Construction Machinery ME August 2014

ISSUE 34 14 AUGUST 20

CRAWLING UPWARDS Heavy Hitters with Terex Cranes

AFTER THE LAUNCH Making the most of new tech

A LOGIC TO IT Logistics laid out

CRUSHING AND SCREENING

BREAKING IT DOWN Material remade PlUS: RAW POWER

* NEWS & VIEWS * CAT’S NEW ExCAVATOR * JCB * DISPUTE TIPS * AND MUCH MORE

Contents

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Editorial What do cleaner engines and better waste management mean for the Middle East industry?

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NEws What’s happening across the region in construction machinery?

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Kit sPottiNG Is in Hong Kong to spot LC’s 10CJ140

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“They’ll come to look because they’ve heard of the name or because their colleague has got one. Not because of the applications.”

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Stian Overdahl meets with Terex Cranes’ regional head to understand where the company and its tech is heading.

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dEalEr visit – GthE JCB’s and Komatsu’s partner in the UAE talks about how a launch can shape a market.

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sitE visit – alila JaBal aKhdar How to build an Eco resort at the top of the mountain responsibly and logistically.

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CovEr story: loGistiCs CMME looks at how the changing port landscape is affecting the sector in the region.

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38 NEW RELEASE ROUND UP What’s hot in new machinery this month? Page 48 TOP TEN CMME tries to help you settle disagreements smoothly. Page 48 HAVING A CRUSH A look at crushing and screens used for quarrying and waste management. Page 52 Page

SPECIAL PLANT VISIT: BEE’AH CMME looks at the people and plant behind one of the most exciting sustainability initiatives in the Middle East. Page 56 THE LAST WORD A new social media entry into the online machinery buyer market.

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Editor’s Letter

GROUP GROUP CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER DOMINIC DE SOUSA GROUP CEO NADEEM HOOD GROUP COO GINA O’HARA PUBLISHING DIRECTOR RAZ ISLAM raz.islam@cpimediagroup.com +971 4 375 5471 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR VIJAYA CHERIAN vijaya.cherian@cpimediagroup.com +971 4 375 5713

TIME TO ENGAGE

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s you’ll no doubt read in this issue of Construction Machinery Middle East magazine, I had the pleasure of visiting the Bee’ah waste management operation outside of Sharjah recently. Even to these jaded eyes the facility is a site to behold.

When you consider the millions of tonnes of waste that are handled by the facility each year, it is perhaps not surprising to hear that it is a great place for an equipment spotter to hole for a few hours.

Machines are everywhere you look. Whether you’re spotting the large heavy trucks that ship the waste from outside – ie the emirate of Sharjah – or the wheel loaders that are vital to shifting the waste from one location to another as its processed, there’s a lot of something for everyone there.

Smaller equipment is in abundance too with forklifts and access platforms scuttling here there and everywhere.

Perhaps the most impressive sight were the excavators tasked with carving out the walls of the enormous landfill areas. And as great a sight it was, I was happy to hear that one day in the not too distant future their work will be done. Come the end, maybe sooner, of 2015, Sharjah is going to be sending none waste of its landfill. The existing pits will be closed and the waste that would normally go in there will be used in the remarkably forward-thinking waste to energy plant.

A couple of take-home lessons came to me during the visit. One of which was the surprising stat that 98% of the construction and demolition waste delivered there can be re-used once again. In fact some contractors in Sharjah at least already are. And it strikes me that as an industry, we should be asking more of our municipalities are providing such a service.

Sure, we’re mostly talking about aggregate and low quality material but the fact that it can become useful to contractors with a relatively amount of effort suggests that sites like this could be a vital resource in the years to come.

The other thought that I considered after leaving was the power of engagement that Bee’ah has found with its local community.

Red tape has been cleared, bureaucracy minimised in Sharjah to make the operation possible but much of its success to date – 67% of all waste is recycled – has come from Bee’ah being highly active in the local community. You don’t have to have the eyes of Sherlock Holmes to see the many posters and signs in Sharjah talking about the initiative. Collection points are also everywhere. This is an example of how with concerted effort an entire community can change. Perhaps this should be an inspiration to an industry often unsure of why and how it can change for the good of everyone.

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ISSUE 34 AUGUST 2014

Stephen White, Group Editor, CMME

CRAWLING UPWARDS Heavy Hitters with Terex Cranes

AFTER THE LAUNCH Making the most of new tech

A LOGIC TO IT

Logistics laid out

CRUSHING AND SCREENING

BREAKING IT DOWN Material remade PlUS: RAW POWER

* NEWS & VIEWS * CAT’S NEW ExCAVATOR * JCB * DISPUTE TIPS * AND MUCH MORE

NOW ONLINE You can now catch the online edition every month at: www.constructionmachineryme.com

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News Round-Up

NEWS New machines, new offices, new projects, new initiatives – we look around the region at what’s new this month

IT’S JUST CHILD’S PLAy A Bobcat takes part in Children’s Day at the Służewiec Horse Racetrack in Warsaw, Poland.

Guests at the event, mostly children, saw Bobcat machines celebrate the ‘Birthday of the Digger’.

Qatar government must step in

Labour recruitment processes in Qatar are “unethical” and need to be dealt with in accordance with government support, says the Qatar Foundation, a government, not-forprofit body.

‘Migrant Labour Recruitment to Qatar’ was written on behalf of Qatar Foundation by Dr Ray Jureidini, director for research at its centre of design innovation.

The report focuses extensively on the life and employment conditions of migrant workers hired for the construction of stadia and other related infrastructure required for the FIFA World Cup 2022, and identifies the core concerns that impact the construction workers living in Qatar.

“Low skilled prospective

Al Jaber Group signs MoU with Etihad Rail Quarrying arm of UAE firm signs up for logistics services

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l Jaber Crushers & Quarries, a subsidiary of Al Jaber Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway to utilize rail transport for its logistics operations.

Signed by Eng Faris Al Mazrouei, Acting CEO of Etihad Rail and H.E Khalifa Obaid Al Jaber, Al Jaber Group board member, the MoU establishes a strategic collaboration between the two parties and allows Al Jaber Crushers & Quarries to transport its products in a cost and time effective manner. By 2019, Al Jaber Crushers & Quarries will

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be able to transport its various products including stones, sand, and other aggregated material from its loading station at Shawkah in Ras Al Khaimah to offloading stations at Port Saqr, Jebel Ali in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Industrial City and Al Ruwais in Abu Dhabi as well as Al Ain. “We are delighted with the agreement and we believe that Al Jaber Group will witness significant benefits from our future rail operations,” Eng Faris Al Mazrouei, acting CEO of Etihad Rail commented. “We are proud to work with established national companies and this is an important part of our

strategy. Our services will provide UAE organisations with sustainable solutions in transportation and logistics.”

“We are proud to announce this important MoU with Etihad Rail,” said HE Khalifa Obaid Al Jaber. “We are contributing to the development of this prestigious project, and looking forward to benefiting of this 1,200 kilometers national rail network in the logistical operations of Al Jaber Crushers & Quarries.

“This agreement provides the most sustainable services in the transportation field in the UAE.”

migrant workers in the countries of origin are paying far more than the maximum recruitment commissions allowed by their governments in addition to other costs,” the report says.

“These costs are being paid to private licensed recruitment agencies as well as unlicensed agencies, sub-agents and individual brokers.

Some of these charges are being redirected to placement agencies and contracting companies within Qatar.

“Sub-agents recruiting are often crucial to meet the labour supply, yet these agents are not licensed and thus operate illegally,” the report continues. “They can be the original source of exploitation. They need to be regulated or bypassed entirely.”

Company intelligenCe

KSA: Summer SlowS building by 40%

the Habtoor leigHton group Has signed a $395m ContraCt with dubai international real estate (dire) to deliver package #8 of the Jewel of the Creek mixed-use project in port saeed, dubai. tHe proJeCt forms a signifiCant part of tHe $816.7 million development, which Hlg has worked on since 2012. the contractor was appointed to construct and complete the substructure works for four basement levels and ground floor slabs on the Creekside site, between al maktoum bridge, baniyas road and the floating bridge.

Soaring summer temperatures and Ramadan have caused productivity in Saudi Arabia to fall by as much as 40% across the country, with a number of projects delayed.

Construction experts in the Kingdom have said that output has dropped because workers are not allowed to work from 12PM to 3PM, resulting in many projects being delayed. Furthermore, working at night has been hampered in cities like Jeddah, where there is a ban on heavy trucks on major roads because of heavy Ramadan traffic.

The major projects affected are the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, the Haramain High Speed Rail project in Jeddah and Makkah, the King Abdulaziz International Airport project in Jeddah, and infrastructure and developmental projects in Jeddah, Makkah and other places.

“The rising temperature in recent days has affected our projects in the city,” Mohammed Mazhar, a senior official executing mega projects

the world’s first temperature Controlled City is set to be built in dubai, it has been announced. the 48 million square foot project will feature a shopping mall that will take over from the dubai mall, as the world’s largest shopping mall, dubai Holding has said. the mall of tHe world proJeCt, which will be built under a giant glass dome, will be one of the most ambitious projects ever planned in dubai. dubai based developer nakHeel Has announCed tHe ConstruCtion of a residential Community, Comprising 1,000 villas, to be undertaken in the emirate’s nad al sheba area. the project’s total construction value is estimated to be worth $680.6 million and is due for completion in 2016. arif and bintoak Consulting arCHiteCts and engineers has been awarded a $7.3 million ContraCt to undertake design and engineering services for the project. tenders for construction will be released within three months and awarded by the end of the year.

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The King AbdullAh ExpAnsion projEcT, worth $26.6 billion, has reported near-completion of its second phase operations inside Makkah’s grand Mosque, with the first floor area set aside for pilgrims during ramadan. spanning 25,000sqm, the second phase of the project is almost twice the size of the first phase area, and can accommodate up to 75,000 worshippErs pEr hour. The phase includes operations on the eastern side of the ‘mataf’, which is the first floor area where pilgrims can circle the Kabba.

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nAKhEEl AwArdEd consulTAncy conTrAcTs To Two EnginEEring firMs – green Energy and Energoprojekts – for the design review and infrastructure site supervision operations to be undertaken as part of its dEirA islAnds projEcT.Eight 132/11KV substations will be constructed to power the waterfront development, which spans 15.3sq.km, and comprises of four islands. The total value of the awarded contracts has not been revealed.

in Makkah, said. “Soaring temperatures are definitely affecting the construction industry. Laborers cannot work at the same pace at this time because they have to battle the heat,” he added.

The sale of concrete mixture, the main ingredient for construction work, has declined drastically over the past few weeks because of the lower productivity, said a senior executive of a leading

company selling the product in Jeddah, who preferred to remain anonymous.

He added that some of the construction companies have not been able to pay their workers because of the slowdown over this period.

