building energy ef-ficiencies and reduce carbon emissions. Facade specialists have to be equipped with the latest tech-nologies, materials and indus-try knowledge to ensure contin-ued project success. At the recent IQPC conference a number experts came together to share their specialised skills and what they have learnt about various technological demands of building envelopes built to meet the required Middle East design criteria.One of the sessions dealt spe-cifically with city facades and how two projects managed the facade design from conception to completion. The first speaker was Matt Kit-son, of Hilson Moran, and he spoke about the consultancy experience in the design of the Tameer Towers in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.“Rising global population and rising energy consumption are linked and as we know the sup-ply of energy available is not in-finite,” said Kitson.“We are continuing to build en-ergy intensive cities and this is putting a strain on the city’s ability to produce the amount of energy necessary to keep things running smoothly. Most of our plans focus on looking at energy conservation and consumption; we need to start looking at energy use and reuse where possible,” said Kitson.WasteAnother area where we need to change our focus is waste. Qa-

tar is looking at recycling and ways to use waste to produce energy. A recent release from the Ministry of Environment states it has embarked on a project to manage the mas-sive construction and industrial waste in the country and set up a recycling plant. Qatar has one of the high-est waste generation rates in the world; with about 20,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste alone. It has also been estimated that each person in Qatar produces an av-erage of 5kg of waste daily. Dis-posal of such a huge amount of waste poses major environmen-tal challenges. Vernacular designKitson commented that con-sultants and architects should begin to look at introducing a more vernacular flavour to their designs. Some of the examples he put forward were projects where they had involvement; in Marrakech, Morocco and Shib-am, Yemen. Both of them were based on historic designs. He also commented that when looking at the Qatar skyline one could spot some buildings with a classic architectural style while others were highly mod-ern.Design hierarchyWhen designing a building, con-sultants generally look at the easier aspects so that the rate of return on the building can be maximised and the facade de-sign is only a secondary consid-eration.Healthy buildingsIn his presentation on how de-sign can ensure that buildings promote general health, Kitson referred to how it has been proven that daylight affects pro-ductivity and that not enough daylight slows down employee productivity. A good supply of daylight keeps people productive, decreases incidences of depression, etc. In other words it affects the triple bottom line in real ways. The retail industry has conclud-ed that more daylight in stores is directly related to increased sales. One technique of bring-ing more sunlight into buildings is through skylights.The changing workplaceThe workplace has in the last few decades been transformed through the introduction of technology and more recently smart devices. With the use of more technology in the work-place more airconditioning is needed to get rid of the hot air

generated by computers. The current generation, the iGeneration as it is known, has resulted in an entirely new con-figuration of workspace. The social side of living is currently going through a transition that blurs the distinction between employees’ work life and social life. Kitson stated an example of Google for whom they were asked to design a high perfor-mance work environment that would also stimulate creativ-ity and allow employees to so-cialise and interact on a social level as well; due to the fact that they probably spent most of their time at work.Tameer Towers Tameer Towers is a major, 980, 000sq/m mixed use devel-opment. The project encom-passes a 73-storey commercial tower, four high-rise residential apartments blocks and a luxury hotel. The commercial building is set to become one of the tall-est towers in Abu Dhabi, incor-porating a 50m high prismatic foyer atrium. Hilson Moran was responsible for the building services, in-cluding the design of the me-chanical, electrical and environ-mental engineering services, intelligent building controls and integrated building systems, vertical transportation and acoustics. The practice is also providing a LEED assessment on the scheme. In his presentation, Kitson dealt with how to define fa-cade specification to maximise the building occupant comfort and to design in compliance with Sustainability Codes such QSAS, Estidama, LEED. He discussed how important it was to understand glazing per-formance for correct position-ing of the low emissivity coating and he looked at new glazing technologies to evaluate if this will change the market ap-proach.Tameer Towers is situated on an island just off Abu Dhabi. An im-portant element of the design was looking at the movement of the wind and measuring how to find the “dead areas” and the channelling areas. These observations were incorporated into the engineering design and also contributed to the wind tunnel design. Another consideration was the ration of solid vs. glass. This is always an important consid-eration in hot desert climates. When looking at cooling loads it

was decided to opt for a monocle type design and the fa-cade was used as shading from the sun to reduce the cooling load on the building. The solid/glass ra-tio is 30/70 and the solid element of the facade also holds up the build-ing in addition to keeping the build-ing cooler, resulting in higher thermal comfort levels. Other consider-ations were that it had to be a column free space and the reasonably high solid to glass ratio contributed to be-ing able to achieve this.SustainabilityPrefabrication: Kit-son also looked at the aspects of sus-tainability in facade design with particular emphasis on glazing and prefabricated buildings. What he called the sequential construction limit of efficiency has resulted in the develop-ment of the construction of multi storey buildings in coun-tries like China and Australia. In China a 30-storey building was erected in 30 days using prefabricated units. In looking at prefabrication, there is an in-novation that can be integrated and is starting to be widely con-sidered and that is the introduc-tion of photovoltaic units on the roofs of buildings and or park-ing lots to provide free energy. A new stadium in Vryburg, Ger-many, is completely covered in photovoltaics. Another example is the Police Academy in Abu Dhabi.Electrochromic glass: A break-through technology in glazing and cooling technology has resulted in the development of spray on solar cells. Commitment Consulting engineers Hilson Moran have taken their involve-ment in sustainable develop-ment in the UAE to the next level by joining the Emirates Green Building Council (EGBC). The move is an affirmation of the company’s commitment to the area and reflects Hilson Moran’s involvement in key projects throughout the region, working in collaboration with international architects, prop-

erty owners and developers to design environmentally respon-sive buildings, through their applied knowledge of building physics.The influence of sustainability as a design issue is one that has been gaining momentum in the Middle East over the last 18 months to two years. Formed in 2006, with representatives drawn from every sector of the construction industry, the EGBC has been a driving force for change, encouraging collabo-ration and working towards a green building model. The EGBC has published a new UAE-specific draft building ener-gy rating system which is based on the US LEED building sus-tainability rating system. It is planned to pilot the LEED Emir-ates system on 25 new building projects, pending ratification by the US GBC next year.Kitson, director of sustainability for Hilson Moran, commented: “Hilson Moran has always had strong links to the Gulf region, having started out here some 30 years ago. “Through our work on tall buildings in the Middle East and Europe and our expertise in thermal and en-vironmental modelling, we have become increasingly involved in interpreting and adapting building energy standards and technologies used on similar buildings elsewhere for local use - including the recently-announced Shams Abu Dhabi Tameer Towers development.”

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MEDCO (Middle East Dredg-ing Company Q.S.C.) has been awarded a contract to dredge the approach channel for the ‘New Port Project’ in Qatar for the account of the New Port Project Steering Committee, under the Government of the State of Qatar. The contract also includes the dredging of the basin as well as the land reclamation for the Naval Base of approximately 400 ha and the construction of the two Out-er Breakwaters at both sides of the Channel. The New Port is located between Al Wakrah and Mesaeed, South of Doha.The contract represents a value of about 4,500,000,000 QAR.The works of MEDCO include the dredging of a 20 km long ac-cess channel and a Naval Base basin, the land reclamation with dredged materials for an area of approximately 4.5 square km for the construction of the Na-val Base, including compaction and ground improvement, the construction of rubble mound outer breakwaters each side of the channel, the construction of rock revetment at the perimeter of the Naval Base, the supply and installation of navigation aids and environment mitiga-tion (re-location of coral, sea grass, mangrove that would be affected by the works). The works includes the dredging of approximately 45 million m³ of mainly hard rock materials. The project has undergone a rigorous and thorough environ-mental assessment and the strict environmental conditions resulting from these studies will have to be strictly adhered to by all actors on the Project in order to mitigate to the largest extend the environmental impacts cre-ated by the construction of the Project. MEDCO will deploy its self-propelled flag ship “Al Jarraf” recently constructed and deliv-ered in Singapore. In addition, two self-propelled seagoing rock cutter suction dredgers will be deployed to execute this major assignment.The works will start in March 2012 and will be completed early 2016. MEDCO is a partnership be-tween the Qatar Holding (Gov-ernment of Qatar), Qatari company United Development Company (UDC), and DEME.

