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Newsreport October - December 2017 Registration No. L8071 VOLUME 43 NUMBER 4 NESPAK NEWSREPORT OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2017 Kachhi Canal Project put into operation ....page 3 Corporate News 02 Activities Abroad 10 - 12 Project News 03 - 09 Staff News 13 - 15 02 CORPORATE NEWS STOP PRESS Minister visits NESPAK House, Lahore Dr. Tahir M. Hayat to look after NESPAK Sardar Awais Leghari, Federal Minister of Power Division with as Managing Director NESPAK Officials Dr. Tahir Mahmood Hayat, Vice President/Head, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Division, has been assigned to look after the work of MD NESPAK with effect from January 03, 2018, according to the notification issued by the Power Division, Ministry of Energy. Meeting in progress NESPAK, CGGC sign MoU 146th Board of Directors meeting Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Vice President/Head held Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental The 146th meeting of the Board of Engineering (GT&GE) Directors (BoD) of NESPAK was held on Division NESPAK, signed October 20, 2017 at the main conference a memorandum of room of NESPAK House, Lahore. The understanding (MoU) with meeting was chaired by Mr. Yousaf Mr. Zhang Zhanfeng, Naseem Khokhar, Chairman BoD NESPAK/ Authorised Chief Secretary Ministry of Energy, Islamabad. Representative of China Gezhouba Group Dr. Aamer Ahmed, Managing Director International Engineering NESPAK/Additional Secretary, Ministry of Co., Ltd. (CGGC) in Energy, Power Division, Mr. Ghanzanfar Pakistan, at a ceremony Abbas Jilani, Additional Secretary, Ministry held on November 15, Dr. Tahir M. Hayat (L) and Mr. Zhang Zhanfeng ( R) after signing the MoU of Finance, Mr. Muhammad Irfan Akram, 2017 at NESPAK House Ex-Vice President, Customer Care Mobilink Lahore. and other countries of the world. The MoU Lahore, Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Kasuri, signing was witnessed by Mr. Lv Xiufeng, Barrister-at-Law and Mr. Faisal Majeed As per MoU, both sides will cooperate on Deputy Chief Representative CGGC in CFO NESPAK, also attended the meeting. potential large and medium size projects Pakistan and Mr. Shaukat Qadeer, General During the meeting, the board members in the fields of railways, hydro-power, Manager/Head, Structural Engineering discussed various financial and thermal, solar, wind power, roads, canals, Division, along with other CGGC and administrative matters. dams, structures etc. in Pakistan, China NESPAK officials. PROJECT NEWS 03 Kachhi Canal Project put into operation Kachhi Canal, one Naseerabad and Bolan/Kachhi. During of the longest Phase-1, where irrigation system has been irrigation canals of commissioned, 102,000 acres of land will Pakistan, was put get assured water supply. into operation by Shahid Khaqan This project would boost the agricultural Abbasi, Prime production in these areas viz. food grain, Minister of fiber and oilseeds. Prior to the expected Pakistan, in inaugural opening of the Kachhi Canal, a September 2017. site visit was carried out by the Vice Mr. Tariq Altaf, President Water Resources Division. He Vice President/ made extensive inspection of the Head, Water completed works and issued requisite Resources instructions to the field staff. Division and Mr. Irfan Ullah Marwat, Project Manager Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others offer dua at inauguration ceremony attended the ceremony. working on this project since 2003 as A NESPAK-led consortium has been design and supervision consultants. It was a difficult project due to law and order situation prevailing in the project area. However, the joint efforts of all stakeholders have revitalised this project by bringing water of the river Indus to desert plains of Balochistan. Kachhi Canal would be irrigating 713,000 acres of uncommanded land located in the Kachhi Plain of Balochistan. The command area falls in the districts of Inauguration of Kachhi Canal Project also attended by Mr. Tariq Altaf, Vice President and Mr. Irfan Ullah Marwar Project Manager NESPAK Jaffarabad, Dera Murad Jamali, An aerial view of Kachhi Canal after completion NESPAK achieves milestones in energy projects NESPAK Power & Mechanical (P&M) inaugurated the unit-I of Division has completed the construction two coal-fired power supervision of the first phase of 500kV D/C plants at a ceremony held Quad Bundle transmission line from on November 29, 2017. 