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BUILDINGS TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT ENERGY OIL & Gas Management Consulting QATAR PROFILE WWW.RAMBOLL-MEA.COM KEY CONTACT Matthew Nield Director - Qatar [email protected] WWW.RAMBOLL-MEA.COM CONTENTS We are engineers, scientists and consultants who place trust in the power of design to create a better future. At its best, good design can regenerate communities, protect natural WHO WE ARE environments, connect people across WHAT WE DO vast distances; it can provide new PROJECTS & MARKETS energy solutions and create buildings OFFICE LOCATIONS that people feel happy to be in. We strive to put the best of ourselves in every solution we deliver. We do this as a matter of professional pride, but also because it is our design philosophy to always make room for the human experience. Ultimately, we measure our success by how well people and communities are served by what we have done. WHO WE ARE WHO WE ARE We are a global practice of engineers, designers and consultants who share a commitment to excellence in everything we do. Our Approach Heritage We take a fully integrated Ramboll was founded in Denmark in multidisciplinary approach to our work. 1945 and quickly grew to become one Bespoke teams are assembled from of the most influential Scandinavian across the whole group on a project consultancies. Our history embraces by project basis, ensuring the right some of the most recognisable projects expertise is brought to bear on each in the world including the Øresund individual project. Such a deep level of Crossing, the Great Belt Bridge, BBC collaboration across disciplines demands Broadcasting House, the Ferrari World clear communication. We recognise Theme Park and the Royal Danish the importance of conveying technical Opera House. information clearly both within our own teams and to clients and stakeholders The Ramboll Middle East practice in order to empower effective was established in 1999 and in 2011 decision making. the company acquired Gifford, an interdisciplinary practice known for its Culture cutting edge sustainability consultancy and for its work on major public sector infrastructure projects. Ramboll has won numerous awards for design innovation and excellence. We have a reputation as innovators because we are willing to question assumptions in the interests of creating more practical, sustainable and economic designs. A genuine passion for engineering informs everything we do. We apply the same rigour and enthusiasm to the design of a waste water management strategy as we do to a single façade connection detail. In whatever we do we aim to produce relevant, sustainable solutions that serve people and communities over the long term. HOW WE WORK HOW WE WORK With thousands of specialists working from offices across 19 countries, we combine world-class expertise with a deeply rooted understanding of the local context. People Locations A fluid team management structure Ramboll has a total of 200 offices in encourages everyone within a project Europe, Asia, the Middle East, India team to contribute freely. Those with and Russia. Our Middle Eastern team potential find they quickly advance of specialists draw on the united global to positions of responsibility and expertise of the practice, delivering leadership. As an international industry-leading solutions through our organisation we offer an exciting range Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Riyadh of career opportunities around the world. and Jeddah offices. Services Ramboll Qatar We provide multidisciplinary services The Ramboll Qatar office is located in in the areas of Buildings, Transport, the heart of Doha City. Employing more Environment and Energy. Our than 300 experts, it operates across expertise embraces the whole life three business units: cycle of a project from strategy and masterplanning in the early stages to the • Engineering and operations services delivery of precise technical solutions • Dedicated design and supervision of construction. From • Secondment services structural engineering to acoustic New design, sustainability consultancy to the design of waste to energy facilities — our discipline coverage is detailed and comprehensive. Delivery With offices around the world, Ramboll is well placed to bring global technical Doha, Qatar expertise to bear in unique local Dubai, UAE contexts. Whether we are building an airport in India, a wind farm in Wales or a library in Kazakhstan, we unite Fujairah, UAE the leading scientific thinking of the day with a hands-on knowledge of the Abu Dhabi, UAE region. This ‘global knowledge, local Riyadh, Saudi Arabia partner’ delivery model is a cornerstone Jeddah, Saudi Arabia of our philosophy. ‘Sustainability is the main agenda today, when delivering the cities of tomorrow.’ Adrian Palmer, Executive Director BAHRAIN WORLD TRADE CENTRE, BAHRAIN PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS GOLF COMMUNITY PROJECT, DOHA MARINA MALL, QATAR DOHA The Golf Course Community at Education city will be Provision of Engineering Services for Retail and Leisure Facility part of the Education City development which comprises elite universities, several academic and training facilities and Qatar Science and Technology Park. Ramboll is providing multi-disciplinary services to develop 2 Marina Mall is a 180,000m retail The project is aiming for 5 stars under OWNER/ a low rise, low/medium density, gated and fenced and leisure facility, part of the Lusail QSAS, Qatar’s sustainability rating tool. Developer community, with a 18 hole championship golf course. The development on the east coast of Qatar. To integrate all engineering services Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development will be located on a 124 Ha site. 2 The mall includes over 70,000m leasable precisely within the structure, BIM was Development Co., QSC retail over three main levels, as well as embraced by the Project Team to deliver a hypermarket within the basement. a 3D solution using REVIT. This provided DevelopMENT It will also house cinemas, a family the client with a powerful design, MANAGER entertainment centre and restaurants collaboration and management tool to Mazaya Qatar Real Estate with terraces overlooking the marina and ensure the optimal design is achieved Development Co., QSC MUSHEIREB DOWNTOWN spa facilities. during the design process through CLIENT DOHA construction drawings and maintained HOK architects The design is inspired by natural forms post completion and into occupancy. Qatar has launched a US$ 5.5 billion project to rebuild a created when water and land meet. Five LOCATION 350,000m2 area in the city centre. The project aims to interconnected retail ‘islands’ link the Lusail, Doha, Qatar reduce the city’s urban sprawl and includes plans for an mall to a body of water that runs through ENGINEERING underground city. HOK’s design converts the heart of the centre of the scheme. Water guides the city into a model community with the amenities of SERVICES the visitor through the mall, leading an ideal city, creating a new central destination in Doha. Lead Structural Consultant to and from the marina, while internal Ramboll is providing multi-disciplinary services for this Structural engineering waterfalls connect the different levels. project. Building services The spaces between the five pebble- Façade maintenance shaped islands will be landscaped. Fire & life safety Infrastructure Transport planning Waste management ENVAC WASTE COLLECTION QSAS SYSTEM, DOHA Acoustics DOHA MARINA MALL, qatar Ramboll has been working with Musheireb Properties photography courtesy of HOK architects to deliver the waste delivery system for the Musheireb Downtown Doha project. Services include the review and validation of contractor designs in addition to providing support to the client regarding inspection and supervision of the site installation works. Figure e: Example of Envac inlet points DOHA ASIAN GAMES LED CYCLORAMA, KHALIFA STADIUM, DOHA One of the largest temporary structures ever built, this spectacular 30m-high LED screen showed simultaneous broadcast of the 2007 Doha Asian Games. Ramboll designed the steel support structure for speed of construction — it had to be finished in time for the games — and resilience against strong desert winds. This lightweight steelwork solution kept costs and construction time low.. RECENT AWARDS & MARKETS RECENT AWARDS RECENT AWARDS DESIGN EXCELLENCE Awards RECENT AWards 09 RICS South East Regional Awards — Project of the Year 09 10 2011 Building Awards Public Over the years we have won hundreds of awards recognising Building Project of the Year excellence across all our services. Listed below are a few highlights runner-up 2011 ICE South East — Engineering Excellence of recent achievements. Award — Sustainability and Community Benefit 2011: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre 10 World Architecture Festival Awards, Future Projects SUstainabilitY Awards — Competition Entries, Shortlisted: Tallinn Town Hall 01 BREEAM Education Award, 2011: Aberystwyth University 01 02 11 RIBA North West Regional 11 — IBERS Penglais Award 2010 Civic Trust Award 12 2011 Commendation: Liverpool 02 Sustain’ Magazine Development John Moores University Design Award, 2011: Brookwood Farm Academy residential development 12 RIBA London Region Building 03 Ground Engineering Award of the Year 2011 Civic Trust for Sustainability, 2009: Canal 03 04 Award Winner 2011: Chiswick dredging sediment classification House Café for British Waterways 13 GCC Construction Week 04 Ground Engineering Award: Awards 2010 GCC Tower Consulting Firm of the Year Project of the Year 2010: 2012: BBC Broadcasting