Contractors who carry out maintenance and minor construction jobs are looking for workers but are not able to find any during the day, the senior executive pointed out.

New HollaNd waNts you to be social new Holland Construction’s quest to be close to its customers and inviting them into the brand’s world continues with the launch of its new website, redesigned to offer more content, more interaction and an overall improved user experience. new Holland Construction’s new website offers a fresh, clean interface that is very easy to navigate.

The home page’s magazine-style layout shows at a glance the brand’s latest news and offers, and provides various paths to quickly find the desired information. users can search directly for the product or service they are interested in, or look for the brand’s offering for their industry segment.

Among the most notable improvements is the new dealer locator, which not only makes it very easy to find the nearest dealer but also provides full details: in addition to the address and directions to reach it, users can find the services provided – sales of new or used equipment, after sales service, rental – the equipment sold, business hours, any affiliated dealerships or workshops and the dealer’s latest news. This is a dealer locator truly built around the customer.

The new website also encourages more interaction, building on new Holland Construction’s activities on social networks. A new social media wall aggregates the brand’s feeds, collecting its social media content and presenting

it in an interactive and engaging display, turning this part of the website into a dynamic hub for customers and enthusiasts.

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Kobelco’s city dweller Kobelco has announced the introduction of its first ever mini-excavator equipped with the Japanese brand’s superior iNDr (integrated Noise & Dust reduction) technology.

Huge Renault deal in Qatar Sale of 190 trucks could give Renault market lead

Groves take on $1.9bn alGerian rail project 18 Grove rough terrain-cranes have been sold to a major railway project in Algeria, taking on five years of work in a $1.9 billion (€1.4 bn) project.

Italian rental giant O.MEC srl supplied all of the Grove cranes to the project’s main contractor, Condotte d’Acqua S.p.A, a leading Italian construction company that is building the 130 kilometre rail line.

The work includes 31 bridges and three tunnels, and the cranes will be expected to be operational every day for five years in tough desert conditions, where temperatures can reach up to 40oC and the rainy season lasts half the year.

The Grove rough-terrain cranes are so integral to the project that O.MEC is also providing comprehensive training to all 120 crane operators involved in the project, and has established a repair workshop and spare parts warehouse on the job site to keep the Grove fleet operating at their peak throughout the challenging project.

O.MEC has worked hard ensure it delivers a comprehensive package of cranes and support to the prestigious project, its founder and owner Gianfranco Bronzini explained.

“Such a huge project in a challenging environment needs special attention and the right equipment,” he says. “We have used Grove cranes for many years and they have proven to be the strongest and most reliable machines around. There’s also a wide range of capacities and options available.

Plus, our close relationship with

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Manitowoc’s Italian office and FIMI gave us the confidence and support that we could deliver what this project needs.”

All 18 Grove cranes are constantly in use at the project. They travel along the 130 km stretch of new railway to perform a huge variety of lifts. Among their main duties is positioning steel rebar that is used to build the viaducts.

The Grove rough-terrain cranes at the project include nine RT540Es, two RT550Es and seven RT880Es. The cranes are new or nearly new and offer capacities from 35 t to 75t, with boom lengths of up to 39 m.

Another key reason for selecting Grove rough-terrain cranes for the project is their straightforward operation. The Grove RT550E, in particular, features Manitowoc’s new Crane Control System, which includes a boom optimization system that automatically configures the boom length to suit specific loads and radii.

The system makes life easier and more efficient for the operator.

Federico Lovera, Manitowoc’s EMEA product manager for RT and truck cranes, said the project would utilise the Grove RT’s capabilities.

“Major projects with tight deadlines in difficult locations put a lot of pressure on operators,” he said. “We want to make it easier to use our cranes and quicker to set-up, even for challenging lifts. Our robust rough-terrain range is a perfect fit for this work and we are confident they will help to complete the work on schedule.

Renault Trucks has won a huge tender in Doha for 190 trucks, a sale which the company says could make it the market leader in the island state of Qatar.

TERMINAL TARGET Sohar Port and Freezone welcomed the 10,000 TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) ship at the newly expanded Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) in May.

The tender, with Qatar’s Mechanical Equipment Department (MED), was announced last year in August. As many as 22 other truck companies bid for the deal, which was awarded exclusively to Renault.

According to the truck manufacturer, it is one of the largest purchases by the MED, and the first time such a deal has been awarded to only a single brand.

The vehicles, 180 Renault Trucks C 320 rigids 4x2 and 10 Renault Trucks D 18t rigids 4x2 will be equipped with compactor bodies with a respective capacity of 16 m3 for the C range and 12 m3 for the D range.

They will be delivered over the coming next 12 months.

While the truck market in Qatar has traditionally been small, the market is currently booming as construction work steps up, and services are improved.

According to Renault, the tender win, announced in January, could make the company the market leader in Qatar for the 2014 sales year.

STEELy AppRoAcH Limited space and oversized loads – these were the two challanges that crane service provider Autojeřáby Malina had to overcome when lifting the steel roof structures for the new multi-purpose arena in the Czech town of Frydek-Místek.

The solution for this difficult task was a tandem lift with a Terex® Explorer 5800 and an AC 250-1 all terrain crane.

Value, Ready To Work

Shantui‘s value proposition made Shantui a leader in China’s fast-growing construction machinery industry.

Now, with a fully diversified line of products and a mature international sales network, Shantui is uniquely able to put that value proposition to work globally, meeting the need for value and exceeding the performance expectations of heavy construction machinery customers around the world.

It’s the Shantui Way.

Tunis Société Commerciale de Matériels (COMAT) www.comat.tn +216-74468710 Azerbaijan Grand Motors LLC www.grandmotors.az +994-125647494

United Arab Emirates General Navigation And Commerce Company (GENAVCO) L.L.C (Member of Juma Al-Majid group)

www.genavco.com +971-43961000 Oman General Engineering Services Est. (Genserv) (Member of Juma Al-Majid group)

www.genserv-oman.com +968-24490755

Qatar Al Arabia Heavy Equipment Co. L.L.C.

Saudi Arabia -Arabian Bugshan Group

Iraq Al Ittihadia General Trading Co.

(Member of Al Fardan Group)

(Earthmoving machinery)

( Member of Sardar Group)

www.alarabia.com.qa +974-44971090 Bahrain ZAYANI MOTORS W.L.L. www.zmotors.com +973-17703703

www.abugshangroup.com +966-14931018 -Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Co., Ltd.

www.sardargroup.com +964-662569888 Algeria S.A.R.L. SOCOPE www.socope.net +213-43273939

(Concrete machinery)

www.kanoocom.com +966-22632959 Kuwait Bahrah Trading Company W.L.L. www.bahrahtrading.com +965-1802008

www.shantui.com

News Round-Up

Tracked BoBcaT makes The grade Bobcat has sold a new T650H tracked loader together with a range of attachments including a laser grader system to a customer in the UK. Recently demonstrated for CMME at the Bobcat test ground in the Czech Republic, the use of a grader attachment on a tracked loader is an innovative way of grading surfaces in areas where a larger grader may have trouble reaching, or where the total surface area to be graded is relatively small. Using a laser leveller it provides a high degree of accuracy and speed.

Pell Plant Hire Ltd, based in Lincolnshire in the UK, purchased a 274 cm (108 inch) grader, a Laser Mounting Kit and two BLR2 Laser Receivers. The new system provides substantial advantages over the previous systems Pell used to employ for laser flooring screed work.

Simon Pell, MD of Pell Plant Hire, describes being amazed during a demonstration: “When I went to see the Bobcat system demonstrated on a site in Yorkshire, I was amazed at how fast it graded and how accurate the finish was and I knew it would bring great efficiencies for our business.

“We are now doing jobs in half the time – projects that used to take two days are now being completed in just 6 hours with the new Bobcat grader. This saves

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on labour costs and as we are producing surfaces with a 5 mm accuracy across the whole surface, there is also a significant saving of 5-10% on material costs as less concrete needs to be laid to achieve the equivalent finish.”

Typical applications for Pell include laying concrete in cattle and poultry sheds, vegetable and corn stores, as well as industrial units and factory floors.

Complementing its compact dimensions, the Bobcat T650H compact tracked loader is able to turn around in its own length and is equipped with precise controls that allow for high manoeuvrabilty, ensuring safe, efficient operation at all times in areas inaccessible to larger machines.

The 274 cm grader features a 6-way blade plus hydraulic side-shift of up to 33 cm left or right, both of which are fingertip controlled so that the operator can grade nearly any surface without needing to take their hands off the control levers.

The hydraulic side-shift allows the blade to get further into corners when working in confined areas. It also allows grading right up to an obstacle (such as a pole or structure inside a building), side-shifting to get around it and then side-shifting back to continue to work. This minimises hand labour to clear the area around these objects.

Al WAthbA triple certified

Al Wathba Company for Central Services (AWCCS), regional leaders in the provision of vehicle, plant and equipment solutions, has been awarded triple certification in OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, validating their commitment to health and safety, quality and the environment.

Each certification required AWCCS to meet specific globally recognised industry standards.

ISO 9001 confirms an organisation is adhering to international quality management

standards, while ISO 14001 verifies they are effectively managing and mitigating their impact on the environment.

The third certification, OHSAS 18001, verifies a company is providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees.

As well as setting AWCCS apart in the marketplace by adopting these international standards, the three certifications also align with AWCCS’s guiding principles to maintain highquality standards with environmental awareness and to safeguard the wellbeing of employees and customers.

In order to meet the standards required, AWCCS built an integrated management system, designed to address all the necessary criteria covered by the certification, and worked with staff across all divisions to ensure that the management processes were adopted and became part of everyday business.

Once the systems were in place, the threestage external audit, performed by Bureau Veritas, saw AWCCS certified in all three categories, a full two weeks ahead of the planned deadline.

“By achieving these certifications we have demonstrated that AWCCS is committed to maintaining international standards in quality, health and safety and the environment,” says Paul Greenwood, CEO of AWCCS.

Acc AWArded contrAct to build 81-Storey toWer in indiA UAE-based Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has been awarded a contract by realty organisation Brys Group to build an 81-storey tower in Noida, North India. The project will be the second the construction company is undertaking in the territory and its fourth in India.

“We have awarded the contract to Arabian Construction Company (ACC) for building the structure of the tower,” said Rahul Gaur, Brys Group Chairman and Managing Director.

ACC’s first awarding in India with Lodha Group sees the organisation engaged in the building of World One, a super-tall residential skyscraper under construction in Mumbai. On completion in 2015, the 117-storey development will become the world’s tallest residential tower and the tallest building in India. Other projects include the 80-storey Spira Tower in Supernova, Noida, two other high rises in Mumbai and a 60-floor building in Kolkata, making ACC the builder behind the tallest towers in north, east and west zones of India.