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The enormous urban development currently being witnessed in the State of Qatar gener-

ally and in Doha particularly will change the country’s urban face. It is remarkable that this urban development does not overlook the state’s humani-tarian and civilization aspects which are taken into account when planning or designing de-velopments.The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning is keen to establish and develop pub-lic parks, playgrounds, parks, spread greenery and to orga-nize human welfare schemes. The Ministry seeks to create a strong relationship between population and their home ar-eas, aiming to strengthen the spirit of originality and civiliza-tion everywhere in the country.Among municipalities, Doha leads in efforts to beautify and maintain streets and public parking lots. The Road Main-tenance Department at Doha Municipality has executed three projects related to public park-ing lots and roads worth about QR36.49 million. These include three contracts for maintenance of approxi-mately 300,000 square me-ters of road works. The work includes asphalt maintenance and installation of curbstone

and interlocks, maintenance of traffic signals and routine cleaning services of roads.The value of the first contract is QR11.70 million and it cov-ers from areas 1 through 7 and from 10 to 28 and 60, namely Al Jasra, Al Bidda, Mohammed bin Jassim, Musheireb, Al Najada, Brahat Al Jufairi, Al Asmakh, Old Al Ghanim , Al Souq, Wadi Al Seil east and west, Rumaila, Freij Abdul Aziz, Doha Jadeed, Al Riffa, Old Al Hitmi, Assalta, Al Mirqab, Doha Port, Freej bin Mahmoud, Mansoura, Freej bin Derham,Al Najma , Umm Ghwalina,Al Khalayfat and Ras Abu Aboudand Al Dafna.The value of the second con-tract is QR12.99 million and it includes the areas from 30 to 37 and from region 61 to 69, namely Al Sadd, Al Nasr, New Al Mirqab, Al Hilal west and east, Al Nuaija east and west, old airport, Al Thumama east and west, Doha International Airport and New Khalayfat. The third contract amounts to a value of QR11.80 million Riyals and it includes areas from 38 to 49 as well as 56 and 29 as these contracts are scheduled for completion by the end of this year. The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has devel-oped a strategy for the develop-ment of maintenance and op-

eration of side roads in various areas of the state in an effort to improve the condition of inter-nal roads and to reduce cracks and potholes.Geographic Information System (GIS) is used in road mainte-nance as it depends on data about road conditions which are scanned through a Person-al Digital Assistant (PDA). This device is provided to all munici-palities with special software to scan road paving elements (the layers paving the road) and non- paving elements (street lines, guidance signs and light-ing). Then, the municipality studies and analyzes such data in order to build up maintenance plans in the short term and long term.Maintenance contracts for side roads that are under way de-pend on a road maintenance management program in issu-ing work orders to contractors in all municipalities (Doha - Al Wakra - Al Rayyan - Umm Salal - Da’ayen - Al Khor - Al Dakhira - Al Shammal). The project ex-ecutor is held accountable for each stage separately and it is made sure he is not left un-til the completion of the entire project. Many problems had occurred in the past because of excava-tions and unfinished work left behind.

Many streets had suffered from the problems of rubble and remnants of work left behind by companies implementing projects.The Technical Affairs Depart-ment (TAD) is specialized in supervising areas of Support Services affiliated to the minis-try and issuing building permits for the ministry. TAD coordinates with compe-tent authorities with regard to public facilities for necessary services and road mainte-nance, sidewalks, light poles within cities and villages. TAD coordinates with authori-ties concerned by regulating and supervising public parking. It proposes installation of coun-ters in public parking as well as overseeing them. It studies and reviews applica-tions for land development and their conformity with approved and planned requirements. It also examines and reviews applications and transactions from the urban perspective in coordination with the compe-tent department in the ministry.TAD contributes to the develop-ment of design requirements and drafts regulations related to organizing buildings, issuing building permits, drilling, main-tenance and demolition as well as certificates of work comple-tion in addition to issuing per-

mits for advertisements and billboards.It participates in land and property inspections within the municipal limit by submit-ting reports to the competent department. It also carries out inspections, looks after is-sued related to sites delivery and new building permits, ex-ecutes small construction proj-ects and is involved in work on numbering houses and streets, in coordination with other de-partments. The Ministry of Mu-

nicipality planted 2,800 trees and a million flower seedlings during the current year. In Doha Municipality, the work of estab-lishing 13 new parks and play-ground is progressing. They are in Umm Lakhba, Nuaija East, Nuaija West, Al Thumama, South Khalifa City, Jiryan Nu-jaima and Al Jubailat. A garden and a playground are planned in Unaiza. The maintenance of parks in Al Hitmi, Al Duhail and Al Thumama also come under the municipality program.

The changing face of urban developmentThe Road Maintenance Department at Doha Municipality has executed three projects related to public parking lots and roads worth about QR36.49 million

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In its efforts to achieve the 2030 vision, Qatar is witness-ing an accelerated urban and industrial expansion. But this doesn’t come without cost. The construction boom in the country is having its toll on its environment. In this interview, Dr Mazen Hasna, Dean of the College of Engineering, speaks about the challenges facing Qa-tar in its quest for moderniza-tion and development and the college’s role in tackling them.The faculty of engineering re-cently acquired the ABET Aca-demic accreditation. What does this mean for students?Academic accreditation is a way of ensuring work quality in any organization whether edu-cational or not. In educational institutions, academic accredi-tation is a way of making sure that its programs are in accor-dance with international educa-tional standards. In engineering we are accredited by ABET. The efforts to achieve accredi-tation started in the end of the 1990s. At that time we had only four programs namely mechani-cal, civil, electrical and chemi-cal engineering. These were ac-credited in 2005. At that time ABET only granted substantial equivalency to universities out-side the USA. The accreditation lasts for only six years after which it is reviewed. We have now introduced new programs. In November 2010 a delegate form ABET visited the college and reviewed our new programs and we were accredited. The academic accreditation confirms our trust that our pro-grams are in accordance with the best international stan-dards.You introduced a new program recently: the master in environ-mental engineering. Why?We have four master programs and this year we introduced the environmental engineering program. Developing the envi-ronment is one of the four pil-lars of Qatar 2030 vision. Qatar is an industrial nation, with a huge industrial and construc-tion potential. This urban and industrial expansion needs to be accompanied by a good en-vironmental plan. As a faculty of engineering working in Qatar, we reviewed the 2030 vision and thought about the role we could play to make it come true. We found that such program is a neces-sary one to develop engineers’ environmental knowledge. We concentrate on the program

on the quality of water, water purifying, water recycling, water usage in construction and, to a lesser extent, on air pollution.We work in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, where they provide us with the environmental assessment studies done by various com-panies for their projects where we review such studies and give them our technical opinion. The program can qualify engineers to do such studies which are compulsory for doing any new construction or industrial proj-ects.We started this year with 10 students. The program runs for two years and can be done on a part time basis.You mentioned the huge con-struction potential of the coun-try. How does that affect the environment?Qatar is a small country. If we looked at the international numbers we find that its car-bon dioxide emissions are one of the highest in the world per capita. The environmental ef-fect of the development and fast construction pace is trou-bling. The government is well aware of this, but the country’s development is going on at a fast pace and to be late is bet-ter than doing nothing. Today, all institutions are trying to catch up on that and reduce the effects that occurred due to projects in the past and avoid such effects in the future. An example is the glass facades of the towers which require huge power to cool it resulting in co2 emissions. If from the start such towers were designed dif-ferently and took power saving aspects in its account it would have been better. The image is not rosy but the efforts done to avoid such problems are seri-ous and we hope they will flour-ish in the future.How do you evaluate the QSAS rating system and do you have any collaboration with its devel-opers?The university recently signed a memorandum of understand-ing (MoU) with the institution that developed the QSAS sys-tem. The MoU indicated that we teach QSAS to our students. Also, we are in the process of constructing a new building for the college. We have taken into account that this building is compatible with QSAS.I think that QSAS is very im-portant, because usually we tend to import international standards and apply them as

they are, but QSAS has done customization for the system to be in accordance with the local environment. If QSAS was to be applied in all new buildings and even some existing buildings, it will be very good. I hope the government would make it compulsory for all new buildings.What about the Society of Engi-neers? Do you have any coordi-nation with them?The head of the Society of En-gineers is a member of the consulting board of the college which meets annually to dis-cuss the new programs in the college and all its strategic is-sues. We also give lectures for the society members. We have established a student chapter for the society in the college as a way to encourage students to get involved with the society early on. This year we plan to provide the society members with training courses. We think the society will play a bigger and more effective role in the future in developing the engineering profession in Qatar. In a recent interview you men-tioned a plan to prepare Qatari engineers for 2030 vision; could you elaborate more on that plan?We started this project as a pi-lot last year where we looked into our current academic plan and the Qatar 2030 vision, to decide whether our academic plan is enough to graduate an engineer who can play a role in achieving the 2030 plan. This is not an easy process and we can’t do it on our own, we have to collaborate with the en-tire industrial sector.Last year we did this pilot proj-ect with some companies and we asked for their vision to-wards the expected expansion in their companies till 2030 to know the skills and specialties that will be needed in Qatar in that period and also to find out if they have any advice regard-ing skills that our graduates lack now. These are the two data points we took from them. So it is still a project in progress. The college recently signed the two agreements with Oryx GTL and Maresk. What are the ob-jectives of these agreements?Qatar University (QU) and Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) have signed an agreement to es-tablish the Maersk Oil Chair in Environmental Engineering, a dedicated faculty chair to sup-port offshore environmental studies.

