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MAY 2017

60 SECONDS WITH...

Our new UAE Country Director

OUT & ABOUT

Pictures of our 70th anniversary celebrations

WHO’S WHO Celebrity lookalikes

Contents Message from the MD Hot wins Project snapshot 60 seconds with...

Living by the values Did you know?

New starters The Fit Bit Hatches and matches Work anniversaries Out and about Who’s who?

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Message from the MD

Dear all, After what has been a very challenging financial year, I am pleased to say we still met our collective regional financial targets. Many thanks for all your hard work and commitment in what is possibly the most difficult win work market since 2009.

We are however still expecting to grow again in 2017/18 and will be accelerating growth in KSA, remaining strong in the UAE and maintaining our position in Qatar and Oman.

With that in mind, our current key strategic opportunities include: • Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) - contract and project support for its multiple sites, including a port and a refinery, which is a huge opportunity in Oman that could potentially double our operations in the region.

• Miral’s Seaworld project on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, is a large commercial management opportunity for us worth £8m.

• Al Wedyan in Riyadh, a 7million square metre development site (three times the size of Downtown Dubai) and the project is currently being master planned as a ‘mixed use – whole living’ community. A truly amazing venture under the KSA National Transformation strategy.

• The Saudi Aramco PMS framework in KSA continues to build momentum.

• Diversifying into the Ministry of Health and Transport with several PMO opportunities, jointly with our Acuity colleagues.

We continue to position the business as an integrated project and programme management business, including our commercial services. This will enable us to offer real solutions to client problems from a business or portfolio basis as well as at project delivery level.

It’s important we continue to reinvigorate our commercial services to ensure we don’t become too commoditised and think about how differently we deliver our CM services to achieve better returns for the business.

70% of our work is in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors of which we must maintain our position, but it is important that we continue to diversify in to

new sectors, such as healthcare and the horizontal space. This includes transport infrastructure, as well as specialised services such as project management office (PMO) and turn key development (from sand to key!)

As I mentioned on the recent webinar, although we have a good bid win rate (winning 1 in 3 bids), it is everyone’s responsibility to win work or help to develop work by identifying new opportunities. It doesn’t matter what level you are in the business, whether you’re sitting on a project site or in the office, we can all play a part in winning work and adding value to our clients. More to come on this and how you can add value.

Pre-positioning and ensuring we are both innovative and add real value to our offering is fundamental to our growth and our strong reputation in the market.

Finally, I hope you enjoy the new revamped InTouch.

Hot wins Nationwide Internet Protocol Network Delivery (IPND) Programme

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GPT, KSA

Al Akaria, KSA

With a 24-month duration and a project team of over 100 required, this is a game changing programme for our Saudi business. We will be implementing a project management office (PMO) to manage the rollout of a nationwide communications programme, an Internet Protocol Delivery Network for the Saudi Arabian National Guard.

We have been appointed as programme managers on a major mixed use development in Riyadh, KSA. A 7million square metre development site (three times the size of Downtown Dubai) the project is currently being master planned as a ‘mixed use – whole living’ community that will deliver a vibrant society, a thriving economy and pride in the nation, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.

Our Project Management Office (PMO) services include project management, programme management, risk management, logistics and co-ordination management, contract administration, change management and cost management.

The project scope also includes the site supervision of network and equipment installations of 283 sites spread across Central, Western and Eastern Sectors of KSA which will involve site installation of ISP/OSP, active equipment and minor Civil Works, e.g. power distribution.

Our appointment is on the initial phase of stage one, the development of the Town Square, leisure and entertainment park, water park and the central park which is imagines to drive a visitation of over 2.5 million domestic visitors in the inaugural year of operations. We will be providing an integrated solution with programme management services to include commercial, procurement, project controls, planning, governance and systems, PMIS and project and cost management services for the theme park in combination with Nassal.

Our work on Shaza Doha is nearing completion with an on-schedule contractor construction programme and a targeted public opening of December 2017.

Currently the façade glass panels that cover the 14 floors as well as the rooftop level of the building are nearing completion and internal work packages to guestrooms, restaurants, common areas, the spa and gym are ongoing.

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• Because of Qatar Rail’s proposed metro line encroaching on the site boundary, the enabling works were completely redesigned. This change in design and construction methodology and the effects thereof was effectively and timeously managed with collaborative input from all stakeholders.

