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lobally, the smart cities trend has elevated digital infrastructure to the same level as physical infrastructure in terms of importance while also emphasising seamless integration between the two. We must thank cheap computing power, storage and bandwidth for the digital revolution. The fact that everything is getting connected to everything has led to the development of new concepts like the Internet of Everything (IoE), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Analytics that are now starting to impact our social and economic activities.

I believe we are getting into an era where the digital infrastructure is set to supplant the physical as the core infrastructure. For example, the smartphone is now our access to the world, and to information, and to education, healthcare and human development.

As our cities develop, an integrated approach is essential to run them. If we take today’s modern buildings as an example, each building may host up to 80-100 protocols for HVAC, lighting, fire protection, elevators. As they don’t talk to each other, we see 40-50% inefficiency in energy consumption in modern buildings. If we add this up from a city perspective, the amount of energy that is wasted is enormous. The solution to this wastage is to connect the unconnected but this not just a technological challenge; it is also a social challenge from the standpoints of cultural adaptation and political will because you have to make departments and functions work together.

From a technology standpoint, open standards are fundamental to making things work together. The reason our phones work anywhere in the world is mainly due to the industry’s adoption of common standards. Of course, there are no global standards in city management yet, so that is something we need to develop. Also, cities have to redesign their regulations for the digital world.

Dubai has successfully demonstrated the role of public and private partnerships (PPPs) in realising its smart city objectives. More important, it has shown how a visionary leadership is fundamental to the success of such initiatives. The emirate is already a global role model in terms of what is has achieved in the tourism, trade and logistics fronts. Smart Dubai will be another feather in an already crowded cap.

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CONTENTS

018 September 2015 COVER STORY

REGULARS

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06 Regional update

Eng Anwaar Al Shimmari, Director of Projects Planning Department at the UAE Ministry of Public Works is a strong proponent of sustainable infrastructure

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10 Sector update 15 Global update 16 Quote Board 18 In Focus

By Fatima de la Cerna

Alan Lamont, Vice President, Bentley Systems

SPECIAL REPORT

Smart Cities 31 SMART DUBAI MILESTONES

21 Infrastructure tenders 34 Bottomline Matters

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HOW DUBAI IS UNLEASHING ITS SMART POTENTIAL

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SECURING CITIES FROM CYBER ATTACKS

ABB Power Systems

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64 Executive Insight 67 Events 68 Infrastructure Milestones This month: Qatar’s Mega Reservoirs

INDUSTRY SECTORS

TOP 10 FEATURE

24 UAE infrastructure projects The UAE’s construction market continues to grow at a steady pace on the back of government and private spending

CONSTRUCTION

SOLUTIONS HUB

54 Pushing the

61 Hybrid power

envelope The role of powder coating in realising the region’s building land marks

By Ram Ramnath

SES SMART Energy Solutions and Building Energy will install the first off-grid temporary hybrid plant in Saudi Arabia

CONSTRUCTION

UTILITIES

OIL AND GAS

48 Power Failure

56 An irresistible

56 A safe pair of hands

Facilities managers need information, lots of it, and they often get more than they can cope with

By Alan Millin

attraction Anlaysing intermittent plant operation in wastewater treatment

By Marcia Sherony

Staying on schedule with plant safety design

By Ossama Tawfick

CONSTRUCTION

UTILITIES

INFRA PEOPLE

50 Infrastructure design trends

58 Deconstructing

65 New COO for

An overview of advanced technologies shaping infrastructure design

By Louay Dahmash

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Dredging the New Suez Canal in Egypt

“There were some impressive numbers being thrown around after [Indian Prime Minister] Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE – not least, the billions being put into a fund for much-needed infrastructure. But to achieve such ambitious plans India will have to make doing business much easier for foreign firms. Buying land there is a nightmare and there’s a whole host of bureaucratic complications and legal oddities that firms need to grapple with.”

Abu Dhabi approves 26 major projects in second quarter

Total floor area of developments given green light triples to 2.3 million square metres, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council says

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look for when hiring Top trends driving recruitment in the sector

The new waterway marks a significant achievement by men and machines.

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Dubai set to break new records with world’s

tallest residential tower Planned 711m-tall tower to be part

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of Meydan One development, which will also include world’s longest indoor ski slope

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What is your view of the UAE property market?

pipeline – experts Gulf state’s ambitious

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Second-quarter costs came to $218m as theme-park

Another ‘bubble’ is about to burst

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REGIONAL UPDATE

UAE Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) achieved a major milestone with the hosting of the steering committee meeting of the Infrastructure Standards Guidelines (ISGL) development project.

The project aims for the integration and harmonisation of all related standards and specifications in infrastructure development projects across the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

ISGL seeks to provide a better understanding of quality infrastructure services in support services, gas, waste management, communications, water, central cooling, electricity, transport, and infrastructure productivity and efficiency.

Top tier The UAE has been ranked third globally for the quality of its infrastructure

The Al Maktoum International Airport expansion will be completed by the first quarter of 2022, said HE Eng Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman, Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC).

In an interview carried in Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) newsletter, Al Zaffin said: “Our current aim for Al

Maktoum International Airport is twofold: to attract more airlines to operate from the airport and ease passenger traffic at DXB until such time that Phase 1 of the new airport is ready. In that context, AMIA is currently undergoing an expansionary phase that will see its annual passenger handling capacity rise from the current 5m to 7m by early 2016.”

Oman The contribution of hydrocarbon sector to Oman’s GDP has been showing a declining trend, said the Central Bank of Oman in its annual report.

The hydrocarbon sector accounted for 47.2% of the nominal GDP in 2014 compared with 50.6% in 2013 and 52.3% in 2012.

“The decline in the crude oil prices in the global market that was not accompanied by a significant increase in crude oil and gas production in Oman during 2014, could explain the reduction in the contribution of this sector to the aggregate GDP,” said the report.

Oil and gas revenues as a percentage of GDP stood at 37.8% in 2014.

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In decline Hydrocarbon sector accounted for 47.2% of GDP in 2014

Oman Broadband Company (OBC) plans to connect 90% of the Governorate of Muscat and 35% of the other governorates outside Muscat with broadband service by 2020, reported Times of Oman.

Under the national broadband strategy, unveiled by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the government has allocated $130m

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to be invested over the next 10 years. OBC is planning to implement broadband projects using financing alternatives and other companies instead of depending on direct financing from the government.

OBC has already covered 30% of the Governorate of Muscat; Musandam, parts of Dhofar and North Batinah will be covered this year.

The UAE has retained its third position in the global infrastructure ranking released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

WEF measured the quality of road and rail networks and the quality of the electricity supply in 144 countries to come up with the table, which forms a part of WEF’s annual Global Competitiveness Index (GCI).

On the overall global competitiveness index, the UAE topped the MENA region moving up to the 12th position.

Mattar Al Tayer, director general and chairman of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently stated that the organisation has spent about $21.78bn on infrastructure projects since November 2005, when the organisation was set up, with assets worth over $23bn.

Oman Power and Water Procurement (OPWP) Company plans to initiate tendering processes for five new independent water projects (IWPs) this year, reported the Oman Observer.

OPWP is looking to set up two IWPs with capacities in the range of of 55,000 - 60,000 m3/day in Duqm and harqiyah regions.

In Dhofar Governorate, a new IWP with 80,000 to 100,000 m3/day is being planned either at Raysut or Taqah.

A request for proposals (RFP) is expected to be issued in the first quarter of 2016, with the commercial launch set for the first quarter of 2019.

RFPs have already been issued for a new IWP at Barka with a capacity of 62m gallons per day, and commercial operation set for May 2018.

REGIONAL UPDATE

Kuwait Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council has endorsed a request to sharply increase the budget for the Al-Zour refinery by further $2.9bn.

The decision came came after bids for most tenders for the five packages constituting the refinery project came in higher than the estimated cost.

Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair said an estimated $60bn will be spent on oil projects over the next five years to modernise the oil sector and to raise production capacity to 4m bpd.

Last year, Kuwait awarded tenders for a $12bn project to upgrade two of the three existing refineries. The plan is to increase the refining capacity to 1.4m bpd from 930,000bpd currently.

State priority Kuwait’s infrastructure sector is set to grow by nearly 15-20%

According to a report by Alpen Capital, Kuwait’s infrastructure sector is set to grow by nearly 15-20% in terms of the number of projects expected to be completed by end-2015.

Infrastructure projects in the country are becoming a state priority, driven by government attempts to enhance integration

with the GCC members and economic diversification. But the report also points out that being state controlled, the country’s transport infrastructure projects are characterised by a lengthy decision-making process.

These factors are leading to a delay in the development of the new rail system, port, and other transport infrastructure.

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has issued sovereign bonds worth $4bn to local banks this year, a first since 2007.

The proceeds will be used to finance the widening budget deficit, which was being funded by dipping into foreign currency reserves. According to Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) data, net foreign assets fell to $672.2bn in May, down by $6.6bn from the previous month, as the government drew down reserves to bridge the deficit.

The expenditures for 2015 has been estimated to reach $229bn vis-a-vis a revenues estimate of $191bn. The break-even has been estimated at $105 a barrel.

Overall, the kingdom withdrew $65.1bn from its reserves during the first five months of 2015.

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Deficit finance Saudi Arabia tapped the bond markets for the first time since 2007

Saudi Arabia ranked third among WestAsian countries (behind Turkey and the UAE) in terms of Foreign direct investments (FDIs) received, said a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

However, FDIs in Saudi Arabia dropped by 6.9% to $8.012bn in 2014 compared to $9.298bn in 2013. Overall FDI inflows

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to the West Asia continued to fall for the six consecutive years at 4% to reach $43bn in 2014 due to political crises.

Regarding infrastructure projects, the report said of the $157bn contracts awarded by the GCC countries in 2014, companies in Saudi Arabia captured the highest portion of those deals at $66bn with the railway sector leading the way.

Despite the fall in oil prices, Kuwait’s financial reserves hit a record $592bn at the end of the 2014-15 financial year.

The reserves are held in two state funds, the State Reserve Fund and the Reserve Fund for Future Generations, both run by the Kuwait Investment Authority.

Despite the sharp drop in oil prices since June last year, Kuwait posted a surplus of $13bn during fiscal 2014-15.

In fact, the country has always posted a budget surplus in each of the past 16 fiscal years thanks to high oil prices.

Oil income in the new budget is calculated on the basis of $45 a barrel, down from last year’s $75 a barrel, while the country’s average production is projected at 2.7m bpd.

State-owned Taqnia is finalising a deal to provide solar energy to the Saudi Electricity Company for 5 USD cents/ kWh, reported The Atlantic.

The report, quoting Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud, Chairman, Taqnia said the tariff is less than the price ACWA Power recently agreed to in Dubai, and will also be the cheapest in the world.

Taqnia has made several investments in renewable energy including the region’s first solar desalination plant.

The report noted that Saudi Aramco and the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) plan to jointly break ground on about 10 solar projects around the country in 2016, while adding that the government has drawn up plans for setting up a commercial scale solar-panel factory in Riyadh and a polysilicon factory on the Arabian Gulf coast.

REGIONAL UPDATE

Qatar Qatar has ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report for efficient government, reported the QNA. The report assesses the efficiency of 144 governments on measures, including wastefulness of government spending, burden of regulation and transparency of policymaking, to produce an overall global ranking. Qatar emerged as the country with the most efficient government, followed

by Singapore and Finland.

The WEF report notes that the efficiency of government has a significant bearing on a country’s competitiveness and economic growth.

Qatar is planning to build a massive logistics hub in the south of the country, between Hamad Port, the Mesaieed industrial area and the truck orbital route to help bolster the country’s private sector.

A report on Dohanews website said the new industrial

and logistics center will be developed across a 6.33m sqm site covering 1,583 plots of land between Al Wakra, Birkat Al Awamir and Aba Sali. The scheme aims to support Qatar’s ambition of diversifying the economy away from hydrocarbons and bolster the private sector.

Qatar’s spending will remain ‘elevated’ in the healthcare sector given the country’s substantial reserves, said BMI Research.

The country is forecasted to spend $5.25bn this year on its healthcare sector, compared to $4.81bn in 2014 .

Qatar’s high level of urbanisation, rapid population growth and rising prevalence of chronic lifestyle diseases creates an environment in which there is strong potential for market growth,” said BMI Research.

The national health insurance scheme- SEHA - has covered all citizens for basic health needs and, according to BMI Research, it will be extended to expatriates in 2016. BMI has forecasted an expenditure of $582m in Qatar’s pharmaceutical sector in 2015.

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SECTOR UPDATE

Utilities Masdar Institute and MIT have joined hands to conduct research on UAE’s cyber infrastructure security challenges.

The collaboration will see both parties undertaking research involving Abu Dhabi’s power system to identify and assess the different sources of cyber gaps in a critical infrastructure system.

“Our research aims to contribute to the development of cybersecurity as an emerging field of scientific inquiry,” said Dr Sameh El Khatib, one of the two principal investigators on the project. The data gathered from Abu Dhabi will be correlated with data from similar projects in New York and Singapore to develop a knowledge map.

Cyber security A new research initiative will analyse Abu Dhabi’s power system

Siemens has been awarded a contract by the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) for the turnkey construction of three substations in Qatar.

The company will supply three 132/11kV substations as part of Phase 11 of the Qatar Power Transmission System Expansion project.

The substations will also provide power supply for two new sports stadiums, and are planned for completion within 15 months.

Siemens has also been awarded an additional contract for 654 NX Air 11kV AirInsulated Switchgears, inclusive of protection for secondary distribution, to be implemented over a two-year period.

Oil & Gas Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co (ORPIC) recently floated a tender for its facilities at Mina al Fahal refinery near Muscat.

The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) tender also includes the Polypropylene Plant and Aromatics Plant in Sohar and Raysut Terminal in Salalah.

“Delivery of ORPIC’s MSPP project is in line with our strategic growth plan to revolutionise the way we operate our oil product logistics model — focusing on a higher standard of efficiency, lower costs, eliminating safety and security hazards, improving environmental impacts and serving the Sultanate with pride,” said Musab al Mahrouqi, CEO, ORPIC.

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Al Nasr Oil field ABB will supply automation solutions for the Nasr Full Field project

ABB has received orders worth $100m from Hyundai Heavy Industries for electrical and telecommunication systems for oilfields off the UAE coast.

The contract enables Hyundai Heavy Industries to fulfill its obligations to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. under the contract for EPC Work of Nasr Full Field Development Project (Package 2).

“ABB’s extensive experience

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in offshore oil and gas field electrification ensures high reliability and minimises lifecycle costs, while trimming the oil fields’ environmental footprint,” said ABB Process Automation division President Peter Terwiesch.

The project will be executed

by ABB’s engineering services and project management team in Norway.

APR Energy has signed a contract to provide a gas turbine power plant for an industrial customer in Egypt.

The project, which is for a minimum of 12 months, has an estimated value exceeding $30m.

APR Energy’s plant will feature three GE aeroderivative mobile turbines that will run on clean-burning natural gas. The plant is expected to begin generation by Q1 2016.

“Our contract in Egypt is the result of many months of work and gives us a foothold in one of the largest markets in the region,” said Laurence Anderson, CEO, APR Energy.

Executive Chairman John Campion said the project builds upon APR Energy’s experience in the industrial space and complementing its success in the utility segment.

Veolia Water Technologies, through its subsidiary VWS Oil & Gas, has been awarded a $20m contract in Kuwait for incineration unit to handle oily and biological sludge.

Veolia is supplying the sludge treatment technologies to two oil refineries as part of a major project that covers a broad revamping of Kuwait National Petroleum Company facilities by a joint venture Fluor, Daewoo and Hyundai.

Veolia will be supplying its own Pyrofluid thermal treatment solution for the project, which is to be delivered in the next 18 months Thierry Froment, head of Veolia Water Technologies Oil & Gas business, said the contract affirms Veolia Water Technologies ideal position in terms of developing the Oil & Gas sector in the Middle East.

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Transport A consortium of Spain’s Isolux Corsan, Turkey’s Kolin and local Haif Company has been appointed the ‘preferred bidder’ for the $2.53bn construction contract for lines B and C of the Mecca Metro.

Line B section with 11.9 km will include the construction of three stations. The Line C section, with 13km, in addition to the execution of six stations, includes two big transport interchanges stations.

The scope of the contract includes the execution of stations and interchange stations with civil works, access ramps, grand roofs, canopies, tunnels, and more than 1,175 meters of viaducts and large pedestrian underpasses.

Paris Metro RATP Group is bringing its expertise in passenger transport to the UAE

China State Construction Engineering Corporation has been awarded a $67m contract by Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) to build access roads leading to the Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR) site from Sheikh Zayed Road.

Spanning 14 months, the contract entails the construction

of two-direction ramps to provide access to DPR’s site from the adjacent road network, and grade intersections located on the link between E311 & E11.The project also includes the construction of roadway signage and pavement marking; street lighting; landscaping; irrigation ducts; storm drainage; diversion; and, protection of services systems.

Construction Abu Dhabi is developing a rating system of ‘black points’ for construction firms that violate and fail to meet environment and safety requirements during construction and demolitions.

Speaking to Al Roeya, Abdulrahman Al Marzouki, Director of Environment, Health and Safety Department, Municipal Affairs Department explained that “the system is under preparation” in coordination with partners.

Similar to the black points rule of traffic department, the rating system depends on nine specific elements of work in the construction sector.

The department will focus on linking environmental requirements for building permits in three municipalities.

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DIFC Gate Building 11 The new building is scheduled for completion by Q2 2017

Disputes relating to major Middle East construction projects increased significantly in value to $76.7m in 2014 according to ARCADIS, the global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm.

Edward McCluskey, Head of Alternative Dispute Resolution - Middle East at ARCADIS, said: “The Middle East construction

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market is back in full swing and contractors and employers are seeing more liquidity in the market. With this though those parties that parked their losses now have the funds to pursue those claims that were parked. We forecast that this trend shall continue into 2015 as more parties have the required liquidity to pursue those claims that were put on ice.”

