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Regional economic growth to recede
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Emirates Steel expands portfolio
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CONTENTS
EDITOR’S NOTE
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Developments/Calendar
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Executive Strategy
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Market News
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COMMUNICATIONS & IT Information Management
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Big benefits in cost reduction and risk management await those who take a holistic approach to information management.
MANUFACTURING Profile
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How Emirates Steel reduced the need for imports by adding to its product portfolio.
THE MIDDLE EAST is currently the world’s third largest importer of generating plant and accounts for 19 per cent of global genset trade after the Far East at 31 per cent and Europe 20 per cent. With limited production facilities in the region, apart from those in Lebanon, demand is largely met by imports from Europe, Asia and North America. Lebanon has grown in importance as a supplier to both the Middle East and Africa in recent years. Although the domestic market is reasonably small and valued at around US$95mn, Lebanon is a major producer and exporter to the markets of the Middle East and Africa. In 2012 it is expected, once final data is available, that Lebanese manufacturers will have exported at least 15,000 generating sets to these markets. However, due to the slowdown in the international generating set trade during the last quarter of 2012, and the fact that only three regional markets - the Middle East, Far East and South America – are showing any signs of growth, it is probable that 2013 will be a year of zero growth.
POWER & WATER Analysis
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Limited production of gensets in the region means demand is largely being met through imports.
Developments
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The latest power news from around the region.
Saudi Energy
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More than US$35bn was invested in Saudi power projects last year.
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After years of neglect and under-funding, important investments are being made in Iraq’s port infrastructure.
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CONSTRUCTION
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Road Building
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Road builders look to the Middle East for the latest developments.
Demolition
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Prospects for demolition contractors in the region’s fast-growing cities are getting better every year.
Compressors
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Avoidance of system weaknesses is essential if an uninterrupted supply of compressed air is to be achieved.
Project Qatar
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This is an event that attracts a lot of international interest, not only because of Qatar’s gas earnings, but the successful soccer bid as well.
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BRIEFLY ■ HIGH PUBLIC SPENDING due to strong oil prices will ally with Dubai’s recovery and safe investment to boost the UAE economy by around 3.3 per cent in 2013 despite an expected fall in crude output, according to a key Saudi bank. ■ SAUDI ARABIA WILL continue to pump funds into development projects because of strong oil prices but growth in such expenditure is expected to slacken in the coming years, a key bank in the Kingdom said. Capital spending this year will remain high as several projects which were delayed in 2012 will be implemented this year but growth in investments will be slow than in previous years, Saudi American Bank group (SAMBA) said in its monthly bulletin. SAMBA said it believed the Saudi government might decide to keep spending high and fund any deficits that might materialize by drawing down savings, as it did in 2009.
Iranian economy shrinks IRAN'S ECONOMY CONTRACTED by 1.9 per cent in 2012 and is expected to shrink by 1.3 per cent this year as it reels from the impact of Western sanctions, the International Monetary Fund said recently. The economy of the Islamic republic is, however, forecast to grow next year by 1.1 per cent, the IMF said in its annual World Economic Outlook. The IMF said the "macroeconomic environment is likely to remain difficult, given the sharp depreciation of the currency and adverse external conditions, which would sustain inflation at relatively high levels." A Western ban on Iranian oil exports, which came into effect in July, hit the country's economy badly.
Libya hopes to reduce dependence on oil LIBYA’S ECONOMY MINISTER expects growth of three per cent this year, driven by a resurgence in oil production achieved despite security so precarious that government departments like his must be protected by pickup trucks bristling with weapons. The OPEC member restored pre-war oil output levels of around 1.6mn barrels per day (bpd) faster than expected after the 2011 armed uprising that ousted Muammar Qaddafi brought flows to a virtual standstill. The revival of oil production allowed Libya to record economic growth of over 100 percent last year. “We expect growth of three per cent this year, mainly driven by oil,” Economy Minister Mustafa Abofanas said. In order to reduce Libya’s reliance on volatile oil revenues, Abofonas said his ministry was also looking at boosting exports. “There are many producers who are interested in exporting dates, olives and olive oil. We are also looking at developing tourism. But it is difficult to give a percentage of how much this will represent in terms of Libyan income in the future as we still need to do our research and this takes time.” He added: “This year is different from 2012. Libya is currently producing 1.5mn bpd. There are other sectors such as industry and agriculture which sustained damage during the fighting and we hope they can resume properly again soon.” His forecast is more conservative than others. Last year, the International Monetary Fund said Libya’s economy was poised to grow 17 per cent in 2013 and should average growth of seven per cent annually between 2014 and 2017.
GCC economic growth to recede: IMF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY Fund (IMF) has lowered its outlook for the world economy this year, predicting that government spending cuts will slow US growth and keep the euro currency alliance in recession. The global lending organization cut its forecast for global growth to 3.3 per cent this year, down from its forecast in January of 3.5 per cent. It didn’t alter its prediction of four per cent global growth in 2014. As a consequence, economic growth in
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) oilexporting countries is expected to fall to 3.25 per cent this year due to relatively weak crude demand, after expanding by almost 5.7 per cent last year, the IMF said in its latest annual World Economic Outlook report. However, oil-importing MENA countries will experience healthier growth of 2.7 per cent in 2013 compared with 1.9 per cent in 2012, though this remains weighed down by political uncertainty, decreased trade with Europe and high commodity prices.
‘For MENA oil exporters, 2012 was a year of robust growth, which reached about 5.75 per cent,’ the IMF said. Saudi Arabia’s economy will see a drop in growth from 6.8 per cent in 2012 to 4.4 per cent in 2013. The UAE economy will also see a slower rate of growth of 3.1 per cent this year compared with 3.9 per cent in 2012. Kuwait is forecast to see a sharp drop in growth from 5.1 per cent in 2012 to 1.1 per cent this year, and Qatar’s expansion will decrease from 6.6 per cent to 5.2 per cent.
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EXECUTIVES CALENDAR MAY 2013 6-9
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GulfBID
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Solar Mahgreb
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Saudi Energy
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Materials Handling Middle East
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Qatar heading for US$8 billion surplus Actual government spending in Qatar is likely to be around US$66bn in 2013/14, leaving a budget surplus of US$8bn, or around four per cent of GDP. “We estimate that about 30 per cent of total expenditure will be on capital projects,” QNB Group’s analysts remarked in a statement received here. Qatar’s Ministry of Economy and Finance recently released its budget for the fiscal year 2013/14, which runs from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.
An oil price assumption of US$65 per barrel was used, the same as last year, and on this basis the ministry assumes revenue of US$60bn, of which it plans to spend US$58bn. QNB Group, however, expects oil prices to be considerably higher, averaging US$107 per barrel for the fiscal period and leading to an estimated revenue of around US$74bn. This will leave room for significantly higher spending than planned.
Lebanon seeks cut in transport levy LEBANON HAS FILED an official request to reduce transit transport fees with Iraq and Egypt, the National News Agency reported recently, in a bid to cut export costs after major land export routes were brought to a halt by the ongoing violence in neighbouring Syria. The request was submitted by the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce to Iraqi Ambassador Omar Barzanji and Egyptian Commercial Attaché Saad Cheikh in a meeting, the agency, quoting a statement from the Chamber, said. “It is important that we work together with the Agriculture Ministry to service www.technicalreview.me
agricultural exporters and help them meet their demands,” head of the Chamber Tawfik Daboussi said. He added that efforts by the Egyptian and Iraqi embassies had readied Lebanon and the two countries to reach agreements on alleviating fees and developing other areas of co-operation. “The doors of the embassy are wide open to business plans and projects by Lebanese in all sectors,” the Iraqi ambassador said, adding that the embassy is working to facilitate visas for Lebanese, particularly businessmen and investors. Recently roll-on-roll-off trucks have
started to ship Lebanese export trucks from Tripoli to destinations in Egypt and Jordan after the situation on the roads connecting Lebanon through Syria became too dangerous. Exporters, however, have complained that high shipping costs in addition to transit fees are narrowing their margins. They have called on the government to subsidise shipment costs. Syrian rebels have told Lebanese truck drivers that the Masnaa crossing to Syria would remain closed indefinitely, the head of Lebanon’s Farmers’ Association told The Daily Star.
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Wastewater projects aplenty in North Africa Technical Review heard from Metito about the vast opportunities for desalination and wastewater treatment plants across North Africa.
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ESPITE RECENT DIFFICULTIES in North Africa it is an important market for Metito, which has racked up over US$100mn of project wins in the region. Metito has a long history of working in North Africa and its regional hub is based out of Egypt. Technical Review heard from Karim Madwar, Africa managing director about the vast opportunities that the water business offers. Metito's African operations are run out of Egypt and Karim explained that the water management company has a lot of activities in North Africa as the need for safe drinking water in the region is massive. “Demands in North Africa are much higher than the Gulf due to much bigger populations. We see massive opportunities for desalination plants in North Africa as there is a growing requirement for desalination, water treatment and above all waste water treatment," Madwar pointed out.
Project impasse Karim explained that the Arab Spring has had a big impact on North African markets and a negative effect on Metito's work, which is based around infrastructure to provide water, waste water fuelling plants for the population and water management. "Many of the projects that were started before the Arab Spring have been put on hold due to the lack of funds or political will," he added. He cited two examples of major delays to important projects. One, in Egypt is in The 6th of October City on the outskirts of Cairo. "This plant was meant to be commissioned and in operation last summer buy I think it will take two more www.technicalreview.me
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summers at least," he noted. The other is in Libya where Metito was assigned to build 30 water treatment plants across 30 villages in the south known as the Southern Villages. The deal was contracted before the Arab Spring but has been on hold for the last two years. “We have started communicating with the new Libyan government to resume our work,” he said.
Wastewater growth Despite the challenges brought by the Arab Spring, Madwar feels there are massive opportunities for desalination plants in North Africa as there is a growing requirement for desalination, water treatment and above all, wastewater treatment. "The biggest potential is in wastewater. Across the region over 80 per cent of the population is not yet connected to proper wastewater treatment facilities," he commented. Madwar mentioned that Metito was building many sewage treatment plants in Egypt and they will soon be awarded a big plant contract in Algeria, worth US$65mn. Over the last few months Metito has won or will be awarded a number of desalination plants projects in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania worth in excess of US$100mn.
He said, “The total capacities of the recent awards of brackish or seawater desalination plants using reverse osmosis is 100,000 cu/m a day." The largest plant will be built in Algeria in a town called Touggourt serving a population of around 200,000 people. The plant capacity is 35,000 cu/m a day. This contract was awarded a few months ago and is now under execution. Metito should also be awarded another project in Algeria in Tindouf. This will also be a desalination plant with a capacity of 10,000 cu/m a day that can be increased to 15,000 cu/m a day. 2013 has started more positively and Metito was awarded four contracts to build desalination plants in Tunisia. "All these new desalination plant awards in Algeria and Tunisia are to serve the rural communities which did not have access to safe and clean water,” noted Madwar. The firm will also soon be awarded a project for a seawater desalination plant with a capacity of 21,000 cu/m a day in Hurghada, Egypt. Madwar finished by stating that, "We are facing big problems due to the lack of funds and currency fluctuations; however this is being offset by new project awards and massive infrastructure requirements in North Africa. So we are optimistic but we are not there yet." ■
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Hypertherm nominated for Integron award CUTTING SYSTEMS MANUFACTURER Hypertherm was in April 2013 nominated for Integron’s Customer Experience award in the category ‘Most Recommended by Customers’. Integron’s Experience Awards recognise the bestperforming companies in its surveys, nominating the top three companies with the best results over 12 different categories. Theo Cornielje, European director at Hypertherm said, “Focus on the customer is one of our core values so it is particularly gratifying that we were nominated in the category ‘Most Recommended by Customers’. The results of the customer satisfaction survey are extremely important for us as they help us better understand where we can continue to focus our efforts; we are very proud that our customers are so loyal.” Hypertherm recently released the MAXPRO200, a 200-amp LongLife air and oxygen plasma system engineered for heavy-duty, high-capacity cutting and gouging. According to the company, the LongLife technology and Air/Air and O2/Air cut quality enables operators to cut more parts per hour and minimise the need for secondary operations. Other features include a one-step interface and automatic gas control; optional quick disconnect torches; two handheld and two mechanised torch options; advanced diagnostics; consumable designs for fast cut speeds and robust production piercing; and LongLife, CoolFlow and
Smartcast system offers benefits IN CONJUNCTION WITH the Dansk Teknologisk Institut, HawkeyePedershaab has created the Smartcast system, enabling users to produce wet-cast manhole bases with a number of channels and diameters of up to 60 inches. The Smartcast system mills channel-forming moulds out of expanded polystyrene (EPS) using a Kuka Industrial Robot and human-computer interaction (HCI). System features include design software; a milling robot; coating application; highperformance moulds; an EPS extraction/compacting system; and automated or manual installations. According to HawkeyePedershaab, the system offers a range of benefits including the specialised software, which enables the user to input key variables in to the system, after which the resulting base design is sent electronically to the EPS grinding system. The design is then placed in a queue, ready for the robot operator to initiate whenever they are ready. Meanwhile, numerous flow channel possibilities are afforded by the six-axis industrial robot which is capable of grinding a blank of polystyrene into several configurations due to its highspeed spindle motor and specialised tooling, the company claims. Other benefits include smooth flow channel surfaces, a quick and easy set-up procedure and locally available EPS, HawkeyePedershaab says. The company says it is the world leader in providing innovative solutions to manufacturers of concrete pipes, manholes, and other precast products. From simple stand-alone machines to fully automated plants incorporating the latest in electronics, robotics, and control technology, HawkeyePedershaab claims to provide a total family of solutions. www.technicalreview.me
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TrueFlow technology for long consumable life and a lower cost per part, Hypertherm said. Aaron Brandt, head of Hypertherm’s Mechanized Systems added, “The MAXPRO200 is a true workhorse for companies demanding great cut quality along with high productivity and low operating costs. It is engineered to deliver superior reliability in the most demanding production environments.”
ABB bets on solar power with US$1bn investment SWISS INDUSTRIAL GROUP ABB is to buy solar energy firm Power-One Inc for about US$1bn, betting growth in emerging markets will revive a sector ravaged by overcapacity and plunging demand in recession-hit Europe. The world’s biggest supplier of industrial motors and power grids said it had agreed to pay US$6.35 per share in cash for Power-One, the world’s second-largest maker of solar inverters that allow solar power to be fed into grids. “We consider the acquisition of Power-One as a smart strategic move for ABB to broaden its solar product portfolio at the right time,” Vontobel analysts said. Peers like Germany’s Siemens and Bosch recently ended ventures in the solar industry after oversupply, weak economies and a cut in government subsidies triggered a collapse in demand for solar panels and prices slumped, leading to a wave of insolvencies in the industry. Germany’s SMA Solar, the world’s biggest maker of solar inverters, recently reported a 58 per cent drop in 2012 operating earnings, saying sustained lower prices from competitors could severely impair its business. ABB, however, said falling prices for solar systems and rising electricity costs meant solar panels were now a competitive source of energy. “Solar is long term the fastest growing renewable generation market in the world. ABB believes in this market,” ABB Discrete and Motion head Ulrich Spiesshofer said in a company video. He said ABB was buying in this market now because it saw a shift in solar energy demand towards emerging markets, such as China and the Middle East. Renewable energy is one of ABB’s strategic priorities. It took a 35 per cent stake in Germany’s Novatec Solar in 2011.