• The hotel site is in the middle of a congested city and careful planning was essential when dealing with deliveries, waste removal and storage areas during construction. Many elevated temporary loading platforms were constructed.

• The project was constructed under strict development as well as Qatar Tourism 5 Star Hotel guidelines and took extensive liaison skills and direct coordination with regulatory authorities. While remaining cognisant of the many subcontractors and their individual scopes, schedules and relationships with other on-site contractors, special attention was always paid to quality of the works and importantly the risk identification and strategies going forward.

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• The contractor has a dedicated qualified safety team permanently on the project as does the supervision consultant. F+G collaborates with these teams and real time relevant meetings, reports and incentives are maintained which was instrumental in the resultant proud safety record of the project.

• Our expertise assisted in accelerating the construction programme and our intricate knowledge of the region has proved invaluable with approvals, governmental processes, permits and similar.

Kings College Healthcare Clinic 1 was successfully completed and handed over at the beginning of April, delivered 30% below the client’s original budget.

Our adoption of value engineering, collaboration with the design team and efficient execution of our post contract services brought initial costs down by circa AED 4m on the first clinic.

A number of milestones have been reached on the hospital and it is clear to see where we are adding value. We successfully tendered the project as a design & build to meet the client’s timeline for project commencement and brought the main contract in AED 7million under budget. The biggest hurdle the team faced recently was the discovery in December that the master developer didn’t have the necessary approvals in place to allow us to obtain RTA approval. Through a strong stakeholder relationship with Dubai Municipality and effective communication skills we mitigated the problem by agreeing a split permit strategy. This allowed the project to commence at site without the full building permit and avoided any delays.

The hospital is expected to be completed by Q3 2018 with the objective of becoming a world class healthcare facility, bringing the best of British healthcare expertise to the UAE.

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The Royal Atlantis Dubai, UAE

We were appointed as project managers and employer’s representative on this iconic project back in 2014 and whilst it has been challenging, the programme has been recently realigned and the project is back on track for a Q3 2019 opening.

Continual changes to the design, and additional changes brought about by budget overruns have been a major factor in delays to date and so our team has taken an active role in managing these design changes and the resultant challenges and impacts on the programme. Every change request must come through the F+G team and stakeholders have been notified that they most likely will be rejected to maintain costs and remain on schedule.

The 47-storey hotel will tower over the existing Atlantis Hotel and is targeted to overshadow the Burj Al Arab in terms of prestige, sure to become a major tourist attraction in Dubai. The project will have 791 hotel rooms, suites and 231 luxurious apartments, many with private pools. There will be multiple water features around the resort and a major attraction will be the water and fire dancing fountains.

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Currently, we are still in the procurement phase with several large packages ( bringing the total award of provisional sums up to 60% of the project value) to be awarded by mid-May. From tender opening we have saved approximately aed180m on the final award value without descoping; this was through severe value engineering and close collaboration with the contractor, cost consultant, client and designers, within daily war room meetings and many VE workshops.

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Food and beverage options will be plenty, with the current design providing 21 F&B offerings around the resort. The all-day dining restaurant alone will have 23 front of house show kitchens and seat 1037 diners.

60 seconds with...

Paul Doherty UAE Country Director

Hi Paul, welcome to Faithful+Gould Middle East! You are new to the region after spending 18 years with the business in the UK. What prompted the move?

I’ve always had the itch to move abroad and try something new and after 18 years with F+G in the UK, when the opportunity presented itself I knew it was the time to take it. Personal development was a key motivating factor for me and this move will allow me to experience a different culture, different types of projects and experience a different operating model and methods of doing business.

Do you have any first impressions so far?

My first impressions have been really positive. It is clear to me that the business has a family feel and everyone has been more than friendly and welcoming.

I’ve had multiple offers of assistance and advice already! The projects we are appointed on and the feedback we receive from clients demonstrates what a fantastic team we have here and I look forward to meeting more of you and finding out about the part you play in making the UAE and the Middle East business the great success it is.

Tell us a bit about your career to date?

I began my career in a PQS practice after school, spending one year getting to grips with the industry before moving into a local authority to learn the QS trade. After becoming chartered I began delving into project management and finished my ten years there as a project manager. I spent 8 months at Atkins as a QS/PM before the F+G acquisition and have been with F+G ever since. I’ve been involved in a wide range of projects and programmes over the years as well as managing teams, offices, regions and now I’m ready for this challenge of taking on the UAE Country Director role.

What will your role as UAE country director involve? What are your top three initial objectives?