RATP Dev, a subsidiary of French state-owned public transport operator RATP Group, has signed a partnership with Zain Capital, part of the Lakhraim Business Group, to set up a JV targeting some of the largest transport projects in the UAE. The partnership will begin with a bid to the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DOT) to operate the bus networks of the UAE capital and Al Ain. It will then follow it up with a bid for the multi-billion dirham metro and light railway/ tramline project, which will be one of the largest construction enterprises in the emirate.

In addition, RATP Dev is already in discussions with the RTA to enhance the bus systems in Dubai. RATP Group operates the Paris metro, tram and bus system.

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has broken ground for the construction of its 11th office building in the iconic Gate District.

Built at a total investment of $205m, Gate Building 11 is scheduled for completion by Q2 2017. Across a total built-up area of 200,000 sq ft, the premises will offer 160,000 sq ft (82%) of office space and nearly 40,000 sq ft (18%) for retail and F&B outlets. .

HE Essa Kazim, Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre, said: “We have initiated a new wave of developments at the financial hub in line with the DIFC Masterplan that was announced (in the early part of July this year) as part of our 2024 strategy to triple our growth. The development of the Gate Building 11 will put us in prime position to leverage new opportunities and accelerate our future growth.”

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NATRANS Arabia, which takes place at ADNEC on 25-27 October 2015, consists of three distinct conference streams, incorporating the regions established rail conference – the 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities plus two dedicated one-day conferences addressing road and maritime issues.

Distinguished speakers include: Dr. Abdelgader Elshabani, Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, Senior Transportation Planning Specialist, UAE; Mohammed al-Mudharreb, Roads & Transport Authority, Director of Rail Operation, Rail Agency and Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Advisor To H.E Under Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Bahrain.

During the 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities Summit, designs of nearly US$ 200 billion in network

The exhibition is likely to attract in excess of 2,500 trade visitors.

projects will be presented, running across the Gulf coast from Kuwait, through Saudi Arabia, to the UAE and Oman, with branches linking Bahrain and Qatar. The Middle East Road Conference will examine the progress of the region’s mega road project which is set to grow at a rapid pace over the next 5 years, valued at an estimated US$ 32 billion. The third streamed seminar, Middle East Maritime Conference, will take a look at the different investments in the maritime industry, which are expected to reach US$66 billion in the next three years, with the UAE contributing 30 - 35% of the Middle East’s projected total investment, valued at US$190 billion over the next three years.

Top level transport delegations representing the UAE including government bodies such as the Department of Transport, The Road Transport Authority, Etihad Rail, Abu Dhabi Ports, DP World and the Ministry of Public Works, will be attending the conferences.

Running alongside the conferences is an exhibition accommodating over 100 exhibiting companies that is divided into four themed zones compatible with the conference streams, plus an extra zone showcasing intelligent transport systems. The exhibition is likely to attract in excess of 2,500 trade visitors. The exhibition has already attracted support from the European Parking Association and MAFEX, the Spanish Railway Association plus sponsors Etihad Rail, ESI Rail Ltd, PTV Group, Mitsubishi Electric, Laborex and LGW. For more information, please, visit www.natransarabia.com/infrastructure.

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SECTOR UPDATE

Cities Dubai World Central (DWC) has named its 145 sq km master-planned city ‘Dubai South’.

Announcing the new name, HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Aviation City Corporation, said: “Dubai South is the emirate’s flagship urban project that will set benchmarks for the rest of the emirate in terms of manifesting the themes of happiness as set out in Dubai Plan 2021.”

The city’s ecosystem is expected to generate over half a million jobs and sustain a total population twice that number.

Dubai South already hosts the Al Maktoum International Airport, which will become the world’s largest once complete.

DWC rebranded Dubai South will ultimately sustain a population of 1m

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHADA) has announced that by 2017 there will be more than 196 private schools in Dubai with a capacity of over 341,000 students.

By end-2016, there will be 27 new schools offering 63,000 seats.

Dubai’s successful bid to host Expo 2020, coupled with the growing

population of the city has brought investor confidence.Currently, the KHDA is reviewing more than 60 applications for the establishment of new private schools in Dubai.

Executive Director of Education Development, Kalthoom Al Balooshi said the new schools will help in reaching the Emirate’s goal of having 360,000 seats by 2020.

Finance The consortium of ACWA Power and TSK has achieved financial close for the 260 MWp Phase II of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

The project debt for the solar photovoltaic independent power project (IPP) has been structured as long-term limited recourse project financing and funded by a group of regional banks - First Gulf Bank (FGB), The Saudi National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Samba Financial Group (Samba).

On 26 March 2015, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the ACWA Power led consortium on based on a levelised tariff, which has set a global benchmark for utility scale solar PV power plants.

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Local flavour Phase 2 of Dubai’s solar park has been entirely funded by local banks

Doha Bank has extended $600m in project financing to Leighton Contracting which was awarded Package D of Qatar’s Water Security Mega Reservoirs Project.

The Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) CEO and Managing Director, José A Lopez-Mons, said the award validated the high value placed by the client on the capabilities and proven

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performance of the Group which was awarded this project for Kahramaa last March.

“Doha Bank is committed to using our considerable resources to support infrastructure development in Qatar and help build a more prosperous and sustainable future for our nation and its people,” said Dr R Seetharaman, Group CEO of Doha Bank.

Dubai Municipality is to implement phase 1 of a new global e-address system, Makani, that will allow people to locate entrances of buildings with effect from October, reported WAM. GIS Director Abdulhakim Malikat revealed that the civic body was finalising contractual procedures for the multi-phase smart project. ‘’Phase 1 will cover 40,000 buildings in 63 districts, in addition to government departments and the metro stations,’’ he said, adding that Dubai wil become the first city in the world to use numbers to locate places.

The Makani e-map application will provide new names for streets, simplify the address system and coordinate location databases for government and private bodies.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, committed a total of $783m (47% of which was mobilised) to infrastructure projects in the Middle East and North Africa fiscal year 2015 to boost renewable energy.

In fiscal 2014, IFC invested $639m in the sector, demonstrating its commitment to tackling the region’s biggest development challenges.

Over the last year, IFC closed an innovative $208m debt package to fund the construction of seven solar photovoltaic plants in Jordan – the largest-ever private sector-led solar project in the MENA region.

IFC also invested $25m in Alcazar Energy to help develop a series of renewable energy projects in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, with a focus on solar and wind power plants.

GLOBAL UPDATE

Round Up The recent troubles affecting Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Hanergy are largely the product of an overly optimistic approach regarding its thin-film modules, said GlobalData.

China’s solar PV industry has been severely affected by huge production capacity additions since 2010. “Thin-film contributes around 10% of solar PV installation in China as of 2015 and the technology, in comparison to C-Si, has not achieved its economies of scale,” said Amit Sharma, GlobalData’s Analyst covering Power. “However, Hanergy has been aggressively promoting and increasing its manufacturing capacity for thinfilm, based on optimism for the technology, rather than aligning it to upcoming project pipelines.”

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved nearly $11bn of new lending for strategic infrastructure across Europe and around the world, including road, rail, ports, inland waterways, and airports.

The EIB board also agreed to support investment in renewable energy infrastructure in Nepal, emergency reconstruction of municipal infrastructure in Tbilisi following recent floods, and rehabilitation of the 41km access road to East Africa’s principal sea port in Mombasa.

The board approved investment in environmental, renewable energy and climate related projects in Austria, France, Germany and the UK, as well as Armenia, Kazakhstan and across Africa. Lending to improve SME access to finance included new engagements in Europe as well as Tunisia, South Africa and Zambia.

Heathrow Airport The government will take a decision on a third runway by end-2015

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) and Intel Security have announced they will collaborate to help bolster protection of critical industrial infrastructure and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Intel Security’s McAfee technologies will be integrated with Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security Solutions, providing Honeywell customers with enhanced security software to protect their control systems from malware and misuse.

Respondents to a global survey on cyber security conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of Honeywell cited cyber attacks on industrial targets as major concern. Two thirds said that the oil and gas, chemicals and power industries were particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Heathrow will start laying the groundwork to build a third runway, even though the government is yet to give the green light to the controversial $27.30bn infrastructure project, reported The Telegraph.

Heathrow, which wants to start building in 2020, will launch a so-called “procurement forum” of representatives across a variety of industries to help it formulate its plans, as it moves into what it describes as the “delivery phase” of its politically contentious expansion.

However, David Cameron, the prime minister, has said a final decision will be made on airport expansion by the end of the year.

Furthermore, Heathrow faces a battle with Gatwick, which had proposed a second runway, a plan that was not backed by the Airport Commission.

Suez Canal The extended ‘Suez Canal Axis’ started full operations in August

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The extended Suez Canal, which will allow simultaneous passage of vessels in both directions, was officially opened on August 6, 2015.

The construction of the ‘Suez Canal Axis’ with a length of 35km, and the expansion and deepening of the existing channels with a length of 37km, were launched in August 2014 at a cost $9bn. The project was funded through the issue of government bonds sold to citizens and local companies.

The ‘Suez Canal Axis’ is expected to more than double Suez revenues from $5.3bn expected at the end of 2015 to $13.2bn in 2023, according to official estimates.

GE Oil & Gas will provide high-end turbomachinery for Phase 1 of the landmark Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) - a partnership between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Turkey’s stateowned BOTAŞ (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation), and BP - that will transport gas from Azerbaijan via Turkey to European energy markets.

The multi-million dollar contract provides aeroderivative gas turbines with compressors, all manufactured, packaged and tested by GE Oil & Gas in Florence (Italy) for shipment in 2017. The deal supports the commissioning of Phase 1 of TANAP scheduled to come online in 2018.

“This marks a key milestone for GE Oil & Gas and underlines our long-term commitment to Turkey where GE has been driving several localisation initiatives as part of its $900m investment announced in 2012 in support of Turkey’s Vision 2023,” said Rami Qasem, President & CEO, GE Oil & Gas MENAT.

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QUOTE BOARD

8th Climate Control Conference (C3) ?JC: &*"&+! 9J76>! J6: 96N & “In terms of energy savings, we’re trying to achieve around 19 kWh by 2030 – which is not an aggregate – and 47 billion imperial gallon of water. We started with public buildings in 2010, and when buildings are commissioned, we compare them to a building with a similar footprint before the building codes, so we can assess and push for the target of 30% reduction of power consumption” Faisal Ali Rashid, Director for Demand Side Management, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy on the council’s energy efficiency strategy

“Can we build a project that addresses all sustainability aspects without extra costs? This was the main challenge for us. We started to do the studies.

We ended up with the conclusion that you can cover all aspects of the environment without compromising on quality and without spending extra. As developers and contractors, we don’t see the costs of a project from just one angle. We see it in a holistic way, where all the savings that should be implemented are calculated for” Faris Saeed, CEO, Diamond Developers on why his company decided to go ahead with The Sustainable City project

“It is the vision of the government for Dubai to be ranked among the smartest cities in the world by 2017, and to become a smart city, we must make smart buildings….. Our focus now is to start with the building and to integrate the city’s infrastructure with its buildings. Building management systems are available, and our infrastructure in Dubai is modern, so the transition to smart buildings should not be difficult.”

Salim Mohammad Zid, Senior Civil Engineer, Dubai Municipality on how the government is defining a smart building

“I can’t say that I agree with that, because we’ve been working on bigger scale projects recently. In fact, we just did one big project in Saudi Arabia, and the sustainability weight in the tender evaluation was five per cent – the same percentage given to quality and safety. That was important to us, because we are concerned about sustainability, and in cases where that’s used to evaluate us, sustainability is also what clients are paying for.

Samir Thabet, Sustainability Coordination Manager, Consolidated Contractors Company on whether sustainability is compromised in the chase for cheapest contractor

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“The only thing that convinces them (management) is when you actually bring the cost down; when you say, ‘Listen I’m going to do this project, and I will bring your energy bills [down] by 30 to 40%.’

That excites them. At the top level, I don’t think there was a commitment to look at the environment in a positive way, unless it was a side effect. If bringing down the energy bills helps the environment, then good.

Environment CSR is a very fashionable statement, but management is only looking to bring the costs down.”

Bharat Asarpota, Maintenance Engineer, Emarat responding to a question on whether owners, in general, truly want to be sustainable

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8th Climate Control Conference (C3) ?JC: &*"&+! 9J76>! J6: 96N ' “. . . what the RSB has done is that it has looked at the market for retrofits. We looked at all aspects and what we observed is that, at the supply side, there are a few ESCOs that have been operating in Dubai for some time. But they are very limited and they have had limited growth. We worked to understand why that growth hasn’t been forthcoming” James Grinnell, Head of Water – Dubai Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau (RSB) on the development of Dubai’s ESCO (Energy Service Companies) market

“For regulation, we drafted a federal law on energy and conservation.

The law focused on three main sectors: building, industry and transportation.

Since we have huge energy consumption in the building sector, we drafted the first phase for buildings, where we focus on all buildings – government to local. This law will help us to encourage or influence the behaviour of people towards energy conservation” Somayyah Abdulla Alyammahi, Senior Green Building Architect, UAE Ministry of Energy on the ministry’s objective for energy efficiency

“Regulation only is the tip of the iceberg, while self-regulation is at the bottom. So the tip can only nudge things. Regulation has to come from within. And until and unless an innovative approach has been applied, I think our solutions have to be very different. We have to do a lot of unlearning. Right now, the focus is at the tip of the iceberg, which should not be the case” Sarfraz H Dairkee, Secretary of the Board, Emirates Green Building Council (EGBC) on the importance of self-regulation

“And yes, it [TSE] is cost-effective; its price is 1.3 AED per cubic metre. This is more attractive than the cost of DEWA water. And it is used for several applications. One of them is greenery and landscaping. We have mapped out and found that TSE can be used in 23 different applications” Eng. Redha Salman, Director of STP Department – Dubai Municipality (DM) on the availability of enough TSE (treated sewage effluent) in Dubai

“So, basically, before going into FM, as an owner, first you need to set your KPIs. As an owner, you should set your energy targets, your IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) targets – all these things should be there so that when you get a tender from different FM companies, you can compare and know what a particular FM company is bringing and what another FM company is bringing.

Currently, the situation that is played out involves the owner asking FM companies for a general maintenance contract and the lowest bidder getting the project. =VhhVc NdjcZh! IZX]c^XVa 9^gZXidg · <g^[[^c 8dchjaiVcih on the critical role of FM (Facility Management) firms in sustaining Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and energy efficiency aspirations

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BIM

It’s about communication Alan Lamont, Vice President, Bentley Systems speaks to Infrastructure Middle East about the role of information management in the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM)

hat are the necessary conditions for proper implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM)?

BIM has two important levels to it – 3D modelling, which people tend to be familiar with, is only one aspect. What they often fail to see is the workflow underneath.

They might be able to do certain things in certain departments but when it comes to communicating with others, they have no idea. A quick fix solution is to mandate that everybody needs to use the same file format but you end up seeing bizarre things like an architectural tool being used for railway design.

What you really want to do is leave it to the experts to choose the right tool to do their job.

The information exchange needs to be on a neutralised basis - what we in Bentley term as the ‘i-model.’

Most people are still stuck at 3D modelling with a few going down to the workflow level.

They need to address this internally and work on the JVs and the collaboration between the project teams.

It’s like a good marriage – if you want to have a good marriage, you got to have good communication that leads to good understanding of each other. If one starts talking out of line or starts insulting the other, that’s when things get out of hand. The key to successful information management is making sure everybody speaks the same language.

Information exchange can be done even if the file format isn’t the same. For example, we have developed a JT interface (which is the data interface between Siemens and CATIA)with our products.

We solved the problem by addressing the workflow. Otherwise, the two models would never have met.

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Alan Lamont

We create the language between the parties which gets adopted in the overall implementation.

Are the BIM solution providers talking to each other?

Within the industry, we talk to each other and try to identify the critical issues. If we take the automotive industry as an example, the guys designing the body have a parametric modelling tool; the guys designing the engine have a different tool and the guys designing the factory have a different tool. How do you combine the workflow? These guys never see each other unless they meet on site.

We looked at their systems, looked at our system and worked together with Siemens on transferring essential data between the two systems in either direction. Last year, we announced the integration of our pointcloud BIM advancement with the art process simulation tools in Siemens’ Tecnomatix software for 3D digital factory automation.

This helps to integrate the digital product and process lifecycle with the factory’s digital design.

We worked with Trimble to get BIM data to measurement devices. When you look through your surveying tool, you see not only real life but also the virtual model overlaid.

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How do C-level executives see the value of BIM? Showing the value is always a tricky question. When you think about the construction industry and the cost – you bid low and fix it later - verily, we are talking about 10-15% cost over-run and negotiation afterwards. The onus of responsibility is on the construction firm to give a 100% solid bid. Most bids today are based on 60% design but what you want is to get to 90% design, which comes down to the processes within the company. C-level executives today are in a position when they submit the bid; they can tell you right at the beginning whether it’s going to be successful or not. They know their price is correct, and the CEO can sleep at night because he knows he is going to be profitable on that project.

Has BIM awareness percolated to academia?

Educational institutions are expected to train students about better practices, and adoption of best practices. But I feel a lot of the institutions have become product trainers. They adopt one product and say that’s the only one, and send out students who believe that’s the only option. This is the wrong approach.

I believe institutes should show different options and alternatives so that the student comes out ready for the industry.

The technology that is coming out has its inherent issues, which is related to the way it is driven. People end up thinking wrongly that a technology problem is a BIM problem.

In reality, the problem has nothing to do with the BIM process.

Institutes need to educate themselves about what is going in the industry instead of settling for a one-sided view. Otherwise, they risk becoming software outlets.

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Infrastructure Tenders Our monthly analysis of new tenders and key projects across the region

OMAN NATIONAL RAILWAY PROJECT

LNG IMPORT & REGASIFICATION TERMINAL PROJECT - AL ZOUR

MAKKAH MASS RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

PTA & PET COMPLEX PROJECT SOHAR PORT

BUDGET: $15,000,000,000

BUDGET: $3,300,000,000

BUDGET: $16,000,000,000

BUDGET: $600,000,000

Territory: Oman Client Name: Ministry of Transport Description: Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract for 2,135km-long national railway network.