1,320MW Port Qasim Power Plant to Each unit has 660MW of interconnection with existing 500kV single production capacity. circuit-1 (Hub-Jamshoro) transmission line. NESPAK had a great deal of commitment Meanwhile, Government to complete the project in the best national of Pakistan has taken an interests. The main objective of the project initiative to provide the is the supply of power from 1,320MW Bin cheapest electricity to the Qasim power plant to the national grid. masses from Jhampir Prime Minister Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wind Power Plants, whereby, in this part NESPAK P&M Division Prime Minister inaugurating the first Project of Pak-China Economic Corridor has successfully completed first 85km long 220/132kV transmission line at Jhampir Wind Cluster induction of 338MW into the system from Zone and extension works of 220kV Grid wind power plants at Jhampir. NESPAK Station at T. M. Khan. This transmission senior officials and engineers worked day line is not only the first landmark and night and achieved the target, which achievement to connect Jhampir Wind was apparently not possible in such a A view of windmill at Jhampir Cluster with the national grid but also first short time. 04 PROJECT NEWS DHA Medical City, Lahore Green Corridor and Recreational NESPAK wins Areas along Railway Track international design competition Government of the Punjab intends to develop a green corridor in the centre of Lahore along the railway track from Shahdara to Raiwind. The proposed corridor will create a social environment and breathing space by providing a connection between neighbourhood and the community A view of green corridor at Shahdra through landscape. NESPAK Architecture & Planning Division investigations, design of green areas, Lahore won the project following a infrastructure works and tender documents. presentation given by Mr. Rizwan Hanif, Project Manager and his team to Khawaja The project area is 44km consisting of 33 Abdul Baseer Sheikh ( R) and Zulfiqar Ali Tariq at Saad Rafique, Federal Minister for different locations and belts on both sides the International Practicum Railways and officials of Pakistan of the railway track. The proposed design is Horticulture Authority (PHA) & Pakistan a beautiful state-of-the-art sustainable The Architecture & Planning Division Railways at Railway Headquarters in June development considering the local Lahore NESPAK has won an international 2017. NESPAK scope of services includes environment, community needs and lush design competition for a 600-Bed Hospital topographic surveys, geotechnical green horticulture sleeve of the at Defence Housing Authority (DHA), transportation corridor for historical city of Phase-8, Sector-S, on the Main Barki Lahore. It comprises children play area, Road, Lahore. The DHA intends to open gyms, cycling, jogging tracks, digital develop a modern healthcare facility as libraries, picnic huts, boating lakes and per Joint Commission International (JCI) many other facilities to develop social standards. connection and leisure pattern in interactive Col. Shahzad Saeed Khan, Director JV & ways of spaces. The PC- 1 of the project BOT, DHA, Lahore, Mr. Abdul Baseer has been submitted to the Planning and Sheikh, General Manager and Mr. Zulfiqar Green corridor at Kahna Kacha Development Department for approval. Ali Tariq, Architect/Project Manager, NESPAK along with a Client representative attended an international practicum on JCI held in Dubai on November 5, 2017. JCI NESPAK wins Peshawar Expo Centre Project educational programmes are open to employees of healthcare organisations After successful completion of the Lahore that are seeking or considering JCI Expo Centre, NESPAK has won design accreditation. consultancy services of the Peshawar The participants received practical Expo Centre which has been planned to information about the accreditation boost trade/business with Afghanistan and process, methodologies to evaluate other Central Asian states. compliance, quality improvement strategies and tactics to meet JCI A conceptual view of Peshawar challenging standards in healthcare. The Expo Centre program was conducted through small group workshops, informative lectures, The Expo Centre is to be and in-hospital demonstrations. The JCI constructed on a piece of land practicum has taught everything measuring approximately 25 consultant and Client/Owner needs to acres at Turnab Farm, GT Road enhance their accreditation preparation Peshawar for the development of and quality improvement efforts. exhibition halls, an admin block, a Delegates also visited the Canadian 4.8MW powerhouse, warehouse/ Hospital, Khalifa Hospital and Rashid Al- workshops and ancillary buildings Makhtoom Hospital in Dubai during along with allied services (first training. Delegates were awarded phase of the project). Hafiz certificate of attendance by Matt Muhammad Ahmad, Principal Mr. Shaukat Qadeer, GM/Head, Structural Engineering Division Spurgeon, Director of International NESPAK (L) and Mr. Arif Mansoor Khosa, CEO Expo Engineer, Structural Engineering Education, Joint Commission International. Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. (R) signing the consultancy agreement Division, is the Project Manager. PROJECT NEWS 05 Work in progress on Neelum Jhelum Bhikki Power Plant Housing Scheme Hydroelectric
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