The faculty chair will support the newly-launched Master’s in Environmental Engineering at Qatar University College of Engineering (CENG) for a pe-riod of three years. The posi-tion is supported by Maersk Oil with an annual investment of QR750,000. Although primarily focused on applied research and develop-ing technologies to effectively minimize environmental impact to marine life, the chair will pro-vide a valuable link between education and industry. The Maersk Oil Chair will devel-op new research and training programs on industrial waste-water and water treatment as well as atmospheric pollution. The research will be integrated within undergraduate students’ projects, graduate theses and summer internship/training programs to foster knowledge-sharing at all levels.The chair will also provide spe-cialized training for Maersk Oil Qatar personnel to help sup-port technical decision-making when encountering environ-mental challenges within their operations in the Al Shaheen field, Qatar’s largest offshore oil field. Qatar University (QU) and ORYX

GTL have also signed an agree-ment to establish an academic chair in the Department of Me-chanical and Industrial Engi-neering (MIE) in the College of Engineering.The purpose of the agreement is to support qualified Qatari students towards graduation and future employment with ORYX GTL. This cooperation is in line with the commitment of both organizations to the Qa-tarization strategy and towards the achievement of Qatar Na-tional Vision 2030.Under the agreement, which will be for an initial period of three years, the chair will pro-vide opportunities for research and consultation to both par-ties within the framework of collaboration in the field of gas operations and production. He/she will develop and implement programs of research and con-sultancy, establish workshops, provide technical advice in en-gineering education, and super-vise summer training activities. He/she will also conduct other scientific activities commen-surate with the needs of ORYX GTL.Additionally, the academic po-sition which is funded by ORYX GTL, will focus on the develop-

ment of QU programs in the field of mechanical engineering through support of the organi-zation’s theoretical studies in tandem with practical applica-tion at ORYX GTL sites. Through summer training and work-shops, students will be provid-ed with the opportunity to de-velop their practical skills and perspectives to facilitate their engagement in the workplace and foster knowledge-sharing at all levels.Through this position, QU will support ORYX GTL in the devel-opment of infrastructure and scientific research in the field of oil and gas which is one of the top priorities of scientific re-search in Qatar. What is the faculty’s position regarding research?In the past three years we have managed to attract $80 million to finance scientific research in engineering. We conduct research in the cooling of con-crete mixes. We give high importance to civil and architecture engineering because of the urban develop-ment the country is witness-ing and also because they are the only programs in Qatar. We have to provide the workforce with competitive professionals.

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At a recent district cool-ing summit held in Doha, Hisham Hajjaj of Stanley Consultants,

delivered a presentation on the use of sea water in the cooling of industrial towers. Why do we use seawater cooling towers, Hajjaj asked. Experience, ac-cording to him, has shown that they are:• durable• easily maintained• conserve energy• environmentally-friendly• Cost-effective alternative (AED 6 cubic litre)• Uses freshwater efficiently or not all especially when there is a scarcity of water resourcesCase study 1: Jubail Industrial CityJubail Industrial City, a planned city, has a sea water cooling (SWC) system, easily the sec-ond largest in the world. Sea water intake comprises an intake channel and pump sta-tion and is facilitated through a system of three canal segments with three components: supply, supply/return and return. There are inverted systems between the canal segments for the industrial off-take struc-tures and lateral pipes. There is a buffer zone before dumping into the sea so that the outfall does not endanger marine life.Hajjaj concluded by saying that in his opinion sea water cooling was definitely the way forward. He did add that there were still questions and concerns about the discharge from the SWC plant as it is 10 degrees high-er than the sea temperature, which is still too high. The rec-ommended difference is 2 or 3 degrees higher.Case Study 2: A concrete tower in Thailand In a paper, entitled, “Perfor-mance, Cost, and Environmen-tal Effects of Saltwater Cool-ing Towers” (2008), John S Maulbetsch and and Michael N DiFilippo discuss a concrete tower in Thailand and energy plant in the Gulf of Mexico as examples.Southeast Asia has vast coast-lines where industrial and com-mercial ventures have access to sea water. Padaeng Industries in Ma Ta Put, Thailand, is a zinc refinery that produces pigments and other specialty products. Padaeng Industries has a 12-year-old, three-cell, forced-draft tower with a hot water temperature (HWT) of 96.8°F (36°C); a cold water tempera-ture (CWT) of 87.8°F (31°C); a wet bulb temperature (WBT) of 82.4°F (28°C); and a 46,230 gal/min (10,500 m3/hr) water recirculation rate. Fluctuations in cold water tem-perature significantly affect production, yet they have been very satisfied with the system design. They operate the tower at 1.2 cycles of concentration and use screens and filters to keep suspended solids low. In addition, they use a low dos-age biocide to control biological activity.Following an accidental fire some time ago, Padaeng

replaced the film fill in one cell with a low fouling, vertically offset fill. The company also replaced the OEM drift elimina-tors with high-efficiency, cellu-lar, three-pass drift eliminators. Both the fill and drift elimina-tors are made of rigid PVC, meeting Cooling Technology In-stitute’s PVC material standard (CTI STD-136; see table 1). The drift eliminators have a low drift rate, and it can be ex-pected that any contribution of salt in the environment from the cooling tower will be signifi-cantly lower than the naturally occurring salt in the air. The plant has been ISO 9001 and 14001 certified, plus an outside environmental man-agement firm is contracted to sample and track air and par-ticulate emissions.Because of the low total sus-pended solids (less than 50ppm) in the makeup and good biological control of the recirculating water, film fill foul-ing is minimized, keeping the tower’s thermal performance at design values.Padaeng Industries’ cooling tower is a concrete structure, and care was taken to ensure high-quality concrete work to withstand the salt water. However, the fan shrouds, rail-ings, ladders and fasteners were made of painted or galva-nized carbon steel, and these components have seen signifi-cant corrosion. The forced-draft design is some-what unusual for a field-erected tower and the addition of a roof over the fan intakes indicates a shortcoming in its design. The roof was added to prevent the air intake fans from drawing in the hot exhaust air and reduc-ing unit efficiency.Cooling tower drift and salt con-tamination in the environment are considerations when oper-ating open recirculating cooling towers with sea-water makeup. Small droplets of the circula-tion water can leave the tower as drift. Depending on the size of the droplet and the wind condi-tions, the range of dispersion can be less than a hundred meters to many kilometers. It is recommended that the dis-tribution system be designed for low-pressure spray nozzles, which will reduce the quantity of small droplets impinging on the drift eliminators. Because all drift eliminators have a fractional efficiency limit (the droplet size where the drift eliminator is less than 100% ef-ficient), more entrained droplets are captured by high-efficiency drift eliminators. Limiting drift to match or be less than coastal sea air salt content yields a drift rate of 0.001 to 0.0005% of the circulation water flow rate.Some water treatment chemi-cals can affect drift rate by reducing the surface tension of the water, which should be taken into consideration when designing the water treatment program. Pending changes to CTI’s drift eliminator test code will limit surface tension to no less than

63 dynes/cm. When used to ex-cess, some dispersants can re-duce surface tension by a factor of two or more, producing drop-let diameters much smaller for the same nozzle pressure. There has been no observed increase in water surface ten-sion when adding oxidizing bio-cides such as chlorine, bromine or ozone. However, other water treatment chemicals such as methylene bisthiocyanate can significantly reduce the water’s surface tension and increase drift rate.Case Study 3: Counterflow tow-ers near the Gulf of MexicoLatin America’s power-produc-ing giant, Iberdrola of Bilbao, Spain, has a 2,000-plus MW, combined-cycle plant in Altami-ra, Mexico. Plant 3 and 4 are rated at 1,036 MW and have two 10-cell induced-draft counterflow cool-ing towers serving four gas and two steam turbines. The plant uses sea water from the Gulf of Mexico via two 24” intake lines located about one mile out in the Gulf. They use screens for trapping large debris; sodium hypochlo-rite as the biocide; H2SO4 for pH control; and water-manage-ment chemicals from Nalco for pretreatment. The towers run from 1.3 to 1.5 cycles of con-centration and have been in op-eration for nearly seven years.Iberdrola Units 3 and 4 operate efficiently, but the power plant wanted to improve the opera-tion by reducing the pressure drop of the existing two layers of drift eliminators used to en-sure the lowest drift rates. The existing drift eliminators were mounted just above the spray nozzles, so the OEM rec-ommended the power plant use drift eliminators rated at 0.0005% drift loss, mount-ing them approximately one meter above the spray nozzle discharge. This modification reduces pressure drop of the drift eliminators by 60%, which increases tower airflow, thereby providing colder water. Also, the plant is considering whether installing replacement spray nozzles could improve water distribution.Managing sea-water issues Biological control is a typical concern in all open, recirculat-ing cooling towers. The bio-logical activity will create waste secretions that act as glue for suspended solids, allowing them to adhere to the cooling tower fill and other heat trans-fer surfaces. The impact of deposits affects cooling tower efficiency. It takes only a small amount of fill fouling to reduce airflow and create uneven water dis-tribution, which negatively af-fects tower performance and increases cold water tempera-ture. Selecting the proper fill design and good water chemis-try management are critical for good system operation. To help accomplish these ob-jectives, one cooling tower fill manufacturer adopted an ap-proach that has been used suc-cessfully for many years in the