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Diyar Iraq signs Jordan expansion deal DIYAR OUTDOOR, IRAQ'S leading outdoor billboard company, is expanding its services to neighbouring Jordan. The move comes through a strategic partnership with Rafed Billboards in Jordan. Diyar Outdoor will start offering clients the choice of outdoor billboards networks in Iraq and Jordan. Diyar Outdoor claims to be the leading outdoor poster/billboard advertising company in Iraq, serving the entire country. Rafed Billboards is a Jordan-based company specialising in outdoor media across Jordan’s governorates and on Jordan's major highways. During its five-year history, Rafed Billboards has served an array of leading brands in Jordan that include telecom operators and FMCG brands. Pictures of some of these major campaigns can be seen at www.facebook.com/Rafed.Billboards Nabil Hijazin, managing director at Diyar outdoor, says that this move follows our success in the Iraqi market and to enrich our clients with more choices and options in key regional markets. Right now, Diyar outdoor billboard networks are strategically available in 12 Iraqi major cities reaching over 50 per cent of Iraq's total population. "This partnership with Rafed Billboards will expand our offering to the number of International clients and agencies we have been proudly serving since 2004", added Hijazin.
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BRIEFLY ■ THE RESOLVE OF Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) to consolidate its commitment to the growing US aluminium market provided one of the key motivations behind its membership of the Aluminium Extruders Council - the premier association for extrusion companies and suppliers in the US. Alba's membership of this community of more than 100 major North American extrusion companies will enable the firm to participate in the vibrant exchange of technical and commercial information as well as contribute its knowledge and expertise in the production of high quality value added aluminium. ■ QATAR PRIMARY MATERIALS Company’s (QPMC) Gabbro Terminal Operations surpassed handling of aggregate cargo in excess of 100,000 tonnes twice in a row within a 24-hour window period in February, the company said in a press release.
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BRIEFLY ■ GE HAS RECEIVED contracts totaling approximately US$500mn to provide equipment and long-term services, directly and via engineering procurement contractors, for the Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) smelter complex in Abu Dhabi. The project is expected to result in lower emissions, addressing the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) goal to achieve cleaner and more efficient industrial growth and enabling EMAL to produce aluminum with better fuel efficiency. ■ THE REGIONAL PLASTIC conversion market continues to grow at an impressive rate of for 7.6 per cent which is more than double the global average. This brought the total polymer production capacity of the ‘big five’ high volume plastics categories in the GCC to 23.6mn tonnes per annum by the end of 2012, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA)
Iraq to benefit from rapid adoption of technology IRAQ’S FUTURE BUSINESS development requires structured and timely access to cutting-edge information and communications technology solutions, industry experts and United Nations officials agree. “The benefits from IT use are not an outcome of the technology itself but of what technology enables, for example, access to information which may reduce transaction costs and improve the quality of customer relations, or use of software to manage inventory and labour,” said Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief of the ICT Analysis Section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. “As demand for IT services and applications grow, there will be an expanding market for tailored applications that can be used by individuals, enterprises as well as the public sector. This is not least important in countries where another language than English dominates. Without relevant local content and locally adapted applications, IT uptake will be slow – especially among smaller enterprises.” Published data from the top four ISPs in Iraq (Halasat Telecom, Earthlink, Rose Telecom and ATS-Iraq) estimates that five million Iraqis were
Iraq had more than 25mn mobile subscribers in June, 2011.
online in 2010, whereas market research firm Companiesandmarkets.com reports that Iraq had more than 25mn mobile subscribers at the end of June 2011 - a penetration rate of 75.6 per cent. By the end of 2015, this figure could rise to 93 per cent. SAP has been active in Iraq since february 2012 and says it is determined to be successful in the potential-rich market because of an ability to provide both enterprises and government entities with the technological resources to develop in a rapid, cost-effective manner.
ADT offers direct link to India through Khalifa Port ABU DHABI TERMINALS (ADT), the manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, announced that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of shipping companies comprising of OEL (Orient Express Lines), Simatech and X-Press Feeders, to start a direct service to facilitate trade between Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port and the ports of Mundra and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) on the West Coast of India. “This service further strengthens the market profile of Khalifa Port Container Terminal, ensuring Abu Dhabi’s importers and exporters as well as transhipment customers receive fast and direct connectivity to two of the largest import/export hubs in India.” said Martijn Van de Linde, the Chief Executive Officer of ADT. “It also cements the growing importance of Khalifa Port Container Terminal as a regional and international shipping hub which offers an ever increasing network of main line and feeder services with direct access to the world’s major commercial centres and, in doing so, reducing the cost of trade for both national and foreign businesses.” The weekly, fixed-day service, known as www.technicalreview.me
ADT says the new link confirms the growing importance of Khalifa Port Container Terminal as a regional and international shipping hub.
the “IGI” service, links the Arabian Peninsula to India and added Abu Dhabi to its schedule when it called at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT) in late February. Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) manages and operates Abu Dhabi’s four main ports, including Khalifa Port Container Terminal, the region’s first semiautomated and most technologically advanced terminal, which was officially inaugurated on December 12, 2012. The port operator’s other facilities include Mina Zayed, a historical port that has served the capital for over 40 years,
Freeport, for smaller vessels, and Musaffah Port, located in the heart of the industrial area. ADT says it now gives its customers access to one of the world’s fastest growing markets through operational excellence and a world-class port infrastructure. Its diverse portfolio of services and customer-tailored solutions includes terminals for containers, cargo and cruise liners and berths for roll-onroll of vehicle transporters, container freight stations, cold storage facilities and warehousing solutions.
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BRIEFLY ■ THE SAUDI ARABIAN Mining Company (Ma’aden) has signed an agreement with Sabic and the US-based Mosaic Company to develop a SR26bn (US$7bn) fully integrated, world-class phosphate production facility in Saudi Arabia. Ma’aden will own 60 per cent, Mosaic 25 per cent and Sabic 15 per cent, said a statement. The new complex will be one of the largest integrated phosphate facilities in the world and will approximately double Ma’aden’s existing phosphate production. ■ THE LOW & Medium Voltage Division of the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector has been awarded an order by the Toyota Tsusho Corp. of Japan to build 24 transformer substations for the Iraqi Electricity Ministry. Siemens will build the turnkey substations in 10 Iraqi provinces to help upgrade the power supply in the country. The contract is valued at US$78mn.
Management revamp to boost Tekla’s regional ambitions BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) software pioneer Tekla announced the appointment of a new management duo, as it aims to take its Middle East operations to the next level. Paul Wallett takes on the role of Area Business Director, having recently enjoyed a successful twoyear stint as the company’s business manager, and Anwar Al-Qwasmi has been recruited as the General Manager for Saudi Arabia. It is hoped that the new appointments will build on Tekla Middle East’s double digit growth over the past three years. In the Middle East, the company is expecting to increase its staff and reach higher growth than many other regions to better serve the area’s booming construction sector, which according to industry experts, is estimated to be worth US$ 4.3 trillion by 2020 Key to this progressive strategy is the growing influence among local contractors of Tekla’s BIM solutions, which can revolutionise both project management and profit margins. “At a time of sustained growth across the region’s construction industry, we are here to help our customers and partners realise maximum profit from their projects. I firmly believe that Tekla’s BIM software is the way forward for the construction industry,” said Wallett. “The expansion of the construction sector in Saudi Arabia is fuelling the demand for technology. In such a dynamic market, companies demand the right tools and market expertise to facilitate growth. Tekla is ideally positioned to www.tekla.com provide this,” added Anwar Al-Qwasmi. The pair’s priorities are to drive the company’s expansion across the region, strengthen an already thriving economy and ensure that Tekla’s BIM software continues to help construction companies deliver profitable projects on time.
Aramex to utilise regional rail network to enhance market connectivity connect the rest of the ETIHAD RAIL – THE master Northern Emirates, is also developer and operator of well underway. the UAE’s national railway Commenting on the MoU, network – announced the Shadi Malak, executive signing of a Memorandum director of Commercial at of Understanding (MoU) Etihad Rail said: “Etihad with Aramex, the global Rail is changing the face of logistics and transportation transportation in the UAE, solutions provider. The delivering a mode of MoU, signed by Shadi transport that is preferred Malak, executive director of in the logistics industry commercial at Etihad Rail, worldwide for its safety, and Hussein Wehbe, efficiency, low costs and general manager - UAE at environmental benefits. We Aramex, comes at a time of The signing of the MOU comes at a time of rapid growth for the regional logistics market look forward to working rapid growth for the with Aramex and are confident our rail network will offer the region’s transport and logistics market. most effective means to deliver their customers’ goods across Once Etihad Rail is operational, Aramex will utilise the rail the UAE, and subsequently to bordering GCC countries, in a network for deliveries across the UAE and for cross-border partnership that signifies yet another achievement for the service to other Gulf countries. logistics industry in the region.” Upon completion, the Etihad Rail network – which will cater to Hussein Wehbe, Aramex general manager for the UAE, added: both freight and passengers – will span approximately 1,200“Etihad Rail is a strategic step forward in UAE’s continuous km across the Emirates. It will connect urban and peripheral evolution as one of the leading, trading and transportation communities, facilitate trade, open up communication hubs in the world. The GCC region is one of our core markets channels and foster economic development. The network will and with this partnership Aramex will have multi-modal also form a vital part of the GCC Railway Network – linking the transportation capabilities, reduced cross-border logistics UAE to Saudi Arabia via Ghweifat in the west and Oman via Al costs and processes – competitive advantages that strengthen Ain in the east. The tendering process is already in progress our regional business further. It also fits strategically with our for Stage Two, which will connect the railway to Mussafah, the sustainable business model and we believe it will be of Gulf ports of Khalifa and Jebel Ali, and the Saudi and Omani immense value to our customers.” borders. Preliminary engineering for Stage Three, which will www.technicalreview.me
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Grappling with IM in the era of big data A holistic approach to information management means big benefits in cost reduction and risk management, says Allen Mitchell, Senior Technical Account Manager, MENA at CommVault Systems.
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RELENTLESS EXPLOSION OF Big Data plagues many stakeholders, from IT to Legal, as they grapple with how best to retain, access, discover and ultimately delete content in compliance with evolving regulations. The big deal with Big Data starts with the sheer volume, which is being generated by a growing number of devices, data sources and applications. According to IDC[1], the world generated more than one zettabyte (ZB), or one million petabytes (PBs), of data in 2010. By 2014, the growth is predicted to reach 72 ZBs a year. The influx of machine generated data, unstructured data (e.g., images, audio or video files) as well as semi-structured data (e.g., emails, logs, etc.) adds a layer of management complexity, especially when determining the most efficient and reliable way to ingest, protect, organise, access, preserve and defensibly delete all this vital information from the broad variety of sources.
Perfect storm It’s not all bad news though as all this data can be a huge asset. But without a modern management strategy, it can also be a huge liability. In sifting through voluminous Big Data to find responsive information, organisations can spend millions of dollars to isolate relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) and even more to review it. Clearly, exponential data growth, diversity of data types and never ending demands for www.technicalreview.me
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One way to accomplish the industry wide expectation of ‘doing more with less' is to unify backup and archive optimised retention and discovery will create the perfect storm unless companies steer toward a more holistic approach to managing Big Data. In doing so, they can begin to view data backups and archives more strategically while leveraging integrated solutions for lowering storage costs and compliance risks.
Most importantly, they must chose to invest in technology that meets the demands of the business with a flexible and adaptable strategy that will best accommodate future requirements. Companies can then extract maximum value from all their crucial information in ways that produce valuable business benefits without the limits of technology lock-in. For too many organisations, backup and archive functions are deployed and maintained as separate ‘silos#’ within an overall information management strategy. This is not smart for a number of reasons. Multiple, disparate hardware and software products typically manage these data silos, which leads to duplicate copies of information that must be protected and preserved with inadequate visibility into what is being maintained.
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Compounding the problem is the fact that two distinctly different groups are traditionally responsible for data protection and preservation respectively within most corporate environments. In most organizations, storage and backup administrators oversee data protection and therefore are heavily focused on the impact Big Data has on backup windows, recovery SLAs and infrastructure costs.
Similar While information management buyers are fixated on how Big Data affects data retention, discovery and information governance policies, they often operate without regard for the operational impact of these policies. As a result, a chasm exists between these two critical constituents in ongoing Big Data conversations. While backup and archive serve different purposes, the functionality is similar: both processes make a copy of original data either for recovery or preservation.
Benefits With that said, Gartner[2], among others, predicts that being able to look at backup and archive holistically promises significant cost reduction and risk management benefits. The convergence of backup and archive is an emerging concept that is gaining traction as organizations seek solutions to reduce the number of copies created for backup and archiving while more closely aligning data access policies for both. www.technicalreview.me
One way to accomplish the industry wide expectation of ‘doing more with less' is to unify backup and archive. This requires cross functional teaming and starts with developing a better understanding of how applications, users and critical business processes need to access data throughout its lifecycle. This effort requires collaboration between all stakeholders and those responsible for both recovery and discovery. This collective group should examine all the different policies and practices used to move, copy, catalog and access data for backups, retention, recovery, discovery and disposition. This will result in many of the hurdles to the streamlined access to individual and corporate data being uncovered. Another typical outcome of the initial review process is the eye-opening realization that multiple copies of data reside everywhere- on physical and virtual servers, in the cloud, in backup repositories, in legal and IT archives as well as on employees’ desktops and mobile devices scattered throughout the company. While the number of redundant data copies can be reduced effectively and efficiently through deduplication, the biggest benefits come from consolidating data in a single data store that leverages a common hardware and/or software infrastructure for backup and archive. The notion of such a single data repository that eliminates redundancies and separate silos is compelling on many
levels. A holistic approach that captures data once and then repurposes it for data protection and preservation is key to getting the right data into the hands of the right people so they can turn it into something more meaningful and actionable for the business. This approach also aids centralized reporting that enables business and IT leaders to make more informed decisions with their data while bolstering analytical skills.