Period: 2018 Status: New Tender

Territory: Kuwait Client Name: KNPC Description: EPC contract to build a an onshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import and re-gasification terminal.

Period: 2020 Status: New Tender

Territory: KSA Client Name: Makkah Mass Rail Transit Company Description: Development of a 188km metro system with four lines and 88 stations.

Period: 2020 Status: New Tender

Territory: Oman Client Name: Oman Oil Company Description: EPC contract to build a 1.1 MTPA Purified Terephthalic Acid plant and 250,000 TPA Polyethylene Terephthalate plant.

Period: 2016 Status: New Tender

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Top Tenders UAE

AL SHARIA PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Project Number: (IO) 95/2015 Client Name: Abu Dhabi Municipality Address: Salam Street, Abu Dhabi Phone: (+971-2) 678 8888 Fax: (+971-2) 677 4919 Website: www.adm.gov.ae Description: The Al Sharia Park is located along E11 highway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai at an interchange near Al Rahba in Plot P2, Ajban Sector. Developers will fund, build and operate the project under a Musataha contract, which entitles them to benefit from the land and facilities for 32 years following which the ownership reverts back to the Municipality at nil premium. Tender closing date is September 29, 2015.

Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Construction & Contracting Leisure & Entertainment

Tender Categories: Power & Alternative Energy

WEST YAS VILLA COMPLEX PROJECT YAS ISLAND ZONE KT Project Number: WPR758-U Client Name: ALDAR Properties Address: 13th Floor, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce Tower Phone: (+971-2) 810 5555 Fax: (+971-2) 810 5550 Website: www.aldar.com Description: Development of 1,017 four and five-bedroom villas, each comprising a ground floor and an additional floor, including all community facilities. The villas, located along the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mangroves, are expected to be handed over to buyers by the end of 2017.

Bids have been submitted for the main contract and are currently under evaluation. An award is expected in October 2015.

Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Leisure & Entertainment; Construction & Contracting; Hotels

OMAN NEW SULTAN QABOOS HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Project Number: 17/2015-O/11 Client Name: Ministry of Health Address: Opp. Khoula Hospital, Bldg. No. 105, Muscat PC 103 Phone: (+968-24) 602 177 Fax: (+968-24) 602 647 Website: www.moh.gov.om Description: Construction of a new hospital in Salalah comprising 5 storeys offering 700 beds and specialist units. The project will cover an area of 200,000 sqm and offer adult and pediatric emergency services, physiotherapy, nuclear medicine, dietary services, warehouses, a pharmacy and a laboratory. Sixteen construction firms have been prequalified for the project. Client has again extended the closing date to submit bids for the main contract from the previous deadline of August 31, 2015 Status: New Tender Period: 2018 Tender Categories: Construction & Contracting; Medical & Healthcare

DARIS COPPER GOLD PROCESSING PLANT PROJECT Project Number: ZPR648-O Client Name: Daris Resources Address: Al Tammam Trading Establishment Building, Muscat Phone: (+968-24) 794 331 Fax: (+968-24) 780 180 Website: www.althammam.com Description: The project involves the development of a Copper Gold processing plant with production capacity of 800,000 TPA. The plant will process mineral ores extracted from deposits discovered in the Washihi and Daris areas of Dakhiliyah and Batinah North governorates.

Australia-based minerals exploration and mining development company Alara Resources has announced the formal launch of a study into the feasibility of establishing this plant, which will be completed in four months.

Period: 2016 Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Industrial & Special Projects

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KABD WASTE-TOENERGY PLANT PROJECT

Project Number: 2131500047 Client Name: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) Address: Head Office, Near Wafi Shopping Mall, Zabeel East, Dubai Phone: (+971-4) 601 9999 Fax: (+971-4) 601 9995 Website: www.dewa.gov.ae Description: Provision of consultancy services for utilisation of coal combustion byproducts from the Hassyan clean coal power complex. The closing date for the tender is October 25, 2015.

Status: New Tender

Project Number: MPP2620-K Client Name: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) Address: Touristic Enterprises Co. Bldg., Shuwaikh Phone: (+965) 2496 5900 E-mail: (+965) 2496 5901 Website: www.ptb.gov.kw Description: Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract for the development of a waste-to-energy plant with initial capacity of 3,275 tonnes/day. Client will enter into a 30-year contract with the winning investor. This will include 2 years for construction

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JEDDAH PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

and equipment installation. The client has prequalified five groups to participate in the BOT contract from France, Spain and Austria.

Period: 2015 Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Power & Alternative Energy; Sewerage & Drainage

AL KHIRAN INDEPENDENT WATER & POWER PROJECT - PHASE 1 Project Number: ZPR250-K Client Name: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) Address: Touristic Enterprises Co. Bldg., Shuwaikh Phone: (+965) 2496 5900 E-mail: (+965) 2496 5901 Website: www.ptb.gov.kw Description: The project involves a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract to build an independent water and power plant (IWPP) with capacity of 1,800 MW of power and 125 MIGD of water.

Client has prequalified seven consortiums to participate in the bidding process for the main contract. They are the same seven lead developers for the AlZour North 2 IWPP. Client is also expected to stagger the submission date by six months due to the size of this project.

Period: 2015

Status: New Tender Tender categories: Power & Alternative Energy; Water Works

KSA HASBAH SOUR GAS FIELD EXPANSION PROJECT Project Number: WPR749-SA Client Name: Saudi Aramco Address: Dhahran 31311 Phone:(+966-13) 872 0115 Fax: (+966-13) 873 8190 Website: www.aramco.com Description: This project involves expansion of the offshore Hasbah sour gas field, which will feed the planned Fadhili gas plant with 2bn standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of gas, while the remaining 500m scfd will come from Khursaniyah.

The project is an important component of Fadhili project.

The client has extended the deadline to submit bids for the EPC contract by almost a month from the previous deadline of September 20, 2015, as firms needed more time to prepare the offers.

Period: 2018 Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Gas Processing & Distribution

Project Number: ZPR088-SA Client Name: Jeddah Municipality Address: Jeddah 21146 Phone:(+966-12) 614 9999 Fax: (+966-12) 614 9292 Website: www.jeddah.gov.sa Description: The project involves the develoment of a public transport programme comprising a Metro network, Tramway and Light Rail Transit. Arab Center for Engineering Studies (ACES) has been awarded the geotechnical investigation contract for the preliminary engineering design phase. Metro Jeddah Company (MJC) has invited initial expressions of interest (EOI) for the civil works contract of the metro network. It has also invited EoI and prequalification to design, build, procure, supply, operate and maintain a light rail transit (LRT) and corniche tramway civil works and rolling stock.

Period: 2022 Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Public Transportation Projects

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QATAR QATAR LONG DISTANCE RAILWAY NETWORK PROJECT Project Number: MPP1592-Q Client Name: Qatar Railways Company (QRC) Address: Doha Fax: (+974) 4497 4333 Description: The project involves construction of a 400-km-long railway network.

The client has prequalified 15 consortiums for the Phase 1.

Period: 2018 Status: New Tender Tender Categories: Public Transportation Projects

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UAE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Despite the slide in oil prices, the UAE’s construction market continues to grow at a steady pace on the back of government and private spending

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UPPER ZAKUM CRUDE INCREMENT PROJECT

Owner: Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) Budget: $10bn Progress: Contracts awarded It is part of the client’s programme to increase crude production capacity to 750,000 bpd from 500,000 bpd at present. The scheme is being implemented in JV with US’ ExxonMobil, which holds a 28% stake. The major civil engineering works on this project have been completed. Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an extension to its existing project management consultancy (PMC) contract on this scheme. Client will oversee the contractors’ delivery of reimbursable EPC scopes of work, commissioning and startup support.

Work is scheduled for completion in December 2017.

TEN UAE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

TACAMOOL PETROCHEMICALS COMPLEX

Owner: Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company Budget: $10bn Progress: Bids under evaluation This project will be developed at Al Gharbia in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, and is the first phase of a much larger planned development. Tacamool will produce more than 7m tonnes/year of products, including basic commodity polymers such as olyethylene and polypropylene, advanced plastics such as polycarbonate and acetone. Bids are currently under evaluation for EPC contract to build the aromatics complex.

US’ CH2M Hill carried out the frontend engineering and design (FEED) contract for the complex. Technical EPC bids have been submitted for the offsites and utilities package; however, the deadline for commercial bids on this package is yet to be set.

MARYAH PLAZA MIXED USE PROJECT

REEM MALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT- REEM ISLAND

Owner: Mubadala Development Company Budget: $1bn Progress: Bid evaluation

Owner: National Real Estate Company (Kuwait) Budget: $1bn Progress: Design approved

The scheme, which is being developed in a JV with Taiwan’s Farglory Group, will come up on the Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi. It will be a mixed-use community with residential apartments, 5 star hotel, serviced apartments, commercial units and a waterfront retail promenade. The towers will spread over an area of 42,000 sqm offering 435 luxury apartments and a fivestar hotel tower offering 180 hotel rooms. At the ground level, there will be restaurants, cafes and shops. The project will also include construction of 65,000 sqm of car parking space. Evaluation of bids is still underway for the main contract.

The deadline for completion of the project was originally scheduled.

Spread across two million sq ft, Reem Mall, which will come up on Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island, will feature approximately 450 stores, including 85 restaurants and a range of family-focused entertainment offerings. The project has taken a significant step forward after Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) granted its approval for the initial design. The Concept Planning Report (CPR) agreement paves the way for Enabling Works Permit, also issued by UPC, which will allow for construction to commence this year. In July, the owner and partner company UPAC announced a new corporate structure for this project. UPAC, through its real estate subsidiary, Al Arfaj Real Estate Company, will invest up to $224m over the next three years.

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JEBEL ALI REFINERY UPGRADE PROJECT

Owner: Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) Budget: $1bn Progress: EPC prequalification This project involves upgrading of the existing Jebel Ali Refinery in Dubai.

The refinery currently processes 120,000 bpd of crude and has two trains of condensate. Client is planning to add two new processing trains - jet and diesel hydrotreaters, and an isomerisation unit that will lead to the production of Euro 5 grade products such as highoctane gasoline, lowsulphur jet fuel and ultralow sulphur diesel. ENOC has invited companies to submit technical EPC proposals by November 16, 2015.

Prequalifiers for the EPC contract include South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction, UK- based Petrofac and Italy’s Saipem among other firms. USbased KBR carried out the FEED.

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MIRDIF HILLS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Owner: Etihad Rail Budget: $800m Progress: Re-tendered

Owner: Dubai Investments Budget: $680m Progress: Prequalification for main contract

The client has re-tendered the main contract on this project without the connection to Oman. In August, the bid submission deadline for main contract was extended from the previous deadline of July 30, 2015. Prior to the retendering, Etihad Rail was involved in extended negotiations with Italy’s Salini Impregilo / South Korea’s Samsung C&T / local Tristar and China Railway Construction Company / local Ghantoot Group. Submission of technical and commercial bids is currently underway for the main contract. An award is expected in November 2015, with construction anticipated to commence in December 2015. Client has invited consultants to resubmit PMC bids.

The Mirdif Hills mixed use project is being developed in Mirdif area of Dubai by Dubai Investments Real Estate Company (DIRC) and cover a total builtup area of 251,000 sqm. It is envisioned as a self-contained community comprising residential apartments, corporate offices and retail outlets. Local Al Arif Contracting Company had been appointed as the main contractor before the project was put on hold in 2009 due to lack of availability of mortgage financing.

The project was revived last year. It is understood that 17 companies have prequalified for the main contract. UK’s JDA Architects has been appointed as the lead architect, while local A2Z Architectural Engineering is acting as the consultant.

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JEBEL ALI STP (SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT) PHASE 2

BURJEEL MEDICAL CITY PROJECT

Owner: Dubai Municipality Budget: $410m Progress: Bids submission for main contract

Owner: VPS Healthcare Group - Abu Dhabi Budget: $380m Progress: Bid evaluation underway

The client has invited companies to prequalify and submit bids for the EPC contract. Contractors have been invited to submit tender proposals in three parts.

The deadline for prequalification was July 12, 2015. For the technical and financial part, prequalified contractors will have until September 13, 2015, to submit bids.

Phase 2 will use the existing infrastructure and roads that serve the first phase. The construction contract will include a provisional option for one-year operation and maintenance (O&M) of the entire STP. On completion, the plant is expected to decrease the load gradually on existing Al Aweer sewage treatment plant. Jebel Ali STP will be one of the largest in the world, serving an ultimate population of 4.5m.

This project will be located within Mohammed Bin Zayed City and cover a gross floor area of 82,000 sqm. At the centre of the Medical City lies the Main Hospital with its basement, 4 podiums, 4 towers and a helipad for airborne patient transport. This landmark project focuses on ultraspecialised domains like Oncology, LongTerm Care, and Wellness, and is expected to become the largest private Medical Healthcare Facility in Abu Dhabi. In December 2014, local NSCC was awarded a contract to carry out the enabling works on this project. The award of main contract has been delayed to September 2015.

MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM SOLAR PARK PHASE 3 - IPP

Owner: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) Budget: TBA Progress: Bids invited for consultancy contract Phase 3 of the solar park will be based on solar photovoltaic technology as in Phases 1 and 2. DEWA received bids from nine companies on May 3, 2015 for the advisory services contract on this scheme.Eight companies have been shortlisted for the consultancy contract and the evaluation is currently in final stages. The winner will help client to decide if it will award all of the 800MW in one single phase or separately into sections. If developed in one phase, it would be the largest single PV solar scheme in the world. Once the consultancy company is on board, client will prepare the next stage, including the request for bids, which is expected by the end of 2015.

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HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issues Executive Council Resolution No. 27 of 2015 approving the new organisational structure of Dubai Smart Government (DSG).

DSG Director-General, Ahmed Mohammed bin Humaidan, said that ‘Dubai Smart City,’ the slogan chosen by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will be adopted as DSG’s own slogan in the next phase of its operations.

store offers more than 100 smart applications developed by UAE federal and local departments linking to 700 customer services from one location.

forming the advisory board of the Dubai Smart Government (DSG). The board will be headed by the Director-General of the DSG, with nine members representing nine government agencies - the Dubai Police General Headquarters, State Security Department in Dubai, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the Dubai Municipality, Department of Economic Development in Dubai, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dubai Customs, Dubai Health Authority, and a representative of the Dubai Smart Government.

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HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issues a resolution with regards to the formation of the ‘Dubai Open Data Committee’. The Dubai Open Data Committee will implement a number of tasks which guarantees ease of information flow and Information security at the same time, wherein the committee will coordinate with the concerned entities in Dubai to define the scope of open data, classifications and issue priorities regarding circulation and sharing mechanisms. The open data committee is headed by Abdulla Al Madani from RTA.

The Supreme Committee for Dubai’s transition into a smart city holds its first meeting. During the meeting, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ordered the formation of an executive committee for the Smart City initiative to be chaired by Ahmed bin Bayat, and comprising of Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al Shaibani, Secretary General of Dubai Executive Council; Ahmed bin Humaidan, Director General of Dubai Smart Government Department; Aisha bin Bishr, Assistant Director-General of the Executive Office of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and representatives from Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai police, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA); Dubai Municipality and Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).

HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announces the launch of a new project aimed at transforming Dubai into a smart city.

“We strive to create a new smart concept in running cities,” said Sheikh Mohammed.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014 HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issues directives to public departments and institutions in Dubai to prepare for implementing the initiative of ‘Happiness Index’, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in next months.

Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gargawi, Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Chairman of the Dubai Smart City project and Chairman of Executive Office of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, said the immediate implementation of the Happiness Metre will depend on readiness of infrastructure at all points for population and tourists.

MARCH 27, 2014 The UAE government launched the first store for Smart Government Applications on the global level through the Android and IOS platforms. The

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JUNE 30, 2013 HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, orders amending the name of Dubai e-Government to Dubai SmartGovernment. On June 29, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, launched the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart Government Programme, laying the foundation for transforming the Dubai Government from e-government to smart government. [Dubai’s e-Government programme was launched in 2001]

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launches the strategy to transform Dubai into a smart city. The Plan features six main pillars and 100 initiatives on transport, communications, infrastructure, electricity and economic services and urban planning as well as converting 1,000 government services into smart services during the next three years.

Sheikh Mohammed said the “gigantic project” aims to touch the life “everyone in our country.”

DECEMBER 25, 2013 Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issues Resolution No (44) of 2013,

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Bottomline Matters Helping you make the smartest decisions SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SECURING RELIABLE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Recently ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that turnkey substations will be provided to help integrate electricity from a new independent water and power plant into Qatar’s grid. Qatar has embarked on an ambitious infrastructure building programme to accommodate a population expanding at about three times the rate of its Gulf neighbours. ABB will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of three turnkey substations, which will be used to feed the grid and later step down power for distribution along the new planned development areas. The 400 kilovolt (kV) and 220/132 kV substations are equipped with state-of-the-art gas-

A FUTURE THAT ENABLES DIGITAL SUBSTATIONS

By Stefan Meier,ABB Power Systems, Baden, Switzerland he concept of a digital substation has long been an insubstantial thing – an ideal vision of all-knowing substations networked into an intelligent grid.

But the concept is now a lot more practical so the specifics of what makes a substation “digital,” and why that is such a desirable thing, can be discussed.

Digital signaling offers excellent reliability and capacity, and has been in use in power infrastructure for decades. Most existing electricity grids employ digital fiber-

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insulated switchgear (GIS) as well as advanced control and protection and telecommunication systems.