food processing industry, where biological control agent is incor-porated into the materials of construction. In this case, the biological control agent is incor-porated with the plastic resin. The material reduces biological activity by use of a silver-and-zinc compound. The compound does not leach from the plastic, nor is it harmful to the environ-ment. The fill with biological control agent has been shown to re-duce fouling and protect the cooling system’s thermal per-formance.Typical sea-water mineral con-tent is quite consistent around the world at about 3.5 percent dissolved solids. However, some variations are observed due to local con-ditions such as fresh water dilutions from rivers or high evaporation rates in bays. The variation in total dissolved sol-ids (TDS) is relatively easy to manage by modification to the tower’s cycles of concentration.However, variations in total sus-pended solids (TSS) can cause significant fouling problems. Based on the quality of biologi-cal control and TSS, the selec-tion of cooling tower fill can be made. Because the fill design plays the largest role in tower performance, it is suggested that seawater makeup water be limited to 20 ppm TSS, which allows for the use of high per-formance film fills like a vertical

offset design. Typical seawater makeup can be run at up to 2.5 cycles of concentration using low fouling film fill.Recommendations Concentrated sea water, having high salt concentration, lowers the water’s vapor pressure and reduces the evaporative cooling rate by 5 to 8%, depending on salt concentration. Therefore, a typical sea-water cooling tower design will be 5 to 10% larger (plan area and/or power effects) than a similar capacity fresh-water system.The smaller the approach tem-perature, the greater the de-mand (size and power) on the cooling system will be. Targeted approach tempera-tures must consider the effect salt water has on tower perfor-mance. For instance, if a 5.4°F (3°C) approach temperature is considered practical for fresh water, a 7.2°F (4°C) approach would be acceptable for a salt-water system.Materials used should be sta-ble in sea-water environments. Consult CTI Standard 136 for fill and drift eliminators. And, the structure should be pul-truded fiberglass, treated wood, concrete or specialty materials formulated for sea-water appli-cations. or cooling towers constructed of flammable structural materi-als, a deluge fire protection sys-tem designed for exposure to

sea water should be used. Tow-er site selection is the same for saltwater towers as for fresh-water towers. It is suggested that the longitu-dinal direction (air inlet) be par-allel to the normal wind direc-tion and sensitive equipment be positioned away from the exhaust air path. All piping, fasteners, railings and access stairways should be constructed of materials suit-able for sea-water exposure as well, as the best place for a sea water cooling plant or tower is at the waterfront or on an is-land. To maximize drift eliminator effectiveness, they should be positioned approximately 1 me-ter above the spray nozzle dis-charge. Low pressure nozzles should be used with nozzle pressures not exceeded 13.8 kPa (2 psig). Drift eliminators should be rated at 0.0005 per-cent drift loss and be certified by the manufacturer’s testing.*References used in the writing of this article: Maulbetsch, John S, and Michael N DiFilippo. 2008. Performance, Cost, and Environmental Effects of Salt-water Cooling Towers. Califor-nia Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental, Research Program. CEC-500-2008-043 and ‘Rising Interest in Sea-Water Cooling’ by Jim Wallis and Richard Aull, Brentwood Industries Inc.

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Organized by Qatar General Electricity &Water Corpora-tion, and the Water Science and Technology Association, and the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States, in coopera-tion with Interactive Business Network (IBN) to be held in Doha on the 22-24 of April 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel

Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and

Industry, H.E.Eng.Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari President of KAHRA-MAA and the conference, an-nouncedthe Forthcoming “10th Gulf Water Conference” The conference is organized by Qatar General Electricity &Water Corporation, and the Water Science and Technology Association, and the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States, in cooperation with Interactive

Business Network (IBN).The press conference was headed H.E. Engineer Al Ku-wari, and attended by Engineer Ali Saif Al-Malki, Chairman of the conference organizing com-mittee and KAHRAMAA’s Wa-ter Networks Director, and Mr. RaedChehaib, CEO of Interac-tive Business Network (IBN) in addition to representatives of the sponsors & members of the press from Qatar, GCC, region and international media. H.E. Engineer Al Kuwari opened the conference by welcoming all those present and stress-ing on the importance of the conference not only in terms of its subject and aims, but also in terms of its continuity given that it was first launched in 1992 and is being held this year in its 10th session. He also highlighted the high level partic-ipation of ministers from Qatar and the GCC, experts and aca-demic members from the Arab

and Islamic world, and interna-tional organizations for the Unit-ed Nations including the ES-CWA, UNDP and UNU. In light of that, H.E. Al Kuwari outlined the main topics and issues that will be discussed at the confer-ence including the present situ-ation of planning and managing sustainable water resources in the GCC countries; projections of water requirements in the region and means of reducing the expected gap between wa-ter supplies and demand; the relation between water avail-ability and food security; the role of GCC municipalities in supplying and managing water resources; developments in wa-ter desalination technology and its economics; new techniques in waste water treatment and management; financing water projects, and other topics and issues.As the President of the confer-ence, H.E. Al Kuwari empha-

sized on KAHRAMAA’s con-tinual commitment towards developing national strategies to manage water resources. He called for Qatari Ministries and institutions, and GCC organiza-tions involved in water, energy and food resources, to register for the conference before 16th of April on www.gwcdoha2012.org. Al Kuwari concluded by thanking the sponsors, press, organizing company (IBN), and KAHRAMAA volunteers for their efforts and dedication to make this event a success. Engineer Al Malki talked about the importance of this confer-ence to be held in Doha for the 2nd time, complementing the economic growth in the GCC. He shared the belief that this conference will be one of the most important events in the region attracting a large num-ber of delegates including min-isters and concerned officials from Qatar and the GCC, lead-

ers and decision makers. Al-Malki concluded by thanking H.E. the Minister of Energy and Industry, H.E. President of KAH-RAMAA, respected sponsors, IBN team and the press. Concluding the press confer-ence, Mr. Chehaib expressed his belief that the 10th Gulf Water Conference will be one of the most important events on the conference agenda in the region during 2012, and ex-pected that the conference will arrive at effective conclusions and recommendations con-cerning the development of wa-ter resources in the GCC coun-

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Once again KCIC is honored to be part of Project Qatar, this year for the third time

in a row. The last two years KCIC presented its products and ser-vices very successfully in the tent area of the exhibition. For the last two years the benefits of our 2-level-KCIC-booth have been highly enjoyed by both - our visitors and our KCIC team at the event. This year we are looking forward to present KCIC in a ,new look’ at a new loca-tion in the Main Exhibition Hall. After all initiatives and achieve-ments KCIC has realized since last Project Qatar 2011 the senior management decided it is time for a major KCIC per-formance change which is vis-ible for all – our team and our visitors. With this major change in our performance KCIC also wants to highlight its enhanced strength and capabilities within the local construction and con-crete market as well as KCIC’s commitment to the fundamen-tal changes within Qatar for the next decade, especially in the construction field. As a Qatari Concrete Company we are look-ing forward to give our contribu-tion to the upcoming changes within our home country.

KCIC performance at Project Qatar 2012 does not only in-clude a new booth design and new location in the Main Exhibi-tion Hall. It means also that our Managers from Pre-cast, Read-

ymix, Materials, Sales, Market-ing, Corporate Governance, and Group Commercial & Con-tracts Divisions along with KCIC Stand Crew are already very excited to welcome our visitors to discuss and explain latest initiatives and achievements of KCIC in terms of our prod-

ucts, services and projects as well as from our management and production. KCIC has been named as a Founding Member of the Qatar Green Building Council, it has been certified towards ISO 9001:2008 (Qual-ity Management System), ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental

Management System) and BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupa-tion Health and Safety Manage-ment System) and it has suc-cessfully implemented a fully integrated ERP-System in all its business operations: these are only some achievements we would like to celebrate and

discuss with our visitors. At the same time we would like to inform you about our new established Customer Relation-ship Management Department and the new services provided for all our customers, how to become a subscriber of our monthly KCIC newsletter provid-

ing technical information and free-of-charge training sessions held by KCIC’s QA/QC Manager exclusively for KCIC customers in-house or at any other loca-tion in Doha. KCIC also would like to share experiences re-garding our successfully fin-ished and current projects, like for example KCIC built the first Cricket Stadium in Precast con-crete, it signed the first football stadium contract in Precast concrete and manufactured the longest Hollow Core Slabs of 18m length and 500mm thick-ness, as well as the acquisition of new machinery and other equipment.Further details about KCIC’s Current Caliber in delivering any Cement Concrete Products and Services in Qatar, KCIC’s com-mitment towards Green Aspect as a Founding Member of Qatar Green Building Council, KCIC’s latest Achievements, Certifica-tions, Customer Relationship Views, Completed Precast Foot-ball and Cricket Stadiums and Amphitheatre Projects, etc. can be discussed at our pavilion.At this juncture, KCIC have im-mense pleasure in cordially in-viting everybody to explore KCIC at Project Qatar 2012. During the whole tenure of this exhi-bition all visitors are most wel-comed at the KCIC stand inside (M 65), Main Hall and at the KCIC stand outside (HM 35), Heavy Max Area 1.We as KCIC’ians, look forward to meet you there!

