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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 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, , 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, 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 House Shining Towers, Abu Dhabi W1 and Ferrari World Theme 13 14 Park, Abu Dhabi 14 GCC Construction Week Awards 2009 GCC Engineering Infrastructure Awards Consultancy of the Year 2009: Eco-Arish, Liwa Oasis, 05 CEEQUAL Outstanding Abu Dhabi Achievement Award for 05 Ecology and Biodiversity: 15 GCC Construction Week Qatar A58 Blackbrook Diversion, Awards 2012 GCC Engineer St Helens of the Year 2012: Andrew Darlington - Doha Marina Mall, 06 International Footbridge Qatar Project Awards, Technical Medium- Span 2011 International Bridge 15 Conference Award, Arthur G. Hayden Medal 2010 BURA Waterways Renaissance 16 Special Awards Award, Design & Construction 2009: Riverside Bridge 06 07 TTJ Market Development 07 Construction News Awards Award 2010: We won this 2011, Projects under £10m, award in recognition of Award Winner ICE Thames our pioneering work in the Valley Engineering Excellence engineering design of large Awards 2011, Small Projects, scale timber structures 16 Award Winner: Caversham In Building Design Magazine’s Road Rail Bridge, Reading survey of major architectural practices around the world, Ramboll was ranked as third most preferred engineering consultant for 2011.

photography — Pascall + Watson, MC Photography, photography — Jaap Oepkes, BIG, James Brittain, Kier, Jaap Oepkes, Network Rail, Benoy HOK architects RAMBOLL PROJECTS ON MARKETS YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI BUILDINGS 01 FERRARI WORLD 03 YAS LINKS 05 YAS CENTRO HOTEL Multi-disciplinary services Infrastructure and water Facade engineering Ramboll has worked on some of the most recognisable resource management for gold course 06 buildings in the Middle East and abroad. 02 YAS LINKS ACCESS YAS MARINA Design of access roads ROADS 04 YAS ROTANA HOTEL Infrastructure and site Facade engineering supervision. From the iconic Shining Towers to the level, a mezzanine and the plaza piling Our Services massive Ferrari World Theme Park, the grid below. This supporting structure • Acoustics new Cleveland Clinic to the exclusive Yas takes the weight of the 19 separate steel • Building and Rotana Hotels: our engineers have frame buildings that house the rides. information made their mark on some of the most Our building services engineers worked modelling • Building physics forward-thinking buildings in the world with both the shell and core and theme and material today. park architects to ensure that all the technology 05 systems could function together for • Building services We offer afull range of engineering different purposes, from the strict • Façade engineering services from structural, façade and tolerance demand on electrical supply 04 • Fire and safety 06 fire engineering to building services, for rides to providing comfortable • Geotechnical geotechnical, infrastructure and conditions for attractions and large value engineering acoustics. Central to our approach is circulation areas. • Laser aided the return to first principles on each and modelling every design problem we face. We test One roller coaster is F1-style and • Public health • Structural and re-test our assumptions, constantly uses a winch to slingshot the cars engineering challenging ourselves to create more similar to craft launch systems. The • Sustainability relevant designs that serve our clients second is GT-style. Each coaster has services and their communities well. a steel and concrete framed station • Technical due diligence building consisting of an observation We aim to integrate our designs across deck, load/unload platform, queue 02 disciplines from an early stage. Our corridor, maintenance structure and work on the Ferrari World Theme Park overhead gantry crane. Ramboll in Abu Dhabi is a good example of this. designed the coaster foundations and 01 The Theme Park project was driven by buildings, integrated services and high its fast track design and construction voltage design, and the perimeter and programme. Using our network of teams maintenance roads. and offices in both the UK andAE U , we 03 developed a flexible approach to the At a time when the construction industry engineering that enabled us to meet is facing immense challenges, we bring the programme level where the Ferrari- an enthusiasm for the pure invention themed attractions are located. Columns of engineering coupled with a long are set matching the challenges. Under standing reputation for unlocking project SHINING TOWERS, the roof, we engineered three concrete potential when no one else can. ABU DHABI frame levels; the undercroft at ground photography courtesy of H+H “From a supervisory perspective, James Cubitt & Partners worked very closely with Ramboll on the Shining Towers project. The project was delivered successfully and enabled Ramboll to showcase their ability to deliver innovative and complex solutions. Ramboll’s highly skilled team provided multi-disciplinary services to execute this project and their engineering expertise