Serious risks Moreover, a central place to delete data also reduces both the cost and risk of inadvertently storing multiple copies. Understanding large data pools well enough to extract and collect relevant subsets for both reactive and proactive eDiscovery can prove to be a huge cost and risk reduction exercise. Most important, companies can maintain a balance between capturing too much data or not enough as both scenarios pose potentially serious business risks. The benefits of deploying an integrated information management strategy resonate throughout all levels of an organization, including outside of IT, ultimately resulting in better co-worker collaboration and sharing of passive content enterprise-wide. Forward thinking companies which embrace a unified approach for managing both backups and archives, will be able to take full advantage of a future-proof solution that elevates overall information management while providing appropriate access to business-critical information as it ages. ■ ■ IDC White Paper: “Rethinking your Data Retention Strategy to Better Exploit the Big Data Explosion,” Rick Villars, Marshall Amaldas, October 2011. ■ Gartner, “Does Integrated Backup and Archiving Make Sense?” Dave Russell and Sheila Childs, March 2012
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Emirates Steel expands product portfolio Emirates Steel has added to its product portfolio and reduced the need for imports.
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MIRATES STEEL, THE only integrated steel plant in the UAE utilising the latest technology to produce high quality rebar, wire rod and heavy sections, has now enhanced its facility in the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi to manufacture 40mm reinforcing steel bars (rebar) to meet the growing demand for steel in the region and beyond and provide the highest quality of steel to benefit customer requirements. “We are happy to announce that we have added a new 40mm size to our existing range of 8mm to 32mm rebar,” said Engineer Saeed G Al Romaithi, CEO of Emirates Steel.
Complete The company’s product range includes rebar and rebar in coil, wire rod, hot rolled structural steel sections, which include beams, columns, channels, angles and sheet piles; direct reduced iron and steel billets. With the addition of the 40mm size, the rebar range is now complete. “We want to make sure that we provide the market with its requirements of steel rebar in all sizes to cover the needs of our customers and to bridge the gap in the market,” added Al Romaithi. Prior to that, requirements for 40mm rebar were covered by imports, mainly from Turkey. But now that Emirates Steel has added that size to its portfolio, the need for imports has been sharply reduced.
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“We want to make sure that we provide the market with its requirements of steel rebar in all sizes” around two per cent. These figures are expected to remain unchanged in 2013.
Technical modifications Al Romaithi said he expects Emirates Steel to grab the largest share in the 40mm bracket of the rebar market, competing against Turkish domination. To start the production of the new-size rebar, certain technical modifications had to be made to the rebar plant. Emirates Steel is a leading producer of rebar, which is regarded as a premium quality product due to the sourcing of premium quality iron ore, the state-ofthe-art assets used in the manufacturing process and the implementation of internal quality control procedures. Emirates Steel is certified to manufacture Grade B500B rebar and coil, in addition to Grade 460B. Emirates Steel is owned by SENAAT, the UAE’s largest industrial conglomerate and a driving force for implementing the Abu Dhabi government’s industrial diversification policy. Strategically located in the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi some 35-km away from the heart
of the city of Abu Dhabi, Emirates Steel is the only integrated steel plant in the UAE, utilising the latest rolling mill technology to produce rebar, wire rod and heavy sections. ■
Potroom takes shape at EMAL Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) and ECL France joined together and celebrated the installation of the first Pot Tending Machine (PTM) for the project’s Phase II expansion. The PTM is one of fifteen such machines that will operate on the new potline at EMAL, which, once completed, will be the longest single potline in the world at 1.7-km. As part of the Phase II development, ECL has supplied EMA L with equipment for the potroom comprising of 15 PTMs, 2 transfer Gantries, 1 cathode transport crane, 2 lifting beams, 16,200 anode clamps and a pair of J-hooks for activities connected with the operation of the reduction cell.
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An alternative to mortar Tremco illbruck was created from the merger of Tremco’s European Sealant and Weatherproofing Division with Illbruck Sealant Systems in September 2005. It's a combination which the company says gives Tremcoillbruck a leadership position in the sealants, glazing, waterproofing, flooring and passive fire protection markets throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Tremco-illbruck also claims to be a centre for innovation. In particular, the company mention the centre of excellence for polyurethane foam products, based in Arkel, Netherlands, which has, according to the company, introduced some 'truly unique and remarkable products' in the past couple of years. In addition to traditional construction foams and fire rated foams Tremco recently introduced an elastic foam (FM637), for rapid
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sealing of movement joints and gaps, high strength foam construction adhesive (PU108) for immediate bonding of demanding construction substrates and PU700 masonry adhesive. This latter product is designed to replace traditional sand/cement mortar. Tremco claims it is quick, clean, light weight and incredibly strong. One single can of PU700 replaces 25kg of mortar. A bond is made within 10-15 minutes which is actually stronger than the cohesive strength of the blocks being bonded., Tremco claim. The manufacturer says the PU 700 is particularly useful in high rise construction, fast track projects and prefabricated construction. PU 700 is also suitable for internal and external applications and apparently provides long-term resistance to water and dilute acid and alkaline solutions.
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Slower growth seen for genset sales Limited production of gensets in the region means demand is largely met through imports.
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HIS REVIEW COVERS both diesel and gas engine driven generating sets for the markets of the Middle East and North Africa. The market is primarily measured in aggregate generating capacity rather than in terms of volume or value. This tends to provide a more accurate analysis as it is not affected by changes in ‘mix’ or the movement of exchange rates. In recent years there has been a marked increase in the demand for small units i.e. below 7.5 kVA which, on occasions, has tended to distort the patterns of demand. It is still early in the New Year to have definitive information on the full outcome of the last year, 2012, but this review does draw comparisons between 2011 and the latest data available for 2012.
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In 2011 the markets of the Middle East increased by over one third to a total of 10,360 MWe. This represented the aggregate electrical output of 98,000 generating sets having a value of US$1.67bn and was against the backdrop of a falling market for two consecutive years in 2009 and 2010. However this recovery appears to have been short lived in 2012. In 2011 the Middle East markets represented 12.3 per cent of global demand, but if sets below 7.5 kVA were excluded the total consumption of units was more than halved to 47,600 (10,155 MWe); 12.4 per cent of global demand
Imports represent a significant element of the market and in 2012 a total of 130,000 sets were imported
valued at US$1.52bn. In terms of aggregate output fifty one per cent of all units consumed had ratings in excess of 750 kVA i.e. a total of 4,500 units with an aggregate capacity of 5,275 MWe. The number of generating sets consumed in 2012 increased by 19,500 to 117,850, but the aggregate generating capacity fell by seven per cent to 9,600 MWe with the market valued at US$1.65bn; 10.2 per cent of the global total. During the year there appears to have been an exceptional increase in the demand for units below 7.5 kVA bringing the total for the year to 70,000. These represent almost 60 per cent of all units sold but only three per cent of the total generating capacity and 13 per cent of the market value. There was an unexpected fall in demand for generating plant between 75 and 2,000 kVA, a range which in the past has provided steady growth, but an encouraging increase for sets between 2,000-4,000 kVA. However, in aggregate, units above 375 kVA still accounted for 70 per cent of the megawatt
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demand and 60 per cent of the value. When taken over the past five years i.e. from 2007-2012 the underlying trend in demand has averaged 3.2 per cent annually, considerably lower than in similar periods in the past when it has been as high as nine per cent. With limited production facilities in the region, apart from those in the Lebanon, demand is largely met by imports from Europe, Asia and North America. Lebanon has grown in importance as a supplier to both the Middle East and Africa in recent years. In 2011 it secured a 10 per cent share of the African market and for the first time became the fourth largest supplier to that continent after the UK, China and France. Middle East imports increased significantly in 2011, a positive improvement following the progressive decline since their peak in 2008. A total of 96,500 generating sets having an aggregate generating capacity of 10,150 MWe and value of US$1.63bn were imported, the highest level ever recorded: almost seven per cent more than the peak of 2008. In terms of aggregate output 70 per cent of these had ratings greater than 375 kVA. By 2012 imports were 7.5 per cent lower at 9,380 MWe and valued at US$1.61bn. Because of the high level of imports of sets below 7.5 kVA volume is estimated to have increased by almost 20,000 units to 115,500. Over the past five years imports have risen at a rate of about three per cent annually. Apart from the plethora of small gensets, those with ratings between 7.5 and 75 kVA at 24,000 units are back to the peak level of 2008, and although there was modest growth in the import of sets above 2,000 kVA, the demand for others between 75 and 2,000 kVA declined. The underlying trend of imports for the past five years has been four per cent annually. The Middle East is the world’s third largest importer of generating plant and accounts for 19 per cent of the global genset trade after the Far East at 31 per cent and Europe 20 per cent. The United Kingdom remains the largest supplier to the region with a 34 per cent market share, followed by China which, over the past five years, has increased its share of exports to Middle Eastern markets to 17 per cent. The USA maintained its 13 per cent share but the Lebanon saw a considerable decline from 13 per cent in 2011 to seven per cent last year. South Korea has emerged more recently as an important supplier of larger generating plant for sets of a capacity in www.technicalreview.me
excess of 2,000 kVA. The top five suppliers to the region meet 80 per cent of the demand. In 2012 the five major consuming countries in the Middle East were the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait. These five countries consumed 97,000 generating sets and accounted for 84 per cent of the market. Whilst in recent years the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been the two dominant markets, in 2011 the Iraq market grew by almost two and a half times its 2010 level to become the third largest in the region, but did not deliver any growth in 2012. The consumption of generating sets in North Africa has continued to fall from 1,935 MWe in 2010 to 1,500 MWe in 2011
Lebanon has grown in importance as a supplier to both the Middle East and Africa in recent years
and 1,310 MWe last year. In 2012 the latest figures indicate that although unit demand increased by 2,300 units to 16,000 this was only for generating sets below 375 kVA output, and mostly below 7.5 kVA. The value of the North African market in 2012 is estimated to be in the order of US$225mn. This is just 15 per cent of the African continental total. The three markets which continue to be affected by the ‘popular uprisings’ are Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The Egyptian market today is half the size it was in 2010 and is now at its lowest level since 2006. Whereas the Libyan market was virtually non-existent in 2011 it has recovered to approximately half its level in 2010, but is still only 40 per cent of what it was in 2009. The Tunisian market has been regaining momentum and is now back to two thirds of its capacity in 2009/10. It will take a number of years for these markets to recover from the effects of the set-back to their economies. In 2012 the combined markets of the Middle East and North Africa are estimated to have consumed a total of
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134,000 generating sets having an aggregate generating capacity of 10,955 MWe (Fig.1). In terms of aggregate generating capacity 4,390 gensets above 750 kVA output represent almost 50 per cent of total consumption, whereas those in the range 75-750 kVA, considered to be the centre of gravity of the market, at 22,500 units were 4,500 MWe. Whilst the market increased in volume by 22,000 units in 2012, these were almost entirely generating sets below 7.5 kVA. During the five years since 2007 the combined markets of the Middle East and North Africa have been growing at an annual rate of 2.2 per cent (Fig.2); significantly less than for the past decade when growth has been in double digits due to the substantial growth between 2002 and 2007. In 2012 the regional market was valued at US$1.9bn, marginally less than in 2011 (Fig.3). Imports represent a significant element of the market and in 2012 a total of 130,000 sets were imported having an aggregate generating capacity of 10,500 MWe (Figs.4 & 5). Apart from Lebanon and, to a lesser extent, Egypt, there are
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few significant producers in the region. Electricity consumption in the Middle East and North Africa was growing at a compound annual rate of 6.1 per cent between 2004 and 2010, and last year was estimated to be approximately 1,000 million MW hours (Fig.6); a rate of increase identical to the annual increase in installed generating capacity (Fig.7). By comparison the demand for diesel generating plant has, on average, grown at a lesser rate than this for the past five years. The United Arab Emirates is the largest of all Middle Eastern and North African genset markets, though its economy, in terms of gross domestic product, is less than that of Saudi Arabia. The UAE currently has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and its real GDP is projected to grow by up to four per cent in
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2013, fuelled by strong crude oil prices and an expansion in tourism, trade and industry. Although the United Arab Emirates is becoming less dependent on natural resources as a source of revenue, petroleum and natural gas exports still play an important role in the economy. A total of 47,500 sets were consumed in 2012 by comparison with 33,000 the previous year, but the aggregate megawatt capacity had reduced by 100 MWe to 2,840 MWe. This arose because there was an increase in demand of nearly thirty percent for gensets up to 75 kVA, the majority of these between one and 7.5 kVA. The demand for sets in the range 752,000 kVA fell by nine per cent, but because of increased demand in the range 2-4,000 kVA the total market was valued at US$515mn. Driven largely by high oil prices and expansionary public spending, Saudi Arabia’s economy has expanded at an average growth rate of 3.5 per cent over the past five years. It grew at a faster-thanexpected rate of 6.8 per cent in 2012 compared to 8.5 per cent in 2011. The petroleum sector accounts for roughly 80 per cent of budget revenues, 45 per cent of GDP, and 90 per cent of export earnings. The construction, wholesale & retail trade and transport, storage & communications sectors all performed well. Lower oil production is likely to slow the Saudi Arabian economy down in 2013 but this could be offset by planned expansion in the non-hydrocarbon sector. Real GDP is projected to grow by around 4.2 per cent in 2013. In 2012 a total of 17,000 sets were sold, an increase of 4,000 on the previous year, but rather like the UAE this was entirely due to the demand for the smaller units between 1-75 kVA. Overall the market was valued at US$425mn, a US$30mn increase on the previous year. Iraq's largely state-run economy is dominated by the oil sector and provides more than 90 per cent of government revenue and 80 per cent of foreign exchange earnings. In 2012 oil exports were 2.6mn barrels per day, almost 20 per cent more than in 2011. Government revenues also increased as global oil prices remained high. The country has further potential to expand its oil exports and revenues in the foreseeable future. GDP is estimated to have grown by 10.2 per cent in 2012 to a purchasing power parity of US$155bn. The generating set market saw little growth in 2012 after the big upsurge in 2011, consuming 22,000 generating sets
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with a generating capacity of 1700 MWe and a value of US$320mn; US$10mn higher than the previous year. The World Bank has revised Lebanon’s real GDP growth for 2012 down from 2.8 to 1.7 per cent. It attributed the country’s economic slowdown to the effects of the turmoil in Syria. This caused growth in 2011 of three per cent to drop to this level in 2012, compared to an average of 3.8 per cent for the region. Lebanon’s GDP growth is forecast at 2.8 per cent for 2013 and to rise gradually thereafter to four per cent by 2015. While the Syrian unrest continues it is bound to have an effect on domestic inflation, foreign investment and generating set production. Although the domestic market is reasonably small and valued at around US$95mn, Lebanon is a major producer and exporter to the markets of the Middle East and Africa. In 2012 it is expected, once final data is available, that Lebanese manufacturers will have exported at least 15,000 generating sets to these markets. In Egypt the uprising initially created the opportunity for some long-term political and economic change, but this appears to have stalled in recent months. Foreign currency reserves remain low and the impact on the government has limited their ability to deliver change. Egypt’s problems additionally include a large budget gap and high unemployment which have necessitated the government’s request for a substantial IMF loan. Economic growth, which was recovering after the global financial crisis of 2008, fell from 5.1 per cent during fiscal year 2009/10 to an estimated 1.8 per cent in 2010/11 and is projected to have been only 0.8 per cent in 2012, but hopefully recovering again in 2013 to 2.8 per cent. The consumption of diesel generating sets has steadily diminished over the past three years; from 6,000 units in 2009 to 4,900 in 2011 and in 2012 is unlikely to exceed 3,375. In particular the demand for larger generating plant above 750 kVA has fallen from 500 to 120 units over the past three years. Whilst there has been some growth in the range from 75-375 kVA in 2012 the market has declined at an average rate of 2.5 per cent annually since 2007 and demand in 2012, valued at US$75mn, has fallen back to the level it was in 2006. The Algerian economy was forecast to grow by 3.1 per cent last year and by 4.2 per cent in 2013. However, the IMF recently forecast that GDP growth is more likely to be 2.5 and 3.4 per cent respectively. Domestic demand, public www.technicalreview.me
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Consumption of diesel generating sets has diminished over the past three years spending and revenues from the oil and gas sector continue to drive the economy. The revenues from oil and gas alone presently account for over 95 per cent of the country’s exports highlighting the need for further diversification, and following recent events, much more security. Algeria presently trades most extensively with France and Italy in terms of both its imports and exports. A total of 6,100 generating sets were consumed in 2012. Although almost 1,000 more than 2011 the demand for larger units above 750 KVA has been diminishing. In the five years since 2007 the market has declined on average by 3.4 per cent annually and is today valued at US$80mn. The majority of the markets needs are imported.