ABB is also supplying a substation solution for the expanded operations at Bahrain International Airport, which is currently undergoing a modernisation programme. Once completed, the airport is expected to see a 50% expansion in passenger traffic to about 14m passengers per year. ABB was selected by the Electricity & Water Authority (EWA) to design, supply, install and commission the GIS substation that includes key products like seven bays of 220 kV and 17 bays of 66 kV GIS and IEC 61850 compliant systems for automation, control, protection and communication.

the IEC document is properly known, is a comprehensive standard broken down into components that, for example, specify how the functionality of substation devices should be described – how they should communicate with each other, what they should communicate and how fast that communication should be. All of this is critical to realising the benefits of a truly digital substation. At the station level, things are generally digital, even in relatively old installations. SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems usually demand digital information and ABB has been selling fiber-optic “backbones” for more than two decades. Between the station level and the bays, fibers can carry digital data – conforming to IEC 61850 – but to become a true digital substation the standard has to extend even further.

optic networks for the reliable and efficient transport of operation and supervision data from automation systems in substations – and even power line networks carry teleprotection signals these days. But only now are the advantages of standardised digital messaging starting to extend into the deeper substation environment.

IEC 61850 Without standards, the adoption of digital messaging for intrasubstation communication was piecemeal and fragmented, with mutually incompatible signaling creating an assortment of messaging within vertical silos. ABB has long championed industry adoption of IEC 61850, a standard with which the company has been intimately involved since its inception.

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Deep digital The world beyond the bays is still predominately analog. The conventional primary equipment, like current and voltage transformers, is connected back to intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) using parallel copper wires carrying analog voltage signals (1a). The IEDs receiving that data perform first-level analysis and often provide the gateway into a digital world. But there is little advantage in keeping the data in analog form for so long and to properly earn the title of “digital substation” the transition to digital must take place as soon as the data is gathered (1b).

Through permanent system supervision, digital equipment reduces the need for manual intervention and the adoption of the all-digital process bus allows sensitive equipment to be relocated into the bays. The digital equipment that has to be located out in the yard must be easy to fit, and every bit as robust and reliable as the analog equipment it is replacing or interfacing to (2).

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Robustness and reliability requirements also apply to new technologies such as ABB’s non-conventional instrument transformers (NCITs), which are available for air-insulated as well as gas-insulated substations. The NCITs have to be every bit as reliable as the equipment being replaced – and they are.

Over the past decade ABB has supplied more

than 300 non-conventional instrument transformers that are combined current and voltage sensors fitted into gas-insulated switchgear for use in Queensland, Australia, and the utility has yet to see a single failure in the primary sensor. Extensive use of NCITs makes a substation simpler, cheaper, smaller and more efficient.

Process bus As a conductor, every bit of copper in a substation is a potential risk. For example, where current is incorrectly disconnected, such as with an open secondary current transformer, arcing may occur as dangerously high voltages build and a copper line can suddenly carry high voltage, putting workers and equipment at risk.

Less copper brings greater safety.

The digital substation dispenses with copper by using the digital process bus on a fiber optic communication network.

Just the removal of copper can, in some circumstances, justify the switch to digital.

Going digital can cut the quantity of copper in a substation by 80% – a substantial cost saving and, more importantly, a significant safety enhancement.

The process bus also adds flexibility: Digital devices can speak directly to each other (3). For this, IEC 61850 defines the GOOSE (generic object-orientated substation events) protocol for fast transmission of binary data. Part 9-2 of the standard describes the transmission of sampled values over Ethernet. These principles ensure the timely delivery of high-priority data via otherwise unpredictable Ethernet links.

ABB’s ASF range of Ethernet switches fully supports this critical aspect of substation messaging. For large scale, mission-critical outdoor networks ABB’s Tropos wireless network technology is the solution for communication beyond substations.

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Installations ABB has been heavily involved in IEC 61850 since its inception. The standard is essential to ensure that utilities can mix and match equipment from different suppliers, but, through compliance testing, it also provides a benchmark against which manufacturers can be measured. ABB deployed the first commercial IEC 61850-9-2 installation in 2011 at the Loganlea substation, for Powerlink Queensland. The use of ABB’s IEC 618509-2- compliant merging units and IEDs, not to mention NCITs, makes the deployment a landmark in the evolution of substation design.

ABB created a retrofit solution based on specifications from Powerlink that has been applied on further substations from Powerlink Queensland following the successful commissioning of the first station. The refurbished substations have a MicroSCADA Pro SYS600 system and RTU560 gateway that manage Relion® 670 protection and control IEDs (4), with REB500 busbar protection. These all communicate over IEC 61850-9-2 to the merging units and over IEC 61850-8-1 to the station-level devices.

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CRITICAL PROTECTION

Secure operations Benga Erinle, President, Ultra Electronics 3eTI speaks to Infrastructure Middle East about assessing and managing the risks to critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks hat are the critical focus areas when it comes to protecting infrastructure from cyber-attacks?

We have to approach this the way we live.

Security, whether physical or cyber, is all about risk management. For example, hotels don’t keep the doors locked because they want customers to come in. However, they have security cameras to record who is coming in and going out. On the other hand, you don’t leave the doors of your house open for anybody to come in whenever they want. Only your family members will have keys to get in. Similarly, with infrastructure operators, the first thing they do is build fences around the facility to keep people out. However, today, you don’t have to come into the facility physically to take something. You can come in through cyberspace.

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“The vulnerability didn’t come about because of the integration of IT and OT systems. What has happened is that OT has begun to use the same technologies as IT” BENGA ERINLE

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firewall must also allow certain traffic, like email and web traffic, through. Criminals have become good at masking cyber-attacks as email. They will send you a file that has virus or malware that will come in through the firewall. Once the malware or virus passes through the firewall, the cybercriminals can own your system.

The message is that operators should look beyond perimeter security; they have to think about what else needs to be done, once an attacker gets. On IT side, you can do a lot more things in terms of anti-virus software, host intrusion detection systems or patches. But in the process domain or operational technology (OT) side, we put in firewalls and that’s it.

If something gets through that firewall, the operators may lack the ability to monitor and know that something has entered their system.

That’s why Stuxnet was such a problem. When the malware got into the Iranian nuclear power plant, the operators had no way of knowing of that there was a lot of activity going on inside their control system.

The question that always get asked is: are we importing IT vulnerabilities into operational layer?

The vulnerability didn’t come about because of the integration of IT and OT systems.

What has happened is that OT has begun to use the same technologies as IT. In the past, OT systems used to be all serial-based communications, electrical protocols and wiring. As a result, there was a significant cost to expanding and extending those systems.

Automation vendors that were supporting OT for decades started leveraging IT into the OT domain. They realised that they could do things more efficiently, if they used networks like their IT friends. Today, in the OT domain, instead of a large, isolated and electrically connected consoles, we have the PC, which is smaller, more efficient and networked. But PCs come with vulnerabilities.

Another misnomer was because we are ‘air-gapped’, we are secure, which is meaningless today. For example, if you have a document you want to read or work on, you will use email or a USB stick or a CD to get that file into the OT domain’s computers.

Cybercriminals have become very clever in infecting files. All they have to do is infect a file, and human beings will transport that into the OT domain.

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In terms of risk management, where should the operator start?

The starting point should be frameworks.

They inform you to make sure that you are doing things in the right way. But you have to take that framework and adapt it to your operations. US’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a risk management framework standard that the US government is starting to use.

It begins by looking at what you do, your requirements, your concept of operations and output. Based on that, you have to start looking at the sub-systems that enable you to create that output. You have to reassess what are the risks that can impede each these subsystems, and walk through all aspects of your processes to identify those risks. Then you have to do a risk assessment and decide what the likelihood is to understand your vulnerabilities and threats.

So if I am vulnerable, the question is how likely is that vulnerability going to be attacked? And if someone successfully does that, what will be the impact? For example, if the vulnerability factor is high in operations, one of the things you would do is carry out background checks on staff.

The risk assessment has to be adapted to each infrastructure operator based on what he or she does and the associated risks.

They have to decide which one of those risks they are willing to beat, and which ones they cannot accept. They have to apply some mitigations for the latter.

Is there a need for cybersecurity standards specific to industries?

When it comes to infrastructure industries, certain things are common. For example, in the utility business or even oil and gas, a fundamental aspect is output, which you have to deliver and processes that govern how you produce that output. You can then leverage systems to execute those processes.

The differences creep in at the operations level. The oil and gas industry tends to have process-focussed automation and emphasises time criticality of systems. But in a power generation facility, you may not need that time criticality in your control systems.

Therefore, you have to adapt the automation solutions to the plant’s operational requirements.

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“But a shift that is beginning to happen (and has to happen) is that security should be in the fabric of everything that an organisation does. A lot of business leaders are beginning to see that security - physical and cyber - is important to their bottom line” BENGA ERINLE worry about data because data informs us in making good decisions. Now that data resides in devices – PLCs, RTUs, PCs, Servers – that are connected to networks, and they in turn, are used by people.

At the end of the day, regardless of the infrastructure segment, we all leverage the four things. Therefore, from a cyberperspective, you have to ensure that the risks to them are managed and minimised. You have to ensure that you protect your data, device, network and people and also make sure you defend them if the protection fails across those four dimensions. You need a monitoring layer where you are watching and ensuring you know what is going on. I think the body of work is evolving From a top management standpoint, what can be done to ensure that in infrastructure industries, security gets the importance and attention it deserves?

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Operators have always looked at security as a function in their organisation. They created a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) function to look after security which meant that the operations team didn’t have to worry about security.

But a shift that is beginning to happen (and has to happen) is that security should be in the fabric of everything that an organisation does. A lot of business leaders are beginning to see that security - physical and cyber is important to their bottom line. If your physical security is compromised and some asset critical to operations gets stolen, you can get shut down.

The classic example is Aramco where 30,000 computers had to be closed down in the course of a week. They had to be rebuilt, which was very costly.

Security has to be looked at as something that is an essential aspect of everything we do rather than as a cost.

I feel that in any organisation, the responsibility for security resides with the CEO. He or she handles that business and owns the risk. And security is all about risk.

As a chief executive, if you understand your responsibility to your stakeholders, you also have to understand the critical elements that underlie the ability to deliver the services you do. You have to make sure you have staff that is focussing effectively on managing the risks to those aspects.

The key is not to delegate the risk and accountability down to staff. Board level officers own the risk, and they need to make sure that the risk assessments are done well.

A lot of people in critical infrastructure industries are starting to understand the need for risk assessment, which informs your decisions about security. The problem, though, is we are still spending a lot of time tasking the wrong resources to risk assessment.

If you are unwell, you don’t go to your children to assess your illness. If you are seriously ill, you don’t trust your health to a doctor fresh off the university or a junior doctor. You will always go to an experienced doctor for a check-up. The same approach applies to risk assessment. You have to make sure you get the right, skilled and credentialed consultant to do a thorough risk assessment, which looks at every major element that contributes to the output of your business.

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The event will support the integrated and coordinated strategies needed to meet the energy sufficiency objectives.

“A range of new demand-side technologies and strategies is currently being explored by a multi-entity taskforce, involving Masdar Institute and coordinated by the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi. As part of a broad programme, this includes initiatives such as the modelling and simulation of energy use in buildings and cities, to developing an optimal control strategy for district cooling plants and looking at demand response and adaptive energy generation for smart grids,” said Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability in Masdar, a keynote speaker of the Smart Grids and Smart Meters conference.

“With smart grids expected to play such an important role in unlocking both demand side response and options for energy management, it is encouraging to see Dubai leading the way in terms of their actual roll-out. A total of one million smart meters are to be installed in apartments and villas across the emirate over the next five years by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), with an impressive 100,000 already in place,” added Al-Hosany.

DEWA has introduced three initiatives to support the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,

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The first initiative will support installing solar panels to generate own electricity.

The second inititaive is to transform the existing electricity and water meters into smart meters to better control their consumption. The third initiative will see the construction of vehicle charging stations for electric vehicles to provide the required infrastructure to encourage the use of nonpolluting vehicles in Dubai.

Apart from the UAE, the Summit will also examine Egypt’s and Qatar’s strategies.

During an interview with the Summit organisers, Fleming Gulf Exhibitions, Sabah Mashaly from the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy in Egypt talked about Egypt’s huge potential for solar, water and wind energy generation: “The Egyptian electric power system is almost entirely integrated, with thermal stations in Cairo and Alexandria and generators at Aswan. Solar availability rises with installed photovoltaic systems. They are used in remote areas for water pumping, desalination, rural clinics, telecommunications, rural village electrification, etc. Egypt has also a high potential for wind energy, especially in the Red Sea coast area. In 2009 430MW of wind power were installed, with a target to reach 7200MW by 2020 (12% of national electric capacity installed and contributing to the 20% renewable electricity target by 2020).“

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Mohamed Nagib Omara from the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) will be talking about energy efficiency and conservation with smart grid implementation: “We plan to construct a new distribution control center to meet the great expansion of distribution network. Development and expansion of transmission network projects in Qatar draw the attention of major international companies. KAHRAMAA projects are among the largest electricity projects in the world.”

The conference-led exhibition which is being fully supported by the UAE Minister of Energy HE Eng. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei. It will gather key decision makers involved in major utility infrastructure projects in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon and Egypt.

A number of high ranking government officials and representatives from around the region have been invited to speak at the event, including Marco Christiaan Janssen as an active director of DEWA; Scott Minos, Senior Policy & Communications Specialist from the US Department of Energy; Sabah Mashaly, Undersecretary For Developing Performance And Political Communication at Ministry of Electricity & Renewable Energy; Mohamed Nagib Omara, Technical Advisor to the President, KAHRAMAA. Running alongside the conference is an exhibition accommodating more than 30 exhibiting companies that is divided into four themed zones: Smart Grids, Power, Water and Waste Solutions. The exhibition is likely to attract in excess of 1,000 trade visitors. The exhibition has already got key support from the SASIA, EGBC, CEBC and OSGP. WIPRO, NEEDS, PETRA, SENSUS are the Gold Sponsors of the Summit, while CESI and G3-PLC Alliance are the Silver Sponsors and Baer is the Bronze Sponsor.

Position of the Associated Sponsor is held by ANSES, SEWA is on board as the event’s Government Partner.

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Rutger Reman COMMUNICATIONS

Utility partner Rutger Reman, Head of Industry & Society of Ericsson in the Middle East speaks to Infrastructure Middle East about his company’s entry into the region’s smart solutions market for utilities n the first half of this year, you announced a partnership with Landis + Gyr for Smart Metering and Smart Grid projects in the Middle East. Is this an open arrangement or a binding one?

We provide the communications stack to smart meter deployments. We also work with Landis + Gyr in markets outside of the Middle East. In some cases, they prefer to go with us while in others, they may go with someone else but it all boils down to what the client wants. Our partnership pact for the Middle East sends out a clear signal to the market.

Landis + Gyr is the best of breed in terms of smart meters while Ericsson is the best of breed when it comes to communication and analytics. Together, we offer a great value proposition.

Of course, certain customers may prefer to work with one of us at the exclusion of the other. But really, what we try do with Landis + Gyr through this partnership is to achieve

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more pre-integration so that once we come into the project, implementation happens at a quicker pace.

What is your go to market strategy? Do you approach utilities directly?

Ericsson has three ways of addressing the market – of course; the biggest chunk is what we sell directly to operators like Etisalat and Du. We also go to the utility companies.

Often, when people who have worked with us or one of our customers join the utility sector, they often prefer to deal with us since they know what we can do. We also work through indirect channels, through small to medium size specialist system integrators who work with smaller customers. Outside these three approaches, we also talk directly to utilities to understand their business logic. To learn how to make our solution a better fit, we do have direct engagements with the customers.

How can smart meter and grid data also benefit the end-users?

For example, Italy is now introducing smart

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meters for gas. What they have started to realise is that during high seasons, like Christmas, a lot of people are cooking at home, so you see a spike. Similar to the electric grid, you would like to have even distribution. Also, if you need to have more gas, you would prefer to plan well ahead. For example, you may want to buy futures for 1, 2 or 3 years since you have a have better understanding of the use.

The data from smart meters or grids can be used for operational improvements and maintenance. However, utilities can also use this data to empower the end users and enable them to understand their utility bills and usage patterns, identify the reasons for the spikes that contribute to high utility bills and address that.

On the analytics front, we have adapted analytic software tools we developed for the telecom operators for the utility industry.

When we started talking to the utility companies, they expressed the need for similar solutions. We carried out tweaks on the base platform to adapt it to needs of the customer, be it a utility or a transport authority.

In a smart city, a robust communication backbone is key to seamless exchange of data between different applications.

Companies like Cisco are helping Dubai with its smart city initiatives. Where does Ericsson stand in this regard?

Regarding our involvement with smart cities, I would like to give the example of the work we have done in the Stockholm Royal Seaport project, which aims to redevelop an old port area into a smart residential and office community. But our work with them is not confined to providing the communication backbone. We have also been working on aspects, like using communication to reduce CO2 emissions. Thus, by embedding sensors in bins that give data on whether the bins are full or partially full, it is possible to plan and optimise the trips of the collection trucks and reduce CO2 emissions in these areas.

There are other areas where we can come in, like road and transport security. Through cameras and sensors on the roads, it is possible to measure traffic levels. If there is accident, you can talk to everyone whether they are using public transport or cars and inform them to avoid the accident area. In fact, there is a whole raft of things that we can provide to cities.

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Sensors to the fore Dr Azeez Mohammed, President and CEO, Power Generations Services, Middle East and Africa, GE Power and Water speaks to Infrastructure Middle East about the impact of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in power generation he future of the utility industry is analytics,” states Dr Azeez Mohammed, President and CEO, Power Generations Services, Middle East and Africa, GE Power and Water. “It is something that utilities, consumers and OEMs like us should embrace if we are not to be left behind.”

Azeez should know as he is responsible for developing and delivering a regional services strategy that offers electric utility customers of over 30 countries in the region, the technology, knowledge and insight they need to manage the entire lifecycle of their power plants.

He continues: “In Pakistan, we have a customer called Sapphire Electric Company.

Fuel is extremely expensive for them. Using the data obtained by putting sensors in their existing equipment for optimising it to changing weather patterns and load behaviour on a real-time basis, we were able to give them 4% more efficiency.”

Azeez points out that the concept is not new; it’s just that the power industry’s conservative nature has stood in the way of it being adopted in a big way though the situation is starting to change.