FERRARI WORLD, ABU DHABI was evident in their response to the photography courtesy of Benoy numerous structural challenges we faced.” Marcin Kowalski, Senior Site Architect, James Cubitt & Partners MARKETS

FUJAIRAH MASTERPLAn, U.A.E TRANSPORT MARKETS A step change for Ramboll in the Middle East Ramboll is associated with some of the most Ramboll has been awarded the contract to develop the masterplan for the Emirate of Fujairah in the . Ramboll will be working closely with the Government of Fujairah to respected, fully integrated infrastructure and develop the strategic masterplan for the development of the Emirate for the next 30 years. One of transportation projects in the world. the factors in winning the project was Ramboll’s community consulting approach and our ability to meet all technical needs of Fujairah for this and other potential downstream projects under one roof. Our solution incorporates participation of senior Ramboll experts from across the world for Scotland’s Forth Replacement Crossing, innovative design solutions. Not only for Our Services high-level added value input to the project. the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel linking the iconic Ferrari building, but for the • Acoustics & noise Denmark to Germany, St. Petersburg’s other elements of the built environment, • Aviation Pulkovo Airport — Ramboll’s recent such as Yas Links Golf Course and the • Bridge engineering list of transport projects includes highway to Yas Marina. • Ground some of the biggest, most challenging engineering schemes currently being developed. The Abu Dhabi office was able to • Infrastructure With a rich history in delivering complex demonstrate the capability to deliver Asset Management infrastructure schemes, we are well multi-disciplinary value engineered • Landscape architecture placed to advise clients on all aspects design solutions linking all elements of • Masterplanning of a development, from feasibility and this world class development. & urban planning to construction and long-term The specific areas of design carried development maintenance. out by the Abu Dhabi Infrastructure • Ports & marine and Transportation team included; structures We have engineered highways, railways, Highway design – geometric • Project & bridges, airports and ports across the design of the scheme, pavements, construction UK and abroad. Our projects have lighting, road signs and lines, storm management set records (the Øresund Crossing: water drainage and safety barriers. • Rail engineering the longest road and rail bridge in Services design - potable water, • Risk and safety • Road & motorway Europe; the Fehmarn Belt: the longest sewerage, district cooling, power and engineering submerged tunnel in the world). We have gas. • Transport planning, also bridged vast distances, supported traffic engineering the growth of sustainable communities, The team also provided geotechnical and traffic safety and created iconic structures. expertise relating to the design of • Tunnel engineering dewatering solutions and foundations for While we have the broad expertise structures and road pavement designs. necessary to plan and design projects Ramboll, working closely with the main at the mega-scale, attention to detail contractor and client, developed an is central to our ethos. Ramboll can innovative retaining solution for the offer the client a complete service prestigious Sowwah Island Development which will enable effective and efficient in Abu Dhabi. The team, on this EPC asset management. Assessment and a contract, was able to successfully deliver programmed maintenance regime of a diaphragm marine retaining wall large civil assets such as bridges has solution, with a cast in situ fascia. been proven to prolong the life of the asset. The majority of our projects in ‘Balfour Beatty and Ramboll have shared a the Middle East are multi-disciplinary. During the design phase of the Yas very successful relationship in the UK for Island Development in Abu Dhabi, we many years. This successful relationship demonstrated our capability to deliver has continued within the Middle East with Dutco Balfour Beatty, specifically within the UAE and most recently in Qatar. We have teamed up to bid for some of the largest projects yet to be awarded in this region. We envisage the relationship of Ramboll and Dutco Balfour Beatty to be as successful in the future as it has been in the past.’ Joe Farmer, Business Development Manager, FUJAIRAH, UAE Dutco Balfour Beatty

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ENVIRONMENT

Ramboll’s 1,000 environmental specialists produce bespoke solutions that help clients integrate sound environmental practice while achieving their project aims.