“The awarding of this important

contract has allowed ACC to further establish itself as a significant construction operator in the Indian sub-continent and is recognition of the high standards of design and build that we deliver,” Rasheed Mikati, Director, ACC. “The project follows on from the journey we started in the Indian market commencing from the World One skyscraper and other three high rise towers across the country,” he added. “ACC is using its considerable expertise in high-rise construction obtained from the Gulf market to execute projects in India.”

AFGHANISTAN FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co. LLC) + 971 4 213 5100 (UAE) famco@alfuttaim.ae AZERBAIJAN Aztexnika Ltd + 994 502 452 555 a.aslanbayov@aztexnika.az BAHRAIN A.A. Bin Hindi B.S.C (c) + 973 17 703078 ciesales@binhindi.com GEORGIA Elite Motors Ltd + 995 577 769 615 zantelidze@elitemotors.ge IRAQ Sardar Automobile and Machinery Trading Co. + 964 750 344 4701 ihsan@sardarmachinery.com KUWAIT Al-Zabin International Group Co. For Heavy Equipment + 965 2433 4721 alzabin@alzabinkuwait.com LEBANON AMTRAC (Abdelmassih Trading Company) + 961 3 425625 michel@amtrac-lb.com OMAN GENSERV (General Engineering Services Est) + 968 244 90755 sales@genserv-oman.com PAKISTAN VPL Limited + 92 42 111 875 875 uzair.shahid @panasiangroup.com QATAR Arabian Agencies Company WLL + 974 44 50 0925 araco@araco.com.qa SAUDI ARABIA FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co. LLC) + 966 12 680 4444 famco@alfuttaim.sa SYRIA Nassib Saad Est. Trading & Import + 963 11 222 5432 i.saad@saad-syria.com TURKEY Ascendum Makina + 90 216 581 80 00 info@ascturk.com TURKMENISTAN Ez Aziya-Hyzmatdash + 993 124 37278 h.hangeldyev @aziya-hyzmatdash.com UAE FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co. LLC) + 971 4 213 5100 famco@alfuttaim.ae UZBEKISTAN C&H International + 998 711 475 003 hojinhan88@gmail.com YEMEN Elaghil Trading Co + 967 1 207 470 elaghil@y.net.ye

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Kit Spotting

Spotted!

LINDEN COMANSA 10CJ140 tOwEr CrANE Where: Royal Garden Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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uxury hotel ‘The Royal Garden’ in Hong Kong is located in Kowloon, an urban and modern district with one of the highest densities of population of the world. This 5-star hotel is a haven of peace in a full-of-life atmosphere, with narrow streets crowded of people and traffic.

It is precisely this environment which meant a great challenge for the company Teamfield Building Contractors Limited, responsible for the extension works of the hotel, which will grow from the current 12 floors to 15 floors by the end of the year. Due to the requirements of the project, it was necessary to have a tower crane on the roof, but the height of the building and the narrow streets surrounding the hotel were quite an impediment to erect it.

At this point, the work of Linden Comansa’s official distributor in Hong Kong, Proficiency Equipment Limited, was essential in order to move in the right direction. Proficiency Equipment worked closely with Teamfield to understand their needs, evaluate the difficulties of the environment and come up with the solution to all the problems.

On the one hand, Proficiency Equipment supplied to Teamfield a 10CJ140 tower crane from of Comansa Jie, Chinese subsidiary of Linden Comansa.

Its modular and lightweight sections and components ensured a quick and easy erection, and by its technical features (maximum load of 8t), the crane was the ideal for

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the work on the roof of the ‘Royal Garden”’hotel, whose business will remain running during the entire construction progress.

And on the other hand, their experience in lifting jobs allowed Proficiency Equipment to devise a crane assembly system that was economically viable and that could follow a planned sequence to the millimeter, as due to problems with noise and traffic, they could only work from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. For the erection of the tower crane, two derrick cranes with 1t and 5t of maximum load capacity respectively were mounted on the roof. These two cranes were used to lift, from the side of the building, the components of a 16 ton roof crane, which once assembled, served to erect the Comansa Jie 10CJ140 tower crane.

The tower crane was required to sit over the roof without any hole drilling on the permanent structure. Therefore, a 6m folding cross base was placed inside the rooftop pool, saving a 1.27m drop in the swimming pool by using support pieces and leveling the base using the height-adjustable pyramids.

When a few tower sections were assembled, a hydraulic jacking cage was added to the tower, and finally the different sections of the rotating part were added.

For all these tasks, from the assembly of the first derrick to the erection of the Comansa Jie 10CJ140 tower crane, it only took 28 days, thus meeting the deadlines set during the planning.

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The great concurrency and EOT swindle

Project delay claims are a shared responsibility between the client and contractor, and the latter cannot afford to proceed without suitable legal guidance. Disputes can be resolved peacefully if regular tabs are kept on delays Nicholas JoNes

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hen a contractor submits a bonafide Extension of Time (EOT) claim, employers are entitled to ask the contractor to consider their own concurrent delay. To respond to this with authority, the contractor must consider the merits of the individual case, along with some guidance from legal precedence.

Most construction professionals understand concurrency as two simultaneous events; if one had not occurred, then the other would have caused delay to completion. But, would it?

To answer this, an analysis of leading legal cases has been undertaken to define concurrency scenarios.

Justice Dyson in Malmaison gave the following example: “…if no work is possible on a site for a week not only because of

exceptionally inclement weather, but also because the contractor has a shortage of labour …the architect is required to grant an extension of time of one week…”

Where there are two concurrent events, both of which are independent (of each other), the contractor is entitled to an EOT in respect of the compensatable delay.

However confusion arises when ‘True Concurrency’ does not occur.

The situation was given much-needed clarity in the case of the Royal Brompton Hospital. “…an event occurs which is a Relevant Event and which, had the contractor not been delayed, would have caused him to be delayed, but which in fact, by reason of the existing delay, made no difference.”

This scenario highlights the criticality of the timing of ‘events’ on the approved programme.

In Chestermount Properties, Justice Coleman stated: “Where a relevant event occurred during a period of culpable delay, the revised completion date should be calculated on a net basis...”

In this case, the contractor is entitled to an EOT, but only in respect of the additional delay caused by the compensatable event —‘net effect’.

The Court of Appeal in McAlpine Humberoak upheld Lord Justice Lloyd’s decision that: “If a contractor is already a year late through his culpable fault, it would be absurd that the employer should lose his claim for unliquidated damages

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just because, at the last moment, he orders an extra coat of paint.”

This is most commonly described as the ‘dot on principle’.

The Walter Lilly judgement highlights that the best way to resolve cause and effect, and as a side issue, dissolve concurrency arguments, is by prospective analysis as the events unfold.

The judgements understand that the impact(s) are likely to change as the project continues to develop.

“Therefore, it is necessary to have regard to how long individual items actually took to perform, and not just have regard to what one party or the other at the time was saying it would take”.

The concurrency ‘grey area’ appears to be due to the different directions previously given by the English and Scottish courts in their approach to resolving concurrent delay.

Walter Lilly, however, sheds some light on the situation and states: As a delay expert, one has to get a handle on what was delaying the project as it went along”.

Also, the argument for a ‘dominant event’ has fundamental flaws, as described by Marrin in his 2012 paper.

The recommendations are: 1) The delay in granting prospective EOT determinations seems to be caused by the embarrassment if predicted awards become greater than actually required at completion and thus, the financial position of one party is exaggerated.

2) A ‘wait and see’ approach to genuine EOT evaluations is hugely frustrating to contractors, and projects often trend towards a spiral of negativity and increased costs as a result.

3) A legal hurdle to overcome this would be the administrators’ ability to re-evaluate EOT awards at completion.

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Heavy Hitters

Two pronged approach

Terex Cranes has one of the widest product offerings in the Middle East, with its cranes found on job sites from civil construction and infrastructure to oil and gas, and purchased by major rental customers and smaller contractors. That diversity and range has seen the company adopt a unique model for distribution and support of its products in the region, writes CMME International Editor Stian Overdahl

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The Big Beast: The newly launched CTL-1600 luffing jib tower crane is one of the largest on the market, and its long 75 metre jib can be used to boost efficiency and lift capability on a busy job site

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40-60ton key area of the rough terrain market for Terex

ith an enviable product range that covers tower cranes, all terrain and rough terrain cranes, truck cranes, crawlers and pick and carries, Terex Cranes has the largest range of cranes – or lifting solutions – in the market, and in the Middle East is one of the recognised premium brands. Its tower cranes are at work on apartment blocks and hospitals while its large size crawlers are responsible for some of the heaviest lifts in the region, a diversity of machine population that poses the interesting question of how to best sell and support the product.

In fact, Terex has a mixed approach that includes strong dealers in some product segments, while dealing direct with the market in others, a studied approach tailored to the realities on the ground.

Two major dealerships are responsible for selling the rough terrain cranes and truck crane lines – cranes make up the highest volume in the Terex range – Zahid Tractor sells in Saudi Arabia, and Boodai Trading Co. out of Kuwait, which sells into certain other GCC markets. There Terex is seeing significant success with its rough terrain range, especially in the 50-80 tonnes segments.

The extensive range of tower cranes are marketed through stand-alone distributors, this due to the fact that buyers of towers do not generally overlap with those that buy mobile cranes or crawlers. Tower crane purchases are dominated by larger rental houses or major contractors, the latter who are likely to buy a tower crane, but not large mobiles. The large crawlers are sold direct, a consequence of lower volumes and a concentrated customer base.

The man responsible for Terex Crane’s sales and service support in the Middle East is Christian Kassner, based in their main Dubai office. He’s been working in the GCC since 2009, and describes Terex Crane’s arrangement in the region as a hybrid strategy, with the different approaches tailored to the market segments. Overarching though is the

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manufacturer’s intent to provide comprehensive sales and service support to all its customers.

“Our go-to-market approach is always determined by the customer demand, and what will be the best outcome for the customer,” explains Kassner.

The servicing demands also differ between cranes, and larger lift capacity cranes are typically more complex. Terex has a team of around 20 customer support staff in addition to the service offering of its dealers in each country, who are able to provide extra support to customers when needed.

“Ultimately it is a hybrid strategy, but generally the more sophisticated the equipment the closer we will be to the end user. But if we are not in direct touch with a Terex customers we support the efforts of our sales partners,” says Kassner.

This extends to planning of new products as well, and for the larger cranes the manufacturer will talk to end customers from the design phase, in order to forecast and understand future job site requirements and lift capacities.

“The big customers and industry leaders are a part of our product development processes. The end user knows better than anyone what the site requirements are. It’s not only when we have a service call out or a specific lift requirement that we have a great relationship, it is already at the design stage that we get the customer input. It’s really an overall customer relation, from design, manufacturing, and delivery, while the life-time of a crane is alway an on-going process.”