“Who would say no to a 4% improvement?

It is a dramatic gain.”

He compares the disruption arising from the penetration of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and analytics by Uber in the transportation industry. Uber started off by saying they are going to be a taxi service in San Francisco; now they are moving things and people in the whole world.

Azeez continues: “All that happened in a period of a few years. Therefore, it is not farfetched to imagine that software and analytics will disrupt the industrial world.”

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Power plants are designed and set to operate with a unique setting, which is assumed to be the average setting. GE is now emphasising that the setting needs to change to match the ambient conditions automatically without human intervention.

“Software allows you to do that on a realtime basis, which would otherwise require a thousand or more people to do,” claims Azeez.

“Moreover, data and analytics are agnostic to the type of fuel or generation. They are primarily about looking at ways to make operations efficient and better.”

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company is using Asset Performance Management (APM) application, a GE product, built on the Predix platform, another GE product.

The GE executive explains: “Think of iOS as your Predix and APM as the apps you have.

They link to the various assets out there and get you the information that want the way you want while empowering you to make smart decisions. It will analyse what is happening and tell you how to make it better.”

Despite the benefits that analytics brings to operations, many customers still tend to be sceptic about its efficacy.

Azeez continues: “They think the benefits are too good to be true. They are also worried about connecting their critical equipment to the cloud because of the fear of cyber- attacks. However, these technical challenges can be surmounted. We also tell them that knowledge sharing with the right confidentiality and anonymity doesn’t mean an attack on intellectual property. All we need is willingness and openness on the part of the industry. I wouldn’t say that there are zero risks, but the risks aren’t greater than where things stand today. So, are you going to leave millions or billions on the table due to fear of cyberattacks?”

GE is putting money where mouth is, investing a billion dollars in a Silicon Valley research centre where the company has employed over 2000 engineers to help it develop software that will help industries squeeze ever-higher efficiencies from their operations.

Azeez says: “Our Chairman Jeff Immelt made a comment: you go to sleep as a hardware company, and you wake up as a software company. Hardware will not disappear, but they will be suboptimal without the presence of the software, the analytics and the intelligence.”

Closer home, in Dubai, GE recently opened the region’s first-of-its-kind Monitoring and Diagnostic Centre that leverages the company’s IIoT technologies to enable its partners to operate their power plants efficiently and profitably.

According to Azeez, with GE supporting nearly two-thirds of the power generated in the Middle East region, opening the Centre here in Dubai also underlines our commitment to the region to be closer to our partners and provide them real-time support.

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But honestly, I would think that the bulk majority of the infrastructure and the technology that exists today is going to be the platform for us to deploy those smart services.

And where it is not up to the grade of reliability, redundancy, security - specific requirements that we have set - only then it would be replaced.

Rabih Dabbousi GLOBAL TREND

Close engagement Rabih Dabboussi, General Manager, Cisco UAE speaks to Infrastructure Middle East on how Dubai is on the fast track to a smart future ow would you describe Cisco’s engagement with the Smart Dubai project?

The way we have positioned ourselves, we will consult and advise whoever is contributing to this initiative, help deploy our products and technologies and support and service them. Then we will go through the iterations of an upgrade or refresh and introduction of new technologies and services. We will use this strategy as the foundation of our engagement. There is work happening with different departments like the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai Design District (d3), and Dubai Smart Government (DSG).

However, Smart City is not just about the technology; it is also about the processes, the flow of things. It is about the fact that as you engage with different departments in Dubai, you want the handover of interactions to be seamless.

The automation that takes place is not necessarily about technology. It is also about new ideas and innovation that you put in

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place, and about the automation of activities that may happen one first step at a time today but will become a seamless flow in the future.

Ultimately, whether you are a visitor or a resident of Dubai, your life will be smoother, everything takes place on time. The future of Dubai is a life, which has no risk – no car accidents, no traffic jams. All services can be accessed through a smart app on your smart device. It is about Dubai having the latest intelligent healthcare system, the most advanced education system. All these are possible through technology.

It is these things and transformations that are going to drive tremendous outcomes and make the overall quality of life in Dubai significantly better than anywhere else in the world.

Does this mean scrapping existing systems? Won’t this lead to disruption?

People think that existing technologies need to be scrapped and replaced, but that is not the case. When it comes to legacy technology, I would say a portion of that would need to be refreshed and upgraded because it might be a hindrance to deploying smart solutions and services.

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How can we make sure that the Return on Investments (RoI) don’t disappoint?

If you look around the world, there are use cases, and there are specific solutions to specific problems in specific zones. Things move quicker in Dubai. Three years ago, when you went to the large malls in Dubai, they only had basic parking. Today, the RTA offers smart parking as do some of the larger malls.

Thus, you see now wider adoption.

We have pilots with DEWA, Dubai Municipality, Dubai Police, Department of Economic Development (DED) but Dubai will exit out of this pilot or proof-of-concept mode much faster than any other place in the world, just like it did with the Metro.

The reason Dubai is called Dubai Inc. is that it is an incorporation of multiple departments that are run kind of separately.

This is what is helping Dubai be more agile, fast and deliver results. We are engaging each of those departments directly.

I think we need to be more positive about what we are doing in Dubai. We need to teach other cities how we are going to do it, and I have no doubt that with hard work, dedication, commitment and a strong leadership and vision, we will achieve that.

Nonetheless, we have to remind ourselves that to achieve a smarter life for everybody; the approach has to be holistic. It can’t be restricted to certain areas or parts of Dubai or individual services.

How do you see the Smart Dubai project inspiring the region?

Smart City is a global trend now. I believe that every country and every city has some form of digitisation strategy. The level of advancement of the implementation of the strategy differs from place to place, but it is a global trend, it is a GCC trend. In fact, all the GCC countries have digitisation plans in place.

The actual culture of Dubai is execution, delivery, next stage, next project – the emirate continues to set the pace. I fell in love with Dubai in 2008, and I continue to be in love with the city.

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The HFL failsafe lock ring cylinder pistons being machined in the SL603 CNC Lathe HYDRAULIC TOOLS

High growth Thanks to a fully integrated in-house manufacturing capability, Hi-Force has managed to exceed customer expectations on prestigious projects like the Riyadh Metro riginally introduced to the market in the late 1980s, the Hi-Force brand enjoyed two decades of moderate success before a management buyout and restructure in the early 2000s resulted in the Brown family taking control of the business in 2006.

Group Managing Director Kevin Brown says: “It was at this point in the company’s history that I relocated back to the UK as Group Managing Director, following a highly successful 14-year stint of setting up and managing Hi-Force’s Middle East operations in Dubai, UAE.” Since then, the company has witnessed ongoing success and prosperity, with almost 190% growth and a tripled workforce since 2009. Key to this incredible growth is Hi-Force’s strategic decision to progress into in-house manufacturing, which ended its dependency on sub-contractors.

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“This is a very proud achievement for our business and our employees; we could never have met our customers’ demanding delivery schedule without having our in-house manufacturing capability” KEVIN BROWN, GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, HI-FORCE, COMMENTING ON THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF A $2M ORDER FOR THE RIYADH METRO PROJECT

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In line with this decision, Hi-Force relocated to a brand new, state-of-the-art facility, in 2010, which is in proximity to its earlier, much smaller, facilities in Daventry, UK. The new site, at over three times the size of the previous facility, has enabled the firm to combine all manufacturing and production facilities under one roof, alongside its sales, marketing, assembly, training, logistics and administration departments.

“We manufacture our products from within our headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Daventry, where you can see the complete manufacturing process, from raw material being delivered by our steel and aluminium stockholders, to finished, boxed product being shipped out,” explains Brown.

“Having everything on a single site which spans over 120,000 square feet, creates huge efficiency gains for the business, plus allows our customers to see first-hand exactly how the tools are manufactured, assembled, tested and certified, finished, packed and dispatched.”

“To further support our business and our customers, 80% of whom are outside of the UK, we have established Regional Offices and Distribution Centres in Europe, Middle East, Far East and Africa, with plans in place to open a Regional Office in the Americas in 2016.

“We also receive fantastic support from over 100 strategically placed, authorised and appointed distributors, in over 80 countries, which provide the key link between Hi-Force and end users of our products.”

Used in a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, refinery and petrochemical, power generation, mining, railways, construction, steel and aluminium plants, aerospace, shipbuilding and ship repair, as well as sugar and paper mills, HiForce’s hydraulic tools can be relied upon to deliver optimum quality to the most challenging or hazardous of projects. Key to this reliability is the company’s commitment to research and development, which also ensures Hi-Force remains at the forefront of high pressure, hydraulic tool technology.

Brown says: “In the last two years we have invested in expanding our technical design and engineering team. We now have five full-time design engineers compared to just two at the beginning of 2014, all dedicated to improving product designs and introducing innovative new products to our global

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customer market. We also use the very latest design software and currently have several new products in the pipeline that are due for launch in the coming months.”

As increasingly demanding customers call for higher quality products, Hi-Force has made massive investments in machinery to ensure customer needs are met or exceeded.

In 2014, Hi-Force spent over $1.57m on three new DMG Mori CNC machines.

In 2015 to date, over $471,033 has been spent on four Haas CNC machines and associated equipment. In fact, the purchase of a huge new DMG Mori SL603 lathe machine last year opened the door for competitive manufacturing of component

Machining second operation of the cylinder lock ring

parts for large capacity and special design cylinders, which were previously being subcontracted.

Kevin says, “For very large machined parts, we needed to achieve much shorter delivery times and cost reductions.

Subcontracting is and will remain an integral part of our manufacturing supply chain but the type of equipment necessary to economically and quickly machine these large cylinder components was not always available, resulting in high manufacturing cost and long lead times.”

The decision to invest has proved to be a wise one, as in the 14 months since its installation, Hi-Force has seen a surge in

orders for large cylinders, most notably a $2m order for 146, 500 tonnes cylinders and 26, 1,000 tonnes cylinders for the Riyadh Metro Project in Saudi Arabia.

The design of these cylinders required the SL603 to remove large amounts of material, quickly and accurately, starting with a solid steel billet weighing 1,400 kg, that required the machining of a ‘blind hole’ bore in the centre of the billet. The finished and fully machined cylinder body weighed only 800 kg, and this major machining operation to remove approximately 600 kg of material took less than 4.5 hours per piece.

To complete the manufacturing cell for these large cylinders, Hi-Force also invested in a Delapena cylinder bore honing machine, which can hone bores up to 600mm diameter.

The Delapena machine is located right next to the SL603 so that the machined parts can be craned straight into it.

The order, from receipt to dispatch, was completed in less than 14 weeks and five 40 feet containers full of hydraulic jacking equipment were shipped to Saudi Arabia.

“This is a very proud achievement for our business and our employees; we could never have met our customers’ demanding delivery schedule, without having our in-house manufacturing capability,” says Brown.

Hi-Force boasts a broad range of single and double acting hydraulic cylinders comprising low height pad cylinders, multi-purpose cylinders, hollow piston cylinders, high tonnage cylinders, failsafe lock ring cylinders and lightweight aluminium cylinders.

Standard cylinder capacities range from 4.5 to 1012 tonnes with stroke lengths up to 457mm; however, with the CNC SL603 Lathe, Hi-Force is able to extend the range of sizes in its cylinder catalogue and also offer a special cylinder design and manufacturing service whilst ensuring delivery times of as little as four weeks for large and special cylinders for its customers located in over 100 different countries.

The investment in world-class manufacturing facilities and state-of-theart technology has resulted in Hi-Force growing from being a small tools supplier to an innovative and market leading manufacturing business.

With quality thus assured in the brand, Hi-Force is certainly a company that can be trusted with current and future hydraulic needs.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

No full stops Eng Anwaar Al Shimmari, the Director of the Projects Planning Department at the UAE Ministry of Public Works, speaks with Fatima de la Cerna of Climate Control Middle East about the UAE National Vision 2021 and the Ministry’s retrofitting programme, among other topics. Excerpts... hen we spoke at the 8th edition of The Climate Control Conference (15-16 June 2015), you mentioned the Ministry of Public Works has started a programme to promote the concept of sustainability within the Ministry itself.

It is a part of the programme, called Ruwad, isn’t it?

Yes, the Ministry has introduced Ruwad. It’s a programme for project managers, or senior engineers currently holding projects, to encourage them to specialise in a field required in the Ministry, in the country or in the region.

One of those specialties is sustainability.

We have project managers, who recently graduated from this programme. They received their certificate on sustainability, which adds to their qualifications. The programme also supports the Ministry’s mission of ensuring that sustainability, which is part of the UAE National Vision 2021, is incorporated into all our projects in the future.

And to achieve that mission, we are educating our engineers and creating awareness among them to ensure that they will support sustainability through their projects.

Sustainability is broader and much deeper than what we expect. The more time passes, the more complicated it gets. It’s not only about the economy and the climate. It also has another dimension, which is related to culture, because our culture can either inspire or derail sustainability.

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Can you elaborate on that? What do you mean by culture affecting sustainability?

We have been, and still are, raised based on the concept of welfare, and this gives us the impression that everything is okay; that we can use and have whatever we want, whenever we want.

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“Even if there are subsidies or government support, we as a people should not wait for the time when the government will be forced to take action, like removing subsidies, for us to become aware and start saving energy” ENG ANWAAR AL SHIMMARI Are you talking about subsidies?

Not only about subsidies. I’m talking about our consumption of electricity and water, of green materials, because the market, so far, is affordable, especially compared to other countries that have an issue with sustainability and carbon footprint. So, people have this kind of welfare attitude and seem to have the impression that they can go ahead and do whatever they want.

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Even if there are subsidies or government support, we as a people should not wait for the time when the government will be forced to take action, like removing subsidies, for us to become aware and start saving energy. It is this kind of awareness that we as government hope to achieve by making sure that people are educated.

Sustainability has several pillars.

Everyone talks about green, energy and materials, but there are elements that are hidden or have an indirect impact.

For example, culture as I’ve mentioned.

Another is ensuring that existing buildings are being taken care of, and that’s why the UAE government, particularly the Ministry of Public Works, is working with the Emirates Green Building Council and the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy to develop technical guidelines for retrofitting.

Actually, we already have the first version of the guidelines. We recently launched it, and we will see how it goes from there.

What kind of milestone map do you have for the retrofitting project? What targets have you set?

I can’t go into details right now, but I can say that things will evolve in the next few months. There will definitely be a closer engagement between the Ministry and the Emirates Green Building Council. The plan is to train engineers from the Ministry through the Council, to make them ready for the retrofitting guidelines. There definitely will be a roadmap for this.

The Emirates Green Building Council is relatively new compared to other international green schemes. I think that for its efforts to be better recognised and appreciated there must be collaboration with the different entities in the UAE, and not only in the federal level but also with the local governments.

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You also mentioned at The Climate Control Conference that though you admire Abu Dhabi’s Pearl Rating System, you feel the country would benefit more if all the standards and rating systems were brought under one umbrella. Could you please elaborate?

This is my personal opinion and not intended to represent the views of the Ministry...

I think that with the UAE being a small country, in terms of size and not achievement, having standards under one umbrella or classification would be advantageous and would help in achieving international recognition. Systems like LEED and Pearl, for instance, are similar in the sense that they allow the classification of buildings.

I am, of course, aware that there are existing differences. For example, some emirates use British standards, while others use American [standards]. But if the emirates were to collaborate, a unified set of standards could be created based on those two. And since we already have existing infrastructure, we can just mention or highlight which standards were used. At the end, they’re two sides belonging to the same coin. The same thing can be said about rating systems. It would be very interesting if rating systems were unified.

I remember I was one of those who tried to establish the Architectural Association of the UAE. We spent time on meetings and all, but in the end it became clear to us that the UAE Engineering Society was better suited to take the lead on what we wanted to do, so we decided against the planned architectural association.

I totally respected this, because having one umbrella or having a unified approach gives people clarity and lets them know the proper channels to reach. Having several channels could make them lose their way.

Speaking of the different emirates, one of the big topics discussed at The Climate Control Conference was District Cooling, which the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy has identified as one of the strategies for reducing power consumption in the emirate by 30% by 2030. Northern emirates, like Sharjah, don’t have District Cooling, though, and are primarily relying on split and window ACs. Are there plans of establishing District Cooling in those parts of the UAE? SEWA would be able to discuss this better than me. But as an urban and infrastructure

planner, and as someone who has worked on projects in all the emirates of the UAE, I can say that we have to respect how hard it can be to establish an infrastructure network of something new within an existing crowded urban fabric. District Cooling would work well in high-density areas, but those areas have zero available infrastructure corridors to provide or introduce something new like District Cooling.

And it would involve a big cost.

Can we do it? There’s no way to say that it’s impossible. Possible is the language here in the UAE, but there will definitely be major cost implications. Maybe, SEWA has plans to introduce District Cooling once it has established a full-fledged electrical network, as there were some previous struggles with electricity in the past.

“I personally think PPP is a great concept, but I have to highlight that the UAE government will definitely not allow any harm to come to the endusers, to the citizens”

which no side will be disadvantaged by it.

PPPs have worked in projects involving housing, energy and roads, among others.

And in many cases, PPP has worked either as a preventive system – that is, to avoid the situation of having governments pull out of financing projects – or as a form of support, because it wasn’t feasible for governments to finance the projects themselves.

Part of the welfare plans of the UAE is to go ahead with letting the government finance projects on its own. There is, of course, a possibility that PPP will be introduced, but it will most likely be done in a small scale, so it can be studied. We cannot just bring a system from other countries and implement it here.

There are different factors to consider: the targeted segment is different, and people’s reactions will be different.

But, yes, PPP is something that we already considered. And we are expanding this to study it further and see about doing a pilot project, and if it works and if the market is ready... I personally think PPP is a great concept, but I have to highlight that the UAE government will definitely not allow any harm to come to the end-users, to the citizens.

Earlier, you talked about culture and the UAE National Vision 2021. In your opinion, how does having an expatriateheavy population affect the achievement Whatever SEWA’s plans are, though, it’s important we ask ourselves: Did District Cooling of the National Vision?