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As a ‘next generation bank’, Al Khalij Commercial Bank’s (al khali-ji) QSC, is committed in supporting projects that benefit Qatar’s gen-erations to come. Thus, an impor-tant milestone for the bank was the financing of the Barzan Gas Project, a 10.4 billion US dollar project that will see 1.4 billion cu-bic feet per day of gas produced in 2014. The foundation stone was recently laid down for the project, with the attendance of the Heir Apparent, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani. al khaliji’s involvement came by through a syndicated loan struc-ture, whereby the bank teamed up with other financial institutions to ensure that the project received the financing it required to see the industrial complex through till completion. “The Barzan Gas Project will meet the increased demand for fuel to power up energy plants and other industries in the country,” said Robin McCall, Group Chief Execu-tive Officer of al khaliji. “We are not only delighted to have our name associated with one of the most ambitious project this coun-try has ever seen, but we are also proud that our participation will support the future development of Qatar.”The Barzan Gas Project is a joint venture between energy giants Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, and is also the recipient of the largest direct bank financing of any energy projects in the country. The project also reflects the increasing role that banks have been playing in realizing large-scale industrial

projects; something that al khaliji has been well-prepared for.“Most companies do not have the cash on hand, by seeking out banks to fund their projects they maintain more appropriate capi-tal structure,” explained McCall. “With Qatar’s economic diversi-fication and development in full swing, in line with the country’s 2030 Vision, we expect to see more and more companies turn-ing to banks for their financing re-quirements. When we conceived our medium-term strategy, we placed project and infrastructure financing in the Qatar market as a top priority.”Confidence in a financial institu-tion’s financing capabilities is an essential prerequisite in meeting customer requirements. “Only several weeks ago, the Fitch rating agency gave us a positive rating,” continued McCall. “In effect, this is a stamp of confidence in our capacity and our long term stabil-ity, and more so a call to action that we are able to meet financing requirements of our preferred cli-ents, no matter how complex. We expect a large influx of projects in the foreseeable future, and hon-estly, we look forward to financ-ing them.” In its adherence to its medium-term and ‘Qatar-centric’ strategy, al khalji is on task in pro-viding creative solutions for specif-ic project financing requirements. “No project is too big or too small; too complicated or too simple. As long as the project benefits gener-ations to come, it is our obligation to provide the best and most inno-vating financing solutions.”

al khaliji is Qatar’s pioneer ‘next generation bank’ offering a full range of conventional banking products and services to premium, business, corporate and interna-tional customers in Qatar, UAE and France. Headquartered in Doha, al khaliji is one of Qatar’s leading banks and a member of the Qatar Ex-change Index, with QR 27 billion in total assets and QR 12.1 billion in customer deposits as of 31 De-cember 2011. Al Khaliji France is our subsidiary in Paris, France with a network of branches in the UAE covering Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaima, and Abu Dhabi. This branch net-work offers customers and busi-nesses local, regional and interna-tional banking services. At al khaliji we believe that success lies in the financial security and development of people to enable them to sustain a prosperous life. Our products and level of service reflect our belief that to be suc-cessful, we must meet the needs of both this generation and future generations of employees, custom-ers, investors and business part-ners. While financial objectives are key to sustaining our prosperity in any market, at al khaliji we believe that long-term sustainability is maintained by balancing our com-mitments to achieving our results, with the commitment towards the development of people and the preservation of natural resources. Visit www.alkhaliji.com and www.alkhaliji.fr to discover the latest ‘next generation bank’ news and information.

Qatar’s Barzan Gas Project:A success story in project finance for al khaliji

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The eighth Annual Project Fi-nance Forum taking place in Dubai on May 29 - 30 will bring together key decision makers and industry experts from the Middle East to explore eco-nomic challenges, political barriers, predictions and gov-ernmental policies regarding project finance. Because of the current euro-crisis, project finance in the Middle East has seen a setback with regards to funding as most of the projects were backed by major lend-ers in Europe. With Basel III implementation on the horizon and the volatile liquidity situa-tion, the eighth Annual Project Finance Forum will look into cases where the industry has worked out alternative solu-tions to keep funding their proj-ects. The forum will also delve into the future challenges for long-term projects, possibilities and solutions. Proposed case-studies on project finance from Islamic Finance Institutes in Qatar include Barzan Gas, Fi-nancing Challenges for Waste water Treatment Plants – Bah-rain, Shuweihat 3 Independent Power Plant Project - Abu Dhabi and Sartorp Project Sukuk for Jubail refinery – Saudi Arabia.The forum will also provide key models and beneficial inputs to adapt, update and impro-vise future project financing agendas.

Jonathan Robinson, MD, Head of Project Finance, HSBC – UAE, will address the Basel III implementation and its effects on project finance. Arab Spring and the future of PPP in Middle East will be broadly elaborated by Atter Ezzat Hannoura, Direc-tor PPP Central Unit - Ministry of Finance – Egypt. The confer-ence aims to provide an over-view on euro-crisis impact on project finance in the Middle East, importance of ECA and Islamic finance in the current economic climate, the emerg-ing significance of project bonds and debt capital mar-

kets, alternative financial aids and importance of export cred-it agencies in the given crisis and many others. With a rich history of producing high qual-ity, industry specific business events around the world, Flem-ing Gulf Conferences is one of the leading names in the busi-ness intelligence industry. Its B2B conferences are highly interactive events with a lim-ited number of delegates from specialized industry sectors, including finance, energy, ship-ping, logistics, utilities, real es-tate, construction and more.

Forum to explore challenges for long-term projects and solutions

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Arab Consulting Engineers Mo-harram Bakhoum has recently signed contracts for several im-portant projects, according to its Executive Director, Engineer Mohamed Al Jebali. A project to evaluate intersection facili-ties with Ashghal (Public Works Authority) is at the forefront of them. The agreement encompasses examination of 15 intersec-tions, including bridges and tun-nels in order to evaluate their condition and identify any de-fects, offering optimal solutions to restore their full efficiency.Al Jebali noted that the com-pany had signed a contract to oversee Bin Samikh Tower, which consists of 44 floors including three basements in-tended for parking. The tower is located on an area of 5,000 square meters in Dafna. Work has already started and is due for completion in 2013. The tower includes 317 hotel rooms and a number of halls for seminars, lectures and re-ceptions as well as a spa and

restaurants.Al Jebali said the company had also signed a contract for de-signing a major business center affiliated to Al Meera Company in the Hazm Al Markhiya area. The project consists of a shop-ping mall with two floors and a basement for car parking. The ground floor includes a show-room of consumer goods in ad-dition to a number of shops of various sizes. It also has a service area, in-cluding many restaurants and a recreational area for children. The project’s design work is pro-gressing.Al Jebali said that preparations were underway to deliver the flight simulation building of Qatar Airways at Doha Interna-tional Airport. He added that Arab Consult-ing Engineers Moharram Bak-houm was preparing to deliver the second phase in the Racing and Equestrian Club develop-ment project in the Al Rayyan area. The company, he said, had carried out renewal and

development work by adding many structures which raised the club’s efficiency.He pointed out that the sec-ond phase of the Racing and Equestrian Club development covered nearly 300,000sqm of the club area, including build-ings, stables to accommodate about 402 horses. The phase includes a veterinary clinic, a veterinary stable build-ing, horses swimming building, horses nutrition building in addition to a quarantine build-ing to isolate infected horses. It also has places for training horses.A staff accommodation build-ing which could house more than 25 club employees forms part of the new phase. Development work goes on at an administration building for different club departments, a warehouse, workshops and a store to sell horses’ supplies.This phase also has an area for shops and some other distinc-tive buildings enjoying a high level of luxury and sophistica-

tion. These are the health club, a video games hall and the In-ternet and health club. There is a recreational-activities building which includes a four-dimensional cinema hall, res-taurants, majlis and separate reception halls for men and women. The club has an Emiri wing with reception lounges.There is a luxury multi-purpose hall with two rooms that could be used to conduct wedding ceremonies. One of the halls ac-commodates nearly 700 people and the other around 400.The complex has four luxury apartments which stand sepa-rated from the rest of the club having their own entrance and with a design commensurate with the quality and luxury of these buildings. Al Jebali pointed out that many buildings had been delivered after completion and they were already being occupied by the club management. Qatari Architecture Engineer-ing Corporation has carried out the implementation of the

work under the supervision of Arab Consulting Engineers Mo-harram Bakhoum at a cost of QR631 million under the lead-ership of the commission steer-ing the project - representative of the owner.He said the company had re-cently handed over a number of villas, funded by Qatar Develop-ment Bank. He expected the launch of several projects in the infra-structure sector of sanitation, bridges, tunnels, roads, water pipelines in the near future. He pointed out that Arab Consult-ing Engineers Moharram Bak-houm had extensive experience with such projects.Al Jebali said the Qatar Railway project would be a quantum leap for the state’s transport in-dustry. He was confident that it would contribute significantly to the evolution of Qatar’s econo-my and to the state’s all-round development. He noted that Moharram Bakhoum had “ca-pabilities and great potential in this respect” as it had provided

advisory services to Cairo Metro with its four stages in addition to partial consultation services for the Dubai Metro. He noted that the Doha Metro would significantly contribute in con-necting various areas of Doha, reducing the traffic pressure on roads. He pointed out that Qatar was witnessing “a huge renaissance in all projects, es-pecially those related to sports construction, which would ben-efit not only Qatar but the entire Gulf region”. He said: “These projects are built according to international specifications which give Qatar the potential to host any sporting event.”

