4th Quarter 2016 Issue 120 bulletinQuarterly Magazine of Consolidated Contractors Company THE DUBAI OPERA HOUSE From the Desk of... 3 Tawfic S. Khoury From the Editors 4 Bulletin in Electronic Form Bulletin Editors Recent Awards 5 CONTENTS Quality Management 6 Field Engineering (Part One) M. Soufyan Feature 10 The Dubai Opera House Opera House Project Team 14 Curved Wall Construction E. Shaheen 16 From Inside the Opera E. Shaheen Project Profile 18 Wasit Gas Project, Package 1 (Saudi Arabia) R. Chouhaiber / K. Yacoub Area News 20 Kazakhstan: Management Visit H. Kawash 22 Saudi Arabia: CCC’s Journey with Aramco M. Qaddoura 23 Saudi Arabia: Visit to Riyadh Metro Project B. Diek 23 UAE: Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition 2016 N. Nasrini 24 Greece: EU Arab World Summit M. El Halawani 26 Greece: Project Management Congress 2016 M. El Halawani 26 Palestine: BIM Centre Health Day A. Abu Alia 27 USA: Project News from Morganti L. Istambouli 28 Palestine: A Recent Visit Suheil H. Sabbagh Corporate Social Responsibility 30 CSR News D. Ntalachani 32 CSR Volunteers of the Quarter D. Ntalachani 33 Helping the Athens Hospice for the Disabled CSR Committee 34 Supporting the Greek Association “Friends of the Child” CSR Committee 35 Women in the Front Line, Jordan R. Sabbagh-Kawar 36 Blood Donation at Saraya Aqaba Project H. Khzouz 36 Underwater Clean-Up Campaign at Saraya Aqaba Project H. Khzouz Information Technology 37 iFalcon A. Boualwan Sports & Leisure 39 General Union of Palestinian Students Basketball Game O. Al Ramahi Christmas Party 40 CCC’s Annual Christmas Luncheon 2016 D. Morrison Sustainability 42 Official Certification by the Global Reporting Initiative L. Aggelopoulou Milestones 43 Milestones 44 “Au Revoir” from Ahmad Rashidi Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 CCC Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 TAWFIC S. KHOURY EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN As the Year 2016 comes to a close, I wish all our readers, the CCC family and our community a Happy New Year. CCC, as part of its continuous improvement drive, is putting emphasis on evaluating and improving its governance, knowledge sharing culture, productivity, systems and procedures. Profitability, reputation, clients’ strategies and requirements, and the geopolitical and world economic challenges are further critical topics that will be addressed. These are critical topics that with your support, and with the best management available, could be addressed so as to position the company to achieve our strategic goals. The recent good news about the increase in oil and gas prices will hopefully usher in an improvement in market conditions and FROM THE DESK OF... reduce some of the challenges we have faced recently from tough competition and a decline in sales. Nevertheless, we need to persevere in enhancing CCC’s leadership position, improving our methods of execution, enhancing the tools available to project management, and maintaining a superior workforce to ensure our ability to emerge stronger and better positioned to shape the future. Project, Area, and Corporate teams need to continue to work hand-in-hand ensuring the sustainability of CCC leadership. CCC’s large backlog, currently in excess of $8 billion, has placed us in an excellent position to ride the current down cycle. CCC is well positioned to participate in and capture a well identified healthy share of new project awards, as proven very recently in the major awards in Qatar and UAE, exceeding $2 billion. A carefully drawn diversification strategy has given CCC an enviable resilience, differentiating us from the adversely affected competition, and has paid off under demanding market conditions. With your support, CCC will maintain its focus on pursuing the following: 1. Improving execution and productivity. 2. Advancing the screening of new sales, satisfying our preferred customers with quality, safety, on schedule and least cost delivery. 3. Improving CCC’s processes of governance and accountability. 4. Identifying growth strategy and acting to increase CCC’s services and identifying new segments. 5. Enforcing the implementation of CCC’s systems and procedures. 6. Ensuring area management works towards becoming cash positive. 7. Strengthening the next generation of young leaders, preparing the organization for management succession, and supporting and empowering newly identified managers. With CCC’s existing strong governance and management I am confident that CCC will continue to rise to the challenge. 2016, even with tough market conditions, ended up as another good year where CCC maintained the leadership role. CCC’s effective teamwork will continuously enhance our services and maintain our established position, and succeed in securing solid results. Again, I wish you all a successful New Year full of accomplishments, health and happiness. Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 CCC 3 Would you like to receive the Bulletin FROM THE EDITORS electronically? In the spirit of being eco-friendly and lowering costs we are giving people the choice to opt for a digital version of CCC’s Bulletin instead of a bulk printed hardcopy. By reducing the Bulletin’s quarterly copies by 50% you will be approximately saving: • 18 Trees • 9,378 kWh of Energy • 2,656 kg of CO2 • 88,944 lt of Water • 1,015 kg of Solid waste If you prefer to receive an electronic non-printable PDF version of the Bulletin, register your business or personal e-mail through the following link: http://Survey.ccc.gr/BulletinRegistration CCC Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Nasr Full Field Development Project, Msheireb Downtown Doha Package 2, PDAS Works Project Phase 4, Substructure & UAE Superstructure Works The project includes the following key Qatar components: Supply, procure, install, construct, test, commission and guarantee the main • Two 132kV cable trenches: excavation from works for Msheireb Downtown Phase 4 PDAS SS to shore. Package featuring four Superblocks (W, X, Y & Z) • 132kV cable installation. comprising 10 separate buildings with five to 20 floors built over a six-level shared basement. The • PDAS substation including transformer rooms. buildings include a 150 room four star hotel, two • Installation of four transformers and two shunt residential buildings, community service reactors. facilities, a commercial compound and a retail • Installation of 132kV switchgear, 33kV and 415 centre. V switchgear. The scope also includes external hardscape • 33kV cable laying between PDAS SS and works and public realm linking the prestigious development to the proposed Msheireb Metro ADMA new power station. RECENT AWARDS Station. • Instrumentation and telecom works in PDAS and ADMA CCB building. The overall plot area is 31,370m2 and the total built up area is 301,230m2 (basements • Installation of safety equipment (deluge skid 148,736m2 and buildings 152,494m2). and Novec 1230). The client is Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The client is Msheireb Properties. The project manager is Turner International Middle East The contract was awarded on 18 October 2016. (TIME Qatar). The lead consultant is HOK and the engineering consultant is Ramboll. The project start was 26 December 2016 for a duration of about 22 months (ending in The contract was awarded on 1 December 2016. November 2018). The project start was 11 December 2016 for a duration of 43 months ending on 10 July 2020. Downtown Dubai Development, Dubai Opera District, Boulevard Car Park Modifications Phase 1, Stage 2 UAE Modification of existing boulevard carpark to allow easy egress and ingress to the Opera House. Works consist of demolition works for slabs/beams and columns, construction of new ramps, related MEP works diversions and relocation, minor finishing works. The client is EMAAR Properties PJSC and the consultants are Turner / AECOM. The contract was awarded on 22 August 2016. The project start was 21 November 2016 for a duration of 13 months ending on 20 December 2017. Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 Bulletin Issue 120 | 4th Quarter 2016 CCC 5 M. SOUFYAN Field Engineering (Part One) Introduction to the Document Control Group (DCG) for registration in the project document control The function of field engineering is to provide system (VBC). DCG will advise, by e-mail, all drawing and document production services personnel listed as recipients on the Document needed on site, process field change requests Distribution Matrix (DDM) that contract drawings and site queries as well as to document the are available and provide a link to them. Where as-built status on construction drawings. The the DDM indicates a hard copy is required then Field Engineering Department does not carry out hard copies will be printed and issued on a design and development work. controlled basis. The field engineering process is a complex nature that interfaces with the design authority, In-House Detailing Software customer and project team. Field engineering is a major process that consists of the following In order to process isometrics through TALISO (In minor processes: house detailing software), the following types of documents are required and should be provided 1. Shop/site drawings preparation and issue. by home office engineering: 2. Drawings for mechanical works. • Isometric Drawing as hard copy (PDF file). 3. Drawings for civil works. • Isometric Drawing as soft format (AutoCAD or 4. Revision of drawings. micro-station). 5. Technical queries. • Isometric Data File (IDF) (extracted from model QUALITY MANAGEMENT 6. Field changes. in table format). 7. As built preparation. Field Engineering Review This article will cover items 1 to 4 and the next Bulletin article will cover items 5 to 7, as The appointed engineer / draughtsman will illustrated in Chart 01. review contract drawings to determine whether there are any discrepancies Chart 01 Input: Design Drawings and to Contract Review decide which drawings QMP-GEN-019 Customer Requirements need to be SECTION 6.1 Document Control subdivided or further Shop/Site Drawings Design Changes detailed as shop drawings.