In the area of very large lifts, often the logistics involved in moving the cranes and support equipment can be just as signficant as the lift itself, and a major factor in a crane’s profitability. An excellent example is a recent lift at Yanbu, one of the major refinery cities in Saudi Arabia, where a CC 8800-1 crawler crane from Kuwait-based Integrated Logistics travelled 1,250km across land, using a fleet of 67 flatbed, 20 low bed and two hydraulic trailers, in total taking a week to reach the job site. The CC 8800-1 was used to lift 67

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Christian Kassner hands over the AC 1000, the largest capacity all terrain crane in the world that can travel onroad carrying its boom, to Saleh Al Huwaidi, CEO of the Kuwait-based Integrated Logistics.

metre-high hydro reactor with a weight of 771 tonnes.

The total time on the job-site including rigging and dismantling, was only 10 days.

Kassner says that particular job is a good example of how Terex’s knowledge of the GCC market, where cranes often have to be moved large distances, has been incorporated in their product design, which has always had a focus on designing cranes for their transportability. “Every component (of the CC 88001) is less than 3.5 m wide, and most components have a shipping weight of less than 40t. By making this 1,600t crane as a production model, we have offered significant advantages over competitive designs that are made as a one-off, custom-design crane to meet a specific market need.

“For any of our products it is our aim to have the easiest and most cost-effective logistics. Any component shall be, as is possible, transportable on

Thriving in indusTry It’s well known that the oil and gas industry has the tightest regulations when it comes to lifting operations, and the national oil companies (NOCs) tend to rely on only a few lifting subcontractors who have met the required safety standards and had their equipment signed off.

Christian Kassner, general manager of Terex Crane’s operations in the Middle East, says they welcome the high standards of

O&G as it helps to prove the quality of the Terex product.

“Oil and gas is the benchmark of health and safety, and with Terex, from the top level to any team member, health and safety is the number one priority. I would not say that there are any specific challenges with working in O&G. Rather it suits us very much to have this large industry in the region which is also tackling the areas where

we put our utmost focus.

It’s something which we appreciate.”

In terms of equipment utilisation, mining is another industry in the GCC where there are rigorous demands. Terex is one of the few crane companies to supply a pick and carry crane, with three different cranes in this range, built at a production facility in Australia. The telescoping crane with articulated frame is is widely used in

the mining sector which is a major purchaser of machinery in that country.

Here in the GCC the main use of a pick and carry crane also in miningrelated businesses.

Used without outriggers meaning a quick set up time, and used to transport heavy loads on site, the steering flexibility of the articulated frame allows them to move in tight spaces. Meanwhile high road speeds gets them to job sites quickly.

The boom sections of Terex’s mobile cranes are manufactured using fine grain, high tensile steel for maximum strength and durability. For customers this means longer life and less component wear, but during the manufacturing process this means higher pressure from the steel bending machines is required to give the steel its correct form.

The Terex CC 8800-1 crawler crane at the Yanbu lift. The crane travelled 1,250 km from Kuwait to the petroleum refinery in western Saudi Arabia.

available and standard transportation equipment.

This really allows us to make a difference with our customers.”

The GCC is presently an exciting market for Terex, says Kassner, a market where there is high demand for rental cranes for major petroleum, industrial and civil projects. Cost effective transportation, and faster rigging and dismantling on site, means better utilisation of the crane, with more lifts completed per year, which consequently imparts an advantage to a rental company’s bottom line. For rental companies with large numbers of cranes, high utilisation of their fleet, as compared with competitive crane models, can mean significantly higher profit.

In the Middle East a number of Chinese crane manufacturers have announced large sales to companies that include O&G sub-contractors – seemingly a stamp of approval given the high requirement for that business sector. But while there may be some jostling in the market, Kassner says that customers that purchase premium lifting products will continue to do so, focusing on what is most important to them – reliability.

“We’re not afraid of competition in any segment.

We focus on our strengths. Of course certain slight changes might have happened, but it is not impacting us since customers know what they can rely on. We have the proven quality and the latest standards, and when it comes to specification, service and customer support no one will beat the premium makes – for the moment. We have to look ahead and get continuously better. This is what really allows Terex to differentiate itself – we have

got to be a step ahead.” recently Terex has released a number of new products, including the massive CTl-1600 luffing jib tower crane, and has updated its all-terrain crane line as a result of the changing emission requirements, in Europe and north america for example. For the Middle East where the new engines are not being used, the full range of lifting solutions remains in place according to customer demand says Kassner, with the addition of the new Explorer 5600 (160 tonnes rated capacity) and 5800 (220t), and more 5-axle cranes to come.

Earlier this year CMME visited one of Terex’s major production plants, in Zweibrucken, southern Germany, near the French border. With multiple factories, production includes the massive crawler cranes, all terrain cranes including the new Explorers, and nearby is the Terex Cranes testing ground, where the new Boom Booster technology had recently undergone substantial testing and lay on the ground with wires and sensors connected to the giant yellow structure.

In recent years the company has undergone a major reorganisation of its approach, replacing a regional sales structure with an international one; and centralising product planning, development and support, which prevously was carried out at a factory level (a result of Terex Crane’s growth-by-acquisition history, with the company including the legacy brands of demag, Comedil, Bendini, and many others).

CMME spoke with François Truffier, group vice president at Terex Corporation, a man tasked

with overseeing the development and strategy of the Terex Cranes product line up. he outlined how the new structure of Terex should improve the customer experience. One shift creating regional structures for service and support, where previously some customers had to deal directly with the factory that produced their crane. It is also bolstering its service support, especially in areas, such as asia, where its number of service staff as a ratio to the number of cranes is not as high as in others. Earlier this year it opened a new regional office in singapore.

The Middle East is a subject for attention, said Truffier, as Terex sees a very active market there, especially in the rough terrain and all terrain segments. “We are reinforcing our team there, on the service side and on the sales side.” developments include basing German service staff in the GCC, rather than having them regularly travel from Europe. The size of the spare parts inventory is also under review.

Globally Terex is also focusing on lean manufacturing techniques such as standardisation of components. This includes reducing the number of engine suppliers – hence the use of scania engines in the new Explorer range. also notable is the development of a new 300 tonne class crawler crane designed for emerging markets. Following customer feedback, expect to see a tougher, more durable crawler with fewer electronics and less fancy tech, designed to compete in a dynamic area of the crawler crane market.

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Dealer Visit

making the most of a launch CMME asks GTHE how it has managed to make the most of the launch of new JCB machines since the turn of the decade.

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he name Galadari is among the most famous in the United Arab Emirates and resonates across a multi-tude of sectors and industries. Founded by Abdul Rahim and Abdul Latif Ibrahim over 50 years ago, today it is a company that stretches from Riyadh to Colombo to Sydney. In its home nation, Galadari Brothers gives the Emirates its news, its equipment and even its ice cream.

There’s no better way to get a sense of the scale of the empire that the Galadari brothers have built in the UAE than a corner of the dusty industrial complex it dominates in Dubai’s Al Quoz district.

On one side you have the Khaleej Times offices of the company from where the country’s first English language newspaper is created. On the other side of the street is Galadari Heavy Equipment.

“So far, so good,” says Mohamed Labib, the man tasked with overseeing its approach to the market. He’s talking about the day, but he could be talking about the past year or even the past 50.

While it counts Komatsu among its offering to the market, the brand most associated with GTHE is the JCB. When it’s pointed out to him that JCB is one of the few British industrial exports he smiles at his English interviewer.

“The good news for you is that we have increased our market share over the last two years,” he enthuses.

In the context of the UAE market, it is also particularly good news for GTHE. The medium market was once dominated by Caterpillar, the years following the global economic downturn has seen other names such as JCB, Volvo, Doosan, and others surface.

“Actually it was very simple,” he remarks. “We just look at what were the customers’ needs, we implemented a plan to fulfill a multitude of needs, such as finance.”

It’s been over a year since JCB and ADCB went into partnership, providing a further challenge to what used to be the only industry source of money for capital from Cat Finance. JCB had thought long

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and hard about how it was going to be possible to provide financial assistance in the UAE (CmmE understands that it had looked at the regional market for inspiration including saudi Arabia and Oman). In the end ADCB provided the clout and the local knowhow: “Under the name of JCB finance.”

Commonly among the major dealers, GTHE also now offers service contracts to customers and warranties up to four years. It’s a demonstration of the confidence in the JCB brands.

“We can offer up to four years. As a start it is one year unlimited then it goes up to four along with the service contracts.”

As well as branches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, GTHE also operates four outlets in other locations including sharjah and Al Ain. In ras Al Khaimah the focus is on Komatsu. He explains that the large quarrying operations there, many of which are among the largest in the world, require a major focus on the famous Japanese brands. “ras Al Khaimah is something special when it comes to Komatsu,” he opines.

Back to JCB. He explains how tastes have changed regarding backhoe usage over the years as contractors have learned more of the applications made possible by the UK company’s most famous export. The turning point was the launch of the 3CX Ecodig in 2010, he explains. GTHE has seized the initiative to put the full force of its combined effort behind it.

“Before that customers just had a traditional job for the machine,” he says. “After that we put new ‘stuff’ here. Our product support team demonstrated the machine. We also introduced the full attachment range for the standard machine. We had the team from JCB come over and show the machine with all the attachments.”

As manufacturers such as Bobcat are at pains to stress, attachments open up a vast array of possibilities for contractors.

They not only make operations on site more efficient but also allow companies to bid for other work they may not been equipped to handle

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previously. This is something that Labib has seen first-hand with the backhoe and its own set of tools. Although he says that the attachments often surprise new customers.

“They’ll come to look at JCB because they’ve heard of the name or because their colleague has got one. Not because of the applications.” he says. “When we show them all the applications it becomes very useful for them.”

GTHE is also now offering operator training to contractors. He says that has partly been borne out of necessity with many companies not having the necessary skills in-house to make the most of the backhoe (or other machines from GTHE) once it has been purchased. He claims that this a standard offer to all of its customers.

“We have training not just for the operators but also the technicians that look after the machine,” he adds. Those technicians are taught many of the basics of good machinery care and daily maintenance, such as starting the day by checking water and oil levels, conditions of tyres, battery levels, and much more.

“It’s about 20 check points,” he continues.

“Otherwise the lifetime of the machine will be reduced.”

Labib has been with Galadari for six years – all of which he has spent on JCB. Over that time he says the market is much more savvy when it comes to machine and equipment purchasing.

“The customer has changed,” he says. “They make full studies about everything: the price, value cost, the durability of the machine. All of things are now being considered.”

Does an informed buyer make things difficult for those on the supply side?

“Theoretically it shouldn’t but it does. I do think newcomers into the market and they still get to compete on price however,” he adds.