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Mohamed Al Jebali: Executive Director

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Company Tender No. Tender Subject Bond (Qrs) Fees Closing Date

Qatar general Elec-tricity and Water Cor-poration (kahramaa)

GTC/469/2012 Call-Off contract for civil maintenance works of electrical sub-stations 1,000,000 3,000.00 12/4/2012 Be-fore 12 noon

Qatar Fuel (Woqod) TC/PRJ/24/03/12 Building and Utilities mangement system for Woqod Tower at West Bay 50,000 1.000 non refundable 2/4/2012

Qatalum QAL-PRD-0202 iNet for Qatalum "Design, develop and integrate an intranet portal with work-flows systems for Qatalum based on share point 2010"

1.5% of Bid Price

500.00 (non-refundable) 12/04/2012Q

Mowasalat TC-015/MD-MWS/2012 supply of 4 ton medium duty mobile workshop truck 0 1,000.00 22/04/2012

Mowasalat TC-017/SWTV/2012 Build and supply 2 water transport vessels 100,000/= 1,000.00 22/04/2012

Aspire Zone AF/M/AL3001/12 Maintenance of mechanical systems for Aspire Logistics at Aspire Zone-Zone A 300,000 1,500.00 22/04/2012

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Links Group, leaders in company formation in the Gulf region for 10 years, participated in

two British-led trade promo-tion events to help strengthen outbound investment growth in Qatar and the UAE. As the UK looks to deepen economic relationships with the two countries, Links Group was called upon to educate participating British companies on how best to establish a com-mercial presence in the region.The government agency UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in-vited Links Group to participate in its PartnerME 2012 road show, a series of informative round tables held in London, Cambridge and Manchester from March 5 to 7. Over 100 high potential companies at-tended the sessions to seek ex-pert advice on doing business in the Middle East. According to Joe Hepworth, Commercial Director of Links Group, the majority of partici-pating companies at PartnerME

2012 said they planned to ex-pand to the Middle East within the next 12 months.“Most of the delegates I met with were interested in securing infrastructure or education proj-ects in the UAE,” he said.“There is a strong appetite amongst these businesses to establish their commercial presence in the region within the next year. UK firms have substantial expe-rience working on large-scale projects with particular exper-tise in original design, project management, subcontracting and project build. “The UK is also widely recog-nized as a world leader in edu-cation services. With the UAE government allocating 20% of its 2012 Federal Budget to edu-cation projects, the opportuni-ties for British companies are very promising,” he added. As Qatar prepares for mass in-frastructure development in the build-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Middle East Associa-tion, the UK’s premier business

forum for promoting trade and relations with the Middle East and North Africa, together with UKTI, hosted a delegation of over 20 UK companies in Doha last month. The “Qatar: Towards 2022” trade mission was held from March 4 to 7 to strengthen bi-lateral ties and investments be-tween the two countries. Links Group collaborated with the British organizations to provide market insights on how best to support Qatar’s development needs.“Government funding commit-ments in Qatar are extensive and include a $20 billion invest-ment to expand the road sys-tems over the next five years, $13 billion for the building of the New Doha International Airport and a stadium con-struction renovation budget of approximately $3 billion,” said Wayne Merrick, Links Group General Manager in Qatar. “This event has given UK com-panies the opportunity to ex-plore investment opportunities

in this region and navigate the issues that come with access-ing new markets,” said Merrick. Participating delegates, al-though bullish about invest-ment prospects in the UAE and Qatar, remain concerned over issues including the require-ment for local partner owner-

ship, the strength of investor protection, and the general re-ception of UK companies in the market. The Middle East Association, in conjunction with the British Em-bassy, UKTI, and Links Group worked to advise businesses and answer their concerns

about setting up in the Middle East. Links Group noted particular references to the recent over-haul of the UAE companies law and regulations on exports and imports in Qatar as per Qatar Investment Law.

UK firms look to Qatar and other Gulf countries

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Large Tenders

Tender No. Tender Subject Bond Fees Dept. Submis-sion

Autho-rized

PWA/GTC/073/11-12

Proposed Development of General Cleaning Project

6,500,000 6,000.00 Building Affairs 4/10/12 1+2

Al Khore Sewerage - Construction of Sewer Network in Al Khore 4,000,000 4,000 Infrastructure

Affairs 2/7/12 1+2

BA/11-12/C/023/G Construction of Extension of Al Khor 1,750,000 3,000.00 Infrastructure Affairs 2/7/12 1

PWA/GTC/072/11-12

Package Treatment Plant ( PTP ) Upgrades at Existing AL Shamal PTP and Al Dhakira PTP Sites

2,300,000 3,500.00 Infrastructure Affairs 5/8/12 1

( Design - Build Works) Shifting & Upgrading Pumping Station 200,000 1,000.00 Infrastructure Affairs 2/21/12 1

Construction of PS 70 Area Sewerage –Phase 4 9,000,000 6, 000.00 Infrastructure

Affairs 1/31/12 1+2+3

Medium Tenders

Tender No. Tender Subject Bond Fees Dept. Submission Autho-rized

PWA/ITC/035/11-12Post – Contract Professional Consultancy Services for construction of Scouts Overland Camp for Qatar Scouts and Guides Association at Al Mazrouaa

170,000 750 Building Affairs 3/25/12 4

BA/11-12/S/036/I Bond Fees Dept. Submission Autho-rized

Awarded Of MarchPre & Post Contract Professional

Consultancy Services for Service Centre Building at Bufsaillah, Umm Salal

80,000 750 Building Affairs 2/12/12 4

Tender No. Tender Subject Awardes Date Awardes to Value (QRs.) 1/22/12 4

PWA/GTC/034-B/10-11/L

Pre & Post Contract Professional Design, Site Supervi-sion & QS Consultancy Services for One Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Drug Addicts (BA 10-11 D 027 G)

3/28/11

Stantec + Burt Hill & Arabic Engineer-

ing Bureau (AEB)

23,778,110

PWA/ITC/013/10-11

Pre-Contract Professional Design and Quantity Survey-ing Consultancy Services for : Surface and Groundwater Drainage System for West Muaither Area (CP 765) 3/15/11 ASCO Consult-

ing Engineers 1,450,000

(IA/10-11/D/02/I) Maintenance, Provision and Installation of Directional and Street Name Signs, 87,500 1,000.00 Assets Manage-

ment Affairs 3/11/12 1

PWA/GTC/062/10-11

Road Improvement Works in Zone 51 & 52 Phase 2 (IA/10-11/C/116/G)

3/13/11Abraj Qatar Eal Estate &

Services16,962,950

PWA/GTC/058/10-11/LPost Contract Professional General and Site

supervision and Quantity Surveying Consultancy Services for: Peripheral Roads to Barwa City (IA/10-

11/S/01/G)

3/13/11 AECOM Middle East Ltd. 11,711,000 3/11/12 1

PWA/STC/059/10-11

Post Contract Professional General and Site Supervision and QS Surveying Consultancy Services for Design and Construction of Traffic Diversion for Wakra-Ras Abu Abboud Road Intersection (IA/10-11/S/015/S) 3/13/11 AECOM Middle

East Ltd. 1,859,569

PWA/U&EWTC/039/11-12Operation & Maintenance of Sewerage Pumping Stations & Package Treatment

Plants & Related Networks3/7/11

Power Waste Management & Transport Co.