In 2011 global consumption reached 84,050 MWe, the highest ever recorded. This was 6.5 per cent higher than the previous year. Whilst only half the growth rate of 2010 it reflected the continual improvement in market conditions since 2009. Although market demand was slowing during the latter part of 2012 it is expected that once final data is available the market will have grown again marginally to 85,400 MWe. The compound annual growth for the five years from 2007 to 2012, which includes the downturn in 2009, has only been 2.3 per cent by comparison with an underlying rate of seven per cent for the past decade. In 2012 it is estimated that a total of 1.25mn generating sets valued at US$16.2bn were consumed; 43,000 more than in 2011 (Fig.8 & 9). Of these 1.25 million generating sets consumed by the world’s markets in 2012 fifty per cent were of an output of less than 7.5 kVA, but represented only three per cent of the aggregate generating capacity. If sets in the range from 7.5-75 kVA are added the total increases to seventy per cent. In the 75 to 375 kVA band, which for the past
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fastest growing regional market, a position it has retained for the past decade. With a compound annual growth rate of nine per cent since 2007, at 34,430 MWe it is twice as large as the European market and nearly twice the size of the North, Central and South American markets combined. By comparison the
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European, North American and African markets have shown virtually no growth in recent years. South America, by contrast, has grown at a rate of 11 per cent per annum since 2007 whilst the Middle East has been expanding at the lesser rate of 3.2 per cent. Exports constitute a large element of the world demand for generating sets. In 2011 a total of 583,000 sets were exported having an aggregate generating capacity of 54,100 MWe i.e. 64 per cent of total consumption with a value of US$9.5bn. In 2012 that is estimated to have declined slightly to 578,000 sets with a generating capacity of 50,000 MWe valued at US$8.9bn. Apart from China, South Korea, Japan and India the major manufacturers are mostly located in the Western hemisphere. The UK achieved a 25 per cent share of world exports, China 21 per cent (three quarters of which was in the range 75-2,000 kVA), and the USA 15 per cent. China has almost doubled its share of international trade in generating plant since 2008, most noticeably by increasing its export of generating sets above 750 kVA by two and a half times (Fig.10). In 2012 the global installed generating capacity of major power plant installations is estimated to have been 5,400 gigawatts. This capacity has been growing at a compound annual rate of 3.7 per cent during the past decade. By comparison the global consumption of electricity was growing at the slightly lesser rate of 3.5 per cent annually, due mostly to the slower rate of economic growth in both Europe and North America. The shortage or lack of, generating capacity in any given market where load factors are rising can influence the demand for engine driven generating plant. Due to the slowdown in international generating set trade during the last quarter of 2012, and the fact that only three regional markets - the Middle East, Far East and South America – are showing any signs of growth, it is probable that 2013 will be a year of zero growth. ■
Copyright: Gerald Parkinson © 2012 Acknowledgements: Data for this article is provided from GENSTAT, a definitive database analysing the worldwide market for generating sets in over 200 countries. For more information contact George Williamson at Parkinson Associates - Tel. 01452 534 388 or e-mail enquiries@parkinsonassociates.com www.technicalreview.me
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BRIEFLY ■ APR ENERGY RECENTLY announced that it has signed the largest contract in the company’s history and historically one of the largest interim power projects with a public utility. The contract, signed with the national utility of Libya will provide for a full turnkey 250MW power plant. The fast-track solution, featuring mobile turbines will help to provide interim power while the country repairs and builds its infrastructure as well as cover anticipated power demand during the critical summer season. The Libya contract will be the eighth major project that APR Energy has completed in Africa, and is the latest in a series of projects using dual-fuel turbines as a fuelflexible and efficient solution for its customer. APR Energy's contracted solution in Libya will comprise four sites, stretching from the northern to the southern end of the country, to meet the electricity needs on a regional level.
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Water shortage looms for Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA NEEDS to step up efforts to prevent a possible water supply shortage caused by a rapid growth in its population, steady expansion in the industrial sector and low water tariffs, the Kingdom’s largest bank said recently. Water shortages are a sensitive issue in the region
The population in the world’s largest oil exporter has grown at an average three per cent annually over the past two decades and is expected to maintain that pace over the next five years, National Commercial Bank (NCB) said.
While water consumption over the same period has fallen by approximately 1.5 per cent annually, the demand for desalinated water has increased by more than double that of the population growth, at 6.27 per cent, it said in a study. ‘The water-power nexus is a time-sensitive challenge faced by countries worldwide, with especially grave consequences for countries in the MENA region and especially Saudi Arabia,’ said the study. ‘The Kingdom’s rapidly rising population, expansionary fiscal policies and large investments in social and physical infrastructure, have exerted pressure on the existing water networks…..the accelerated pace of water consumption relative to that of population is attributed to the low utility rates faced by the public, as the water sector is heavily subsidized by the government.’ The study said average water tariffs in Saudi Arabia are the lowest within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and among the lowest in the world. ‘As the Saudi population is estimated to reach 31.69 mn in 2015, additional pressure will be placed on energy intensive desalination plants for potable water,’ NCB said.
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Nesma secures KAUST substation deal NESMA ELECTRIC HAS recently secured a contract from Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to build a substation at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal. Under the agreement, the Jeddah-based engineering and contracting company for power transmission, distribution and generation field will set up a 110/13.8kV www.nesma.com substation known as KAUST2 at the university valued at US$21.3 million. Nesma Electric Deputy General Manager Salah Al-Sunaid said “We are committed and honored to deliver the best services to our prestigious clients. At Nesma Electric, quality objective and business objectives are synonyms.” The KAUST-2 substation project is on fast track and is very critical. The project is being financed by Saudi Aramco and is supervised by Saudi Electricity Company. Nesma Electric is a subsidiary company of Nesma Holding Group chaired by Sheikh Salah Al-Turki
Rittal hails MEE success RITTAL MIDDLE EAST (Part of Rittal GmbH & Co. KG), a leading system supplier for industrial enclosures, climate control, IT infrastructure, power distribution and software & services, enjoyed a successful participation with their Innovations Stand (Hall 5, Stand 6-A10) at the recent Middle East Electricity Exhibition (MEE) in Dubai. Showcased on the stand were Rittal’s industrialelectrical products including AE enclosures, CM enclosures, TS-8 enclosures, stainless steel products, RiLine components complying to global standards and certifications, EX enclosures plus Innovation Ri4Power (form-4, type tested MCC’s Acc. to IEC 947), SE enclosures, cooling units with ‘Blue-e’ technology, and more. Rittal found the exhibition to be the right platform to recognise key channel players by giving special awards for their contributions to the company’s success in the A view of the Rittal region. The president & stand at MEE vice-president from Rittal’s Germany HQ visited the exhibition and were present at the Rittal stand to interact with clients. Commenting on this year’s participation, Mr. Najjar, MD Rittal MEA said: “MEE is an ideal platform for launching new products and creating brand awareness. Rittal consider MEE as a very important event for our growth and development in the region. Apart from continually innovating products, we have increased our strength by 20 per cent in 2012 and look forward to further expansion in 2013 in order to better penetrate and support our markets all over the region.” www.technicalreview.me
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Batteries for demanding applications
BRIEFLY ■ SPURRED ON BY transmission and distribution bottlenecks and the ensuing power shortage, the Gulf Co-operation Council’s (GCC’s) 15-2,000 kilovoltampere (kVA) diesel genset market is poised for steady growth. Several new construction projects coming up over the next five years will sustain the need for diesel gensets and drive sales. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s (http://www.energy.frost.com) Strategic Analysis of GCC Diesel Genset Market (15-2,000 kVA) research finds that market earned revenues of more than US$564.6 mn in 2011 and estimates this to reach US$950.4 mn by 2018. “Since grid electricity supply is either unreliable owing to extreme desert conditions or is prohibitively priced, several companies, particularly those drilling in oil reserves, rely on diesel genset power to maintain operational effectiveness,” said Frost & Sullivan Energy & Power Systems Program Manager Anup Barapatre. “Demand from the residential segment will increase owing to the growing population and higher living standards.” In Saudi Arabia, high peak power deficit, along with delayed power plant projects, is expected to drive the uptake of diesel gensets. Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait will witness high growth rates due to industrial and commercial development. Although these industrial and commercial segments are picking up pace, certain projects that were deferred or cancelled due to the 2009 economic downturn curb sales of diesel gensets in the GCC. An increasing focus on alternative sources such as solar energy, high fuel costs, and environmental concerns will adversely impact the demand for diesel gensets, the report says. The increasing presence of manufacturers from China and India will also intensify competition in the region, thereby decreasing profit margins. “Suppliers must form local joint ventures and partnerships to strengthen their brand name and establish business relationships with key end users,” noted Barapatre. “Sound local logistics support is necessary to supply units and transfer personnel to remote locations.” Ensuring quality after-sales services, skilled manpower, and spare parts availability will sustain business in the long run.
SAFT NIFE® ME Ltd, the regional representative of one of the leading designers and manufacturers of hi-tech industrial batteries, was at Middle East Electricity earlier this year to showcase a selection of its latest batteries, baased on nickelcadmium (NiCd) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) technologies. Saft says its batteries are ideally suited to the harsh temperatures and operating environments found in the Middle East, where they apparently offer low maintenance, reliability, long-life and optimised Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in applications including back-up power and off-grid hybrid power systems. Highlights of the Saft stand included the Uptimax New Generation and Tel X. NiCd batteries, Intensium®, Flex and Evolion® Li-ion batteries. Saft says the Uptimax batteries deliver reliable backup for stationary power applications, whilst also being www.saftbatteries.com maintenance-free under certain conditions. The Tel X batteries are designed for offshore oil and gas installations. Saft also exhibited its Ni-Cd block battery ranges, the low-maintenance SPH range and the specialised Sunica.plus batteries.
Bauer offers innovative compressor range FROM ITS ROTORCOMP products to its new series of air and gas measurement systems, Bauer Kompressoren offers a wide range of compressor products. Bauer subsidiary ROTORCOMP offers a portfolio which includes air ends, compact units, gas ends, booster units, catalytic oil free converters, engineered components, gas measurement systems and accessories. Meanwhile, Bauer’s new range of measurement systems is designed to monitor air or gas quality for industrial
and breathing air applications. The measurement systems are certified
according to ISO 8573 and/or to EN 12021 standards, with other standards also available, the company said. The measurement systems include the RCS oil monitor, RCS oiltube, RCS air mobile (available in basic or pro), RCS multigas and RCS multigas ultra. According to Bauer, advantages of the measurement systems include costefficiency; flexible and modular products; customised applications; reliability and accuracy; and the possibility of on-site calibration.
machines i.e. CNC plasma cutter, rolling machine, press brake, CNC turning center, radial drilling machine, welding manipulator, hydraulic cylinders, and a straightening press. These machines will further help AFI to expanding its manufacturing capabilities from manufacturing of regular cylinders, HPU fabrications, mobile equipment and other various jobs like fabrication and assembly of super suckers, special fabrications like pipe containers, pipe racks, and skids. The equipment will also assist in the
precision machining of motors, pipe supports and shafts, and for mechanical assemblies like scrapper handling. According to Amjad Khan, factory manager at AFI: “These advancements will increase our productivity and will help with timely delivery and improve the quality of our products. “It will also encourage the sales team to showcase our facilities to their customers and will generate trust and confidence so that they purchase their requirements from us”. With this, it will lead to increase of turnover and profitability ,” Khan said.
AFI - investing in the future IN KEEPING WITH the Saudi objective to manufacture locally, AFI is investing in the expansion of its fabrication facilities up to 900 sqm. This will increase the company’s fabrication capabilities for industrial vacuum loaders, vacuum & jetting tankers, lubrication trucks, containers and other fabrication jobs. This is expected to be completed by Q3. Moreover, AFI Factory has invested by acquiring new machinery. The objective is to have more advanced technology and higher productivity. The company has acquired at least eight www.technicalreview.me
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FAMCO cites MEE success AL-FUTTAIM AUTO & Machinery Co LLC (FAMCO) presented a range of Yanmar and Himoinsa generators at Middle East Electricity this year, including an array of features and benefits available on the different sizes of units. These included Yanmar generators ranging from two kva to 70 kva with Himoinsa generators ranging from 3 kva to 3000 kva. The company also displayed portable lighting towers that are apparently quite popular at construction sites, camp sites and event sites. Technical Review spoke to Terry McGuire, General Manager, Power & Industrial Products Division, Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co. LLC FAMCO). "Visitors will have seen the tremendous brand presence we had there - our message was loud and clear – we want people to know that FAMCO are serious about the power industry. The winning of the Middle East Electricity Award for the best campaign of 2013 was a great recognition that our efforts are being noticed. We are already in the UAE and Qatar and are now entering the Saudi market. We are also building upon the experience we have in providing services to our customers. This is most important as we move forward," McGuire said. FAMCO has several divisions. For the power division, the successful installation and commissioning of the 2000 kVA Himoinsa generator at Ikea, in Doha was one highlight of a busy 2012. "Our dealer initiative is also gaining momentum as we attract some new and traditional players in the market", McGuire said. "Our aims are to expand our Yanmar presence in the local market and build a comprehensive dealer network which includes
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Africa. As for Himoinsa we are looking to increase our position in the rental market as well as promoting awareness of the brand across the region," he added. McGuire said the market is now maturing where service, quality and reliability are key differentiators. "Customers are becoming more discerning and demanding, and we are proud to be known for customer service, as well as some great brands. We are building our teams across the region to meet the demands of existing and new customers," he concluded.