GTHE concentrates its effort on JCB’s backhoe and loadall (telehandler) market. He says the company is still determine to breakthrough the big boys that dominate.

“We’re full range,” he affirms.

“WE HAD THE TEAm frOm JCB COmE OvEr AND sHOW THE mACHINE WITH ALL THE ATTACHmENTs.” A locAl fActory for globAl people David O’Callaghan sees a local future for global forklift production.

“There have been some quite major changes in the materials handling industry over the last year these have brought up some very interesting opportunities like the Linde heavy Lift truck plant in Wales and Sany’s new heavy truck plant near Dusseldorf in

Germany,” he told CMME last month.

O’Callaghan believes that there will be more consolidation between manufacturers in 2014 with the larger manufacturers taking more of the market share globally. The top five manufactures at the end of 2013 controlled around 68% of the global market, he explains.

“This would give a local manufacturer, like we plan, a good advantage in the local market as long as the product meets local demands, as our product can do,” he says.

“We hope to have the first fully built trucks in Saudi early next year though we would enter the market before this with trucks that will be built here in the UK and as the

company grows with our Saudi partner. Production will start slowly first with assembly but by the end of the year or early next year full production will be done in the Saudi plant,” he said.

“Only the engine and transmission will be imported all the rest of the truck will come from inside Saudi if local tyre manufacture is available.”

At the 2014 Construction Machinery Show we sold 70 units and 100 more units are under discussion. We have delivered a positive message to our existing clients, our competitors, and grabbed new clients.

I think gaining such an appreciation from all members in the construction equipment sector is a great honour and will encourage us to work very hard to keep the same level of style, image, and standards.”

This year the CM Show team delivered an exhibition Saudi deserves. For years, we have seen a vision in this Show and this year the vision was achieved. We wanted quality traffic and we saw equipment and company owners; and we were able to offer some promotions to entice sales.

I saw an increase in our sales immediately.

Our principles, Doosan and Everdigm, really enjoyed themselves. We anticipate the upcoming years to be even better.”

The Construction Machinery Show was perfect from an awareness point of view.

We explained Roots Group Arabia’s capability of covering the construction industry with all of its needs and requirements. The attendance was good especially during weekdays and towards the end of the exhibition. See you next year.”

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Site Visit

The contract for construction was awarded to a local Omani construction company known as Dawood Contracting on 6 December, 2011

On up high Prior to its opening this summer, Gavin Davids visits the Alila Jabal Akhdar and learns how you pour concrete up a mountain.

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hen visiting Oman, most travellers tend to focus on the Sultanate’s many spectacular beaches and pristine diving sites, others tend to wowed by its ancient culture and landmarks. With its unique history in the region, Oman has always attracted visitors keen to explore its strange fusion of Arabia, Africa and South-East Asian cultures.

However, over the last decade or so, Oman has been quietly carving out a niche for itself as one of the world’s premier eco-tourism destinations, pushing forwards its credentials as a haven for critically endangered regional wildlife and the millennia old mountains that form its spine.

Following a drive of approximately three hours into the Hajjar Mountains, visitors to Jabal Akhdar will be treated to a landscape that is almost lunar in its nature, with the sense of science fiction enhanced by their first sight of the village of the same name.

Clustered together on a plateau, the houses of the village overlook a sheer drop into a canyon that seems to have been lifted straight from the stories of ‘John Carter of Mars’.

It is here that Omran, the government-backed tourism investment and development body, is building an eco-tourism project that is like no other in the Middle East. Having identified the area as an attraction for visitors, the government of Oman has backed the development of a boutique hotel that is 2,600 metres above sea-level and well off the beaten path. Situated a further 45 minute drive away from the village, the Alila Jabal Akhdar is an 86- room hotel that aims to offer its guests a sense of luxury and exclusivity, while also being able to enjoy Oman’s nature at its finest.

“We get a lot of visitors from Oman, the GCC and of course, Europe. So the government has invested a lot in enhancing the infrastructure. We had an evident lack of lodging facilities. There was a hotel that was built in the late 1980’s, but it had 25 rooms. There was definitely a demand (for more),” explains Ammar Al Kharussi, site manager for Omran on the project. “So we started designing and developing the hotel (Alila

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Jabal Akhdar). We thought that if we were going to design a hotel, it would have to be a world-renowned hotel, it would have to be a landmark and we’d like it spoken of amongst the various industries, whether it’s tourism, construction, design or architecture.”

“The contract for construction was awarded to a local Omani construction company known as Dawood Contracting. That was on 6 December, 2011, when we started the project,” Al Kharussi says.

“It was an exciting time because we didn’t know what we were facing. It’s three square kilometres of land and regardless of how many bore holes you have, you’ll never be able to fully understand the geotechnical features of the site. It was challenging, very challenging, in terms of breaking the rock and preparing the infrastructure,” he highlights.

This difficulty in preparing the site is understandable, given that it lies nearly four hours away from the nearest major city. The man tasked with ensuring that the project stayed on track and running on time would have quite the job on his hands. Step forward Bijoy Varma, resident engineer for Atkins Oman.

“Construction was for 24 months. It was supposed to be finished by the 20th of December 2013, but in fact, three months from the start of the project, the client gave additional work to the contractor for the back of house, staff accommodation. Because of that, the deadline was increased by three months, added to the original 24,” he explains.

“Logistics was a very big challenge, basically the government itself wouldn’t allow more than four trips of a trailer coming up. They’d allow only four trips of a big trailer, and that was only at night, not during the day hours. Logistics was complex, and we had to have a specific logistics manager (to resolve

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issues). There was also the problem of getting concrete supplied because there was no concrete ready-mix plants at the top of the mountain.

We had to get it from a place down below, so the transportation was…it’s a very windy road, with many twists and turns, so with mixers and trucks coming in…it was quite difficult to manage things,” he recollects, putting things rather diplomatically, to say the least.

“Another issue was getting water. What happens is that even if it rains at the top of the mountain, the water will always run down. Only a little water will remain and that’s preserved for the local people who still live around here, so we needed to get water shipped up from down the mountain.”

“Furthermore, only four-wheel drive vehicles were allowed, so that meant that we had to train people how to drive them,” he adds, pointing out that working in the area is so challenging that he’d heard horror stories about individuals on other projects quitting, rather than take up a job there.

Someone who would whole-heartedly agree with this sentiment is Talal Ahmed Al Shizawi, CEO of Dawood Contracting, the Omani contractor appointed to the Alila Jabal Akhdar project.

“During the summer, what we did was work from 6:30AM to 6:00PM. We then kept some teams, not all of them, to finish a task for the day and to give work for other teams the next day. So you could say

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that work would continue up to 8:00PM or 9:00PM, at the maximum to 10:00PM during the summer. But in winter, we finish at 8:30PM. We have to look after our labour and get them to take rest also, we could not give them more than their capacity,” he asserts.

With 600 staff onsite, managing the shifts, worker accommodation and health and safety, was another challenge for the project management team. Given that trips up and down the mountain would have been time consuming, the team housed the labour force on the mountain itself, setting up a camp nearby. This had the benefit of allowing construction to continue with minimal interruptions.

“There was a half hour break for breakfast at 9:00AM, then it was back to work till 12:30PM or 1:00PM when there was an hour and a half break for lunch and then back to work. At peak, with 600 men onsite, you can’t take them for one and a half hours (together). So what we did was stagger the teams, so that everyone got one and a half hours of rest.

On Fridays, sometimes we wouldn’t work, but that depended on progress. We did try to give Fridays as a rest day,” Al Shizawi says.

“From day one, we had logistical challenges,” he adds. “(It centred on) how to take materials from down below to the site. I’ll give you an example: ‘A truck with 18 cubic metres of capacity, on level ground, it’ll take 18 cubic metres, but to bring that load up here will require two trucks because each truck will only take half the amount.’ It means that the transportation price is doubled, and that’s just

for one item!”

Although they solved this by purchasing their own vehicles and cutting down on rental costs, Al Shizawi and Verma’s problems continued to mount as construction progressed.

“The second problem was ready-mix, it just wasn’t available here. We solved that by working with company doing road-works nearby. They supplied us, but at the same time, the asking price was always a problem. It was 50% to 80% more.”

On top of all these logistical problems, the team was faced with other challenges. Given that the project was built around an ecological theme, and was in a protected area, the government had given clear instructions that the surrounding area not be disturbed as much as possible.

Couple that with the sheer drops on either side of the cliff, the project management team had to ensure that heavy machinery and labour could move freely and safely around the site, while also ensuring that the flora and fauna around the site remained undamaged.

“Our approach was to use a ‘surgical approach’,” explains S Masood Raza, the principal architect on the project, from Atkins Oman.

“That means that we didn’t want to do too much to change the landscape, just do what is the minimum required and get it right. If we did mass-scale changes to the site, then it would have spoilt the illusion. So it was a careful balance for the strategy that was to be adopted.”

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bACKbONE OF OUr TrANSPOrT NETWOrK. MOrE ThAN $80 bIllION hAS bEEN INvESTED IN DUbAI’S INFrASTrUCTUrE, OF WhICh, $20 bIllION AlONE IS DEDICATED FOr TrANSPOrT.”

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he significance of the UAE’s investments into the transport sector is best understood when viewed as a part of logistical network the country’s leaders are aiming for.

Constructed in the late 1970s, Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, with a capacity of 13.1 million TEU (2013) is the busiest and oldest port in the country. Ninth on the World Shipping Council’s list of the global top ten container ports, Jebel Ali Port is also the world’s largest man-made harbour.

The UAE also boasts of the region’s first semiautomated container port – the Khalifa Port in Taweelah, between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which clocked a capacity of more than 1 million containers in October 2013. The milestone is a crucial one for the UAE and Abu Dhabi, given Khalifa Port only began commercial operations in late 2012 after the iconic Zayed Port in the capital had reached full capacity.

“The purpose of logistics hubs is connectivity,” Dr Ghassan Ziadat, regional director for planning and infrastructure at Atkins Middle East says. “The difference between KIZAD (Khalifa Port) and Jebel Ali Port is that they’ve been undertaken by their owners for two very different purposes. Jebel Ali Port connects to the rest of the UAE and also has linkages with the GCC and the rest of the region.

It is critical, therefore, to connect Jebel Ali Port to Khalifa Port and with Saudi Arabia, Oman and other such key trading zones through road, rail and airport networks to enhance its success as a logistics hub,” Dr Ziadat explains.

“Khalifa Port intends to support its industrial zone largely with the aim of diversifying Abu Dhabi’s economy,” he continues. “KIZAD is a great driver for Abu Dhabi; like the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) in Musaffah, it does and will focus on attracting non-oil and gas industries.”