290,000.25

PWA/STC/068/10-11

Supply of Spare Parts for 3'', 4'', 6'' & 8'' Pumps for Mechanical Workshop (AA/DOM/10-11/M/1151/S)

3/7/11 Al Jabor Trad-ing Company 284,656.50PWA/GTC/034-A/10-11/L

Pre & Post Contract Professional Design, Site Supervision & QS Consultancy Services for Five Pri-

mary Health Care Centers (BA 10-11 D 027 G)3/7/11 Dar Al Handasah &

Perkins & Will 18,400,000

PWA/STC/058/10-11/L Upgrade of Quantum Scaler i500 Tape Library (ISTD/10-11/NS/1/S) 3/7/11 Mannai Trad-

ing Co. 309,935

AA/DOM/11-12/M/1487-4.07/I

AA/DOM/11-12/M/1225-02.05/S

PWA/STC/080/10-11/R

Supply of Spare Parts for Deutz and Lister Engines at Mechanical Workshop 12,000 400 Assets Manage-

ment Affairs 12/19/2011 1

AA/DOM/11-12/M/1150-2.05/S

ASHGHAL TENDERS 2012

Companies Eligible to Tender:

•(1) Qatari Compa-nies Only

•(2) Joint Venture (JV) Companies, which includes a Qatari Company having a minimum of 51%, share holding of the JV

•(3) Non-Qatari Companies

•(4) All Companies* All financial values

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exhibitions & events

April & May 2012

STADIUM BUILD MIDDLE EASTOrganizer: MEED EventsEvent Date (s): 16 – 18 April 2012Venue: Renaissance Doha City CenterLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 3900049Mobile: +971 55 5819705Email: sana.ahmed@meed-dubai.comWebsite: http://www.stadiumbuild-middleeast.com

SPE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITIONOrganizer: Society of Petroleum Engi-neersEvent Date (s): 16 – 18 April 2012Venue: Qatar National Convention CentreLocation: Doha, QatarTel: + (1)-(972) 9529393Fax: + (1)-(972) 9529435

THE 10TH GULF WATER CONFERENCE 2012Organizer: Interactive Business Net-workEvent Date (s): 22 – 24 April 2012Venue: Grand Hyatt HotelLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +974 4487 7442 / + 974 4488 1525Fax: +974 4487 3196

Email: iman.dagher@interactiveb.com

TOTAL SAFETY FORUMOrganizer: Marcus EvansEvent Date (s): 22 – 24 April 2012Venue: Millenium HotelLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +603 2723 6757Fax: +603 2723 6699Email: CatherineF@marcusevanskl.com

ARAB FUTURE CITIES SUMMIT 2012Organizer: Expotrade Middle East FZ LLCEvent Date (s): 23 – 24 April 2012Venue: Intercontinental Hotel DohaLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 4542 135Fax: +971 4 4542 136Email: brad@expotrade-me.comWebsite: www.expotradeglobal.com

PROJECT QATAR 2012The 9th International Construction Technology and Building Materials ExhibitionOrganizer: IFP Qatar Ltd.Event Date (s): 30 April – 03 May 2012Venue: Doha Exhibition CenterLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +974 4432 5693

Fax: +974 4432 2891Email: info@ifpqatar.comWebsite: http://www.projectqatar.com/

2ND ANNUAL MEP SUMMIT AND AWARDS QATAR 2012Organizer: IQPC Middle EastEvent Date (s): 07 – 08 May 2012Venue: Intercontinental Hotel DohaLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 364 2975Fax: +971 4 363 1938Email: enquiry@iqpc.ae

INFRASTRUCTURE & PROPERTY DE-VELOPMENT SUMMIT MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 2012Organizer: Marcus EvansEvent Date (s): 07 – 08 May 2012Venue: Four Seasons HotelLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +357 22849308Website: www.ipdsummit.com

BUILDING WORLD CLASS STADIUMS 2012Organizer: Fleming Gulf ConferencesEvent Date (s): 14 – 15 May 2012Venue: To be confirmedLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 609 1570Fax: + 971 4 6091589Email: priti.mathur@fleminggulf.comWebsite: http://fleminggulf.com/cross-industry/building-world-class-

stadiums

CITYSCAPE QATAROrganizer: IIR Holdings Middle East LimitedEvent Date (s): 23 – 25 May 2012Venue: Doha Exhibition CentreLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 407 2626Fax: +971 4 335 1891Email: regina.bauzaite@informa.com Website: http://cityscapeqatar.com/

2nd MIDDLE EAST SME FORUM 2012Organizer: Fleming Gulf ConferencesEvent Date (s): 28 – 29 May 2012Venue: Grand Hyatt HotelLocation: Doha, QatarTel: +971 4 609 1570Fax: + 971 4 6091589Email: mohor.mukherjee@fleminggulf.com

Complete Solutions For- Fire Detection & Alarm System- Fire Fighting System- Safety Security - H V A CP.O.Box: 7639, Doha-Qatar Tel:+974 44438090, 44449397, info@delta-fire.net Fax:+974 44424046 www.delta-fire.net,

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

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

Twin Towers M/s. Commercial Development M/s. Arabtec 500-750 Piling & Shoring Hotel and Office Buildings

Audit Bureau Towers M/s. Al Attiya Group Trading Co. Not Appointed 400-600 Tender Stage Offices / Residential Towers

Al Waab Mall M/s. Qatar Industrial Services Man Enterprize, Qatar 300-400 Under Construction Mall

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

Manarat Lusail Mr. Mohamed Abdel Ghani Al Mansouri Not Appointed 200-300 Under Design Shopping Mall & Office Tower

Al Hodaifi Tower II Ghanem Al Hodaifi Not Appointed 600-800 Detail Stage Office Building

Al Sadd Development Complex Barwa Midmac 1.3-1.5 bn Under Construction Commercial, Residencial & 5 Star Hotel

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

Business Park & Hotel Facilities Trans Orient Redco 600-700 Under Construction Hotel Apartment

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

Al Khor Complex (project management) Qatar Islamic Bank CRC - Dorra Group 300-400 Under Construction Mixed Use Development

Office Building at Salwa Road Ghanem Holding Ramco 100-200 Under Construction Office Building

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

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

Residential Tower at Pearl Qatar Capital Investment Qatari Arabian Con-struction Co. 300 Maintenance Period Residential Tower

Al Nasr Showroom Shiekh Abdullah Bin Naser Al Thani Construction and Reconstruction Co. 85 Under Construction Commercial

Panasonic Showroom & Residential Building Shiekh Abdullah Bin Naser Al Thani Construction and Recon-struction Co. 205 Under Construction Commercial / Residential

Extension of Cold Store Qatar National for Import & Export Al Doha Construction 120 Under Construction Industrial

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

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

Marriott Rensance & Marriott Courtyard in handing over and the other 3 Hotels are

under constructionHotels

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

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

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

Al Baraha Tower Lusail Al Shereef Enterprises Dorra Contracting 200 Construction Stage Mixed Use Tower

Ain Khaled Development Qatar Navigation N/A 300 Developed Design Stage Mixed Use

Sonesta 5 Star Hotel Al Madaen Real Estate A'yaan Ash'sharq 120 Construction Stage Hotel

6 Federation Requirements (Shooting, Golf, Racing, Tennis and Equestrian) Qatar Olympic Committee N/A N/A Design Stage Sports Amenities

Construction of Graveyard at Mesamieer PWA Promer Qatar 80 Under Construction Roads & Supporting Facilities

Construction of Al Khor Park PWA BOOM 210 Under Construction Landscaping & Supporting Facilities

Construction of Head Quarters Bldg. for Ministry of Interior MOI WCT n/a Under Construction Administration and Office Building

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

Logistic City Qatar Navigation Not Appointed 900-1200 Design Stage Industrial

Residential & Office Building Mr. Abdul Jaleel Abdul Ghani Al Bandary 100-150 Under Construction Residential & Office Building

Construction of VIP Mansion at Pearl Qatar PEO Contraco n/a Under Construction Presidential Mansion

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

City Tower Mr. Saeed Ben Zayed El-Khayareen Al-Huda 200-250 Under Construction Office Building

Fahd Suite - Apartment Hotel FBA GROUP Not Appointed 200 Detail Stage Shopping Mall & Office Tower

IBA Hotel IBA GROUP Not Appointed 200 Under Construction Hotel

Al Attiya Compound Tameer Real Estate Al Seal Trading 160 Under Construction Residential Building

Flight Simulator Qatar Airways Redco 40 Million On Going Special or Laboratory

El Doha Tower Mr. Mohamed Ben Zayed El-Khayareen Al-Huda 100-120 Completed Office Building

Al Meera Hazm Al Markhiya Mall Al Meera Not Appointed n/a from concept to preparation of tender documents included interior design Mall

Supervision of Breeding Farm near Zubara Village Equestrian Club Not Appointed n/a On Going Farm

QNB Dukhan Branch QNB Not Appointed 15 Million Under Construction Bank

Qatar Driving School QDS Not Appointed 600 Design Stage Driving Academy

Qatar Foundation for Combatting Human Traf-ficking QFCHT Not Appointed 20 Million Design Stage Office Building

New Doha International Airport NDIA CCC 200 Under Construction Public Building

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Sidra Residential Project Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development / Qatar Foundation Allies & Morrison Sinohydro Corporation 130 project under construction Residential Development

Commercial Development at Al Mirqab Shk. Hamad Bin Jaisim Bin Jabor Al Thani Arab Engineering Bureau Terna GEK Group 101 - 250 project under construction Shopping Centre

Smash Tennis Academy Qatar Olympic Committee Qatari Engineer & Associates (QEA) HBK Contracting 16 - 30 project under construction Sports Facilities

Residential Town in Viva Bahariya - VB09 United Development Co. Meinhardt United Construction Est. 31 - 100 project under construction Residential Buildings