I just see everything in harmony, because work well and achieve the goals in Abu Dhabi in the end, everyone – expatriates and and Dubai? We have to consider previous cases locals alike – benefit from the country and to determine if something will be successful the country benefits from them. If we put or if it will produce negative consequences. together all our efforts, if we collaborate with I’m not saying that District Cooling is not a one another, we will reach a better place and successful story; but as far as I could tell from the country will achieve even more success. my previous experience in the private sector, it The UAE is one of the safest and most has implications on the end-users, in terms of the fees they need to pay and the efficiency of the secure countries in the region, which makes people really keen on being and staying here. system. And so, we have to consider the whole I’m really happy with the kind of mature story and do a cost-benefit analysis. and harmonious relationship the different nationalities in the UAE have with one What is your opinion on public-private another. It’s what makes this a really peaceful partnerships (PPPs)? Is it something that place. And I feel gratified whenever I travel the Ministry is, or may consider, looking abroad, and I hear from people that they are into? happy to meet someone from the UAE, because As I always say, we don’t reinvent the wheel. we are kind and collaborative. Small things We always learn from case studies, and there like being friendly and saying “hi” or being are many stories of successful PPPs worldwide.

Still, we need to be aware of all the details, to be generous with a smile can elevate the UAE. I don’t want to segregate non-locals from fully educated about PPPs and, if we do decide locals, because in the end, we all play a part in on going ahead with a PPP project, we must see to it that the contract paints a win-win situation, shaping the identity of the UAE.

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Power Failure Facilities managers need information, lots of it, and they often get more than they can cope with. onsider the amount of data that comes streaming in every day. All this data is fairly meaningless in isolation but once processed and turned into information it can be priceless if, as is often stated, information is the lifeblood of an organisation. We have business information that can give competitive advantage, we have client information, facility and development information and, at the government level, much, much more.

But how do we collect it and store it? How do we manipulate and access it, safe in the knowledge that the integrity of the underlying data is assured?

We often turn to software applications to support us. Within the regional FM industry computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) is a common term. CAFM systems allow us to manage assets efficiently and effectively if we understand how to use the software, our operators are adequately trained and we have processes and business rules defined.

Sometimes though, asset owners seem to try to outdo not only their neighbours, but also themselves. One government organisation has procured a CAFM system but uses it only to handle planned, preventative maintenance tasks. The organisation uses a different application to handle reactive work requests and yet another application at the enterprise resource planning level. All these applications are produced by different vendors. Overkill?

Maybe, but just consider the training, systems integration, maintenance and licensing burden that the organisation carries. Buying any software can be expensive but compared to the ongoing associated costs the purchase price can be relatively small.

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one software application or many if we remain blissfully unaware of what we should load into them.

It’s often said that information is power.

That being the case, it would seem that many asset owners are experiencing power failure when it comes to managing their assets. The first obstacle is, of course, finding out just what assets they have.

There are countless examples of owners issuing requests for proposal for asset capture activities. From this we can safely infer that these owners have no accurate record of what it is they own, or they would not need to go to the expense of paying someone to find out. It’s interesting that governments can spend millions on buying or developing something but they don’t know exactly what it is that they’ve bought.

Of course there are as-built drawings to which we can refer but these seldom accurately reflect the actual installation. A recent validation exercise on a new high-end facility revealed significant discrepancies between what was on paper and what was installed.

Owners with large portfolios, such as governments, now have the opportunity to improve this situation through the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

Unfortunately press reports inform us that we simply do not have enough experienced BIM practitioners in this region to support the need. BIM therefore presents opportunities to asset owners, facilities management as an industry and facilities managers who wish to continue their professional development and leave the crowds behind.

For those that can implement BIM, the potential is considerable. BIM can support a range of FM activities including generating material take-offs, cost estimating, life-cycle costing analyses, space management, asset management, energy analysis, security, sustainability, compliance and change management to name a few.

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We should not forget that the use of BIM is not restricted to new buildings. Models can be generated for existing buildings too.

The potential benefits of BIM to a facility manager are clear but this does not mean that BIM is some form of silver bullet, it isn’t. Indeed implementation of BIM can also introduce more challenges for an FM organisation. As with other applications we need to consider availability and development of the required skills, ongoing training, employee retention, model update and maintenance.

As facility managers operate the buildings over the years systems will change, assets will be repaired and replaced. It would appear that facilities management practitioners could perhaps be better at updating records using currently available systems and solutions, so what is the likelihood of a BIM model being updated accurately and punctually? What guarantee is there that facility operators will be any more diligent because we use BIM in addition to other applications?

Asset owners will replace facility management service providers from time to time. What is to guarantee that the owner’s BIM model has been kept up to date? How will incoming contractors confirm the accuracy of the information presented to them?

It seems that simply implementing BIM for FM may not be enough. Asset owners will need to consider contractual terms along with auditing by the client or an appointed representative.

The delivery of an accurate BIM model to FM on handover of a facility is also a concern.

Many facility managers may have only limited information on BIM but help is readily available through books, standards such as ISO technical specifications and publicly available specifications. It’s important for FM companies to support the development of their staff by making these resources available and, of course, it’s good for business too. If facility management companies do not move to embrace BIM their clients may simply impose it on them and that will put them under serious pressure.

The tools are available, the information is there for the taking, who will successfully harness the power that comes with it..?

Alan Millin is a Dubai-based Facilities Scientist and noted thinker.

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Infrastructure design trends Louay Dahmash, Head of Autodesk Middle East delves into the technological advancements shaping the world of building and infrastructure design and management rchitecture, engineering, construction and infrastructure industries are being asked to do more with less revenue, against the backdrop of a shrinking talent pool. Fortunately, technologies are emerging that will allow us to increase cost efficiencies, inspire new talent, reshape how we design and construct and make our built world more sustainable, resilient and economically vital.

Here are some of the trends that we expect will accelerate in 2015:

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This will clear the path for evidencebased design. Firms will also use cloud, advanced design software and fully integrated BIM process to help connect outcomes, performance and construction. The data collected will inform how buildings are being used so we can operate them more efficiently.

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KĸÄ?Ä&#x17E; Ć?Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Ä&#x201A; ĹśÄ&#x17E;Ç Ć&#x152;Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?ĹŻÇ Ä&#x201A;Ç&#x2021; Ç Ĺ˝ĆľĹŻÄ&#x161; ŜŽĆ&#x161; Ä&#x161;Ä&#x201A;ĹľÄ&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E; hE ^ K Ç Ĺ˝Ć&#x152;ĹŻÄ&#x161; Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E; Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x161; Ć?Ć&#x161;Ć&#x152;ĆľÄ?Ć&#x161;ĆľĆ&#x152;Ä&#x17E;Ć?Í&#x2DC; /ĹľÄ&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E; Ä?ŽƾĆ&#x152;Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?Ç&#x2021; ŽĨ Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ç&#x2021; ŽĨ Ä&#x201A;ĹľÄ?Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ĺ? WĹŻÄ&#x201A;ŜŜĹ?ĹśĹ? KĸÄ?Ä&#x17E; Ä&#x201A;ĹśÄ&#x161; ĆľĆ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?ĹŹ industriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to tap expertise from around the world and collaborate in real-time, from anywhere on projects. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see the IoTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest impact in 2015 and beyond: Ć&#x20AC;É ( , -.,/ ./, ĹźÉ IoT technologies are now seen in everything from embedded sensors in the road, to cameras and multi-purpose wireless accelerometers for civil infrastructure monitoring. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creating an era of â&#x20AC;&#x153;connected infrastructure.â&#x20AC;? And the data generated from these connected systems will give city planners real time insights and answers to questions such as, did we build the right infrastructure in the ďŹ rst place, and what adjustments can be made to optimise performance? Ć&#x20AC;É #.3É *& ((#(!É ( É ' ( ! ' (.Ĺź Cities are starting to use a combination of embedded sensors and data from

citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smartphones to better understand and optimise the performance of various city systems.

For example: Ć&#x20AC;É Cities such as Seoul and Rio de Janeiro are capturing real-time traffic on streets to identif y and alleviate problems. Ć&#x20AC;É Rio de Janeiro also uses predictive analytics on keyword searches to identify potential hot spots for urban problems like crime or traffic. Ć&#x20AC;É Boston has sensors on garbage cans that alert the sanitation department when they need to be emptied, saving workers time and truck fuel when unneeded stops are skipped. Ć&#x20AC;É , "#. ./, É ( É /#& #(!-Ĺź As sensors become cheaper, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll continue to be integrated into new and retroďŹ tted buildings, and used to gather analytics that measure performance on

3D PRINTING The fascinating possibilities of 3D printing - as applied to building design and construction - caught the imagination industry visionaries in 2014, and is poised to see more great strides in 2015. For example: Ć&#x20AC;É , "#. ./, É ( É /#& #(!-Ĺź Watch for more use of 3D printing, as it moves from small scale models to more signiďŹ cant prototypes for building elements, and more explorations of full-scale 3D printed structures on the job site. While architects and construction ďŹ rms have started using 3D printing for scale models and prototypes, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see expanded uses beyond those practices such as 3D printing entire walls and creating modular architectural elements. Fabricating and 3D printing building components offsite makes the building process more efficient, less wasteful and safer. These are big moves for an industry that has long been chided for slow gains in productivity and high levels of waste and safety concerns.  Ć&#x20AC;É ( , -.,/ ./, ĹźÉ É It remains to be seen how 3D printing will be used to replace old infrastructure or design new elements. This is an incredibly complex ďŹ eld and it will require time and testing before 3D printing is fully integrated into the workďŹ&#x201A;ow.

That being said, we have seen some interesting pilot projects emerge.

For example, global engineering ďŹ rm Arup used laser-sintered 3D printing to create metal support struts for a pedestrian bridge in Brisbane, Australia.

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dĹ&#x161;Ĺ?Ć? ĎŻ žŽÄ&#x161;Ä&#x17E;ĹŻ ŽĨ Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ^Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ?žŽŜŽĆ?Ä&#x17E;ĹŹĹ? dÄ&#x17E;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ĺ?Ć&#x152;Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x2030;Ĺ&#x161; KĸÄ?Ä&#x17E; dÄ&#x17E;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x2030;Ĺ&#x161;ŽŜÄ&#x17E; Ć&#x152;Ä&#x201A;ĹśÄ?Ĺ&#x161; Ä?ĆľĹ?ĹŻÄ&#x161;Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ĺś :Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x2030;Ä&#x201A;Ĺś Ç Ä&#x201A;Ć? Ä?Ć&#x152;Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x161; ĆľĆ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä&#x161;Ĺ?Ĺ?Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;ĹŻ Ć&#x2030;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ć&#x161;Ĺ˝Ć?Í&#x2022; ĹŻÄ&#x201A;Ć?Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152; Ć?Ä?Ä&#x201A;ĹśĆ? Ä&#x201A;ĹśÄ&#x161; ĆľĆ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?ĹŹ ZÄ&#x17E; Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x2030; WĆ&#x152;Ĺ˝Í&#x2DC; /ĹľÄ&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E; Ä?ŽƾĆ&#x152;Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?Ç&#x2021; ŽĨ ĆľĆ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć?ĹŹÍ&#x2DC; TRIPLE-BOTTOM LINE In 2015, we will see greater industry awareness and acceptance toward triplebottom line services. Assessing the economic, social and environmental costs and beneďŹ ts of proposed projects throughout the design process will become the norm. This will lead to an increase in net-zero buildings, low-impact development projects, healthier products and sustainable city and community planning initiatives. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how triple-bottom line approaches will impact infrastructure, buildings and manufacturing: Ć&#x20AC;É ( , -.,/ ./, ĹźÉ From future prooďŹ ng cities, to infrastructure resiliency, to dealing with natural and manmade disasters, the need to understand both the short and long term impacts of a particular design is becoming critical.

With demand far outpacing available funding, just building infrastructure right is no longer good enough. Today, we need to use technology to deliver maximum sustainable â&#x20AC;&#x153;businessâ&#x20AC;? value. BIM helps designers understand a broader set of environmental and social beneďŹ ts and risksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;beyond just

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ďŹ nancial metricsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for infrastructure projects. BIM is well established now and will continue to advance in 2015. Ć&#x20AC;É /#& #(!-Ĺź Using BIM and cloud .

REALITY CAPTURE AND COMPUTING One of the hottest trends of 2014 that will continue to gain momentum in 2015 is the use of reality capture tools [think 4K digital cameras mounted on remote controlled drones] to quickly and cost-effectively incorporate existing physical condition data directly into advanced 3D models for buildings and civil infrastructure projects.

Reality capture and computing will continue to change the planning, design, production and operations/management of projects across industries in 2015. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how reality capture and computing will impact construction, infrastructure and sustainable building design: Ć&#x20AC;É )(-.,/ .#)(ĹźÉ Watch for the continued use of high-quality, accurate 3D models of existing environmental conditions (land and/or surrounding structures) to impact early design decision making for new construction projects. Pioneering

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ďŹ rms in 2015 and beyond will use HD digital cameras on drones to gather accurate and tangible ďŹ eld information.

This point-cloud data, which is often also captured via laser scanners, will be fed into reality computing software and cloud-based services, such as Autodeskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ReCap 360, to create initial 3D models. From there the 3D models can be directly imported into heavyduty design software for buildings, such as Autodesk Revit. This process increases accuracy with data collection, while accelerating the process and thus driving down costs. In addition, teams are able to detect issues that they might have previously overlooked using the traditional paper and pen approach. Ć&#x20AC;É ( , -.,/ ./, Ĺź Civil infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, water systems and the like will also beneďŹ t from reality capture and computing technologies moving forward. In 2015, we expect to see a dramatic growth in the creation of sophisticated 3D project models of everything from dams to bridgesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;based on data captured via aerial photos or laser scanners. These will offer designers and managers more insight than ever before and enable them to account for factors such as natural disasters and crisis management. Ć&#x20AC;É , (É -#!(É 1#."É /#& #(!-Ĺź 3D models developed via reality capture and computing, combined with powerful cloud-based energy simulation software will give designers in 2015 a leg up on making smart decisions on what existing structures are viable candidates for retroďŹ tting. And for new building designs, 3D models originating though reality capture and computing will help designers optimise energy efficiency at the earliest stages of the design process.

Thanks to rapid advances in technologies as diverse as drones and photogrammetry, cloud-based software and sensors, the world of building and infrastructure design and management is rapidly evolving to become something that only a few years ago might have seemed like science ďŹ ction fantasy. As these changes take place, we can expect to see a better-designed, more sustainable builtenvironment emerge around us.

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POWDER COATINGS

Pushing the envelope Ram Ramnath traces the rise of powder coatings in the Middle East, and their role in realising the region’s building landmarks hen observing today’s urban cityscape, what stands out is the transformation of building materials which are used in the construction process.

The expression ‘concrete jungle’ is perhaps no longer an accurate description for the contemporary metropolis as innovative architectural designs implement more

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aesthetically pleasing products such as glass, steel and aluminium.

Another element which has grown in the preference of architects, both big and small, for their projects is powder coatings. Powder coating products have complemented this period of innovation and play an important role in the creation of the architectural masterpieces we see today.

Developments in coating technology have contributed to push the envelope in façade design and make possible what would have been unimaginable 40 years ago. When it comes to exterior facades of buildings, architects today can take the variety of materials at their disposal for granted as they are afforded greater levels of flexibility in what can be conceptualised. This has been made possible by the increased array of aluminium profiles, float glass as well as the colours, performance and finish of powder coatings specially formulated for architectural applications.

EVOLUTION Powder coatings developed in the late 60s and 70s, mainly as an environment-friendly alternative to industrial finishing, being a technique that obviates the need for any solvents. The initial developments were made using Epoxy resins and subsequently using a mixture of Epoxy and Polyester resins which provided these coatings more stability, enabling coating of a number of indoor objects made of metal.

The pioneers of this technology probably did not even dream that this would be adapted in future to the far more complex needs of the architectural and building industry. It is when chemists started working with pure polyester resins that the possibilities of this technology became more evident.

European architects and contractors seized upon the design flexibility offered by powder coatings and also recognised the environmental benefits. During this period, aluminium extrusions also became the material of choice for windows, door frames, grilles and other metalwork while adonisation was still the preferred finishing method.

Anodising is a durable choice but was limited to a few colours (silver, bronze and black), wasn’t eco-friendly and was vulnerable to minor surface blemishes.

Hence architects were delighted when powder coatings provided a wider range of

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colours and finishes without compromising on long term durability. With zero solvents and VOCs, powder coatings proved to be a more sustainable option. Contractors also found it easier to apply when compared to the time consuming processes endured with wet paints and Anodisation.

Rapid advancements in technology over the next few years made powder coatings the most popular option in most European countries. Any hurdles that came in the way, were quickly overcome by concerted R&D from global powder coatings manufacturers working closely with chemical suppliers involved in surface treatment of aluminium prior to coating. One of the early challenges was to ensure weathering performance of the powder coating to withstand the elements, particularly the harsh ultra violet radiation from the sun. Chemists in the industry were quick to devise strong and stable pure Polyester resin based systems that could overcome this challenge and provide long term aesthetic appearance and corrosion protection to the aluminium facades.

Another challenge faced was what came to be known as ‘filiform’ corrosion (corrosion that began like a thin strand, resembling a filament but which eventually damaged the coating) especially in the Mediterranean coastal environments, but this was also overcome with some good teamwork by chemists from both, manufacturers of powders and of pre-treatment chemicals.

Improvements made by equipment suppliers also greatly enhanced the user-friendliness of powder coatings application.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST The Middle East was next to adopt this technology during the mid-80s. The high oil revenues from the 70s led to the first building booms in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; the market was rife for trends and innovations and almost all architects preferred the colour, flair and performance of powder coatings for metal facades over the drabness of anodising!

However, the Middle East presented a highly contrasting set of challenges compared to Europe because of the hot, humid and corrosive environment with some of the highest ultraviolet radiation levels in the world.