WEPower 2013 - an ideal networking opportunity THIS YEAR’S SAUDI International Water, Electricity and Power Generation Forum takes place from 19-21 May. The ninth edition of the Eastern Province’s leading all-forms power event is again being held in the Dhahran IEC. Nearly 4,000 interested visitors came to the associated products exhibition last year; for details of the many product sectors including water desalination equipment and services on display in 2013 see the website detailed below. Except on the opening day entry is available between 10.00 and 18.00hrs. Arrangements at this year’s WEPower Forum are being supported from Riyadh by the Ministry of Water & Electricity and ‘Technical Review Middle East’ is proud to have been appointed Official Publisher for the latest edition of such a regionally important and increasingly popular annual event. More than 200 delegates are expected at the strategic conference which lies at the heart of this event in the Kingdom’s largest energy producing- and – consuming region this year. As the published-online programme shows, the Forum has been arranged essentially this year as distinctive Power and Water days (13 and 14 May www.technicalreview.me
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respectively), but with considerable overlap reflecting the integrated nature of the utilities industries as represented by companies such as WEC in the KSA today. It will again present delegates with a wide range of representatives from these inter-related industry sectors. The gathering is therefore being offered once
again as an ideal opportunity to network with the leaders of the Kingdom’s (and some of the rest of the whole MENA region’s) really big players in these core activities, such as Desertec (currently implementing a huge solar power export scheme in North Africa and represented at this event by the Foundation’s Gulf
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Power & Water regional co-ordinator), the Kingdom’s Electricity Cogeneration Regulatory Authority, MARAFIQ (the utility company supplying Jubail and Yanbu, and now operating the world’s largest integrated power and desalination complex), the Saline Water Conversion Corp, both Saudi Electricity Co and Saudi Aramco, and the national IWPP specialists WEC/Water & Electricity Co. There will also be a series of important contributions from senior staff of various departments at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, located at Thuwal on the Red Sea coast. And both the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme via
their respective MENA divisions will be involved in the two days of high-level discussions too. This Science & Technology University is of course a world-leading basic science, research and development institution whose international advisory council includes senior academics from the universities of Cambridge (UK), Munich (TUM, Germany), Zurich (ETH, Switzerland), California and the USA’s Jet propulsion Laboratory. Senior executives of both SABIC and Saudi Aramco are members of this Council, and the administrators of the fast-growing King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology are involved as well.
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KAUST, featured at the rostrum on both days of this year’s Forum, itself incorporates separate Engineering & Research Centres on the west coast covering respectively Solar and Alternative energy, and Desalination combined with Water re-use. Featured at the Forum will be an important presentation from Abhay Bhargava, one of the business consultants at Frost & Sullivan, in the form of a contribution to the Electricity Generation session on the afternoon of the 13th. Mr Bhargava heads F&S’s Energy & Power Systems Practice and will be contributing to a post-lunch discussion on renewable energy in general.
Bosch consolidates its regional presence BOSCH INDUSTRIEKESSEL AND Bosch KWK Systems is part of the globally active Bosch Group. These two companies, which together make up the large plant business area of Bosch's Thermotechnology Division, offer energy-efficient system solutions apparently capable of meeting virtually any customer requirement. Prior to mid-2012 the companies sold and marketed their products under the LOOS and KÖHLER & ZIEGLER brand names, but have now pooled their strengths and are operating as Bosch. At modern production facilities in Germany and Austria, Bosch manufactures over 1,500 boiler systems annually. Their product range comprises steam boilers with an output range from 175 kg/h up to 55,000 kg/h. Furthermore, Bosch produce hot water boilers for power ranges of up to 38 MW and heating boilers up to 19.2 MW. The company's boiler house components in modular technology can be used individually and simplify the planning, construction and operation of the boiler systems. Bosch also offers a comprehensive range of services to complement its product portfolio. The company says efficient use of energy is a key factor in remaining competitive. Whether for industry, business, private or public institutions or energy supply companies, Bosch says it can help you realise the best solution for your needs. The company's modular products range from heat production in industrial boiler systems, large-scale solar plants and heat pumps to combined heat and power units and ORC systems. Bosch says its high quality standards and comprehensive service can ensure the long-lasting, cost-effective and sustainable operation of your plant. Alongside innovative boiler system
All boiler systems can be equipped with intuitive touchscreen controls
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technology, the ideal energy concept frequently includes additional important components such as combined heat and power, heat pumps or solar thermal energy. "As a company within the Bosch Group, we have access to an extensive range of additional system solutions in thermal technology. This enables us to combine different technologies and to implement these for the benefit of customers," a Bosch spokesman said. "A boiler system tailored to your requirements is a firm foundation on which to build a competitive edge for your company in the long term. We offer seamless modular solutions across our entire boiler range", he added. Product dimensions and equipment levels are tailored to the customer's individual needs, and a wide range of options and variants are available. Their high-quality design ensures that acceptance proceeds without a hitch. All boiler systems can be equipped with intuitive touchscreen controls. The coherent operating logic with integrated protection functions guarantees fully automatic operation of the boiler systems. Efficient bus system technology ensures the intelligent networking of the individual modules and enables overarching control systems to be integrated easily. For instance the control systems of Bosch equipment are ready for use with its cost-effective Teleservice. With more than 100,000 systems supplied in over 140 countries, Bosch says this is a clear testament to the quality and reliability of these power generation solutions. www.technicalreview.me
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Energising business opportunities Linked displays of mainstream and alternative power supplies, HVAC and lighting equipment and water resources management products arrive in Riyadh at the end of May.
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ITH RENEWED EMPHASIS on business opportunities the 16th multi-sector Saudi Energy trade exhibition starts in Riyadh on 26 May and remains open for three more days. This international trade exhibition Saudi focused but now one of the largest in the whole region - covers power generation, alternative energy sources, water technology, lighting products and HVAC - all under the patronage of the Kingdom’s Water & Electricity Ministry. The show is timed to run concurrently with Makinat Saudi Arabia, a complementary event which focuses on industrial machinery, machine tools and related equipment. Nearly 340 exhibitors from 11 countries, more than half of them from overseas and including teams from India, South Korea and the USA, participated last year. All were anticipating an enhanced share in the estimated US$200-300 billion
expected to be spent on these products within the GCC over the next 10 years, well over US$100 bn in the Kingdom alone, where no less than six IPP power plants along with the world’s largest combined power and water facility (a massive fullyintegrated 2400MW unit) are currently scheduled for completion. The organisers remind participants that the Kingdom’s all-forms energy sector is still witnessing unprecedented growth, with the principal power utility business alone now being expected to supply in excess of six million individual consumers, a number which is rising by more than five per cent
Last year alone US$37.5 billion was invested in power generation projects within the Kingdom
On show at Saudi Energy Electricity: ■ Power generation ■ HV transmission ■ Distribution networks ■ Switchgear ■ Transformers ■ Diagnostic equipment ■ Monitoring, control ■ Portable generators ■ Electrical engineering, general ■ Electrical supplies, general ■ Switches, controls ■ Cables, wiring ■ Power protection ■ Metering equipment ■ Temperature, quality control Water: ■ Central control systems ■ Water conservation, reclamation ■ Desalination equipment ■ Drainage systems, storage ■ Effluent treatment ■ Remote sensing ■ Hygrometers ■ Pipes, fittings ■ RO units ■ Valves, gaugesits ■ Analysis/test equipment ■ Management of distribution networks ■ Management tools Lighting: ■ Ornamental fittings ■ Concealed fittings ■ Display lighting ■ Fluorescent fittings, luminaires ■ Large-area lighting ■ Domestic fittings ■ Antique, modern fittings ■ Garden lighting ■ Security lighting ■ Flood lighting ■ Street lighting ■ Controls
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Alternative energy: ■ Biofuels ■ Subsoil energy ■ Photovoltaic, other solar products ■ On-/offshore wind energy
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each year; as a result 13 per cent per annum is the estimated average growth rate needed in generation capacity through 2015. Last year alone US$37.5 bn was invested in power generation projects within the Kingdom alone. In line with the Supreme Economic Council’s plans, which of course cover the huge Economic Cities programme, the share of alternative sources is rising fast, and the first nationwide round of solarproject tenders is about to be launched. All this expansion in primary capacity has to be at least matched in provision of equipment and services for the transmission and distribution sectors - more than US$250mn for a brand-new grid to link the brand-new widely spaced industrial, educational and healthcare communities, for example. The electrical energy boom is closely linked to the SEC’s plans to transform the country into not only a global centre of energy but a major, fully diversified industrial, transportation and logistical hub serving an immediate regional market of over 250 million citizens and expatriate workers as well.
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Sustainable long-term growth cannot be sustained without a major influx of knowledge-related activities, they believe, the whole rationale behind the worldleading Economic City programme.
Largest market All these plans need power, water and electrical products and services if they are to be realisable. Saudi Arabia is by far the largest single market for these within the GCC region. “An ideal platform for ideal business opportunities” is how the organisers, Riyadh Exhibitions Co, describe this popular and well established event, which is one of the fastest growing trade shows in the Kingdom. “With every edition Saudi Energy increases in size as well as in number of exhibitors and visitors, gradually becoming the destination of choice for all professionals in the field including government officials, investors and buyers.” Previously collected data reveals that the exhibition has become a firm choice for officials from government agencies of most types, representatives from power
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On show at Saudi Energy Heating, ventilating, air conditioning: ■ Central units, technology ■ Instrumentation, controls ■ Cooling engineering ■ Ducting systems ■ Components, spare parts ■ Ventilation systems ■ Refrigeration, cooling ■ Industrial fans ■ Vents, grills ■ Large-scale food storage ■ Hospitality refrigeration ■ Process cooling companies (both in the public and private sectors), construction and general development companies, large industrial concerns, service providers and distributors/retailers of all related products. ■
Full details of the latest edition of this annual event can be found at www.saudienergy.com (+966 1 229 5604) For information about Makinat SA visit www.makinat-saudiarabia.com
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Sharjah-based Gulftainer operates a multi-purpose container terminal at berth eight in Umm Qasar South port.
Iraq invests in vital port refurbishment Following decades of neglect and underfunding, important investments are being made in Iraq’s port infrastructure. Lynda Davies reports.
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growth in 2013 compared with a forecast 10.2 per cent in 2012. Analysts note the country’s security environment is markedly better in the past 12 months than in previous years. While sporadic violence in some areas is expected to continue to disrupt the economy, many parts of southern Iraq are reported to be relatively stable. Iraq relies heavily on imports for its consumer goods and for its reconstruction programme and the robust economic growth will mean a commensurately increasing need for the country’s access to cargo transportation services and infrastructure. Iraq’s transport and logistics infrastructure suffered more than two decades of neglect and underinvestment as a result of war and economic sanctions.
In January this year, Iraq’s Ministry of Transport issued a tender for the design and construction of the port’s Western breakwater
While initial progress was halting and much work remains to be done, the past three-to-four years have seen the country make significant progress in refurbishing and developing the cargo handling capacity of its ports. In 2012, Iraqi ports achieved their highest rate of unloading cargo since 2003, according to an Iraq Ministry of Transport statement issued this January. The ministry attributed this achievement to rehabilitation and development projects as well as “professional administration”. After the Ministry of Transport halted its plans in 2008 to privatise Umm Qasr port, three overseas port and shipping companies have since started up terminals there after winning concessions from the ministry to upgrade and manage berths. Umm Qasr is Iraq’s only commercial deep-water port and now able to handle Panamax vessels, French shipping and port company CMA CGM launched its operation at the renovated berth four in Umm Qasr South Port in April 2010, introducing the first direct reefer service to and from Iraq. The quay is dedicated exclusively to CMA CGM. Sharjah-based Gulftainer Group operates a multipurpose container terminal at berth eight in Umm Qasr South port and the Iraq Container Terminal (ICT)
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at berths 10 and 11 of Umm Qasr North port, after winning the concessions to the berths in 2010. The company’s renovated berth eight facility, which handled its first container in August 2010, is equipped with two 100tonne capacity mobile harbour cranes and supporting container handling and project cargo handling equipment. The facility handled over 100,000 TEUs of containerised cargo and 20,000 tonnes of general cargo in 2012. ICT, built at a cost of US$120mn, became operational in August 2012. The terminal has a 11.5-metre draft and is equipped with two 40-tonne STS gantry cranes. A further two STS cranes are planned to be up and running in the fourth quarter of 2013. ICT handled around 5,000 TEUs in its first five months of operation. It can also accommodate reefers, with 200+ plugs available “ICT is being developed all the time with an additional 100,000m2 to be added to the terminal this year along with additional equipment to handle 400,000 TEUs,” said Gulftainer Company Ltd. managing director, Peter Richards. “Handling capacity will increase further to 800,000 TEUs when the additional gantry cranes come on line at the end of 2013.” Shipping lines using ICT currently include UASC, Maersk and MSC, and Gulftainer said it is in talks with several other lines. The Emirati company is now developing a new 750,000m² dry port close to Umm Qasr port, the so-named ‘Umm Qasr Logistics City’ (UQLC), which is set to become operational in the first quarter of this year. The new facility will include an inland container terminal which is expected to be a bonded facility, with a ‘road corridor’ that will allow the movement of containers between the facilities. UQLC is aimed at serving not only the container traffic at Umm Qasr port, but also the transport and logistics needs of the oil and gas industry in southern Iraq as well as companies developing infrastructure projects. “The UQLC will be a ‘common use’ facility,” Richards said, adding that the company is already receiving strong interest from other oil and gas related logistics providers for large laydown areas prior to the opening of UQLC. Gulftainer put the cost of the first phase of UQLC at US$48 million, and is already making inroads into phase 2. The company indicated it is conceivable the whole project will be “well in excess of US$150mn”. An up to US$30mn loan has been secured with the International www.technicalreview.me
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Finance Corporation for the development. Customs clearance issues remain protracted at Umm Qasr port, however, which leads to some congestion. Since Q4 of 2009, Germany’s Martrade Group in a joint venture with Kuwait’s Gazal Logistics operates a multi-user container terminal at Umm Qasr’s South Port berth five. Shipping lines calling at the berth include Yang Ming Lines, Simatech and XPress Feeders. The terminal’s handling equipment includes two gantry cranes with a combined handling capacity of 50 moves per hour. The facility has container yard space of 100,000m² for 7,500 TEUs that also can accommodate reefers.
