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Middle East Overview Future Questions Middle East Overview Future Questions Can we help societies thrive in a world we do not control? Can we anticipate the unforeseeable, perceive the unexplainable, and plan something unbelievable? Can we design the unthinkable? Can we think international and still act local? Nurture sustainable societies, connect communities, and seize opportunities? Can we trace horizons, hold true to our ambitions, and hold ourselves accountable? Can we design a place, where our friends, families, and neighbours, can thrive? What if we can? We are international 48,000 employees As one of the world’s leading engineering professional services consulting firms, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including 40 engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, countries surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and 500 Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and offices strategic consulting services. We are local AMMAN JORDAN SALMIYA KUWAIT SHARJAH RIYADH DOHA UAE SAUDI ARABIA QATAR DUBAI UAE JEDDAH SAUDI ARABIA ABU DHABI UAE MUSCAT In the Middle East, we are working on some of the world's OMAN most iconic and complex projects. We take pride in helping our clients to realise their ambitions by offering our unique, local knowledge whilst leveraging our worldwide expertise. 2,080 Our people, their expertise and the accountability we hold, employees for the future of our communities, make us unique. We are a Great Place to Work© and take pride in attracting, developing and engaging the best professionals in our fields 6 of expertise. countries We are problem-solvers who evolve, improve, modernise and excel. We know our solutions will shape the communities of tomorrow and help societies thrive sustainably. We embrace change and have an uncompromising determination to 9 achieve excellence. offices We are WSP OUR BELIEF OUR PURPOSE For societies We exist to to thrive, FUTURE PROOF we believe that our cities and we must all environments. hold ourselves accountable for TOMORROW. Our local expertise Property & Buildings • Commercial • High-Rise • Sports and Stadia • Cultural • Hospitality • Mixed Use • Education • Mission Critical Facilities • Project and Programme • Government • Residential Management • Healthcare • Retail • Environment and Sustainability Transport & Infrastructure • Rail & Transit • New Mobility • Bridges • Roads and Highways • Maritime • Utilities • Cities • Tunnels • Traffic engineering and • Aviation • Water transportation planning Power & Water • Energy • Nuclear Energy • Geothermal energy • Process Energy • Wind Energy • Solar Energy • Thermal Energy & Bioenergy • Hydropower • Water Our projects Al Barari Site office.indd 2 19/03/2015 16:07:57 Dubai Bvlgari Hotel & Residences 5 star luxury resort hotel 173 residential units 15 technical services Seventh Heaven Al Barari 6 star boutique resort & retail village 157 residential units 6 technical services Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase 1 40,000 hectare solar power generation plant 1,000 mw capacity Expo 2020 winning bid contribution Dubai Mall Expansion 5 million sq ft high end retail expansion 10 million annual visitors 16 technical services Palm Jumeirah 120 km infrastructure development World's largest man-made island Project management services Dubai Metro Purple Line 49 km airport express service Design services Feasibility studies Dubai Integrated Rail Transit Master Plan Integrated transport systems 20 year expansion plan Program governance Abu Dhabi Zayed National Museum 580,000 sq ft cultural area Building & infrastructure design 15 technical services New York University 4 million sq ft built up area 2,600 students accommodated 9 technical services Supervision of the O&M of Sheikh Zayed Tunnels, Bridge & Corridor 13 km corridor & 4.2km tunnel Intelligent transport system (ITS) Incident response & systems maintenance Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium 25,000 seating capacity stadium 2 Pearl Estidama rating Design of structures & utilities Al Ghadeer 300 hectare development A first in LED street lighting design Concept & preliminary infrastructure design Nareel Island Development 5 star resort hotel 73 luxury residential villas Program management services Rahayel City ICAD V 1,100 hectare development $ 46 million savings on utility building Infrastructure design & construction supervision Rosewood Hotel 5 star high rise hotel Building services 4 technical services Khalifa Port Interchange & Industrial Zone Part of the Abu Dhabi Vision 2030 First ‘Type 5’ crash barrier in the UAE Infrastructure design & construction supervision Abu Dhabi Metro Study 