This is where inventive manufacturers have risen to the task of developing architectural powder coatings which can withstand the harsh regional climate over the course of many years. While the first generation of Powder Coatings whetted the appetite of architects and builders with 10year guarantees and much higher levels of life expectancy, that was clearly not enough for the iconic buildings that began to take shape in the nineties, such as the Burj Al Arab, The Atlantis and The Palm islands, which would demand even higher performance levels.

Thus, Jotun’s Super Durable powder coating range that came out in the mid-90s offered a 25-year guarantee.

It wasn’t solely the performance aspect which attracted architects, as they also demanded colour, flair and appearances such as matte, metallic and wood look and this is where the industry has indeed proved its mettle. Not just sophisticated formulations, not just innovative pigments including metallic, but also sophisticated manufacturing and application techniques.

All this developed the confidence of the

entire architectural community to specify Powder Coatings as the finish of choice on architectural metalwork over all other competing technologies.

Architectural powder coatings made their way into Asia Pacific as well although anodising still retains a significant share in this region, unlike Europe and the Middle East. Landmark buildings like the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok and the Taipei 101 in Taiwan were early trend setters, following which many commercial and iconic buildings in South East Asian countries have chosen powder coatings for their metal facades.

Research and development continues to be a vital part of the business for powder coating firms in order to consistently improve the range of products they have to offer. One feature, amongst many others, that is constantly enhanced is the level of durability and resistance to ultraviolet radiation. Another unique selling point powder coating manufacturers have developed in their products is the environmentally sustainable features they offer architectural developments compared to alternative options.

HUGE MARKET When powder coatings were first introduced in the 70s, they usually did not feature in prominent architectural developments. Today building projects constitute for 20% of the global powder coating industry’s revenue, estimated at about $7.5bn annually. Powder coatings have evolved to suit the needs of the building industry, as it made its transition from concrete to aluminium and glass facades.

Besides the inventiveness of the key global manufacturers, it was also the entire ‘eco-system’ around it that kept pace in order to create and nurture this market – the surface chemicals industry, the growing sophistication of the powder application equipment industry and last, but not least, the regulatory approach provided by independent coating quality associations, such as the Swiss based Qualicoat. Such strong foundations and track record augur well for an even brighter future for architectural powder coatings.

(The author is Vice President, Jotun Powder Coatings)

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT

An irresistible attraction Marcia Sherony looks at the opportunities and pitfalls of introducing intermittent plant operation in wastewater treatment processes, like grit removal perating wastewater treatment plant processes or equipment intermittently offers the irresistible attraction of reduced energy costs.

But take the practice too far, or in the wrong circumstances, and treatment processes can be damaged as a result.

The cost of energy is a constant consideration on the operating budget of plant operators. Public facilities that treat and distribute drinking water and those that collect and treat wastewater are energyintensive, accounting for approximately three percent of US electricity use (approximately 100bn kWh annually). [1] For local governments, this level of consumption means that water and wastewater facilities are one of the largest and most energy intensive loads they own and operate, representing up to 35% of municipal energy use. [2] Wastewater facilities, in

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particular, have a wide variety of processes and associated equipment that consume energy.

The equipment and processes used in treatment plant operation, and the amount of energy they use, vary significantly reflecting the regional topography and environmental conditions and requirements to treat certain types or concentrations of waste.

LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN ENERGY USAGE Any plant operator tasked with auditing wastewater processes to isolate the biggest energy consumers and identify operational efficiencies faces conflicting priorities. Both operators and engineering designers are motivated firstly by maintaining or improving the availability and reliability of their facilities. Any energy-efficiency opportunities have to be considered within this context.

A waste treatment plant engineer knows that motors and motor-driven equipment use a significant amount of energy to pump, filter

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and aerate the water. Indeed, wastewater aeration, pumping and solids processing account for a significant amount of the electricity used in wastewater treatment.

Approximately 42,000 wastewater pumping stations across the country operate to meet continuous and varying wastewater flows and typically, pumps are the most prominent energy consumers.

However, each piece of equipment is part of an integrated system. Therefore, it is important to consider facility performance when introducing energy-efficiency measures and to determine which measure or combination of measures will result in the biggest energy reduction for a given investment, and avoid degradation in performance.

Frequent targets of cost-cutting audits are pumps and the subsequent activated sludge treatment process. Both processes can be energy-intensive in many plants.

For example, in a typical activated sludge treatment plant, the aeration system typically represents 60% of a plant’s electricity use; pumping represents an additional 15%, of which grit slurry pumping is a small part.

GRIT SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS It’s tempting to think that diurnal flow variations and wet versus dry weather variations in incoming wastewater flow volumes might be met with intermittent grit pumping schedules. While plants should continue to reduce electricity consumption where possible, balancing the system performance efficiency and operation of any other downstream treatment processes must also be considered. The loss of digester performance and aeration basin efficiency, along with the time and expense to clean either, can quickly offset any savings realised by running the grit pump intermittently.

As there are no industry guidelines available for intermittent running of grit pumps, careful and continuous attention to flow and incoming grit load is required and intermittent operation is often not suited to many plants and locations for a variety of considerations including flows, collection system design, condition of the collection system, and grit loading Continuous grit pumping is recommended in many applications to ensure that elevated grit loads and wet weather events are covered when higher grit volumes can be expected. It is also important that total solids in pumped

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dewatering system components as these components typically run in tandem with the grit pump.

grit slurry remain at approximately 1% or below, otherwise washing and dewatering equipment efficiency can degrade and risk plugging, as can piping.

Where conditions allow, it is possible to consider intermittent pump operation, which should always be assessed by an expert. For example, it could be used if the range between the peak and average flow is very great, (i.e. high wet weather flow spikes) or there are very low overnight incoming flows with small grit loadings such as may occur at small plants. However, the entire grit system must be designed to handle the build-up of grit which will occur with intermittent operation.

When operating the grit system intermittently, it is advisable that continuous operation is still enabled during wet weather events. This can be achieved either by influent flow sensing triggered by a set point for automatically switching between continuous and intermittent operation, or a manual control switch with timed intervals during dry weather and continuous during wet. The latter carries a certain risk if not well attended.

High-performance grit separation system can be optimised for intermittent flows.

In the latest developments of the Eutek HeadCell for example, an expanded grit underflow collector allows grit to inventory while the pump is not operating. Flexible grit pump operation can be optimised by plant operations personnel based on grit load and plant demand while minimising energy consumption. Intermittent pump operation can also reduce plant use of Non-Potable Water associated with the grit washing/

DESIGN IMPLICATIONS In other grit collection technologies, energy usage is dependent on the process design as well as the operating equipment. For example, aerated grit basins can be a significant source of power consumption due to the blowers used to supply air to diffusers located in the basin. Aeration basins typically have a recommended air delivery rate of three to eight cfm of basin length, where the basin length is the standard three to eight times its width, and designed for a detention time of three minutes at peak flow. This means that a typical basin of 55 ft length, and a width of 7 ft to 18ft, could require 165 to 440 cfm of air, and need up to 100HP of power to drive the air compressor. There are, of course, far bigger basins which require more air and higher power to produce it.

The next power user in a grit system is typically the grit pump and any potential saving through intermittent operation would be attractive. However, will intermittent pump operation impact the grit- or other subsequent processes? Combined sewer plants and plants with a large peak to average

flow ratios will see a significant increase in grit load at higher flows.

Grit quantities are typically reported to range from 0.53-24 ft3/mgal (M&E) and operating grit pumps intermittently during high influent loadings can be detrimental to the grit removal process and cause plugging, loss of grit and system failure. Pumping intermittently increases the concentration of the grit slurry as well as the problematic debris accumulated in the grit sump and grit slurry piping.

In fact, even without intermittent pump operation, the lack of sound design guidance may contribute to the problems met in removing, conveying, and processing grit slurry at many treatment facilities; combined sewer collection systems are particularly prone. It is ironic that this process is intended to prevent or reduce downstream maintenance, but often is fraught with its own frequent maintenance issues such as plugged grit slurry collection sumps, plugged grit slurry piping, failed grit slurry pumps, and plugged grit slurry concentrators. Intermittent operation will only exacerbate such problems.

CAREFUL CONCLUSION While decisions to run equipment like pumps, including grit pumps, intermittently can save electricity and lower energy costs, care must be taken to match the operating schedule to plant inflow conditions. Careful assessment and the right grit removal equipment will greatly reduce the risks of extra costs incurred through ineffective removal using conventional technologies or intermittently pumping decisions influenced solely by the desire to cut the dollars.

Consulting closely with engineering designers and equipment manufacturers is, therefore, essential to take advantage of the opportunities of intermittent operation without running unnecessary risks.

References 1. EPRI, Water and Wastewater Industries: Characteristics and Energy Management Opportunities, 1996 2. Consortium for Energy Efficiency National Municipal Water and Wastewater Facility Initiative (The author is National Sales Manager of Hydro International, which provides water, wastewater and storm-water solutions based on vortex technologies)

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INDUSTRY WATCH

Deconstructing Cooling Day 2 of the 8th edition of The Climate Control Conference, held on June 15 and 16 at the Meydan in Dubai, once again saw representatives from government and stakeholders from the construction and HVAC industries engaged in discussions to identify a roadmap for a cohesive approach to multiple disciplines and activities that typically shape a builtenvironment By Rajiv Pillai THE MODERATORS – B Surendar, the Editorial Director and Associate Publisher of CPI Industry and Sougata Nandi, the Technical Advisor for Sustainable Development at CPI Industry – set the tone for the discussions by further breaking away from the traditional format of conference discussions. Session 9 was dedicated to cooling approaches.

Excerpts from the discussion, in verbatim format...

Surendar: “What we are trying to do through this session is to look at cooling approaches from different virtue standpoints: safety, reliability, energy efficiency, costeffectiveness, resource

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conservation, being the least polluting, being the least noisy, having the smallest footprint possible, technological flexibility and being reasonably future-safe from an economic perspective. We are going to be looking at various cooling approaches – at District Cooling, at water-cooled systems from a boarder perspective and at air-cooled systems.

“First and foremost, I would like to bring in Engr. Redha Salman. He’s the Director of the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) operations of Dubai Municipality (DM). One of the fundamental requirements, as we all know, is water. The availability of water, when we talk of District Cooling, when we talk of water-cooled systems. Engr. Redha, if you could please take us through the efforts that DM is taking to ensure we have enough TSE (treated sewage effluent). What are the efforts you are taking to generate and distribute that TSE? Do we have enough to consider District Cooling as a viable model?”

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Eng. Redha Salman, Director of STP Department – Dubai Municipality (DM): “We have three networks under us – we have wastewater sewage coming in, we have another network for TSE to distribute for landscaping and we have another network for the stormwater.

“Speaking about TSE, last year we had 217m cubic metres. Only 30m were surplus, which went to the sea. But the surplus is only during seasons where water is not much in demand. Yes, we do have TSE, but it varies during seasons. These are important issues that one should consider.

“And yes, it [TSE] is cost-effective; its price is 1.3 AED per cubic metre. This is more attractive than the cost of DEWA

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water. And it is used for several applications.

One of them is greenery and landscaping. We have mapped out and found that TSE can be used in 23 different applications. There are only a couple of District Cooling companies that are using TSE. There is no regulation to force the District Cooling company to use TSE water.”

Surendar: “George, do you believe in the present model of District Cooling?”

George Berbari of DC Pro Engineering: “From 2005 to 2015, the only development that happened in the District Cooling industry was efficiency improvement from the chiller manufacturer. It did not come from the industry. And we stagnated in [District Cooling] technology. Once you stagnate, other technologies will develop. That said, 70% of the market is still air-cooled chillers and ducted splits. District Cooling is using outdated technology and needs to evolve and develop… or die.”

Surendar: “What are the other drawbacks?

Ghaleb, you earlier spoke that it takes five litres to produce 1 kW of energy. We are talking of a very important aspect here – the availability of water for District Cooling and, further, the cost of producing that water.”

Nandi: “How would you do District Cooling differently if you were to decide that this is the way to make it more popular, rather than enforcing it through mandate or regulation? How would you do an entire Life Cycle Cost comparison between District Cooling and a standalone system?”

Ghaleb Abusaa, CEO of en3 Solutions (The Three Factors Company): “There will never be one single solution. There will always be direct expansion systems,

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small splits, VRVs, air-cooled chillers and central air conditioning, forever. And that will possibly continue to take 70% to 80% of the market. This is because of the class of the people; it’s the nature of the societies. So, when you do a job, do not exclude any possible type of air conditioning, because sometimes what you thought was the worst becomes the best.”

“The problem today with District Cooling when it comes to feasibility is that the current contract, which I hope RSB will change, does not allow the end-user to reduce his capacity. If you are assigned to 1,000 TR (tonnes of refrigeration) capacity, you have to pay a connection fee for 1000 TR all the year. And this is one of the drawbacks. The second problem is a penalty for Low Delta-T Syndrome by some manufacturers.

“Yet another major problem we have with District Cooling is that when we have two or three plants connected to a common network, we don’t have a live monitoring of the network. We only monitor the Energy Transfer Station (ETS) and the District Cooling plant.”

Nandi: “Holistically, how do air-cooled chillers stack up? Energy-efficiency-wise, it might not be as efficient as water-cooled chillers. But is there a case for air-cooled chillers?”

Bharat Asarpota, Maintenance Engineer – Emarat: “It depends on various stakeholders on what they want. You have to take the cost into consideration on whether you are getting it from the grid or District Cooling and you pass on the cost to the tenants or consumers. As developers, the priorities have to be made very clear.

“As far as we are concerned, my corporation, when we developed the land in 1990, Sheikh Zayed Road had the Metropolitan Hotel. The government gave us this land, and there was absolutely no infrastructure. Forget about TSE, there was insufficient water. So we had to go in for aircooled chillers, and I think a lot of projects are stuck because of that. It’s not easy to retrofit an air-cooled chiller project and go for a water-cooled chiller, instead. It’s just not possible. We actually looked at District Cooling as an alternative, but there was no infrastructure for it.”

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Nandi: “In my opinion, there are also District Cooling plants that are standalone – meaning that they serve only one customer. We have Nimal here, who has worked on such projects.

One of them was the Wafi Mall, which uses a District Cooling plant and the other was the Hyatt Regency chilled water plant retrofit project. Please share with us very briefly both the projects in terms of what they used to be before and how they were upgraded into the new system. And what specific advantages, in terms of energy savings and cost reduction, were you able to achieve owing to the upgrades?”

Nimal Amukotuwa, Consultant: “Wafi uses a District Cooling plant, and it’s a single user. In Wafi, initially, each building had different HVAC systems. Some were air-cooled and some were watercooled. At the same time, they were building the pyramid-shaped hotel, Raffles. So, they approached us and said they wanted to go for a standalone plant, which they would use for all their properties, including the hotel. We designed one plant in one of the vacant plant rooms. And gradually disconnected all the systems one by one. The plant had sufficient capacity. The total plant capacity was 14,000 TR, and around 8,000 TR, I believe, were required for the hotel. Only thing I can’t give you is energy savings. But, it was very successful, because their engineers have told us that they are very happy. And that they are saving money.”

“We retrofitted Hyatt Regency along with some apartment blocks. They had old York chillers that were around 20 years old. This was in 2004. I looked at them and said that we have to change the chillers, the cooling towers, the condensate water pumps and the primary chilled water pumps. At the time of proposing, I also suggested we should go for variable-flow primary Chillers. We had two variable-speed chillers and others were fixed speed chillers. We also had a chiller management system, which came from the chiller manufacturer – they were York chillers. Hyatt insisted on York.

“The Director of Engineering at Hyatt said that they were saving 32% on energy consumption. And this was all because of variable speed and chiller combination.”

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OFF-GRID PROPOSITION

Hybrid power SES SMART Energy Solutions and Building Energy to jointly install the first off-grid temporary hybrid plant in Saudi Arabia ES SMART Energy Solutions, a leading rental power provider in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, is teaming up with Building Energy, an Italy-based independent power producer from renewable sources, to develop a first of its kind on-field temporary hybrid plant, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The 14MW diesel-solar plant will produce 54MWh per year from solar energy, saving diesel fuel and reducing CO2 emissions. The energy produced from this project will be sold by means of a five-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).

The project will be the first on-field application of Green Energy Temporary Solution (G.E.T.S.), a hybrid, modular and portable solution that employs renewable energy sources technologies for the temporary production of power in off-grid areas.

G.E.T.S. is Building Energy’s proprietary solution, developed to tackle the issue of energy access in rural areas. Being preassembled, prewired and containerised, G.E.T.S. is ready to be shipped where energy is needed and can be quickly and easily installed with minimal environmental impact. This technology was developed to allow isolated energy-intensive industries, such as mines for example, to meet their temporary power needs. It enables integrating green technologies in rural areas, where no other energy infrastructures are available.

For the realisation of this project in Saudi Arabia, Building Energy’s Green Energy Temporary Solution (G.E.T.S) technology will be integrated with the diesel generator sets provided by SES Smart Energy Solutions, one of the main rental power providers across the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia region serving temporary energy needs. The use of hybrid energy technologies will allow to

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save diesel fuel, consequently reducing CO2 emissions.

This solution will be developed in Saudi Arabia, which is covered by Building Energy from its Dubai offices which also serves as the coordination centre for other projects in the Middle East and North Africa. In Jordan, the company signed an agreement protocol with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources after being selected for the construction of a 50MW power plant as part of the second round for the renewable energy production programme. Building Energy has also been shortlisted for other large scale photovoltaic projects in Jordan and Egypt, and is working on a pipeline of projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Massimo Teodori, Managing Director Smart System, Building Energy, said: “We are excited to implement, for the first time on field, Green Energy Temporary Solution (G.E.T.S), a temporary hybrid plant based on renewable energy technologies. We believe that energy is crucial to secure basic human needs, such as access to clean water and healthcare.

However, at present, there are over 1.3bn people who still lack these services because they live in off-grid areas. G.E.T.S. could be an excellent solution to provide rural areas with energy access, thanks to its easy and

fast installation and requiring no initial investment.”