I will be responsible for business operations for the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices. My top three initial objectives are: • Immerse myself into the region to understand our people, projects, and clients • Maintain and further develop a profitable UAE business through business planning • Further develop our best-in-class service and push the boundaries of our service offering through digital innovation.

If you could have any other job in the world, what would it be?

Aston Villa football team manager – I really enjoy a challenge!!

Describe yourself in 3 words Difficult because I’m not usually short of a word or two! but I’ll go for open, honest & challenging If you could have a magic power what would it be?

Not sure it’s a magical power as such but imagine having the ability to time travel.

I could wake up in the morning and have breakfast with Einstein, then meet up with George Washington and help build the declaration of independence, at noon I’d go back in time and go dinosaur spotting and maybe have lunch with King Arthur. After that I’d relax by going back in time and watch

the formation of the earth, then I’d go to the future and check up on my buddies on Mars, and then finish the day with a beer watching Aston Villa winning the Premiership (it must happen one day surely….?)

What has been your greatest challenge / biggest achievement a) personal, b) professional Personally, one of my biggest achievements was being awarded a first-class honours degree in quantity surveying – I was the first student at my university to be awarded a first on a part time degree.

I should also add that meeting my wife Chrissy was also a major personal achievement!

Professionally it’s a difficult one, I’ve had lots of client and project challenges working for F+G over the 18 years but we have always managed to pull together as a team and overcome adversity.

I guess coming over to the UAE and taking my current role would be my biggest challenge to date.

Finally, what is the best piece of advice you have ever heard?

Remember to put yourself in other people’s shoes to see their point of view.

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Jose joined our Riyadh F+G team some 12 months ago. In that time Jose has consistently demonstrated each of our core values. He always conducts himself professionally, whether with our team, the wider F+G business or when communicating with our clients. Jose always has a smile on his face and his upbeat attitude and outlook radiates positivity to all those he interacts with. Perhaps most importantly he has the utmost respect and consideration for all others, working collaboratively. Jose is a true reflection of “who we are” and it is a pleasure to have him as part of our team.

Matt has developed a strong relationship with Miral over the last 14 months as the project management quantity surveyor on the IDR project.

He has advocated the ‘same side of the table’ collaborative approach, which Miral encourages and enjoys from F+G. In adopting this approach, Matt has also showcased our professional value - acting as a trusted advisor and delivering on promises by fulfilling the procurement of multi-million dirham procurement packages on the IDR project, ensuring that Miral is the recipient of best practice project and cost management services.

Eugene is new to the company, but under stressful circumstances he has always remained positive. He has gained the client’s trust and has built his team collaboratively and has been very professional in his dealings with everyone. He has worked his way through issues constructively and has at the same time mentored and motivated his team.

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Nick Godfrey Associate Director

He is the image of a Faithful+Gould leader in this environment.

Duncan MacKenzie Williams Aramco Programme Director

Positive | Collaborative | Professional

Prabath Wipulanayaka Senior Quantity Surveyor, Oman Prabath Wipulanayaka has grown with the business in Oman over the past 8 years. He is now the SQS for the team working on the Bechtel MC14 assignment, with minimal head office support. He is meticulous and performs his assignment with professionalism and integrity. He has over the years learnt to have a very flexible work attitude, working on weekends to supervise and complete other office tasks when necessary. He is always on the lookout for new opportunities and able to prepare credible bid proposals. He is the Integra champion for the Oman office and also manages our cost data regular updates. In the office and on the Bechtel assignment, Prabath has an excellent collaborative working relationship with the client and his colleagues, he leads by example, supports training and guides junior staff members through their workload. An attentive listener and continuously improving his communication skills Wilfred Asamoah Oman Country Director

Imthiyas Sulaiman Consultant, CTBH Imthiyas is a highly competent and skilled planner who demonstrates the F+G values. He is professional, always dependable, punctual and efficient. He always has a positive attitude and his willingness to handle and take up tough projects and focusing on the completion is always appreciated by clients. I have seen him handling many difficult situations for the last few years with remarkable patience.

Aytug Ozkan Associate Director, CTBH

Did you know?

Our Digital Tools

Technical intelligence & business assurance We have invested significantly in developing insight, a global web-based system, to aggregate data on the wide range of projects F+G deliver every year.

This gives our staff finger-tip access to data that can be queried, analysed and reported on to develop a deeper understanding of local, regional and global market trends.

