Blue dimensions q3, 2016

The Art of Hospitality

Issue Q3 . 2016

WELCOME

“Diversity for growth and innovation�

Every successful business bases their success on a solid foundation, upon that they can erect a building containing all divisions, departments, sections, and units. For this building to contain itself it has to be built on pillars. At Consolidated Consultants Group we are proud to reveal that we have built our past, present, and future relying three main pillars: Excellence, Innovation, and Credibility.

Blue Dimensions is our quarterly journal proudly published in-house where you will be able to enjoy many ideas, topics, success stories, and news from Consolidated Consultants Group and the globe. We want to share our thoughts and ideas to you through this journal.

Best regards, Said Abujaber -CEO

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CC GROUP LATEST

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5-STAR ARABIAN PROPERTY AWARD

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AL RAJHI 5 STAR HOTEL

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PARK INN HOTEL – RADISSON

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AQABA BEACH RESORT INTERCONTINENTAL

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CROWNE PLAZA JORDAN VALLEY RESORT

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CAMPBELL GRAY HOTEL

NEU VENTURE GROUP RESORT

CC GROUP

LATEST

CC Group participates in 2016 Hotelier Summit Doha, Qatar CC Group was invited to participate in the 2016 Hotelier Summit that took place in Doha, Qatar.

Architects Fahed Abujaber and Fadel Hadidi represented CC Group to the summit and were able to meet a number of suppliers, developers, contractors, consultants and vendors in the field of Hospitality project design, execution, and operation.

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The summit explored the latest trends and technologies in the hospitality business as well as presenting the latest statistics on market needs, demand, and anticipated growth.

B2B meetings were organized to allow all participants to meet and present their field of business and determine how they can collaborate on projects in the region.

CC Group commitment to Capacity Building In pursuit of continuous human development, CC Group conducted an intensive five-days internal workshop for Economic Feasibility Study held by the International Expert Engineer Mohammad Sartawy at CC Group Premises.

The workshop - aiming to provide the necessary tools to enhance the process of conducting feasibility studies - was attended by CC Group concerned staff; representing Transportation, Infrastructure , Urban Planning, IT and the Financial Departments.

Construction Supervision in Progress for RTA Multi-Storey Car Park Project

CC Group started the construction supervision services for RTA Multi-Storey Car Park building. The 65 Million AED project was designed by CC Group to accommodate 900 vehicles for RTA Headquarter Staff. The building consists of a Ground Floor in addition to Four Main Floors and a Roof with a total built-up area of 25 thousand square meters.

In addition to the current construction supervision services, CC Group provided the full design services including but not limited to: engineering studies, architectural design, infrastructure design for water, sewage and storm water and wastewater.

It’s worth mentioning that in a ceremony held by ROADS AND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY

(RTA) in Dubai, and under the patronage of HE Mr. Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer (Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors in RTA); CC Group was honored for achieving the 3rd rank in the category of [Best Firm in the field of Engineering Consultancy], as an acknowledgment for CC Group’s outstanding efforts and active participation in RTA’s projects.

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Consolidated Consultants Group Receives

5-Star Arabian Property Award for Best Public Service Architecture for Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Museum.

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Paying homage to one of the most significant figures of contemporary humanitarian culture, national and international icon, late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish; a memorial park named after his birthplace Al-Birweh is lyrically designed to persist his legacy and memorialize the place where he rests in peace.

The museum resides atop of a hill in the city of Ramallah, the nostalgic landscape of this location is reminiscent to the unique scenery of rural Palestine, and is hence preserved as the distinctive components of the memorial park and museum are integrated and harmoniously designed in continuum to the extant fabric.

A linear and central stone stairway interweaved by a ramped path elevates the visitor into a journey up the hill where pauses of the stairway further extend to free-standing walls, water features, rockgarden terraces and openspace platforms that each differently articulate distinct spaces such as the speaker’s corner -an open platform for free speech overlooking a body of water- and the 500-seat outdoor theater dedicated to the expression of art and any other creative act.

This ascending and episodic passage allows the visitor to gradually experience and interact with the different components of the park,

until reaching the top as the experience culminates to the central square that leads to the mausoleum of the poet, where an elegantly-cut tombstone appears, engraved with the poet›s words and humbly resting in a small bounded garden of native flowers.

On both sides of the central square, two rough-stone identical masses incline as though emerging from natural ground and respectively bowing towards the mausoleum. These stone masses - unpretentious and grounded- are visually complementing to the non-built park components and appear in continuum with the terraced gardens and landscaped walls.

One of the masses houses the museum hall, the other the indoor theater hall.

The museum hall narrates the different aspects of Mahmoud Darwish›s life; featuring some of his belongings - the poet›s office his coffee cup, handwritten manuscripts including the original handwritten text of the

Declaration of Independence, calligraphy of his poetry verses adorning the walls, several awards and certificates as well as a showcase of all his published volumes of poetry and prose. To further engage the visitor; the poet›s deep voice resounds to video display of his recitals and sequential photos of different stages of his life. The theater hall, flexible to be sub-used as three separate spaces, is anticipated as a venue to foster poetry reading and various artistic and cultural events.

CC Group is proud to share the news of winning the 5-Star Arabian Property Award for Best Public Service Architecture, presented in recognition of this project; Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Museum, for which CC Group provided full architectural and engineering design consultancy services.