A modern container operation is planned for Iraq’s Al Maqal port the old city port of Basra Dredging work is underway by GPCI to increase the draft alongside the berth to 11 metres at high water from the current nine metres. In addition to the container terminal in Umm Qasr South Port, Martrade also operates since 2011 fully equipped multipurpose terminals in the port of Khor Al Zubair. Dredging is ongoing to increase the draft from 8.5 metres to 10.5 metres in a first stage, and later is to be increased to 12.5 metres. After repeated delays, Iraq’s plans for the first phase of the ambitious Al Faw
Grand Port development on the Al Faw peninsula some 100-km southeast of Basra are slowly moving forward with the award in December 2012 of the US$264.8mn contract for the design and build of the staging pier/Eastern breakwater. GCPI made the award to Greek firm Archirodon Construction Company, one of two shortlisted companies. The work is expected to take 18 months. In January this year, Iraq’s Ministry of Transport issued a tender for the design and construction of the port’s Western breakwater. The deadline for submissions was 21 February. The cost of the first phase of the Al Faw port development, which is planned to include the construction of 11 berths, is put at an estimated US$6bn. Preliminary plans for the port include a 7,000-metre berth to receive container ships and a 3,500-metre berth for general cargo. The commercial port will also include two docks for unloading oil products. However, Kuwait is a building a major new container port on Bubiyan Island, the first phase of which is targeted to start up in 2017. Mubarak Al Kabir port will have an initial capacity to handle 1.8mn standard containers a year. The new port is earmarked ultimately to become one of Kuwait’s major freight-handling hubs, not only helping to ease the load on existing facilities at the country’s ports of Shuaiba and Shuwaikh, but also for it to be a handling hub for the wider region. Mubarak Al Kabir is a source of tension between the two countries. Bubiyan Island is located on the Khor Abdullah waterway which provides Iraq’s ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al Zubair their only
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access to the Arabian Gulf and is just 20km away from the planned Grand Faw port development. Iraq fears Kuwait’s new port will clog the already crowded narrow waterway and make it difficult for ships to get to Umm Qasr and Khor Al Zubair. Iraq’s authorities are also worried about the effect of Mubarak Al Kabir on their proposed Al Faw port. Kuwait insists that the new port will not have any effect on Iraq and claims the project would benefit the region. As a gesture of good will, Kuwait announced the cancellation of the planned fourth stage of the new port last year. A modern container operation is planned for Iraq’s Al Maqal port - the old city port of Basra - located on the Shatt Al Arab waterway. The Ministry of Transport and GCPI signed a 10-year agreement with US company North America Western Asia Holdings LLC (NAWAH) in October 2012 for the project. As part of the agreement, NAWAH will invest more than US$14mn to establish a fully automated modern container operation adjacent to Maqal’s berth 14. Other than handling low grade bulk cargo, the 93-year port has been largely unoperational since the Iran-Iraq war. “Currently, Maqal can support feeder vessel traffic and is a viable port operation at the current draft depth,“ NAWAH CEO and co-founder Paul Brinkley said. “We have based our business analysis on the current state of the Shatt Al Arab waterway. If the current draft of 4.5-5 metres is improved in the future – and long term we believe the waterway will be dredged – we obviously would be very pleased as it would enable Maqal to handle larger vessels.” The port project, which NAWAH sees as the first phase of the development it www.technicalreview.me
hopes to establish at Al Maqal, includes the installation of heavy-lift crane and container handling capabilities and the building of a modern container yard. Equipment for the initial phase of the operation will include one modern global
After repeated delays, Iraq’s plans for the first phase of the ambitious Al Faw Grand Port development on the Al Faw peninsula some 100-km southeast of Basra are slowly moving forward harbour crane. Work on the ground is already underway. NAWAH also is in the process of creating a port management company in southern Iraq, which will
initially focus on the Maqal operation. “We anticipate that we will fully enable a modern container operation at Al Maqal port on our current path by the end of calendar year 2013,“ Brinkley said. As the company will be the only container operator at Al Maqal, the chief executive said he could not discuss the initial container handling capacity that is planned for the port for competitive reasons. “We anticipate TEU volumes that will enable a profitable enterprise to serve the merchant and industrial communities in the city of Basra and the near neighbouring oil infrastructure development projects that are going on in close proximity to the port,” he said. “The speed at which Iraq can rebuild and become prosperous is greatly dependent upon the capacity of its ports,” Brinkley said. “The modernisation of Al Maqal port is an important step in helping Basra regain its status as a key regional trading hub. “Depending on which statistics you read, Basra has a population of one-totwo million people. It is a huge merchant community and increasingly wealthy population benefiting from robust economic growth that will require a lot of goods,” the chief executive continued. “ "The Al Maqal container operation will provide an alternative to Umm Qasr for Basra’s urban merchants and for international oil and gas companies to leverage as the port is in closer proximity to the city's market centre and the oil and gas fields,” Brinkley said. “There's such an immense growth in demand for containerised port capabilities that each of Iraq's ports will benefit - whether that port is a deepwater one capable of Panamax vessels or a port that handles shallow-water barges and other feeder vessels.” ■ Al Maqal port can support feeder vessel traffic.
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BRIEFLY ■ INCREASING FOREIGN NONOIL trade volumes and Gulf-wide port infrastructure and capacity development are playing a vital role in long term economic growth prospects for the region, which came under the industry spotlight at the World Ports & Trade Summit 2013 which took place in Abu Dhabi recently. “The UAE, and its neighbours are fast becoming a more cohesive maritime and air trade power that will provide a vital link between the Far East and Australasia. Europe and North America; and with over US$36bn investment into port transportation in some of the Gulf’s key destinations, the future potential for trade growth is unlimited,” said Chris Hayman, Chairman of Seatrade. “With the proposed GCC regional rail network entering the early phases of development in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the road map for land-sea-air connectivity is in place.”
UAE to generate logistics revenues in excess of US$9.4 billion BARLOWORLD LOGISTICS, A leading provider of logistics and supply chain management solutions, recently revealed its strategic growth plans for 2013, focusing on growth opportunities in key Middle East markets such as the UAE, which is projected to generate logistics revenues in excess of US$9.4bn by 2014. Barloworld has pointed out that the UAE remains central to its growth plans in 2013 being the world’s sixth largest freight market with up to 2.5mn tons of air cargo. Frank Courtney - chief executive EMEA for Barloworld Logistics International cargo demand in the Middle East, on the other hand, is expected to sustain its positive growth rate to reach 4.9 per cent in 2016, according to a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Barloworld Logistics further pointed out that the Middle East has the third fastest growth rate in the International Freight Developments category at 6.6 per cent. Frank Courtney, Barloworld Logistics chief executive for EMEA region, said: “We will continue to focus on delivering integrated smart supply chain solutions, empowering businesses to move forward with their expansion plans across new markets in the GCC and in the rest of the Middle East region. In particular, we are strengthening our presence in key markets such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which continue to witness a surge in cargo volumes year on year. Barloworld Logistics is confident of sustaining the gains we have achieved and realizing our growth targets for 2013. Our enthusiasm is driven by the successful strategic investments we have made in recent years, which have given us a strong head start as we aim to capitalise on new and exciting growth opportunities that have emerged in the region’s supply chain and logistics sector.”
Automated mooring offers safety and efficiency AS THE PORTS sector strives to make further improvements to safety standards, operational efficiency and environmental performance, the benefits offered by Cavotec's automated mooring technology, MoorMaster™, are becoming increasingly apparent to port operators and shipping lines across the region. At the recent World Ports & Trade Summit in Abu Dhabi, where the industry’s leading figures gathered to discuss the evolving dynamics of seaborne trade development, Cavotec demonstrated how MoorMaster™ supports safe, efficient mooring operations. “Automated mooring is an evolution in port technology: its safety and operational benefits are considerable. Automated systems, such as MoorMaster™, enable port operators to perform tasks faster, more reliably and more securely,” says Juergen Strommer, managing director at Cavotec Middle East. “MoorMaster™ reduces the time it takes to moor a ship from up to 90 minutes to about 30 seconds in what becomes a one-man operation,” he added. MoorMaster™ is a vacuum-based automated mooring technology that apparently eliminates the need for conventional mooring lines. Remote controlled vacuum pads www.technicalreview.me
recessed in, or mounted on, the quayside or pontoons, moor and release ships in seconds. According to Cavotec, the technology offers increased safety for shore and ship personnel, improved operational efficiency, and in some cases, reduced infrastructure investment. Cavotec says it also reduces emissions from ships and tugs. The system is used at passenger ferry, bulk, Ro-Ro, container handling and lock applications all over the world. Cavotec says it is also seeing interest in the technology for offshore applications. Cavotec claims to have maintained its position in the maritime industry as a technological pioneer and innovator, and to playing a vital role as a catalyst in the development of automated mooring systems at ports across the globe, a trend that the Middle East region is keen to follow. The system is in service at two container-handling berths at the Port of Salalah in Oman, and Cavotec is seeing growing interest in the system at several other ports in the region. Reductions in emissions from ships and tugs are an additional benefit of MoorMaster™. As vessels using MoorMaster™ are ‘all secure’ far more quickly than those using conventional means, they shut down their engines sooner and reduce the amount of time tugs are required. The Cavotec MoorMaster
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Passive fire protection for steel structures Extensive testing by Wacker Chemie has shown that copolymers based on vinyl acetate and ethylene produce a stable and eco-friendly matrix for carrying the reactive components of intumescent coatings. www.wacker.com
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Coatings Show/Congress in March, ensure the protective foam remains thick (6cm or more) and resilient (i.e. not brittle when expanded), with a dense pore structure, and adhering firmly to the building’s steel structure. Thinner coats can be efficiently and economically applied, and this improved binder can also be stored for extended periods at high ambient temperatures to provide the required fire resistance as and when required, and to meet local Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design sustainability certification requirements. Effective heat protection for up to two hours is claimed by the manufacturers, the Polymers Division of Wacker Chemie AG, headquartered in Munich. This environmentally-friendly binder is free of organic solvents and plasticizers and is produced without any materials that contain damaging alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs). Thereby compliance with ever-tightening regulations on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and LEED requirements – now widely recommended in the Gulf by organisations like the Emirates Green Building Council - are achieved. In a complementary move the manufacturers recently expanded the services offered by their Technical Centre in Dubai. This now includes a dedicated laboratory for paints and coatings such as this new VINNAPAS-branded product,
comprising applications technology and test equipment for the specialised dispersions needed as binders for advanced interior and exterior paints and coatings. Said local MD Cyril Cisinski at the opening last November: “The expansion of our Technical Centre helps us to further strengthen our leading market position in the promising growth segment of paints and coatings in the Middle East … Our Technical Centre is top notch-equipped and unique in the region.” By establishing this new laboratory for the local construction industry the company is meeting the growing demand for consulting and service for paints and coatings applications, throughout the Gulf and further afield. It is thereby helping to formulate quality standards as well as to introduce technologies that are both economical and environmentally friendly to the region. The next European Coatings event will be held in Nuremberg from 21-23 April 2015. ■
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On the road to find out Road builders look to report-backs from the Middle East to hear about the latest in theory and practice. And later this year they’re coming to Riyadh to discuss their findings.
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Large general equipment manufacturers such as Caterpillar, Komatsu and Volvo CE now include examples of most of these capital items in their machinery line-ups Technology Summit held in Beijing this April. Clearly the Saudi capital will be the best place to catch up on all of this year’s latest in construction ideas and practice. Of course, in road building terms the huge advantage possessed by most of the Gulf states – availability of funds for infrastructure construction apart – is that most of today’s projects including international links can be planned on an integrated basis from the outset. It is the bane of designers almost everywhere elsewhere to fit new projects and updates/improvements into an unplanned
and often chaotic network that is already in existence. Some of the very best projects overseas successfully combine the old with the new, including the integration of different modes of transport.
Integrated schemes At project sites like Saudi Arabia’s sandfield Economic Cities, Abu Dhabi’s pioneering out-of-town Masdar City, and the many integrated schemes like the Lusail Highway being designed and built in preparation for the Fifa World Cup in Doha, the planners have been able to start with what amounts to a clean sheet of paper. So most highway developments, both the fast inter-city links with the ports and economic-activity areas and the nonglamorous but essential urban service roads that feed them, have been able to be planned with the latest ideas in intermodal exchange points built in. The inter-regional travellers of the future will be very thankful for this, even if some of today’s resent the delays to their interrupted journeys. Many of the congestion-stressed attendees at this year’s IRF talks will be acutely envious when they see what is capable of happening around the busy Saudi capital today.
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And no tree stumps or outdated facilities to be removed ahead of the construction teams either. Materials science in road building terms advances slowly; essentially the Macadam process of the 19th century (which in its multi-layered form gives us today’s ‘tarmac’ as an alternative term to describe blacktop) is still used, but with many updates on most materials, design principles and construction processes. The most significant of course is the widespread adoption of concrete-based materials.
Capital equipment When asphalt was first laid all these operations were based on manual labour. None of the machinery on which road building teams today rely was available; this included rock crushing equipment, ground breakers, tracked plant (including simple tractors for towing), mechanical excavators of either steam or dieselhydraulic type, backhoes, ditchers and dumpers, high-capacity wheel loaders, motor graders and scrapers, rollers and vibrating equipment for consolidation and compaction, and sophisticated survey
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So most highway developments have been planned with the latest ideas in intermodal exchange points built in
with GPS sensors attached to every single major item of plant. This is equipment which is nowadays considered essential to the planning of all processes including detailed design, and the carrying out of engineers’ specifications in such essential matters as crown profiling for drainage purposes, and camber planning for the safe negotiation of bends and inclines at the high speeds of today’s heavy traffic.
Common problems equipment beyond the simple sighting and levelling scopes that are still used in some developing countries. Large general equipment manufacturers such as Caterpillar, Komatsu and Volvo CE now include examples of most of these capital items in their machinery line-ups.
Specialists There is also a vast array of specialist suppliers in asphalt paving and recycling machinery (including many from China) from which to choose. So today’s construction teams feel under-equipped when they don’t go into the field equipped
Likewise a wide range of materials was not available in large quantities (e.g. reusable planed pavement and general demolition debris, now the key to profitable operations wherever a rolling rebuild project is under way almost anywhere in the world). Or at all in the case of geo-membranes and other technical textile and other aids to sustainable construction. The world’s technical experts come to the Gulf this year to hear about how common problems are being dealt with elsewhere. Let’s hope they can move around safely on the region’s too-busy existing highways while they are here. ■
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Watching it all come down Preparing the site is as important as new-build activity in the Gulf ’s booming cities, ports and industrial areas these days. Getting the right demolition contractor on the job is essential, too.
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N ORDER TO build new structures in fast-growing urban centres like Dubai and Kuwait City these days it is often necessary to demolish earlier steel-frame buildings that are no longer fit for purpose, need updating or are not capable of attracting the top tenants. Many of these un-ambitious structures went up in the medium-rise concrete-andsteel heydays of 10 or so years ago; earlier buildings of just one or two storeys are much easier to pull down. The industry and its clients set their sights higher today. Whether piecemeal or deliberately planned as part of urban district renewal demolition is always a hazardous operation. These hazards come principally in the form of:
District renewal demolition is always a hazardous operation The key to success is always careful scheduling of operations
■ workers falling from height or tripping over debris – new casual recruits especially ■ employees, visitors and machinery being hit by falling debris, and/or not seeing hazards on the ground ■ premature unplanned collapse of the whole or part of the structure ■ dealing with dangerous wastes such as asbestos, fuel oils, overlooked storage facilities including cesspits, and broken glass ■ disruption of an electrical or water/ drainage main ■ the effects of dust, fumes and smoke ■ blocking of surface drainage systems ■ use of heavy plant in irregular circumstances, which can result in collisions, damage to structures that were mean to be retained, and overturning ■ inadequate insurance cover ■ general nuisance (noise, disruption to access) to other users of the area and/or local authority officials and their agents.