Al Baraha Tower in the Marina District Al Shareef Enterprises ? QDREIC Ehaf Consulting & Engineers Construction & Reconstruction Company 30 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Ablan Residential Development Qatar Awqaf Authority Syna Engineering Hassanesco for Trading & Contracting 15 project under construction Residential Building

Barwa City - Phase 1 - Amenities Buildings Barwa Real Estate Company Cansult Maunsell Shapoorji Pallonji 186 project under construction Mixed Use

Doha Festival City - IKEA Showroom Bawabat Al Shamal DP Architects QACC / Amana Contracting & Steel Building 31 -100 project under construction Shopping Centre

Philippines School of Doha Philippines School of Doha Al Mona Design Consultant Not appointed 31 - 100 projece under design Educational Facilities

Ain Khalid Development Qatar Navigation (Milaha) Ehaf Consulting & Engineers Not appointed 31 - 100 projece under design Mixed Use

Doha College New Campus Doha College Justico + Whiles Not appointed 31 - 100 projece under design Educational Facilities

Qatar Finance House Headquarters Building at Energy City Qatar Finance House / Energy City Focus Design Partners Not appointed 16 - 30 project under design Commercial Buildings

Ali Fetais Office Tower at Lusail Dr. Ali Fetais M. Z. & Partners Man Enterprises 31 -100 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Five Primary Healthcare Centres Public Works Authority Dar Al Handasah Not appointed 31 - 100 project under design Hospital

Student Housing Facility in Education City Qatar Foundation for Education Science & Com-munity Development Burns & McDonnell J& P Overseas 101 -250 project under construction Residential Building

Hotel Building at Old Salata Area Mr. Mubarak Zayed Mohamed Al Muthawa Consulting Engineering Group Not appointed 15 - 30 award awaited for the main contract Hotel

Dukhan Housing Project - Phase 9 Qatar Real Estate Investment Company / QP SMEC International Not appointed 31 - 100 award awaited for the main contract Residential Development

Al Meera Mall at Jeryan Nejaima Al Meera Consumer Goods Company United Consultant Not appointed 2.5 - 15 project under design Shopping Centre

Barwa Financial District Barwa Real Estate Company KEO International Midmac Contracting/Bouygues/Al Jaber Engg. 1,300 project under construction Mixed Use

Al Khor Complex Al Khor & Al Zakhera Company for Projects / HMC United Consultant Construction & Reconstruction Company 94 project under construction Mixed Use

Four Hospitals at Hamad Medical City - Fitout Package Hamad Medical Corporation/ Public Works Authority Fedcon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co 534 project under construction Hospital

The Regent Doha Ghanem Al Thani Holding KEO International Ramco Trading & Contracting 101 - 250 project under construction Hotel

Residential Tower in the Al Kharaej District Qatar Real Estate Investment Co. / QDREIC Consulting Engineering Group Not appointed 31 -100 project under design Residential Building

Hilton Serviced Apartment Building in West Bay Hilton Hotel Corporation Diwan Architects Not appointed 31 - 100 award awaited for main contract Hotel

Centro Hotel Al Malki Real Estate L. W. Design / Arab Engineeing Bureau Not appointed 31 - 100 project under design Hotel

Bin Samikh Tower Tanmiyat Real Estate Company Arab Consulting Engineers Harinsa Qatar 101 - 250 project under construction Hotel

Showroom in Al Nasr Street Sheikh Abdulla Bin Naser James Cubitt & Partners Construction & Reconstruction Company 2.5 - 15 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Al Khor Park Refurbishment Public Works Authority Qatar Design Consortium Boom General Contracting 57 project under construction Recreational Facilities

Shmoukh Twin Towers in C - Ring Road Real Estate Services Group Ehaf Consulting & Engineers SEG Qatar 200 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Ghanem Office Building in Salwa Road Ghanem Al Thani Holding Arab Engineering Bureau Ramco Trading & Contracting 31 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Commercial Building at Energy City - F9 & F10 United Real Estate Company / Energy City Salem Al Marzouk & Sabah Abi Hanna Not appointed 31 -100 project under design Commercial Buildings

Marina Mall at Lusail Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development / Qatar Foundation Hellmuth Obata & Kassabuan (HOK) Not appointed 275 project under design Shopping Centre

New Qatar National Museum Qatar Museum Authority / QP Jean Nouvel, France Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co 434 project under construction Recreational Facilities

Residential Town in Viva Bahriya - VB02 Shk. Ahmed Bin Nasser Bin Faleh Al Thani/ UDC Meinhardt SEG Qatar 31 - 100 project under construction Residential Building

Al Khor Development - Pack 5A Qatar Real Estate Investment Company Arab Engineering Bureau Domopan Qatar 35 project under construction Residential Development

Commercial Development at Energy City Qatar Qatar Real Estate Investment Co;/Energy City M. Z. & Partners Not appointed 101 - 250 project under design Commercial Buildings

Mall at Abu Hamour Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Dara Engineering Consultant Al Seal Trading & Contracting 250 -500 project under construction Shopping Centre

Commerical & Office Building at Lusail Mr. Abdul Rahman Hamdad Al Attia Consulting Engineering Group Not appointed 31 - 100 project under design Commercial Buildings

Al Jassimiya Tower Shk. Jassim Bin Khalifa EGEC Commodore Qatar Construction 100 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Business & Recreational Complex at MIC Qatar Real Estate Investment Company Consulting Engineering Group Arab United Construction (ARCON) 31 - 100 project under construction Recreational Facilities

Mesaieed Housing Development - Phase 2 QP / Qatat Real Estate Investment Arab Engineering Bureau Not appointed 2,000 project under design Residential Development

Staff & Crew Accommodation Complex Qatar Airways GHD Global Redco Internatonal 124 project under construction Residential Development

Ghanim Residential Apartments Ghanem Al Thani Holding KEO International Ramco Trading & Contracting 31 - 100 project under construction Residential Buildings

North Gate Project Al Afaq Real Estate / Al Madaen Company Callison Architecture / Associated Consultants Engineering Al Habtoor Leighton 330 project under construction Mixed Use

North Western College of Media & Communication at Education City Qater Foundation for Education Science & Com-munity Development Burns & McDonnell HBK Contracting / Renaissance Construction 120 project under construction Educational Facilities

Al Wakra Mall Ezdan Real Estate Dara Engineering Consultant Ezdan for Contracting 31 - 100 project under construction Shopping Centre

IIB Tower in Dafna Qatar International Islamic Bank Dara Engineering Consultant HBK Contracting 82 project under construction Commercial Buildings

Sherborne School in Doha Sherborne Qatar Atkins Not appointed 31 - 100 project under design Educational Facilities

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“It is important to know what you are building and who for,” says Abdul Aziz Al Emadi, CEO Hospitality, Msheireb Proper-ties. Many infrastructure and property developers in the Mid-dle East do not build according to needs, instead go by corpo-rate strategies.A speaker at the upcoming marcus evans Infrastructure & Property Development MEA Summit 2012, in Doha, May 7 - 8, Al Emadi shares his views on hospitality developments, sustainability and how to over-come the challenges of financ-ing projects.How can developers ensure long-term value and sustainable growth in hospitality develop-ments?

Most developers entering the hotel or hospitality sector come from real estate background, but there are big differences between the two. A hotel requires a long-term strategy. Hotel developers must evaluate the needs of the mar-ket and the right location for their buildings. Many build on land they already own, which in many cases is right next to other hotels. They do not think of developing new areas away from the big cities.Qatar is hosting the World Cup in 2022. How should the prop-erty development market plan for it? With the level of accommoda-tion, logistics and service han-dling that will be required for

the number of delegates who will arrive, it is very important to plan accordingly. Develop-ers do not need to exaggerate or do much more than what is expected of them. People attending such world events come from diverse back-grounds. Not everyone will be a VIP. Financing hospitality projects has become an issue for the industry. How can developers overcome this?Since the economic crisis in 2008, most European banks have been asking for a mini-mum performance guarantee from a project’s operator. As most developers finance their projects through banks, this can help them get the capital they need. What would also help is if developers had a clear strategy with records on the timeframe of project commencement and completion when looking for financing. An international or commercial brand name back-ing the project would also make a difference. How can the ideal hotel devel-oper and operator relationship be achieved?

Many developers think that op-erators just do the day-to-day managing of the hotel, but if they dig deeper, they are actu-ally the owners as they manage it with full control. The devel-oper should have this kind of relationship with the operator and make sure that they think and act on each other’s behalf.

On the other hand, some own-ers interfere with operators in their day-to-day activities. If they had the knowhow that was necessary to run the hotel, why did they hire an operator ?Is green building an area that the Middle East is lagging be-hind in?Yes. One part of this is related

to the construction and use of materials. The second part, where we need to educate people and build awareness, is in the oper-ation of the project and the use of utilities. Often people do not pay attention to how much pow-er or water they use because their bills are covered.

Hotel developers must evaluate market’s needs