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An Iconic Hotel in an Iconic Context; The project is a 5-star grand hotel in the Central District of Madinah City, south of Al Haram area of Al Masjid Al Nabawi. The Hotel occupies a plot area of about 2,450m2 to be developed into a 410-key Hotel of approximately 40,000m2; in addition to the 410 rooms, the Hotel is host, Retail Shops, state-ofthe-art Meeting and Events facilities, animated All-Day Restaurant and Chic Lounges.

Located in the southern central district of AL Madinah Al Munawarah, the Plot is alongside the main street of Al Hussein Bin Ali (32m wide), to its north is Sa’ad Bin Obadah Street (20m) and to its west Abdallah Bin Salam Street (24.6m). South of the plot is the pedestrian passage of 8m that separates it from the neighboring plot.

The Planning and Massing of the Hotel are both highly responsive to the development regulations and organizational subdivisions of Building Regulations of Central District of Madinah.

Architectural character is proposed as a bold composition that is visually and physically enhancing; combining and modernizing traditional elements variously used in Historic Islamic Architecture; wooden mashrabiyas animate a monotonous facade.

Scope of Services Comprehensive Architectural Design & Engineering Consultancy.

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Al Rajhi 5 Star Hotel Al Madinah Al Munawarah, KSA

PARK INN Hotel – Radisson Riyadh, KSA

PARK INN Hotel is a 4 star Hotel of 160 keys operated

by Radisson. Developed at a prime location intermediating two main arteries in Riyadh City -King Fahed Road and Olaya Street- and residing on an island plot of 3,000m2 in a business and hospitality oriented neighborhood, Park Inn Hotel is programmed into a total built-up of approximately 24,000 m2, hosting luxurious hotel rooms and suites as well as serviced

residential apartments. In addition to hospitality Park Inn Hotel is envisioned to harbor a variety of activities; State-of-the-art Meeting and Events Spaces, Chic Lounges and Lavish Restaurants with enticing fitness center and spa facilities.

The animated program is only enhanced by the stimulating Architectural Composition. An elegant outline is proposed of a cubic mass complementing pedestrian scale and a bold

wedged mass that stands iconic. Facade Treatment and opening patterns are influenced by traditional Saudi Architecture and Islamic Patterns. Realized is an Iconic Tower that communicates a statement of permanence, of hospitality, of openness, of unintimidating grandeur and progressed tradition.

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Aqaba Beach Resort Intercontinental Aqaba, Jordan

The resort comprises a 5 Star hotel with a large swimming pool and health club The six storey hotel building, with an area of 31,000 m2,houses 330 guest rooms The project had been awarded the Best of Hospitality Award from the American Society of interior designers.

Scope of Services Comprehensive Architectural, Interior and Engineering Design and Supervision of Construction, services was provided along with HOK, Canada.

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Crowne Plaza Jordan Valley Resort Dead Sea, Jordan

The five star lifestyle resort & spa offers 422 guest rooms and suites offering the most elegant and comfortable of lodgings and dedicated to every staying guest. Our guestrooms include: 180 Standard King Rooms 172 Standard Twin Rooms 38 Club Floor Rooms 28 Executive Suites 1 Presidential Suites 1 Royal Suite 233 cars park, 11 Shale buildings contain 222

guestroom, 3 Main restaurant Conference & Convention Facilities The resort offers 1200 m2 of five star meeting facilities including: Grand ballroom Accommodating up to 2000 delegates. Boardroom 1 accommodating up to 20 boardroom style. Boardroom 2 accommodating up to 10 boardroom style.

The Thalgo Spa With 6000 m2 and 30 treatment rooms offer a variety of locales in which

to experience a full range of nurturing body and facial treatments made of rich, local and natural ingredients. Our facilities include: The Lake ( 5500 m2 ) Outdoor swimming pool, Kids Pool , Heated beach pool , Jacuzzi & Steam room , 3 heated indoor pools , Dead Sea salt water pool , Kids entertainment center including ( nursery & indoor playing areas)

Scope of Services Construction Supervision

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Campbell Gray Hotel Amman, Jordan The Project is located in the new district of the Abdali development area along the main Naboulsi Street on a land area totaling 2,850 m2 and with a total built up area of 42,700m2. The project is composed of a 22 storey high landmark tower and an eight storey high podium and eight basements.

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hotel without changing the volumetric composition or the volume of the Building.

manner to comply with the construction strategy of the Client.

The project includes 180 hotel rooms, 2 restaurants, meeting rooms, cigar lounge, ballroom, open air restaurant, and a health spa.

The scope also includes coordination with all the nominated sub-consultants on the Client, ie. interior designer, façade engineer, lighting consultant, kitchen and laundry and ELV consultants.

The project architectural and engineering documentation was done using Revit 2007.

Scope of Services CC’s scope includes the architectural re-planning of the building from office to hotel, full scope of structural, electrical and mechanical engineering of the project and preparation of the tender documents in a staged

NEU Venture Group Resort Dead Sea, Jordan This Resort consists of a FiveStar Hotel having 210 keys (30,000 m2) with all related facilities, including a Health Club with a menu of Spa treatments. The unsurpassed natural beauty of Dead Sea provided an excellent opportunity to developed the concept of Dead Sea Resort; it was surely time for a more far-sighted and professional

approach, considering a much wider spectrum of client expectation, location rationale, environmental responsibility and financial feasibility.

The Dead Sea Resort concept has been designed from the beginning to cater for this new “Lifetime-Experience” market for leisure and relaxation activity. World-class facilities

are exclusive, sophisticated and have unique attraction.

The concept is one of seasonal identity-switching, to ensure that the Resort holds real attraction throughout the year.

This will go far beyond the usual “swim in summer, walk in winter” philosophy.

Scope of Services Concept Design

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