Insight can be used at any stage of a project to provide clients with further relevant context and information to inform business decisions such as feasibility stage benchmarking and optioneering, contractor tender performance analysis and project duration analysis.

Global technical standards and excellence Integra provides our employees with a single point of access to our standard processes, guidance and technical templates. These are categorised by technical discipline and each page incorporates the relevant global knowledge network forum on our corporate social networking site, Yammer, to provide the framework for our technical communities of practice.

Collaboration and document management Instore is a point of collaboration for all bids and projects within Faithful+Gould; an instore ‘site’ is created for each opportunity we pursue and project we deliver. Each site is configured according to the service mix and divisional location(s) of the specific opportunity or project to provide staff collaborating in that space with access to the tools and information they need.

Our global project controls solution The configuration of an integrated cost and schedule management solution, complete with pre-configured dashboards and reports.

It is configured with industry best practice and common standards, enabling the effective and efficient management of projects, programmes and portfolios for our clients, and providing comparative industry benchmarks within and across sectors.

New clients, projects and programmes can be set up quickly within the system, enabling rapid deployment to meet client requirements.

The solution comprises three key systems, Primavera Unifier, Primavera P6 and Primavera Analytics and provides seamless integration of cost & schedule; exceptional cost transparency throughout the project, rapid deployment and custom reporting.

You can add a bio to your FGOULD.com profile Go to internet explorer>performance dashboard>login>edit profile>update professional bio>submit changes for approval A professional biography will as add a more personable touch, give visitors to your profile a better insight into what you do, enhance credibility and further position our employees as industry experts.

We have 425 members in our F+G Middle East Yammer Group Yammer is our prime communication and collaboration tool. Ensure you are actively using it to keep up to date with important business news and updates, lessons learnt videos and benefit from quick knowledge sharing.

You can boost our employer brand through social media Join the F+G Middle East Social Media group to find full guidance on how you can help to promote our business and culture through LinkedIn and Twitter, including examples of what to post.

We won an award for our Four Seasons Abu Dhabi project The national winners in the sixth edition of the MEED Quality Awards for Projects have been announced, with Faithful+Gould’s Four Seasons Abu Dhabi scooping ‘Hotel Project of the Year’ for the UAE. The project will now go through to the second round of judging, which will narrow down the highest-quality GCC projects. An overall GCC winner for each category will be announced at the MEED Quality Awards for Projects awards ceremony on 3 May 2017 at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, UAE.

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Girlie Dawi recently won an aed500 gift card!

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Jorge Ignacio De la Espriella

Rotating Equipment Specialist

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Alaa Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdalla

Metallurgist / Welding Specialist

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Michael Kurmayr

Lead Mechanical Engineer

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ARAMCO

Steven Reynolds

Senior Project Engineer

KSA

ARAMCO

Nadirshah Mumtaz Ahmad

Process Specialist

KSA

ARAMCO

Ben Berhe

Telecommunications & IT Specialist

KSA

ARAMCO

Paul Mackie

Piping Specialist

KSA

ARAMCO

Steve Cudjoe

Pipeline Specialist

KSA

ARAMCO

Mansour Ali S Almarshad

Project Administrator

KSA

ARAMCO

Atiqur Rahman

Lead Piping/Pipeline Specialist

KSA

Mark Roberts

Senior Commercial Manager

KSA

GPT

Allan Catchpole

Risk Manager

KSA

GPT

Sivalingam Premraj

EDMS Manager

KSA

Graham Michael Dix

Senior Programme Manager

KSA

Mahmood Ahmed

Senior Contracts Administrator

KSA

Carlos Edilo Gultiano

Admin Secretary

Bastine Paul

Consultant

Keith Lambden

Project Director

Abu Dhabi

Yas Island Integrated Destination Resort

Abu Dhabi

Kim Yin Ying

Intermediate Quantity Surveyor

Abu Dhabi

Luz Tangonan Azucena

Quantity Surveyor

Abu Dhabi

Adel Muhsen Yousef Al Qahwaji

Stakeholder Manager

Abu Dhabi

Zain Davids

Quantity Surveyor

Abu Dhabi

Zavid Mohideen

Quantity Surveyor

Abu Dhabi

Lewis Matheson

Quantity Surveyor

Abu Dhabi

Samuel Lim

Quantity Surveyor

Rian Smith

Managing Quantity Surveyor

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FnGears in action in Ajman and Capetown