He continued: “We are also glad to team up with SES to develop this project in Saudi Arabia, in the MENA region, an area which is appealing for the renewables sector thanks to its rich natural resources, such as sun and wind. Recognising the opportunity, several countries here have set specific objectives to increase the share of energy produced from renewable sources, starting a significant change in the energy system.”

Waleed Isaac, SES SMART Energy Solutions Managing Director said: “SES is glad to provide its customers with fast re-deployable renewable energy solutions using Building Energy G.E.T.S. This will further enhance SES offering in the Middle East and Africa region, mainly for remote sites and mines, where SES specialises in providing on demand short to medium term energy solutions and in line with IFC and World Bank Environmental policies.”

Building Energy has a large portfolio of renewable plants in operation, construction and development, with a total pipeline in excess of 2,000 MW in Europe, Africa, Central and North America and recently in the MENA region and Asia.

Headquartered in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, SES SMART Energy Solutions serves short to medium term power generation needs from 50 kVA to more than 100 MW. The company operates through two major lines of business, Power Projects and Flow.

The Power Projects business specialises in the rapid deployment of turnkey power generation solutions coupled with comprehensive operation and maintenance services and ultimately the sale of reliable and efficient power to utilities, governments, armed forces, oil companies, and mines. The Flow business specialises on the rental of lower capacity power generation equipment. Apart from the UAE, SES currently operates in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Nigeria and Rwanda.

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OIL & GAS

RISK MANAGEMENT

A safe pair of hands Staying on schedule with plant safety design By Ossama Tawfick eeping projects on schedule, while managing risk and costs, is of paramount importance with any oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical project.

Moreover, identifying and mitigating potential hazards quickly is vital to ensuring the protection of personnel and plant equipment.

A number of institutions both locally and internationally based are working towards the safety of workers and also offer advice to organisations on the hazards and risks involved in the work place.

Regardless of the type of project, GreenďŹ eld or BrownďŹ eld, process safety analysis is of critical importance. Many companies are still deploying traditional manual methods to design their process safety systems and using external, specialist software or internal, rudimentary tools to deliver them. This workďŹ&#x201A;ow can introduce inaccuracies, which may result in dangerous over or under design of relief valves. Today, with greater demands on projects, engineers require more efficient ways to perform overpressure protection analysis in the design of plant equipment and in routine maintenance to ensure safety standards are fully met.

On the one hand, E&Cs who serve the owner-operators on projects need a robust set of integrated safety tools, which allows companies to standardise their relief system calculation and documentation companywide. This provides engineers with the conďŹ dence that the calculation methodologies across the company are high-quality and accurate. On the other hand, for owneroperators, it is vital to ensure safety records are upheld and reputation is maintained.

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UNDERSTANDING PLANT BEHAVIOUR Excellence in process safety starts by ensuring that facilities are designed, operated and maintained in a way that minimises the potential for process safety incidents. Risk is managed by assessing consequences and implementing prevention and mitigation measures. Without a reliable control system, the slightest ďŹ&#x201A;uctuations can dramatically impact an entire system.

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Making the task more difficult, control schemes cannot be modelled or analysed using steady state process simulation. Dynamic simulation provides a convenient and powerful way to ensure that the response of the control systems results in safe operation.

As dynamic simulation allows engineers to explore the behaviour of a process over time in response to changes in conditions, it offers an excellent means of trouble-shooting unplanned behaviour, like loss of cooling, or planned events like start-up and shutdown.

Additionally, with dynamic models, engineers can increase their understanding of the process to make better decisions, lower capital and operating costs by designing equipment and process more intelligently and also make economic decisions about how to handle an under-performing unit (i.e. replace it or change the operating policy). All of these advantages are applicable to plants in both design and production phases.

Engineers can perform dynamic modelling tests to isolate the cause of the disturbance and then determine how to correct the fault. This ability to respond quickly and intelligently helps reduce plant downtime.

Furthermore, engineers can use dynamic simulation to train new operators, allowing them to gain good insights into plant behaviour and why incidents occur, as well as how to best respond.

PROCESS SAFETY SOFTWARE Many companies have adopted integrated engineering software to rigorously improve

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FEED and perform revalidation studies to ďŹ nd capital savings and improve process safety and reliability. They can conduct safety studies, including pressure safety valve sizing, ďŹ&#x201A;are system design and rating, and dynamic analysis for start-up, shutdown, emergencies and compressor surge - all with the option to use simulation data from tools like Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus.

By integrating the safety analysis environment within the these simulators, engineers can leverage the rigorous thermodynamic engine when completing pressure relief analysis projects in addition to quickly adding and sizing relief valves early in the design process using API 520, 521 methods.

Ultimately, with process safety software tools E&C engineers gain enormous beneďŹ ts, including: Ć&#x20AC;É 0 É (!#( ,#(!É .#' É 3É /*É .)É ĹľĹ°Ćž Ć&#x20AC;É / É '#-. % -É ( É ' (/ &É ., (- ,É .)É ensure data accuracy Ć&#x20AC;É ( , - É #&#.3É .)É #(. !, . É , -/&.-É #(.)É ďŹ&#x201A;are system models Ć&#x20AC;É ( , - É - )* É ) É , &# É &) É & /& .#)(Ć&#x20AC;É 0)# É /(( -- ,3É *#. &É #(0 -.' (.É through under designs or overdesigns Ć&#x20AC;É 0)# É ." É )(- +/ ( É ) É #( /, . É pressure safety valve sizing Ć&#x20AC;É *")& É +/ &#.3É - .3É -. ( , Ć&#x20AC;É #&#.3É .)É ') &É '/&.#*& É - ( ,#)Ć&#x20AC;É /.)' . É , !/& .),3É , *),.-É ( É documentation for compliance Ć&#x20AC;É ))&-É -/**),.É (!#( ,#(!É %()1& ! É ( É ease of use SAFETY IN HAND Safety is the mainstay of any sustainable business. Ultimately, risk is managed by identifying hazards quickly, assessing consequences and probabilities, and implementing effective mitigation measures.

By adopting easy-to-use process safety software, businesses will improve safety performance across their operations, keep projects on schedule and achieve the highest standards in operational excellence.

(The author is VP Sales, MENA, AspenTech)

EXECUTIVE INSIGHT

Sven Lindström

“The solar energy industry is immature, with constant changes of leadership positions and markets”

Breaking myths Sven Lindström, CEO of Midsummer, a global supplier of thin film CIGS solar cell production lines, addresses the five most common solar energy myths olar energy and the solar industry has exploded in the last decade, and is today an established and competitive renewable energy source. Despite this (or maybe because of this), solar energy has been surrounded by myths, rumours and false facts that has dimmed the sunny (!) picture. Here are the five most common solar energy myths – and the real facts.

Myth 1: More energy is needed to manufacture a solar cell than it will generate under its life cycle (alternatively, more CO2 is produced to manufacture a solar cell than it will save under its lifetime). Fact: Not at all true.

Today, the energy payback for silicon solar cells is less than two years. For thin film solar cells the energy payback is less than one year! After that period, energy (and CO2) is saved and accumulated during the remaining life span of the solar cell (often 25 years). Which makes solar cells extremely environmentally friendly.

Myth 2: Solar energy is not financially viable without subsidies. Fact: Subsidies are being rapidly phased out and technological advancements continue to make solar cells more efficient. Solar energy is now cheaper

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than purchased electricity (market prices) almost everywhere in the world where the sun shines. There has been a rapid decline in solar energy costs over the last 12 months to the point that it competes favourably with even the cheapest of fossil fuels. A utility owned by US tycoon Warren Buffet recently agreed upon a purchase price of 3.87 cents per kWh from First Solar’s Nevada plant – probably the cheapest electricity price in the US and most of the world.

Myth 3: Once the global warming “scam” is uncovered, no one will be interested in solar energy. Fact: Whether you believe in global warming or not, and most people do, photovoltaic solar energy is a very attractive way of generating your own electricity at a low foreseeable cost. It is probably the cheapest way to generate electricity in sunny regions and brings energy independence to individuals, corporations and countries alike.

It is also a potential job creator. So global warming, believe it or not, really has nothing to do with the benefits of solar energy.

Myth 4: All solar cell manufacturers lose money. Fact: some do, but not all.

Many manufacturers of silicon solar cells compete in the same segment using the same technology. They are having a tough time.

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Other segments are more profitable, such as thin, lightweight and flexible solar panels.

The solar energy industry is immature, with constant changes of leadership positions and markets. What we are witnessing is in reality a traditional consolidation phase in a new and fledging industry, with winners and losers, and with the surviving players facing a bright and profitable future.

Among future winners, we must include roof and construction companies with the insight to see building integrated PVas the ’next big thing’.

Solar cells will become better integrated with both roofs and facades, and current manufacturers of construction materials have a great opportunity to gain market shares in this area.

Myth 5: Solar energy will become attractive only when Tesla or any other battery manufacturer commences serial production of cheap and efficient batteries for the storage of electricity. Fact: See myth 2. Solar energy is already a very cost competitive source of energy. Cheap and efficient batteries will of course strengthen its attractiveness, but the fact that solar energy is produced when it is demanded the most (i.e. in the middle of the day) makes solar energy less dependent on storage solutions than many other energy sources.

INFRA PEOPLE

Kamel Jammeli joins AlMansoori AlMansoori have appointed Kamel Jammeli as the company’s new Well Service Manager for AlMansoori Petroleum Services (AMPS) where he brings over 20 years experience particularly, but not limited to cementing, stimulation, well integrity and drilling.

He will be based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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In his new role, he will provide a high level of management expertise in order to ensure that each business function is providing the support that is required.

Prior to joining AlMansoori, Kamel worked as a Section Leader & Contract Job Officer for ADMA/ OPCO.

American Concrete Institute’s first VP from the Middle East Eng. Khaled Awad, Chairman and Founder for the Lebanon-based Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), has recently been elected to serve as Vice President for the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the world authority and resource on concrete technology. Awad, who will serve a two-year term, is the first member from the Middle East to assume the key post. An active member of ACI, Awad is Chair of ACI Subcommittee 601E, Concrete Construction Sustainability Assessor, and serves on the Task Group on Managing Translations of ACI Products and Services, Certification Programs Committee, and the International Certification Subcommittee, of which he is a past Chair. He is a member of ACI Committee 130, Sustainability of Concrete.

Alain Flausch, Secretary-General, UITP (International Association of Public Transport)

Julian Ford Joins Altaaqa Global Altaaqa Global, a leading global provider of large-scale temporary power services, has appointed energy industry veteran, Julian Ford as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective July 1, 2015. As the company’s CCO, Ford’s remit is to ensure that Altaaqa Global achieves revenue growth targets and overall commercial success, and to facilitate the formulation and implementation of innovative global commercial strategies.

Ford was instrumental in taking the rental power concept to different regions across the globe, including Middle East and Africa, South America, East Asia and South Asia.

“The role temporary power has evolved from being a local, short-term, transactional activity to a major global project-based industry,” said Ford, adding that it is no longer

uncommon to see power plants of 100MW and up being rented on a longer-term basis.

“My vision is for Altaaqa Global to lead the evolution of the industry, and to be recognised as the premier source of innovative technical solutions and the highest level of customer service and support,” added Ford.

There were many questions asked and answered in Milan by our excellent cast of panelists, who came from the most varied selection of backgrounds we have ever featured at a Congress.

How to finance public transport?

What to do about the arrival of new mobility providers, the sharing economy, new sustainability expectations, new energy crises, new vehicles, and the rise of transport-related mobile technology developers? Not to mention the customer’s new position at the centre of our operations? Getting policy makers to recognise the health impact of sustainable public transport when they plan their cities is also on our list of priority topics for the coming months and years. Getting the business community on board to help finance the transport infrastructure they will benefit from is also paramount.

In Milan we were able to focus in depth on some of the policies that are leading to an increase in the market share of public transport in cities around the world – this includes measures to stop urban sprawl as well as reduce citizens’ need to own their own car.

As a reflection of the global importance of our Congress, we’ve renamed it the Global Public Transport Summit, a name that will debut in Montréal in 2017.

(Excerpted from UTIP’s monthly newsletter UTIP Direct)

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CONSULTANTS & ARCHITECTS CUP 2015 Not only is the Golf Day a great day out, it also represents an ideal opportunity to network with potential clients and entertain existing ones, while giving you a chance to get to know the people who make up the consultant and architect industry. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of the industry or if you provide services to it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity not to be missed!

The 2015 Consultants & Architects Cup is an invite-only, free-to-attend event for consultants and architects. We offer various sponsorship opportunities for those companies that provide services to the construction industry. All sponsorship opportunities include a free day on the golf course - you might even call it working!

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POWER-GEN MIDDLE EAST 4-6 OCTOBER 2015, Abu Dhabi

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MENA RAIL AND METRO SUMMIT 2015

he 13th annual POWER-GEN Middle East Conference and Exhibition is set to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) alongside WaterWorld Middle East.

HE. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy of the UAE, will formally launch the conference and exhibition with an official ribbon cutting ceremony and a keynote address on the opening day.

Nigel Blackaby, Director of Conferences, PennWell corporation will be giving the introduction and opening remarks.

This year, attendees will have the choice of 19 strategic and technical Conference Sessions as well as two new components on the exhibition floor – a dedicated Exhibitor Presentation Theatre, which will feature live exhibitor demonstrations, and a new Business Matchmaking Service. The event will offer a unique platform to meet more than 3,000 industry

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professionals from over 70 different countries.

Feraye Gurel, Event Director, said: “In the GCC, power generating capacity will need to rise by an estimated 64GW to 176.5GW by 2020, requiring an investment of $40-45 bn. So far, 75 GW of renewable energy projects worth $200bn are already in the pipeline, making the region a global power player in the sector.

“Under the theme ‘Sharing Technology Innovation’, the 2015 edition of POWER-GEN Middle East will address key issues affecting the region’s electricity market and provide pioneering and practical solutions to expand energy efficiency, technological excellence and implementation of smart solutions tailored to the region’s power industry.”

5 – 7 OCTOBER, 2015 DUBAI The 11th edition of the summit will have a focused agenda exploring key themes and issues regarding projected rail plans in the region.

Contact: MEED events Tel: +971 4 818 0217 Email: meedevents@meed.com www.meedrailprojects.com SMART GRIDS AND SMART METERS SUMMIT 28 – 29 OCTOBER, 2015 DUBAI The summit will focus on the implementation of smart grids to enhance the

Contact: Sue McDermott Tel: +44 992 656 632 Email: suemc@pennwell.com www.power-gen-middleeast.com

use of energy efficient and renewable technologies, M2M technology and sustainable technology-led solutions.

Contact: Anna Canning

NATRANS ARABIA 2015 25-27 OCTOBER 2015, Abu Dhabi he GCC’s integrated transport strategy will be the focus of NATRANS Arabia 2015, a first-of-its-kind event piecing together the Gulf region’s transportation infrastructure with rail, road, and maritime projects which is worth an estimated $422bn and completed within the next five years.

The conference-led exhibition is being held in partnership with the UAE Federal Transportation Authority – Land and Maritime and held under the patronage of HE Dr Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works and Chairman of the Federal

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Tel: +971 4 609 1563 Email: anna.canning@ fleminggulf.com PROJEX AFRICA

Transport Authority - Land and Marine NATRANS Arabia, which takes place at ADNEC, consists of three distinct conference streams – the 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities Summit; Middle East Maritime Conference; Middle East Road Conference.

Top level transport delegations representing the UAE including government bodies such as the Department of Transport, The Road Transport Authority, Etihad Rail, Abu Dhabi Ports, DP World and the Ministry of Public Works.

2 – 5 NOVEMBER, 2015 CAIRO Projex Africa and MS Marmomacc + Samoter Africa & Middle East are two trade fairs dedicated to excellence in the sectors of marble, natural stone, construction machinery, innovative materials and sustainable building systems.

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#018 Qatar’s Mega Reservoirs The ambitious project, involving the construction of the world’s largest reinforced concrete reservoirs, aims to provide seven days of strategic water storage atar’s $4.6bn Water Security Mega Reservoirs Project, which the world first came to know of in 2012, aims to boost the Gulf state’s potable water storage from two days to seven days, through a network of new as well as existing and future secondary reservoirs.

The project’s significance was recently summed up by Doha Bank Group CEO Dr R Seetharaman, who noted that it “will form the bedrock upon which Qatar’s water security initiatives will be built.”

Last month, Doha Bank signed a milestone deal to finance one of the construction packages of the project.

The Water Security Mega Reservoir Project, being developed

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Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA), involves the construction of five potable water mega-reservoir sites and an interconnecting network of large diameter water pipelines. Each reservoir site will ultimately comprise up to nine reservoir modules and occupy an area of more than one sq. km. The sites are located at Umm Birka, Umm Slal, Rawdat Rashed, Abu Nakhla and Al Thumama areas.

HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani laid the foundation stone of the project at Al Mazrouah on May 12, 2015.

The first phase, which is currently under implementation, will provide seven days of storage for water demand forecasted up to 2026.

It will deliver storage capacity of about 2,300m gallons of water in 24 massive concrete reservoirs and 480km of buried ductile iron

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Fast facts Launched by: KAHRAMAA Total cost: approx: $4.6bn Total number of reservoirs: 40 Ultimate storage capacity: 3,800m gallons Forecast of pipes needed: 510,000 tonnes

pipelines with a diameter up to 1.6m.

The second phase of the project, which will be implemented after 2020, will include construction of additional pipelines and 40 new reservoirs within the five sites to achieve a total storage capacity of about 3,800m gallons.

A JV of Consolidated Contracting Group and Teyseer Contracting is executing Packages A (Umm Birka) and C (Al Thumama). The contractors for Package B (Umm Slal) is HBK Contracting, Package D (Rawdat Rashed) is Leighton Contracting Qatar, and Package E (Abu Nakhla) is a JV of China Gezhouba Group and Burhan.

Local banks have played an important role in financing the project with Al Khalij Commercial Bank extending finance for the transmission pipelines and Package C construction works. Last month, Doha Bank approved a $600m financing deal for Package D.

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