To mitigate the effects of all these the formal demolition industry (there are some very large and highly specialised contractors working in MENA these days) normally presents its clients with what is known as a Method Statement. In summarised form this is a useful document to be obtained from the more informal type of contractor who may be employed on a fast turnaround basis on a low-rise structure, too. What needs to be formally presented is a set-out work plan that demonstrates or spells out: ■ a through understanding of the original method of construction, including the routes of all service mains, the location of hazardous substances and the presence of empty spaces (voids) underground ■ what specialised equipment such as a wrecking ball and/or hydraulic excavator will be needed, its sequence of use and where it is safe to move and store it ■ what methods are going to be used to bring down the different parts of the structure, and in what order. Special attention needs to be paid to protecting the interests of owners/tenants of nearby buildings, and to users of nearby roads, and to planning the removal and disposal of all debris in a prompt, safe and convenient way. This can often be sold or otherwise usefully disposed of, but it’s always best to avoid physically handling it more than once ■ remember that ‘method’ can be controlled use of fire, at the right time and in the right conditions – but this must be protected against when the workforce is not on site ■ how dust, smoke and any noxious emissions are to be controlled ■ how the site is to be accessed by the necessary plant, and how the boundaries are to be kept secure throughout the process. This usually requires erection of a robust perimeter fence and employment of an overnight security team how plant, personnel and the general public including users of ditches and watercourses are to kept safe from falling materials at all stages
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Demolition ■ explain how power and water are to be supplied to the site while demolition is taking place ■ explain who will be in charge of first aid and other emergency services throughout ■ how and when all the wastes generated are going to be handled, stored and disposed of – and by who ■ who will be co-ordinating the work at all stages, and supervising the actual operation, which includes ensuring all workers on the site are competent. Experience in most countries shows that extremely large demolition projects can be safely undertaken within a short time – and can generate healthy profits for the well equipped contractor, too. The key to success is always careful scheduling of all operations including vehicle and other plant movements so that nothing is allowed to build up permanently on site – and to disposing of the waste quickly and profitably, too. The prospects for experienced contractors of continuing growth in MENA’s fast-growing cities and developing industrial areas get better every year. ■
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New compact excavator from Bobcat BOBCAT HAS LAUNCHED the new E25 reduced tail swing (RTS) compact excavator. Equipped with cab and standard bucket, the new E25 model has an operating weight of 2.571 kg and combines this with optimised stability and weight distribution. According to a company statement, the weight distribution in the E25 excavator is optimised through the use of proven ‘4plate box’ technology to reduce the weight of the workgroup, which moves the centre of gravity of the machine towards the back of the excavator. As a result, the E25 does not require any additional counterweight. This enhances the stability and ensures that the E25 model can be transported by trailer more easily. Part of the E-Series of Bobcat compact excavators introduced over the last three years, the company claims the new E25 2.5 tonne model offers all the advantages common to the E-Series, ‘namely superior hydraulic performance, smooth and precise workgroup operation, exceptional operator comfort and high reliability’. Owing to the installation of a new main
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control valve and optimised pump and higher working pressure, the hydraulic system allows smooth, quick and simultaneous operations together with powerful digging forces. The maximum digging depth of the E25 model is 2582 mm, with a maximum reach at ground level of 4553 mm and a maximum dump height of 3057 mm. The open centre hydraulic system has a dedicated priority section in the main valve which creates a load-sensing feature, resulting in smooth and controllable feedback of operations. The dedicated gear pump for the pilot controls creates the additional hydraulic flow to improve simultaneous operations.
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BRIEFLY ■ QATAR’S GOVERNMENT BUDGET spending is expected to stay at about this year’s level until 2017, after which it could drop, Qatari Finance and Economy Minister Youssef Kamal said. Qatar plans to boost government spending by 18 per cent to 210.6bn riyals (US$57.8bn) in the 2013/14 fiscal year that began in early April, as it boosts a big infrastructure building plan. ■ DOOSAN ANNOUNCED A new structure for their business in line with a new strategy. The structure is designed to strengthen product orientation and customer focus, reduce complexity, and empower employees with clear accountability. Doosan is also aligning the organisation to better focus on the varying needs of both Compact and Heavy equipment markets. Each of these business units will incorporate design, manufacturing, marketing, sales, human resources and product support for the entire value chain.
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IRF paves way for world meeting in Riyadh BUILDING ON PAST IRF World Meetings, the International Road Federation (IRF) is poised for its 17th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition, held this year in Riyadh, November 9–13. Hosted by IRF Chairman and Mayor of Riyadh, Eng. Abdullah A. Al-Mogbel, this quadrennial meeting and exhibition promises to be the premier global event for transportation professionals in 2013. Eng. Al-Mogbel said this year’s event “will set new standards of excellence and bring together a wide range of internationally recognised leaders and experts of the highest caliber in Riyadh.” The technical and scientific program consists of 11 major themes encompassing all aspects of road transport and www.IRF2013.org mobility; additionally, each theme segments into additional sub-themes. The event will also highlight industry advancements through an Innovation Forum in the exhibition area - an ideal venue for commercial presentations outside of the non-commercial technical program. With over 4000 m² of exhibition space, the exhibition will offer an important
component for national and regional attendees. IRF President & CEO, Patrick Sankey, commented, “The corporate sponsors and exhibitors will be comprised of major global and regional companies in the road industry, including the largest and most important companies in road design and construction, paving and maintenance, bridges and tunnels, intelligent transport systems, road safety and many more.” Sankey continued, “It is a wellestablished fact that a poor road network hampers economic and social progress; and the road safety element of IRF’s 17th World Meeting & Exhibition will focus on saving lives and avoiding injuries in uncessary accidents.” With its vast network of resources, the IRF is extremely pleased to offer this world stage for its members and partners to exchange ideas, bestpractices and knowledge.
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BRIEFLY ■ WITH SEVERAL OMANI companies looking to tap Tanzania's rapidly growing construction sector, building materials are seen as providing a major boost to the sultanate's non-oil exports to the African country. According to the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Paiped), several Omani companies recently entered into partnership agreements to supply construction materials to Tanzanian businesses, distributors and building contractors. ■ CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL engineering consultancy JPG has expanded its services into the Middle East and North Africa. JPG is collaborating with mechanical and electrical engineering business Silcock Leadham which is already operating in Qatar and Libya. ■ DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES recently held an event in Riyadh to mark the launch of its new Saudi Arabian research and development (R&D) centre. The centre, which will be based in Dammam, will be one of four that the company is operating worldwide, alongside existing centres in Dubai, the US and in its home market of Korea. Doosan said that the centres are engaged in developing new technologies for desalination which could make the process both more energy efficient and eco-friendly. It will also provide technological support to its ongoing projects in the region. ■ THE FIRST PHASE of the Manama Causeway project will be open by the middle of May, allowing traffic from Shaikh Isa bin Salman Highway to Al Fateh Highway, said a report citing a senior government official. The second phase will open in August and the project is set for completion in November, Works Ministry assistant under-secretary for roads Huda Fakhro was quoted as saying in the Gulf Daily News. ■ ABDULLAH A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Company, a leading general contracting firm based in Dammam, has won a construction contract worth SR779.8mn (US$208mn) from the Saudi Ministry of Housing, the company said.
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Structural steel solutions DOMEX SAYS ITS high strength steel is the preferred choice in all structures where high strength, long span, increased durability, wear resistance and minimal maintenance, combined with low weight are in demand. Domex claims to be a pioneer in the development of high strength steel. “Domex is a flexible, high strength steel with many advantages for all who use it,” said a spokesman. “It has unique material properties that, among others, facilitate processing in the workshop as well as save time, money, and raw materials in www.ssab.com production. However, it also allows for lighter, stronger and more durable designs that require less maintenance”, he added. Domex apparently combines more specific properties than any other high strength steel, and comes in a wide range of products with yield strengths from 240 MPa up to 1100 MPa. All of them, claim Domex, provide typical characteristics of very good formability, weldability and cutting qualities, together with exceptionally tight thickness tolerances, good flatness and smooth surfaces.
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Something in the air...CompAir’s Quantima Q52 is one example of a compressor that offers tremendous energy savings.
When design matters most Avoidance of system weaknesses is essential if an uninterrupted supply of compressed air - right quality, right quantity - is to be achieved at economic cost. Apart from selection of the right supplier and model - and an appropriate source of energy for the locality, of course - the key requirement is to ensure that the complete air system is correctly designed from the outset, and whenever a system expansion is being planned for. A modern compressor must be able to reliably deliver the quantity and quality of air required, economically at all times. Proper professional system design and specification is the way to ensure the plant is kept in cost-effective condition throughout its working life, and utilised as much as possible. All hardware, other air treatment plant and connecting hoses and rigid pipe network must be sized and controlled properly; the machine should be properly ventilated; and all the condensates that inevitably accumulate (especially in moist sub-tropical conditions) must be automatically disposed of promptly. www.technicalreview.me
An initial survey is essential if the operator’s total predictable demand for air is to be analysed properly, with flexible provision made for expansion as and when this may be required. The same rigorous process must be gone through, whether it is for a completely new air supply system, or an expanded and/or updated one. Leading manufacturers have their own laptop-equipped and Internet-connected visiting consultants able to provide this service; most come equipped with their own proprietary software, too. The key consideration is the precise timing of expected air demand; for periodic and occasional peaks it is often best to rely on a separate auxiliary standby unit from the same supplier. Reliance on user-provided unanalysed ‘average’ values of air demand is never enough. Having made a thorough inventory of the specification of any equipment already in
place, including its control module, the system consultant will check the layout plan of the existing delivery system, or the space available for planning this in the case of brand-new plant. All pipes, hoses and junction points should be included in this, with precise specifications for each to ensure the required pressure distribution is maintained. Using a standard questionnaire he will check with the client the full details of the applications now required, which may include compressed air of different qualities (dryness and oil-freeness for example) at different take-off points. This may be achieved by local treatment from a central facility in some cases. Within a single manufacturing or service unit air may be needed of different qualities to serve rotating tools, treatment of surfaces, cleaning, product processing and so on. Having collected all this data the expert will then usually have a discussion with the client in which various design possibilities are put forward. The final choice is often the result of a compromise or trade-off decision, all parties wanting to make the best use of facilities already
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Compressors available, and any promotional supply packages of course. The complete existing system in operation, if it is, will then be checked, with pressure drops at all critical points accurately measured and recorded. All connections will be closely examined with test equipment, paying special attention to flexible hoses that may be subject to vibration, pressure regulators, distribution valves, pipeline bottlenecks, and inbuilt treatment systems if any. Water retention within the system is particularly undesirable, so all condensate drain-off points need to be inspected at this stage. They may not be in the optimum location for an expanded system, for example. Sophisticated logging and examination of the consumption and maximum and minimum pressures achieved within an existing and newly installed system is used to highlight non-optimal areas that could be upgraded; the old method of testing for audible leaks (still very useful for the plant operator!) is never enough. Proper pressure-drop measurement must be used throughout. Correct loading of the compressor(s) and functioning of the control system can be checked at the same time; none of these are tasks for the customer to perform. Reductions in power consumption, from whichever source it comes, are the
number-one goal of all air system investigators. An optimal system design will make allowances for all anticipated consumption requirements and the extent and likelihood of fluctuations on a daily and longer cycle basis. CAD techniques are usually used to carry out this task, based on ‘What if?’ analyses and reference to the supplier’s range of equipment available, and resulting in a detailed cost profile for the most likely series of design outcomes. This can be presented to the customer along with the consultant’s ‘best-fit’ recommendations. Partial-load operating weaknesses are a particularly important area of investigation at this stage. Another is whether the suggested hardware solution will fit neatly into the space available, along with the necessary facilities needed to ensure adequate air- or, in some cases, liquidcooling. Combination of a compressor room with storage facilities never works! An adequate and updatable control system is probably second only in importance to optimal energy consumption. Records of power use, air output and pressure and maintenance requirements should be easily referable to, with automatic warning systems checked and operating at all times. Ensuring efficient cooling of the compressor is the third critical requirement. This is especially so here in
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MENA where ambient air temperatures can exceed 400C. Very often significant operating economics can be achieved by building in an efficient waste-heat recovery system which can capture well over threequarters of the energy supplied. This is achieved by designing an effective cooling system, one which uses air itself as the medium if possible. Waterand oil-cooling are sometimes viable alternatives. For optimum performance the compressor itself should be rigidly fixed into a clean and cool plant room, with a sealed floor, shaded with natural features if possible (with louvers if not), allowing plenty of room for maintenance/operating personnel to access all service and inspection points, and well away from any sources of dust and hazardous substances (including diesel engine exhaust). All intake and cooling air should be adequately filtered. The compressor room should be properly ventilated at all times, using some kind of fan or other forced system. Input and exhausted air should be kept well away from one another by means of ducting and a thermostaticallycontrolled fan if possible. And if an air-cooled dryer is installed within the system this should always be kept well away from the compressor itself. In short, with a compressed air system it’s design that matters most! ■
Oil-free compressors will meet growing demand COMPAIR, WITH ITS long tradition and reputation in oil-free compressor technologies, has launched a new range of two-stage oil-free, rotary screw compressors to further enhance and complement its recently updated water injected DH models. The all new 75 to 160kW air cooled D-Series, with flow rates between 8.88 and 23.56 m3/min, offers air purity that meets the most stringent standards and has been certified ISO 8573-1 Class Zero (2010) and silicone free. Demand is growing for higher quality, oil-free compressed air within industries such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, chemicals and electronics, where the risk of product or equipment contamination is not acceptable. The CompAir D-Series meets this demand head on. According to a company press release, the two-stage CompAir D-Series delivers outstanding reliability for demanding applications, state-of-the-art performance and in-depth control from its sophisticated Delcos XL controller. By continuously monitoring operational parameters the controller protects the equipment, while CompAir's own designed and developed airend lowers lifecycle costs by working at constant low temperature levels. CompAir's use of modern inverter technology for the regulated speed models maximises energy savings, with up to 25 per cent achievable over a comparable fixed speed unit. Florian Brähler, CompAir's Oil-Free Product Manager commented, "Our design engineers have excelled, not only in achieving the performance levels and reliability that were
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demanded by our customers, but also by impressing with a clear and considered design that not only occupies a very small footprint, but also lowers installation and servicing costs." The high output, two stage airend design provides 100 per cent oil-free and near isothermal compression with high reliability thanks to constant low temperatures, allowing use in demanding applications in up to 45°C ambient temperatures. www.technicalreview.me
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The return of a game-changing event Project Qatar attracts international interest unlike any other show. Not only due to the surge in gas earnings, but since 2010 because of the successful soccer bid as well.