Jebel Ali Port and Khalifa Port are both being viewed as the conduits that will drive not only their respective emirates, but also the UAE towards an infrastructural boom that can sustain an economy independent of oil transactions. Each port is supplemented by free zones – the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) and the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu

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Dhabi (KIZAD) – which offer investors the benefits of full ownership and tax exemptions.

In April 2014, KIZAD announced the completion of the first phase of the KIZAD Logistics Park (KLP); the anticipation preempting this development is visible from the fact that 83% of phase one’s total area (34 out of 41 units) was pre-leased to local and international companies. KLP, when fully complete, will cover an overall area of 118,965 sqm.

“Today, the global logistics industry is estimated to be worth approximately $300 billion, so it’s not surprising that logistics and supply chain management is increasingly becoming a hot topic of interest in the UAE,” says Engineer Khaled Salmeen, CEO of KIZAD. “We have seen a number of logistics and supply chain investors coming into KIZAD to take land to build their own facilities and now we are seeing the same interest in our pre-built facilities.”

Notably, companies moving into KLP as part of their phase one purchase hail largely from the nonhydrocarbon sector, and include players from fields of logistics services, publishing, media, foodstuff and construction.

“Diversification is a large part of Abu Dhabi’s Vision 2030,” Dr Ziadat admits. “The capital is working towards moving away from its dependence

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purely on oil & gas and downstream petrochemicals, and is looking to invest into other industries such as aluminium smelting, steel manufacturing, aerospace industries and other light industries as well as trade, cultural tourism, and so on.

“One of the major challenges of diversification, however, is to ensure that an industrial development is created and supplemented through an efficient and reliable transport network including ports, airports and road and rail connections.”

Paving the path The 1,200KM-long Etihad Rail network has been one of the UAE’s most touted projects since early 2013. The $11 billion – worth development, starting at the UAE’s western region, including its borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman, will span through the country to connect Abu Dhabi with Dubai, Sharjah, the UAE’s other northern emirates and Fujairah.

Phase II of the project, will see work undertaken to connect Musaffah in Abu Dhabi with Khalifa Port and Jebel Ali. “At Atkins, we started working on the national transport plan in late-2008, which was completed in 2010,” Ari Ali, regional director of transport planning at Atkins Middle East asserts. “It was a set of proposals and transport policies (which) we

prepared on behalf of and in collaboration with the National Transport Authority (NTA). The study required us to create a multimodal transport model for the UAE’s road, freight, bus, water transport, rail and other such networks, bearing in mind the expected population growth in the country within the next 20 – 25 years (2030).

“A package of measures in this study included suggestions for road and highway improvements, and a proposal for the formation of a rail network too,” Ali reveals.

The UAE is not alone in its drive to enhance transportation for better logistical facilitation. Saudi Arabia is actively working to upgrade its rail network, and Oman is steadily moving ahead towards the establishment of its railway and metro lines. Srinath Manda, program manager for the transport & logistics sector at Frost & Sullivan’s MENA operations explains that a set of transport networks to link the GCC countries could greatly boost inter-trade in the region.

“Most imports made into the GCC countries continue to go through the Jebel Ali Port at some point,” Manda says. “In that sense, a connectivity between the countries already exists. The onus is now on the other GCC countries (besides the UAE) to progress with their rail plans so the GCC Rail network

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can commence on schedule, or as close to deadline as possible.”

Dr Ziadat echoes Manda’s views on the benefits of an inter-gCC network to unite the logistical capacities of the region; more importantly, he points out the extension of those benefits on trade within the countries and their collective gDP. “Inter-trade in Europe accounts for about 60% of its gDP; most of their operations are internal, and only 40% of their gDP comes from trade with the rest of the world. “however, inter-trade accounts for no more than 20% of the Middle East’s gDP. I’d say that’s more due to a lack of connectivity and the associated

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DIvErSIfICATION IS TO ENSUrE ThAT AN INDUSTrIAl DEvElOPMENT IS CrEATED AND SUPPlEMENTED ThrOUgh AN EffICIENT AND rElIABlE TrANSPOrT NETWOrK INClUDINg POrTS, AIrPOrTS AND rOAD AND rAIl CONNECTIONS.”

The UAe To sTAy AheAd? With billions of dollars being invested in fast-track development of transportation infrastructure, the UAE, a dominant provider to global energy markets, faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges to retain its position as a world-class logistics hub.

According to Frost & Sullivan’s Srinath Manda, the total logistics market in the UAE for the year 2013 was estimated at about USD 23.4 Billion. This includes the revenues from logistics services for domestic manufacturing, import-export trading, services and agricultural sector. This market represents approximately 6 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) value for the year 2013. This total logistics market is expected to reach USD 27.0 billion in 2015 with a surge in import and export trade volumes and steady upward trend of local manufacturing. The UAE is the second-largest economy next to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in terms of GDP amongst the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations.

In terms of functional segments, the total logistics market in the UAE comprises transportation services, warehousing services,

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freight forwarding services, and value added logistics services (VALS). Freight forwarding represents the largest share with about 62.0 per cent; transportation is the second largest contributor with about 18.0 per cent of total logistics revenues owing to significant distribution activity. The final two contributors to logistics revenue are warehousing at about 16.0 per cent and VALS, such as packaging and labelling, at about 4.0 per cent.

Logistics services offer significant benefits and wider opportunities to the GCC economies. Overall, the sector is on a growth trajectory and is witnessing the mega trends that would help establish it as a prominent logistics hub.

GCC benefits from two unique opportunities; strong growth of volume in the trade lane between Europe and Asia and steady growth and development of manufacturing activities in the driven by predominantly Saudi Arabia.

Capitalising on the availability of world-class port infrastructure and developing the GCC-wide rail and surface transport capability are essential factors for future economic development of the GCC countries.

The important elements making a strong and efficient transportation and logistics sector a strategic necessity in GCC are- enhancement of industry competitiveness, developing a multimodal logistics hub and supporting infrastructure like free zones around the port or airport, focussed investment in infrastructure and adjusting the policies and regulations to promote logistics sector development and synergy across all GCC countries.

The transport and logistics sector in the UAE enjoys a number of unique strengths, including its location, world class infrastructure, and a progressive non-bureaucratic Government that has played an active role in developing the sector.

A positive economic outlook, corresponding population growth, and increasing potential for per capita consumption also foster the positioning of the Middle East as a core business market with the need for a stronger logistics sector.

The logistics fraternity is in for interesting times, as railways will become the game changer in the GCC transportation and its consequent impact is seen on the UAE logistics market.

infrastructure than any other factor. The countries are now seeing value in such (united) rail networks, and it isn’t impossible to imagine a rail network which, sometime in the future, will stretch from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia through the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, to extend towards Yemen, Iraq and Turkey,” Dr Ziadat theorises.

Clearly, the logistics boom in the UAE is here to stay. According to a report by The National, an existing warehouse within Zayed Port will be transformed into a permanent cruise terminal with a capacity of ‘at least three vessels simultaneously’ by the end of 2016. A bus network is being planned in Abu Dhabi to bring in as many as 1,000 buses across 50 new bus stations. To Dr Ziadat, these initiatives by government authorities are a natural move towards attaining the logistical capacity the UAE has scope to capitalise on.

“It’s a bit like the chicken and egg situation,” he says. “Trade investments and development depend on infrastructure to be adequately optimised and enhanced, but the creation of this infrastructure in itself requires substantial investment and commitment.

“The holistic master-plan for the Northern Emirates for 2030, which we carried (prepared) for the UAE’s Ministry of Public Works also looks at transport connectivity of the Northern Emirates with the rest of the UAE. To gradually link all networks – airports, rail networks, metros, bus networks and so on – will take time, but it will happen.”

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Mobile screens that are sorting waste and material.

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ExplorE thE world with tErEx’ 5800 cranE Why get it?

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he 5-axle, 220 tonne capacity class Explorer 5800 all terrain crane (ATC) is designed for worldwide operation. Dimensions, variable axle load configurations, axle pair space, overhang, boom off solution, dolly operation: virtually all variables have been taken into account for worldwide ‘roadability’.

The crane is designed so that the 70.2t counterweight can be automatically rigged and no additional part is wider than 2.5m.

A major feature of the Explorer 5800 crane is the single engine concept. Powered by a Scania 405kw engine complying with Euromot IV/Tier 4F directives, the crane employs the latest engine management system to enhance performance for both road travel and lifting. Fuel efficiency is provided using stop/start technology for the upper cabin and engine remapping depending on what type of operation is being performed, lifting or travelling.

The latest Terex IC-1 touch screen control system, along with radio remote control, contributes to safe and efficient rigging and on-site operation.

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The control system provides the operator with accurate load moment measurements and wind speeds, and simplifies the way the crane operates when handling even the most demanding of lifts.

Designed to operate globally, the system includes 14 pre-programmed languages.

Also new is the 2.85m walk-through carrier cabin with air conditioning, that is ergonomically designed to enhance the operator’s day-to-day experience. A powerful hydraulic system for crane operation allows up to four simultaneous working movements via two, 2-axis pilot controlled joysticks that can be programmed to accommodate up to three different operators.

SpecificationS • engine: Scania (Euromot Tier 4F) • power: 405kw • axles: 5 • Lift capacity: 220t • counterweight: 70.2t • cabin walk-through length: 2.85

SarenS and Terex give crawler boomS a booST why geT iT? Takes The sTress of boom Increase capacITy up To 90% Following extensive testing at its proving ground in Zweibrucken, Terex Cranes has announced its new boom booster technology for its CC 8800-1 crawler crane. The boom booster kit, which nearly triples the width of the boom in the mid sections to dissipate boom stress, allows for higher working height, and increases the crane’s lift capacity by up to 90%.

The technology was developed in co-operation with global lifting specialists Sarens. The kit is described as a ‘must-have for heavy lifting applications with long-boom configurations such as petrochemical, wind turbine erection and power plant installation’,

by Guntram R Jakobs, manager product marketing, Terex Cranes. According to Jakobs, a CC 88001 equipped with the new kit is able to outlift any crane within the 1-2000t capacity range and 3,000t capacity range cranes under certain conditions. It also boosts performance to new heights particularly when working with steep and long boom configurations.

The kit is available with new crane purchases or to be retrofitted to existing models, and offers up to 72 metres of lift-enhancing boom structure for the CC 8800-1 crawler crane. The wedge-shaped, 11 m long lower and upper adapters flare out to a 10-m width, nearly three times the standard 3.5m boom width, to enhance the system’s structural integrity.

bobcaT updaTeS compacT engineS in europe why geT iT? ThorouGhLy TesTeD reLIabLe bLock Bobcat will soon begin the transition to meet EU Stage IIIB/Stage IV emission regulations for machines in Europe greater than 37 kW. This has resulted in significant changes to engine design, added components and unique service requirements, with the incorporation of non-DPF Stage IIIB/Stage IV compliant Bobcat branded engines in selected Bobcat machines.