131 km metro system Feasibility studies Concept design Zayed City Emirati Neighbourhood 840 hectare urban development Housing for 3,000 Emirati families Infrastructure design & construction supervision 400 KV Interconnection to Abu Dhabi Island Two 400 kV substations Subsea cable solutions Over 100 km 132 kV cable circuits Al Fahid Island 95 hectare phase 1 mixed-use development Masterplanning & transportation support Fast track value engineered design sad SharjahProject Name& Northern Emirates Text Sub Text Sub Text Sub Al Arouba Road 2.5 km road including 2 bridges Connecting Sharjah & Ajman 6 technical services Sharjah Expo 350,000 sq ft construction area 12 months design to construction completion 5 technical services Al Qasba Phase 2 83 hectare mixed-use development Infrastructure design 9 technical services sad QatarProject Name Text Sub Text Sub Text Sub Qatar Rail Strategic Program Management 236 km of metro 36 km of LRT & 486 km of long distance Program management services Qatar Integrated Railway Program EIA Metro distance railway Long distance railway Environmental impact assessment Qatar Foundation Education City Sustainable waste management plan 1st integrated solid waste management facility in the Middle East R&D hub for the gulf region Ras Laffan C Independent Water & Power Plant 2,730 mw combined cycle 63 MIGD desalinated water Owner's engineer services Qatar Education City People Mover System 60,000 passenger capacity 19 trams 24 stops & stations Contract 1 Orbital Highway Design & build first awarded in Qatar Locally sourced material Low water landscaping at interchanges Lekhwiya Handball Arena 6,000 seating capacity stadium 4 hectare built up area 4 technical services sad Oman Barka Development 60 hectare mixed-use development Waterfront development 5 technical services Fairmont Hotel 300 exclusive rooms & suites LEED standard design Multidisciplinary technical services Kempinski Hotel 5.5 hectare beachfront development LEED standard design 11 technical services Saraya Bandar Jissah 2.7 hectare beachfront development 106 guest rooms Multidisciplinary design services Health & Safety Audits of Generation Licensees 12 power generation facilities Workplace inspections Health & safety review sad Saudi Arabia Makkah Public Transport Program 88 stations 180 km metro lines Program management services Riyadh 2nd Southern Ring Road 43 km of roadway 51 bridges & 16 grade separated interchanges Infrastructure design consultancy Jeddah Corniche Tower 52 & 12 storey office towers Commercial development Multidisciplinary design services Rabigh Power Plant 2 2,800 mw nominal plant output 4 oil-fired steam turbine generators Owner's engineer services Strategic Truck Movement Study 30 year plan for safe freight network Reduce carbon emission from freight Multi-criteria assessment frame work Ras Al Khair Industrial City 4,700 hectare industrial development 64 km road network Infrastructure technical services sad Kuwait Kuwait First Ring Road 6 km of urban motorway Historical building preservation Design & construction supervision Kuwait South Surra 20 km of urban roadway design 3 Alternatives for free flow flignemnt alignment Design & construction supervision Sabiya Power Station 2,400 mw oil-fired power plant Eight 300 mw steam turbines Owner's engineer multi-contract packages Interchanges & Elevated U-Turns Nawaseeb Road 43 km of roadway Design build & maintenance 14 technical services sad Gulf Regions Iraq Electricity Reconstruction Over 600 projects $3.6 billion reconstruction project Program management services Fujeij Windfarm Muscat, Oman P.O. Box 1817 30 Tel: +968 2 460 3403 wind turbines 99 mw generating capacity Environmental impact assessment Iraq Ministry of Electricity Master Plan 20 year master plan 10,000 mw extra generation capacity 400 kV & 132 kV reinforcement Dokan & Derbandikhan Hydropower Schemes 400 & 249 mw capacity restored Emergency recovery project Environmental management plan Regional Offices Abu Dhabi, UAE Dubai, UAE Sharjah, UAE Doha, Qatar PO Box 47445 PO Box 7497 PO Box 1924 PO Box 13885 Tel: +971 2 652 9222 Tel: +971 4 523 1999 Tel: +971 6 598 1777 Tel: +974 4 020 6450 Fax: +971 2 677 9772 Fax: +971 4 523 1998 Fax: +971 6 598 1666 Fax: +974 4 020 6451 Salmiya, Kuwait Jeddah, KSA Riyadh, KSA Muscat, Oman PO Box 1717 PO Box 7741 PO Box 13013 PO Box 605 Tel: +965 2 571 2870 Tel: +966 12 611 6933 Tel: +966 92 000 3395 Tel: +968 2 452 9300 Fax: +965 2 571 2717 Fax: +966 12 661 6744 Fax: +966 11 288 3813 Fax: +968 2 449 6103 WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 2,080 talented people in 9 offices across the Middle East, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. www.wsp.com.
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