In an increasingly complex regulatory Known in the industry for our problem- Our Services Mersey Gateway and ethical culture, we offer clear solving approach, we excel at unlocking • Air quality guidance on how to deliver projects that project potential despite obstacles that • Climate change are in harmony with their environment. others consider to be insurmountable. • Environmental environment services Water supply mapping, climate change Due Diligence adaptation, flood risk assessment, waste Shiebat Watah is a national housing • Environmental This complex scheme involves construction of an iconic three-tower resource management and environmental community development in Al Ain, UAE. impact cable-stayed bridge over the Mersey Estuary impact studies: our work is diverse and An existing historic landfill site was assessment - EIA often innovative. located adjacent to the plot boundary, • Environmental management As project manager and lead consultant, Ramboll has provided technical input including which dated back 20 years. The site • Health & Whatever the context, we provide the was only brought to the attention of engineering design, environmental and transport assessments and provision of expert witness. occupational The Mersey Estuary downstream of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge is a SSSI, a wetland of expertise necessary to support our the municipality and our client after we safety international importance designated under the RAMSAR convention and a Specially Protected clients to navigate the full spectrum of conducted a topographical survey and • Industrial Area for birdlife. An ongoing environmental management plan has been developed to protect environmental risks with confidence, ground investigation. environment current ecological assets and mitigate impacts on local habitats. The Mersey Gateway project protecting the value of their assets. • Land use planning was recently granted Department for Transport funding for delivery. Ramboll’s Environmental team carried & development We advise our clients in all stages of out further investigations due to • Noise projects from acquisition and feasibility concerns about the risk to human health. • Soil & to planning during construction, site Our engineers and scientists developed groundwater operation and aftercare. With our in- a plan that would analyze the level and • Strategic environmental house expertise available all over the impact any contaminants may pose on assessment - SEA world, we are capable of handling all future users of the site. Soil and water • Waste specialist services without the need tests were undertaken and showed no • Waste water for outsourcing. This way we are able signs of hazardous material specifically • Water resources to offer a fully integrated project leachates. We proposed an immediate management team, whose understanding of project and long term action plan which included • Water supply opportunities and constraints is deeply an environmental monitoring system and rooted in experience. a detailed stability assessment.

We communicate our scientific findings clearly, and can advise on the legislative, commercial and social implications of our analysis.

‘An environmental study that brought an intermix of environmental opportunities and constraints made this study one of our greatest challenges. We were able to see a wide range of local fauna while conducting the site surveys, an element I would hope to see in all our future studies.’

Shiebat Al Watah, Al Ain Dr. Wael Khalil, Associate Director, Environmental Services

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ENERGY

Ramboll has long experience in the planning, design and implementation of renewable energy solutions.

Our international team of energy and We are keenly interested in the Our Services climate specialists provides expertise possibilities tidal stream power • Biogas on the full spectrum of renewable generation has to offer. Long experience • Biomass technologies including solar, district has taught us the success of any new • District heating heating, CHP, waste-to-energy and wind. energy technology depends on the • Energy efficiency Our consultancy unites the best of global delivery of economic structures that can • Energy strategy knowledge in the renewable energy field be easily installed. We were recently and planning • Geothermal with a practical understanding of how selected by Tidal Generation Ltd. to • Hydro, tidal and regulatory culture varies from one region engineer its first 10MW tidal turbine test wave to another. We are well placed to advise array because of our established track • On and offshore clients on all aspects of a project from record for creating innovative solutions wind planning through to engineering design that unlock the marine environment. • Solar and long term maintenance. In other areas, too, we lead the way. • Thermal power • Waste-to-energy Our experience in waste-to-energy is Our roots in the energy market run deep. unparalleled. We have planned, procured Tidal turbine array Ramboll was there in the early history of and supervised the implementation of offshore wind.We developed the first more than 60 waste-to-energy plants foundation design monopile design for offshore oil rigs — and retrofits in 30 countries around the an incredible feat of optimisation when world. you consider the extraordinary length Ramboll was recently appointed by Rolls Royce’s Tidal Generation Ltd. to design of these piles, located far out at sea, At a time when energy security is at the the foundations for its planned 10MW tidal turbine array and the multiple loading pressures they top of the political agenda we offer an withstand. Our approach was later used intelligent consultancy, tested by years To date, no one has developed a tidal turbine array anywhere in the world, though numerous as a model for the design of monopile of hands-on experience, in which both individual turbine units have been prototyped. This project, once completed, may well be the offshore wind turbines. Now more than private and public sector clients can first of its kind, paving the way for a more widespread application of this exciting renewable 50% of the world’s offshore turbines rise place their trust. technology. Our marine specialists are currently conducting a review of potential design options, from foundations engineered by Ramboll. measuring each one against a matrix of criteria that includes cost, buildability, maintenance requirements and installation logistics.

‘Ramboll assisted us all the way from idea to reality. Now they are providing ongoing technical advice during the operations phase.’ Alan Blain, Project Director, Isle of Man Government (Isle of Man Waste-to-Energy Facility)

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