The new non-DPF engines, built by the Doosan Infracore Engine Business Group, will be added to selected Bobcat machines in 2015.

Five 10 m long intermediate segments offer the ability to meet up to 50m length needs.

Crucially, the boom boosrts can be disassembled and shipped in standard 12.2m open-top containers.

In markets that limit container gross weight to 28 tonnes, each intermediate section fits into one container, while the upper/lower adapters ship in two containers, for a total of nine truckloads to transport the entire 72m boom length. Where up to 40 tonne containers can be used, only seven truckloads are required to transport the full Boom Booster kit to a jobsite. It features a pin connection design that eliminates bolts and facilitates faster and simpler boom assembly in the field. Boom sections can be shipped to the jobsite partially assembled to further advance assembly speed. Both intermediate and adapter sections incorporate the Terex Fall Protection System and walkway to enhance safety when working at height during assembly.

SpecificaTionS: • range of cranes: 1,000-3,000t • full extension: 50m • lift enhancement: 72m • adaptor length: 11m • adaptor width: 10m

There will be three engine models in the range from 37kW to 74kW with displacements of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.4 l, respectively. The engines will be used in 500, 600, 700 and 800 platform Bobcat loaders, except for the S510 and S530 models, which are below 37 kW).

The new compact engines have been subjected to very thorough and successful trials, involving more than 140,000 hours of testing, four times more testing than that on other engines in the Bobcat range of products, to ensure they offer the reliability customers have come to expect from Bobcat compact equipment.

SpecificaTionS: • power options: 37kW-74kW • displacement range: 1.8l, 2.4l, 3.4l • compatible with: Loaders above 37kW

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aSk queStionS what am i missing? what is this really about? By asking additional questions, you are helping yourself find the answers. people may not provide enough information or context around a situation; therefore, it is up to you to question with courtesy for the solution.

Be reSpeCtful Being respectful and treat others the way you want to be treated – both spoken and written, is a game changer. in a diverse environment, language can come across in a different manner. try to evaluate the situation and be considerate with how you come across. Before pressing send on that e-mail, reread it and think how it could be interpreted. try to focus on the positive to deflect life’s little bullets.

Challenge perCeptionS assume that people are trying to do their best. Both parties should try not to draw immediate conclusions about one another or the work involved. instead, challenge the thoughts and options that arise to achieve the best results.

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Be prepared to liSten listen to understand, not to respond. take the time to soak in what others are saying rather than using the time to gather your thoughts as they speak. listening provides an opportunity to gain new knowledge and understanding. this allows you to positively focus and build upon what you have heard.

we all have Something to Bring to the taBle the middle east is a multi-cultural region and filled with people from different backgrounds. use this opportunity to learn from others and work as a team. Be humble, flexible and respectful. after all, we all have something to bring to the table.

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The righT people, righT place organisations and teams want to succeed.

To do this the individual members need the people involved to succeed in their individual and collective roles. This means putting the right people in the right position. Try not to put people in a position to fail. instead, cultivate the talent around you for immediate and sustainable results.

prepare Well aND have a sTrucTure The more prepared you are, the easier it is for you to see the strengths and weaknesses of situations. preparation saves time and allows for efficient use of planning. l

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assess all The cosTs look at the cost of any settlement and/or non-settlement. cost is not only the financial element, but also includes reputation, stress and management time.

look aT The big picTure What do you and the other party really need? is it a labour issue, a small financial cost or a big impact to the business? Take a step back and evaluate the real situation. once the needs are established then finding the solution can be worked about to achieve the needs of all concerned. Without establishing the needs one really is playing darts blindfolded.

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learn the value of humility in any state. in any situation, resolve an issue and find a solution in a manner where you keep your reputation and respect others.

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Having a crusH CMME sorts through the year’s big launches in screen crushers for both quarrying and waste handling applications

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obile crushers and screens continue to make a substantial contribution to the mining and quarrying sectors as well as the increasingly important but niche waste management sector. The first half of the year saw some high profile additions to the market led by names such as Terex and Sandvik.

Modern production of aggregate, vital to the infrastructure construction projects being greenlit across the region, is almost unimaginable on both a practical and financial level without the ability to sort through material.

Raj Stones, a quarry based in Fujairah, UAE, has seen its aggregates production increase through the use of a CH660 cone crusher, built by Sandvik Construction.

Raj Stones, which began operations in 2004, expanded with the acquisition of another quarry named Raj Rocks LLC in 2008, and in a short time has developed a highly successful operation, supplying for the construction industry in the UAE, Qatar, and wider region.

Owned by Raj Group, the Group produces in excess of 8 million tonnes each year of high quality gabbro aggregates, as well as rock products for asphalt and ready mix plants. Across its two quarries it has total estimated mineral deposits of 265 million tonnes and both quarries possess multi-stage crushing lines.

In order to modernise their production capabilities, it purchased Sandvik CH660 cone crusher, capable of producing aggregate to the required specifications at a throughput of between 450-500mtph. The new cone crusher would replace their existing Sandviksupplied H6800.

With hydraulically adjusted CSS, optional automation, a choice of several different crushing chambers, and many other high performance features, each model is versatile, user friendly and highly productive.

The CH660 has proved to be ideal for Raj Stones’ secondary requirements because of the new design of the intake flow. Other features are its automatic overload protection, and the automatic setting system, ASRi. ASRi optimises cone crusher efficiency by automatically adapting the crusher to variations

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in feed conditions, and by continuously measuring and compensating for crusher liner wear the it allows the user to fully utilize crusher liners, thereby scheduling liner replacements in order to coincide with planned maintenance.

The ASRi also assists in keeping the crusher choke fed, thus maximising rock-on-rock crushing, which helps to optimize the quality of the final product.

A combination of Constant Liner Performance (CLP) crushing chambers and high motor power, gives the crushers very high capacity. Nevertheless, the Sandvik CH660 design as used by Raj Stones has undergone an extensive upgrade designed to optimize operations at all levels, with these enhancements covering the entire crusher, including the feed hopper, top shell, bottom shell and main shaft/ head center.

Powerscreen, one of the world’s leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, will be launched its new Powerscreen Powertrak 750 on stand L10 at the Hillhead exhibition in Buxton, in June.

The Powertrak 750 screen is a multipurpose scalping machine, robustly constructed, and geared towards heavy duty scalping in applications such as blasted rock, overburden and C&D. The lively screening action lends itself equally as well to fine screening applications with materials such as crusher run and topsoil.

The Powertrak 750 screen features a Deutz D914 engine as standard, but can also be supplied with a fuel efficient Stage IV Final compliant Caterpillar C3.4 engine. With a vibrating grid feed-in width of 4.4m (14’ 6”) the machine can easily be fed with an excavator, loading shovel or grab. This coupled with its compact, sleek design and ease of movement makes the Powertrak 750 screener the ultimate choice for contractors, quarry operators and recycling customers.

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Growth across the Gcc Speaking ahead of INTERMAT Middle East one of the UAE’s leading construction shows - Rajen Khoda, Director of Sales Middle East, Powerscreen, said the growth of the construction industry in the region, the future of the company in the Middle East, its upcoming and current products, as well as its participation in upcoming global events.

With Dubai, UAE, winning the bid for Expo2020, the construction industry as a whole is expected to gain, as an estimated 30% of the jobs will be created in the construction industry. Projects are distributed across hospitality, transport and amusement facilities, and the UAE government

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has also announced that all new and existing construction projects will be fast-tracked to be ready for 2020, instilling reinvigorated confidence in the construction industry.

Discussing this year’s growth across the construction industry in the UAE and Middle East when compared to last year, and the status of Powerscreen’s sales, Rajen Khoda, said: “We have not seen much growth so far in the UAE, particularly in the quarry industry.

However, Oman and Qatar have seen growth. There has been demand for both crushing and screening Powerscreen equipment in Oman, and we continue to hold the largest market share in the country.

“Overall in line with all major manufacturers, 2013 has been somewhat challenging with demand being in line with expectations in some markets, but remaining weak in others. Europe remained weak, although the second half of the year saw a modest upturn in parts of Europe; North America remained steady throughout the year; and Australia saw a slowdown, which was expected with the decline in the mining industry. We have seen new opportunities in Africa, and parts of the Middle East have remained strong, but overall demand could be best described as being patchy till now.

He further elaborated: “Talking specifically

about the UAE, I can say there are positive signs showing good movement in the quarry industry.

Quarry operators are quite optimistic with anticipated demand from Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, and from the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. There is also some improvement in demand of aggregate from Al Ain and Abu Dhabi. This forces contractors and cement factories to buy material from Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah and as a result they stopped or reduced their procurement from Oman. In the near future we expect to see Saudi Arabia with the biggest growth due to general investments in infrastructure all around the country.”

the successful Warrior 2400 screen, a model which is now well established in markets worldwide. This triple shaft technology, unique to Powerscreen heavy duty mobile screens, is designed so the 4.8m x 1.5m (16’ x 5’) screen box is highly effective and efficient while maintaining exceptional throughput productivity.

The extreme screening acceleration offers the Warrior 2100 screen improved capabilities over its class rivals, especially in sticky scalping applications. With amplitudes and accelerations in excess of 16mm and 6g respectively, the Warrior 2100 triple shaft screen is more prolific at removing and breaking up clay materials than any of its class rivals.

The Warrior 2100 screen is designed with economy in mind, with reduced fuel consumption being offered through a lower engine running speed of 1800rpm and enhanced hydraulics. With media solutions which include Bofor Grizzly, Finger Modules, Punch Plate and new 3D Punch Plate, the Warrior 2100 screen is extremely efficient in scalping, screening and recycling applications.

The adjustable speed, stroke and timing parameters of the screen, positions the Warrior 2100 with an unrivalled level of versatility and performance through a broad spectrum of applications including recycling, biomass markets and the more mainstream segments including aggregates and sticky over-burden.

Generous stockpiling capacity is standard on all conveyors with the chassis riser and the telescopic side conveyor option offering further impressive benefits. The Warrior 2100 screen is equipped with a long tail conveyor that allows feeding of a secondary plant without benching in almost all instances.

A particular benefit to contractors is the reduced set-up and shutdown time. Serviceability features include a class leading screen box raise function and the unique ability to raise the collection conveyor.

Etihad Rail makes Tarmac feel materialistic Tarmac Middle East, a subsidiary of the UK-based quarry firm Tarmac Limited, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Etihad Rail to transport materials through the rail network, the company said in a statement.

As per the deal, Tarmac Middle East will utilise the rail network’s operations for the distribution of its products from its local arm Al Futtaim Tarmac Quarry Product Company in Ras Al Khaimah to Etihad Rail’s distribution and export terminals in the UAE. It will also enable distribution to other GCC countries once Etihad Rail connects to the mainline rail network by the end of 2018.