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HE TENTH INTERNATIONAL Construction, Building, Environmental Technology & Materials Exhibition runs at the Doha Exhibition Center from 30 April-3 May. As the best known in a series which includes a similar event in Iraq, Project Qatar succeeds because so much business is there to be gained. The 2012 edition presented the products and services of more than 2000 exhibitors, most of them international from 48 different countries. There was a total attendance of 46,000, two-thirds classified as construction consultants, contractors and/or materials buyers/sellers. This year’s event looks like being bigger still. Fuelled by a combination of surging LNG sales and the huge 2022 World Cup fillip (see below) Project Qatar has proved itself to be a unique construction-focused trade exhibition with global appeal, attracting an ever larger (19 per cent up last year) number of top-drawer exhibitors who showcase a huge range of cuttingedge products and building solutions - all tailored to the needs of a small nation with number-one global status in terms of GDP per head (source: latest CIA World Factbook). An estimated US$100bn-worth of projects are scheduled over just the next four years; the FIFA boom will last long after that. To pay for it all Qatar’s exports of liquefied gas alone equalled 102.6 bcm in 2011, nearly one-third of the world total. A further 19.2bn m³ was shipped out by pipeline. And at 25 trillion m³ energy major BP estimates the state’s end-2011 reserves at 12 per cent of the world’s www.technicalreview.me
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total, with no sign of global demand for this premium clean fuel flagging. Key supporters of last year’s event included the China/CCPIT Construction Industry sub-Council, Germany’s BMWi/Federal Ministry of Economics & Technology (and the independent NUMOV Near & Middle East Association), the Italian Trade Commission, Malaysia’s External Trade Development Corp, and its counterpart Trade Development Council
in Taiwan, and the UK’s state-run Trade & Investment agency. An excellent summary of all the main development projects that are now unfolding in the peninsula, broken down by individual scheme and by sector values too, can be found within the updated PQ 2013 brochure (see website below). We will focus here on just a few of the jewels amongst these, unrivalled in scale in any other small nation on earth.
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First of course must come the huge range of construction schemes directly connected with the successful international soccer bid – multiple stadiums, new transport links, additional accommodations and other hospitality facilities and so on for the world’s single most internationally-popular sporting event. Sums variously quoted around US$200bn are believed to be involved, many times as much as was spent on the last international soccer jamboree in South Africa, for the first such event ever to be held here in the Middle East. The Qatar team’s efforts beat rival bids from Japan and the USA – amongst others - hands down. German design underlies the brand-new core state-of-the-art stadiums which helped to win the bid, each with an expandable capacity of 45,000 as at Al-Khor, Al-Wakrah and Umm Salaal. Even larger facilities are to be built within Doha City itself, and at the largest venue of all, the Lusail City Iconic Stadium, holding 86,000. A key feature of the winning design package is that the PVpowered air-conditioned facilities are designed to be carbon-neutral, only drawing power from the grid when training and games are actually taking place. Another key specification that helped secure the award back in 2010 was that complete components of some of the facilities are to be demountable (‘knocked down’), and therefore capable of being donated to other countries – poor African ones seem likely - after the final whistle is blown. Air-conditioned ‘fan’ and ‘walk’ zones are included within the very complex and fully integrated plans. Businessmen have noted that many of the PV equipment and materials needed will be produced at new factories within the peninsula, a whole new sales opportunity for exhibitors to Project Qatar in itself. Other spin-off opportunities are legion. Closely associated with this planned-for bonanza, and with some of the allocated funding shared (also with the new airport), are the extensive (pre-existing, i.e. before FIFA’s decision was announced) plans to construct a multi-line lightrail Metro system with more than 40 station stops within the Greater Doha region, as well as a German-designed and peninsula-wide conventional (‘heavy’) rail system which, in its different parts, will combine high-speed passenger links and freight routes to Bahrain (via the long-planned ‘Friendship’ Causeway and Bridge from Zubarah), Saudi Arabia and the UAE - all part of the evolving GCC-wide scheme. Internal heavy-rail freight and fast passenger links to the key industrial cities of Mesaieed on the east coast, and to Ras Laffan in the north, are included. Qatar Railways Development Co has been formed in association with Deutsche Bahn International to implement the Qatar Integrated Railway project, much of the hardware being installed well before 2022, with the first trains expected to actually run in 2016 (within the capital itself). Dubai excepted, Qatar is now ahead of most of the rest of the region in this respect; construction work began in October last year at the key below-ground interchange station at Msheireb. Many essential equipment and service contracts remain up for grabs. The first phase of this integrated (with major highway plans) scheme is scheduled to be finally completed in 2019; track contracts for the Red, Green and Gold lines (on various running and interchange levels) are expected to be placed next year. Contracts for most of the rolling stock, signalling and other essentials will be placed later to allow the whole system to be fully operational when the high-tech turnstiles finally open for business. www.technicalreview.me
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In international railway development terms this publicly-funded project is all very exciting indeed, much accelerated and buoyed up by the successful World Cup bid of course. Probably the most well-known project coming from wholly within the private sector (United Development Co in this case) is the ongoing The Pearl-Qatar scheme, a huge mixed-use, multi-district and themed residential development being built on 400 ha of reclaimed land some 20-km north of the capital’s CBD. Variously described as ‘A destination in its own right’ and ‘The Riviera Arabia’ this high-end causeway-connected scheme – the first residents moved in back in 2009 – will eventually offer 18,000 freehold residences of different types, along with all the facilities needed to support them, such as roads, topgrade utility services, schools and leisure facilities. Finally, midway between these major projects in terms of ownership which also include various specialised precincts, multiple long-distance highways, shopping malls and the like (all listed in the online PQ 2012 brochure) are the various longestablished and world-scale manufacturing facilities that have been quietly ramping up their capacities and adding fuel to the nation’s growth with non-energy export earnings while the LNG industry has been filling the headlines as the nation’s best-known forex earner. These include the primary aluminium reduction plant of Qatalum at Mesaieed, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Norway’s (ex-Norsk) Hydro, and the Qafco ammonia/urea plant now majority owned by the local IQ group, in association with two European fertiliser producers. Both require continuing investment to maintain their international productivityand quality-leading edge – another reason for the close international attention always paid by visitors to every edition of Project Qatar. Concurrent events being held at the Doha Exhibition Center this year are Energy Qatar (the heavy end of electrical engineering, a first-time event here), Qatar Stone Tech (self-explanatory, from primary extraction to finishing and installation), and Heavy Max (large-scale machinery of all types associated with construction, including mining and quarrying). All are covered in detail in the Project Qatar brochure. ■ www.technicalreview.me
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BRIEFLY ■ AIRBLAST MIDDLE EAST LLC located in Dubai was founded in 1987 by Cees Bekink as a branch office of the Airblast head office located in The Netherlands. In 2001 Airblast relocated to the Jadaf Shipyard where it continues to serve its customers in the oil & gas, pipeline, and shipyard industries with their blasting and painting equipment requirements from its extensive stocks. ■ BRADY CORPORATION IS an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect premises, products and people. Its products help customers increase safety, security, productivity and performance and include highperformance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems and software, and precision diecut materials. The company has customers in electronics, manufacturing, telecoms, electrical, construction, education, medical and a variety of other industries.
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Emirates Steel signs long-term contract with Swedish firm EMIRATES STEEL INDUSTRIES announced it has signed a sales contract with Sweden’s LKAB to source quality iron ore pellets. Highlighting the importance of the agreement, HE Hussein J Al Nowais, Chairman of Senaat, the Holding company of Emirates Steel, said it aims to complement the company’s efforts to enhance the value of its steel products by sourcing high quality raw materials with international standards. He recognised the expertise and high regard in the market for LKAB. Al Nowais, who is also the Chairman of Emirates Steel, confirmed that the company will continue to elevate its investment plans to accommodate the increasing demand for steel in local and regional markets. He said he is confident that Emirates Steel will further grow its competitive advantages by increasing its focus on quality and raising the standards of products to higher levels as LKAB becomes one of the partners contributing to the company’s development plans. The Senaat chairman, along with other board Emirates Steel CEO Engineer Saeed Ghumran Al Romaithi and members and senior management officials from LKAB´s CEO Lars-Eric Aaro sign the agreement in the both parties, witnessed the contract signing by presence of the Chairman HE Hussein Al Nowais and several Emirates Steel CEO Engineer Saeed Ghumran Al Board Members of Senaat alongside Senior Management from both parties. Romaithi and LKAB CEO Lars-Eric Aaro. Commenting on the agreement with one of the world’s leading producers of processed iron ore products for steelmaking, Al Romaithi said, “The long-term strategic relationship positions the Swedish firm as one of Emirates Steel’s primary suppliers of iron ore pellets”. Emirates Steel, the largest integrated steelmaker in the UAE, has pellets requirements this year of around 4.8 million tons. These are supplied through long-term agreements which now include LKAB.
Is this the future of circuit breaker testing? OMICRON WILL BE exhibiting the CIBANO 500, which it describes as the first threein-one test system to combine a precise micro-ohmmeter, a multi-channel timing analyzer, and a powerful coil and motor supply in a single, lightweight device (20 kg / 44.1 lbs). This enables all standard tests to be carried out on all types of circuit breakers, either with power supplied by the station battery or by the CIBANO 500. Software-supported testing The CIBANO 500 is controlled via OMICRON's proven Primary Test Manager (PTM) software. The PTM actively guides the user through the entire testing process. Once testing is complete, the user is promptly provided with a clearly structured test report, which combines all results in a single document, displayed as either a diagram or a table. Innovative accessories: less wiring effort, more tests Together with the CIBANO 500, the CB MC2 contact module provides the user with a modular and unique connection concept. One or more modules can be directly attached to the interrupter units and connected to the CIBANO 500. As a result, www.technicalreview.me
diagnostic solutions. The application of there is no need to rewire between tests OMICRON products allows users to assess increasing the safety factors. In addition, the condition of the primary and secondary the CB MC2 enables dynamic contact equipment on their systems with complete resistance testing to detect signs of wear confidence. Services offered in the area of and tear on the main and arcing contacts. consulting, commissioning, testing, All tests can be carried out with the circuit diagnosis and training make the product breaker grounded on both sides. range complete. The CB TN3 transducer node allows you Customers in more than 140 countries to carry out circuit breaker motion rely on the company’s ability to supply analysis. leading edge technology of excellent Together with the CIBANO 500 and a quality. Service centers on all continents motion sensor, it checks the entire switch provide a broad base of knowledge and mechanism and the mechanical links extraordinary customer support. during the opening and closing process. All measured data is transmitted digitally and therefore without interference, from the accessory devices to the CIBANO 500. OMICRON is an international company serving the electrical power industry with innovative testing and CIBANO 500 and accessories: the future of circuit breaker testing?
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BRIEFLY ■ SINCE THE EARLY 1980s, BBA Pumps has been building the Bseries range of self priming centrifugal pumps for a variety of applications, ranging from marine bilge water applications to major irrigation projects. Available in sizes from 1” up to 12” these pumps are particularly popular for applications where low-tech solutions are required or preferred and trouble-free running at a budget price is crucial. As the construction- and rental markets have moved towards the drypriming centrifugal pumps (the BA & BA-C series), BBA believes the self-priming pumps have lost most of their popularity. BBA Pumps claims it is a leader in innovation in the production of well point and dewatering pump equipment. With flow capacities of up to 10,000 m3/hr, with pressures of up to 18 bars, BBA says its pump range offers optimal concept efficiency, enabling you to get your job done in a professional way.
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‘Globally proven’ solutions LATICRETE CLAIMS TO be the world leader in the manufacture of high-strength shock and weather resistant tile & stone installation systems and waterproofing products. Laticrete adds that it is one of the most specified companies around the globe and for over 50 years, the Laticrete system materials have been specified and used in important projects around the world under the most severe climatic conditions from the Arctic to the tropics. Laticrete says its system materials are well recognised around the world because it offers proven performance and problem-free installations. The company claims to be the ultimate solution provider to the industry. In the Middle East, Laticrete has introduced modern technology which is changing the way the industry used to install tile and stone in the region. Laticrete says it has provided solutions to the region for the last 25 years and has been associated with some of the most prestigious projects in the Middle East, including: Burj Al Arab, World Trade Centre Conference Centre, Wild Wadi, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Hilton Hotels, Intercontinental Hotels, Holiday Inns, Burj Khalifa, Atlantis, The Palm, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace Hotel, Yas
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Marina Circuit, MIRDIF City center, Deira City center, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Mall, ADNOC, EMARAT, EPPCO stations, Dubai Airport, Doha International Airport, Bahrain International Airport, Muscat Golf Club, Emirates Tower, Dubai Metro RTA Tunnels, Avenues Project, Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait, Riyadh TV Tower, Holy Quran Printing press, Jeddah Airport, ARAMCO projects, CARREFOUR, McDonalds in Saudi Arabia. The list is too long to mention all the projects including private palaces in UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Azerbaijan.
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ADVERTISER INDEX Company ............................................................Page AKSA Jenerator Sanayi AS ......................................70 ALAA Industrial Equipment Factory ........................49 Al-Muqarram Auto Parts Trading Co. LLC ................53 Arminox Gulf FZCO ..................................................26 Bahra Cables Company ..........................................29 Bauer Kompressoren Middle East ..........................83 BME Global..............................................................57 Bosch Industrial ......................................................31 Charlotte Pipe and Foundry ....................................45 CompAir Middle East ..............................................65 Convergent Group SA ..............................................17 Cummins Middle East ..............................................9 Doosan Infracore ....................................................23 Euroblast Middle East L.L.C.......................................6 Galva Coat for Galvanizing & Lighting Poles............64
Haci Ayvaz End. Mam. San. Tic. A.Ş. ......................43 Hawkeye Pedershaab..............................................75 Hypertherm Europe ................................................61 Icar S.p.A. - Icar Group ............................................62 IFP Group Ltd ..........................................................59 International Road Federation (IRF) ........................63 Iron Planet ..............................................................39 Iveco SPA ................................................................19 Jotun Paints U.A.E. Ltd. (LLC) ....................................7 Kaeser Kompressoren FZE ......................................33 Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. ........................................11 Kohler Power Systems ............................................36 Liebherr Export AG ..................................................55 Lijan Insulation........................................................44 Liugong Machinery Middle East FZE..........................3 Lovato Electric S.p.A. ..............................................37
Marelli Motori SPA ....................................................2 Marini - Fayat Group ................................................58 Megger ....................................................................15 New CTA S.r.l. ..........................................................51 Omicron Electronics UK Ltd. ....................................14 Peter Berghaus GmbH ............................................64 Pittsburgh Corning Europe / Foamglas ..................69 Prakash Steelage Limited........................................21 Rittal Middle East FZE ..............................................47 Saudi Leather Industries Company Ltd. ..................71 Segula Ltd. ..............................................................49 SSAB EMEA AB ........................................................27 TREMCO LIMITED ....................................................73 Volvo Penta International..........................................5 WSk Development Pte Ltd ......................................44 Yamuna Cable Accessories Pvt Ltd. ........................13
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