Nitin Venkatram completed the Standard Chartered full marathon in Dubai (42km)

Hatches and matches Congratulations to all the new parents:

Ahmed Elhady and his daughter Sofia

Benet Robertson-Adams and his son Hayden

Kee Tan and his son Jeremiah Kee Tan

Matt De Pear Brown and his daughter Darcy

Sama Kumara and her daughter Vindya

Melissa Penido and her son Mourad

Congratulations to Donovan Ellis and his wife Naof

Work anniversaries YEARS

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Sunita Dantes

Wilfred Asamoah

Sunita joined the business as marketing coordinator in 2007 and is currently a bidding and marketing executive based in the Dubai office. Sunita works majorly on bids and has contributed to wins with key clients like Aramco, Meraas, MAF and Miral.

Wilfred joined the business in 2007 as a commercial manager, working on Saadiyat Island Development, Abu Dhabi. He then moved to Oman for the Second Asian Beach Games project before becoming Oman country director in 2010.

“It has been a privilege to be part of the F+G family and great to witness the growth from around 180 staff when I joined to the 500 employees we now have in the Middle East.

The journey has been both challenging and interesting and the support I have received along the way has been remarkable. The F+G team really do stand by you at work and on the personal front. Thank you all for the understanding and support.”

“Ten years ago my objective was to manage operations within the business. With determination, hard work and support from management it’s happening and I am enjoying my current role and career, I couldn’t be happier with F+G.” YEARS

Sean Meadows Sean is an administrator who has worked in Dubai, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, providing administrative support to various projects in his ten years.

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Lay Kiat Neo Lay Kiat was originally based in Singapore, joining the F+G business with the Confluence acquisition. After working on some major projects including Marina Bay Sands and The Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, Lay Kiat made the move to Dubai where her achievements were recognised this year when she won Middle East Consultant’s Rising Star award.

Shafiqul Islam Shafiqul is a senior quantity surveyor, based in Abu Dhabi. He is currently seconded into Atkins, working on Marina Mall and VVIP Villas.

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Wahiba Al-Wahaibi Wahiba is the admin assistant for the Oman office, providing secretarial and administration support.

Khader Oli

Humaid Jawaduddin Jafri

Mohamed Sameer Ali Layakh Ali

Zeeshan Ahmad

Mohammed Muneeruddin

Shahid Hayat Khan

Mohammed Waseem Qureshi

Khaja Naveed Uddin

Rasnal Ali MP

YEARS Congratulations to our long serving Jeddah Airport team who have been on this iconic project since 2012.

Out and about Aramco Team

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Our Atkins/F+G choir try their luck at a competition Jeddah Airport team celebrate winning the Yammer calendar competition

Riyadh Dinner Jeddah Team Dinner St Paddy’s Day

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Jenny’s skydive

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Who’s who?

Mazhar or Hey Arthur or Will from The Inbetweeners?

Simon Millman or Hans Moleman?

Jake Suthers or Vernon Kay?

Andrew O’Neill or Nicolas Cage?

Nick Wolkwyn or Neil from The Inbetweeners?

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Safety Moment

Many of you will have seen coverage of the global cyber-attack that made headlines this month, involving 150 countries and significantly impacting the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).

Cyber security is not a one-off event and whilst this incident has grabbed the spotlight, we deal with thousands of threats daily.

Please ensure you remain vigilant outside of work, whether you’re catching up on work on the metro, on a plane, in a coffee shop or on a call in a restaurant, it’s so important you remain discreet when discussing sensitive information.

Don’t forget to take the necessary steps to protect your personal digital life as well. Get updates, make backups and do not open attachments in suspicious or unexpected emails!

Seventy years of building

DAYS OF GIVING

Faithful+Gould turns 70 this year and to mark the occasion we want to support a number of charities through volunteering our time, fundraising or simply making a donation.

We’re reaching out to you to come up with one or two charitable activities in your respective office (including sites).

Donate to ake / B n a le c to g in r e te Volun clothes / f food sales ood up (beaches etc) / books ba Dress Shoe box appeal for nk Sponsored quiz down days labour workers nights/BBQs Contact us if you have any stories you would like to contribute to the next issue: suggestioncorner@fgould.com

Jenny Malem Head of Marketing and Communications Dubai, UAE +971440599196 jenny.malem@fgould.com

Shauna McHenry Marketing And Communications Manager Dubai, UAE +971443094749 shauna.mchenry@fgould.com