The agreement will provide Etihad Rail with additional volumes of bulk commodities

Optimal chute design in conjunction with the feeder under-tray slide-out feature minimises any potential spillage and reduces any harmful material build-up around the machine.

The Warrior 2100 screen boasts impressive mobility with a two speed tracking system as standard. The high speed mode is further enhanced with automatic engine speed ramp-up making the Warrior 2100 screen model the fastest tracked machine in its range.

The Warrior 2100 screen can be fitted with either a Tier 3 / Stage IIIA Caterpillar C4.4 ATAAC - 4 cylinder diesel engine developing 90kW (120hp) at 1800 rpm, or a Tier 4i / Stage IIIB Caterpillar C4.4 - 4 cylinder diesel engine developing 98kW (131hp) at 1800 rpm.

Earlier in the year, quarry equipment producer Gipo launched its new GIPOCONE B4000 GIGA tracked mobile cone crusher in the Middle East, following its premiere at Bauma 2013.

The high-efficiency machine incorporates a high capacity variable speed cone crusher and a very large close circuit three deck screening machine for utilisation as a mobile aggregate plant in producing four grades of finished aggregate. The new type of machine is distinguished by its flexibility, in which the base model cone crusher can have a separate pre-screen unit with either separate side stockpile

transport capability from its export terminals to other locations within the UAE, the statement said.

“We are very pleased that we have reached such a mutually beneficial agreement that will enable Tarmac Middle East to enhance its logistic operations, while at the same time increase Etihad Rail’s distribution capacity beyond its export terminals,” said Faris Saif Al Mazrouei, acting CEO of Etihad Rail.

“Etihad Rail will provide its partners with faster, reliable, higher capacity and lower cost transportation services across the UAE and the wider GCC region in the future.”

The volume of products that would be transported

by Tarmac Middle East via Etihad Rail is estimated to reach 6,000,000 tonnes by 2020, the company said.

conveyor or crusher bypass if specified.

It can be expanded with a three-deck postscreening machine, a magnet or other accessories and be run and transported with or without the screening machine. Features for the cone crusher include multiple defined final product sizes with one processing system, continuous motor speed setting of the crusher actuator to optimise the final particle quality shape and throughput, and a great reduction in the total length for transportation if the screen unit is detached.

Since it was first used in Germany, the machine has now been successfully put into operation in Switzerland and already has over 1,500 operating hours.

The machine is currently used to produce 0/4 crushed sand and 8/45 mm from river gravel. In the Middle East, Gipo products are sold by Agg-Pro. Gipo is based in Seedorf, Switzerland, and has been producing crushers and screens for 25 years. A Swiss pioneer in mobile crushing and screening, their engineers make a vital contribution to the on-going development of components and machine types.

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Leaving nothing to waste CMME meets the people and the machines leading Sharjah’s ambitious attempt to become 100% waste-free by 2015.

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Bee’ah is able to recycle millions of tyres per year. It has turned many of the 7 million tyres dumped in Sharjah into more useful products.

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he first thing you noticed when touring the immense Bee’ah operation tucked away from Sharjah city is the lack of people.

Wheel loaders, trucks, vans, excavators are all busy moving, churning, sorting.

Occasionally you’ll notice the driver behind a wheel or a machine operator checking a control panel but that’s rare. Whether it’s the football pitch-length sorting machine or the lunar landscape of the landfill area (ironically Bee’ah’s role is to reduce and remove the need for it but more on that later) for all intense and purposes this is a plant operation on a quite grand scale.

Efforts in Abu Dhabi notwithstanding, Bee’ah is behind by far the most ambitious waste management initiative attempted in the UAE – and quite possibly the Middle East. His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and Ruler of Sharjah has decreed that the Emirate must achieve zero-waste to landfill by 2015. It’s a massive task for the organisation that is on track to be made possible not just because of support by the emirate’s administration but by a campaign that has engaged those living in Sharjah.

Bee’ah’s responsibilities extend to the collection of materials such as plastic, aluminum and tyres.

They are then ferried by a fleet of light and heavy vehicles to the site. Once there they are then sorted and then sent to the relevant processing unit where they will be alchemically transformed – or to use the correct term, treated - into an array of plastic products, fibers, car parts, metal cans and even furniture.

Sharjah has fully committed itself to the reduce, reuse and recycle philosophy that has turned entire countries such as Sweden into waste-free havens.

The hope is that one day, the emirate will have this philosophy engrained into the culture.

Throughout the city are signs and bins reminding people to play their part in the scheme. Able to draw on inspiration from efforts elsewhere in the world Bee’ah is working with schools to ensure that there is a generation of children that understand why money and effort is being expended to clean up Sharjah. This effort has been noted further afield with the company beginning to offer waste management services to company’s beyond Sharjah, including a contract in Dubai, and it has opened an

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office in Saudi Arabia. On arrival at the site, CMME is first taken to a welcoming building – dotted with high tables, factoid posters and tiles made of recycled tyres, it’s not difficult to imagine bus-loads of school children scurrying around with pens and pads as they fill out their assignment notepads.

Touring the facility requires a trip in a bus to see the various units and shortly after boarding we’re told that much of what is on view has arrive in only the past few years. Daker El Rabaya, director Waste Process says planning started in 2007. To find out what was possible a world tour of facilities was instigated to look how the facility could from an equipment, logistical and technical point of view.

During the intervening years much of the effort over the past five years has been focused on resource recovery – a critical move that has allowed it to achieve a remarkably high landfill diversion rate, says Bee’ah.

In 2014 the final processes are being put in place to take this approach one step further. With the ongoing operation ticking over like clock-work group CEO’s Khaled Al Huraimel team focused on the successful treatment of waste and converting it into useful material. If all goes to plan by this time next year, and probably earlier, the strategy would have helped it fulfill its commitment of achieving zero waste to landfill.

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Bee’ah sells the material back into the market for asphalt, sport courts, or mulch. It also sells its own products including the rubber tiles seen in the welcoming building

“Our responsibility is to keep Sharjah clean,” says El Rabaya en-route to the processing plant for tyres.

“It’s not only just to deal with waste. You can find a recycling facility here or a material recovery system and construction waste management there but nobody else is creating a whole system to deal with everything coming in. This is the only ‘experience’ you’ll find where everything comes under one umbrella.”

Undertaking an initiative like this has meant streamlining the decision making process.

Bureaucracy and mis-management has helped to stifle similar attempts around the globe. Thankfully in Sharjah’s case impetus from on top has cleared the way and thinking to enable Bee’ah to act far rapidly.

“When you have a plan you need to mobilise all your departments to reach your goals. One management, one task, that’s it.” he continues. “We were not the first to have a plan but we will be the first to reach our target. Other countries or municipalities try for 10-20 years, but we were born in 2007 and only started launching the facilities at the end of 2009.”

Alongside the capital investment and planning, resourcing was also instigated at an early stage. As El Rabaya notes, Bee’ah would not be possible without trained personnel.

“It’s not easy. They need basic qualifications,” he states. “We have been working on this from 2007.

This is a new business and we knew we wouldn’t find trained and experience people to do the job.”

The first stop on the tour is the tyre facility.

Before Bee’ah installed its equipment there, 7 million tyres were piling up in hundreds of depressing black columns. Today 2.5 million tyres are processed at the unit annually, the backlog cut to a relatively small pile.

“If you had taken an aerial view before you would have seen a very big black island,” he says.

During a preparation stage wire is extracted to be sold onto for steel recycling. The remaining tyre rubber is then sent through a primary shredder to cut the material down into smaller chunks. This is then passed through a second stage where a granular shredder further cuts it down. The material is frozen

Daker El Rabaya, director Waste Process says planning started in 2007. To find out what was possible a world tour of facilities was instigated to look how the facility could from an equipment, logistical and technical point of view.

at -200oc before being crushed and then screened and graded (from fractions to 2mm) according to application. bee’ah sells the material back into the market for asphalt, sport courts, or mulch (although it won’t be used for tyres again because of the high sulphur content), but it also sells its own products including the rubber tiles seen in the welcoming building. as well as the shredding, crushing, screening and pressing machines, there are also forklifts and access platforms on hand for maintenance and pallet shifting: “we buy whatever we need.”

The amount of kit on show, including a fleet of 300 vehicles – the heavy trucks seen were mostly volvos acquired from canada – that travel across the site and sharjah picking and moving waste is an equipment lover’s dream. el rabaya doesn’t share the exact cost but he shares a telling anecdote. one machine, dubbed the back breaker, cost more than 1 million euros and that’s just to open black rubbish/ garbage bags. “That’s why i tell me wife that we don’t wrap the waste!”

The building housing the mighty material recovering machine is a highlight of the tour. designed to sort out household waste that can be place in composting, the machine fills the extent of the hangar-like interior. Taking the waste high up before separating useful or valuable material (24 useful products can be found, he says). as we leave there are cubes dozens of soft drink cans – he tells cMMe that each one contains 40,000 cans. 1,500

“The UK sTarTed incineraTion in 1900 and now has a conversion raTe of 60-70%. we are already aT 67% and we sTarTed in 2007. nexT year we will be aT zero.”

tonnes is sorted each day, what can’t be used again is currently sent on to the landfill site. we skirt the edge of the high-rise landfill site on the tour having passed wood recycling and a stack of stripped vehicles (one car takes between 15-20 seconds to be stripped) straight out of a Mad Max movie in the metal shredding area. The stepped-hillsides of the landscape hiding the waste inside. once the zero-target is achieved it will be locked down and the insulated waste allowed to deteriorate. as desolate as the moon’s surface, it’s an appropriately apocalyptic scene. as the cMMe head towards the construction and demolition waste area, large excavators are appropriately digging out the next area to be filled. el rabaya says that the construction waste facility has a conversion rate of 98% or for every 100 tonnes only 2 tonnes is wasted. about 6,000 tonnes is processed at this facility each day. aggregate sent is frequently being soon loaded back onto more trucks to be used elsewhere. some rock here will also be used as a base for roads: “a contracting company drops the waste, a similar company comes and loads the aggregates.” el rabaya says that bee’ah is looking to expand its reach and is looking to share its products and expertise much further in the region. it is not difficult to imagine a series of these facilities popping up in oman, Kuwait and Qatar for instance, “but first we have to engage with the local market, people and find out what they need. There are however two parts. one is what you see here. The other is the awareness and social engagement.” bee’ah has made immense progress in a short time but the final stage will see the biggest leap. a plan for a waste to energy plant has been unveiled that will close the waste loop.

“The UK started incineration in 1900 and now has a conversion rate of 60-70%. we are already at 67% and we started in 2007. next year we will be at zero. we’ve been able to use all the experience, looked at all the technology and we will be the first to reach this goal. our job is not romantic, you can’t tell your child you’re superman, but we’re trying our best.”

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