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4 Contents
EDITOR’S NOTE
IN THIS ISSUE...
WELCOME TO ANOTHER packed BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION
edition of Technical Review Middle East.
Market News 6 Concrete Technology 32
In this issue we explore developments
Medina rail project edges closer to completion; FEWA The latest advances in the production of long-life and
and trends affecting the regional power inaugurates UAE power station; Iran outlines ambitious lower-cost concrete for use on construction projects
industry in our annual industry review renewable energy plan
Fall Protection 36
(p22). We take a detailed look at the
Event News 12 Latchways Technical Manager Tim Bissett discusses fall
improving economic situation in Egypt
Upcoming event listings and news ahead of Electricx protection technology and industrial safety solutions
(p14) and consider ways in which Egypt and Saudi Mining & Minerals
countries throughout the Middle East COMMUNICATIONS
could effectively tackle ever-growing ANALySIS
Online Kingdom 46
waste management problems (p28).
Egypt’s Economic Rise 14 Saudi Arabia looks to the Internet of Things as
Our annual Genset Buyers’ Guide (p78) Ambitious infrastructure plans are steering Egypt’s businesses demand better online services
offers a comprehensive list of industry economy forward as foreign investment returns
suppliers and manufacturers working INNOvATIONS
throughout the GCC region, while we POwER
Industry Developments 52
present the latest updates on
Regional Power Showcase 22 Featuring AES Arabia, FG Wilson, LISEC and Inmesol
developments from across a range of Robust construction industry growth and growing
industry sectors, including fall power demands are paying dividends for genset ANNUAL BUyERS’ GUIDE
protection (p36), glass (p42) and data manufacturers and rental companies
Gensets 78
storage (p46). We also look ahead to Big
Our comprehensive annual guide to genset
5 Kuwait (p70), Saudi Build (p74) and wASTE MANAGEMENT
manufacturers and suppliers across the Middle East
PowerGen Middle East (p76). waste woes 28
GCC countries are finding themselves turning towards ARABIC
At Technical Reviewwe always innovative programmes and schemes to overcome
welcome readers’ comments to their growing mountains of waste News 4
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6 Market News
Track laying on Saudi rail network edges closer to completion
Briefly
ConstruCtion of rail tracks between usfan
Jindal Shadeed set to and Medina, as a part of the Haramain High speed
commission rolling mill rail Project, has been completed, sources close to
in Q4 2016 the project have told a local newspaper. the 350
km stretch of the railway track, which passes
soHar-basED JinDal sHaDEED
through King abdullah Economic City in rabigh,
iron and steel Company’s rebar
has 70 bridges that intersect major roads, the
rolling mill project, with production
capacity of 1.4mn tonnes per sources revealed.
annum (MtPa), will be sleepers have been laid down for the tracks
commissioned in Q4 2016. between rabigh and Jeddah and the airport
Cold trial of the mill is expected in bridge will be linked to the new direct road
october this year, according to leading to Mecca, the sources said. Construction
Jindal steel and Power limited
of a bridge across the Haramain Expressway
(JsPl), the indian company which Talgo will supply the same trains to Haramain that are currently
linking the Jeddah train station in sulaimaniyah
owns the oman plant. used by Spain’s Renfe. (Photo: Carlos Teixidor Cadenas/
in its financial results for the District is also progressing well, they added. Wikimedia Commons)
all bridges on Haramain road have been
quarter ended 30 June 2015, JsPl
said that its oman operation demolished and new structures constructed in track form, the rail is continuously supported
continued its robust performance their place. several bridges in Mecca, including a without fastenings, which avoids the need for
during the first quarter. “at the 1,500 metres long and 70 metres wide bridge on difficult tamping operations within the stations.
oman plant, billet and rounds the third ring road, are under construction. the contract covers a total of 17 km of the
production increased to 0.25 metric
it has also been revealed that a test run would network, and installation is scheduled to begin in
tonnes (Mt). similarly, sales and
be carried out on the entire stretch of the rail Q4 2015.
EbitDa on a year-on-year basis
grew by six per cent and nine per network before the end of the year. the ana Pastor, spain’s minister for public works
cent respectively,” JsPl said. Haramain Express train had already completed a and transport, expressed satisfaction with
last november, indian media had successful test run on a 100 km stretch between progress on the project during her visit to Egypt
reported that JsPl was considering rabigh and Medina. that 100 km stretch and the for the inauguration of the new suez Canal. she
listing its oman-based wholly- 350 km of tracks that have been laid make up the said that the project, being built by a spanish-
owned subsidiary on the Muscat
entirety of the 450 km high speed rail link that saudi consortium of 14 companies, is going
securities Market (MsM) to raise
connects the holy cities of Mecca and Medina via according to schedule and that it would be
around us$500mn.
Jeddah and rabigh. completed by the end of 2016.
Aluminium Bahrain seeks the Haramain trains will be equipped with the the network is expected to become fully
credit rating ahead of latest signalling and communications system and operational next year, reducing the travel time
funding for line expansion provide the safest mode of high-speed rails with between Mecca and Medina to less than two
the latest techniques. hours. trains on the electrified double-track lines
aluMiniuM baHrain (alba) is
Pandrol CDM track has won a contract to supply will run at speeds of up to 300 kmph and the
seeking a credit rating before it
its CDM-Qtrack embedded track system for network is expected to carry three million
approaches banks to raise
us$3.5bn for its line 6 expansion, installation at the stations on the tracks. in this passengers per year.
reuters reported. in June this year,
the company had secured
government approval for the UAE utility inaugurates power plant in Umm Al Quwain
expansion plan of its facility, which
would boost its annual output by THE UAE FEDERAL ELECTRICITYand Water government’s plans to expand the country’s
514,000 tonnes to 1.45mn tonnes. Authority (FEWA) has announced the transmission and dispatch network in order to
the company was considering a commissioning and inauguration of a meet the Emirates’ energy demands which,
range of options to fund the
US$35.4mn power plant in Umm Al Quwain. fuelled by the growing economic activity, are
expansion, including loans, export
The plant forms part of the federal constantly increasing.
credit agency finance and a capital
markets transaction, said the Mohammed Saleh, director of FEWA , said
Reutersreport. that the 270 MVA and 132/33/11 kV station is
“We will be looking at the funding part of the second phase of the plan to expand
mix in conversations with our power stations in the northern parts of UAE.
financial advisers, but no decisions “Completed in 30 months, the new station
have yet been made on how this
will cater for the present and future
important project for alba and
developmental and industrial demands in the
bahrain will be financed,” stated
Emirate of Umm Al Quwain through 2021,”
the report, quoting an unnamed
alba official. Saleh added.
Construction of the project, which Saleh also revealed that FEWA will launch
will make alba the largest single- the third phase of the electricity network
site aluminium smelter in the expansion within the next two months. The
world, is expected to start in 2016, third phase of the project will be undertaken
and production from the new line The third phase of the project will start by October 2015.
at a total cost of about US$408mn.
will begin from 2019. (Photo: Philip Lange/Shutterstock)
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8 Market News
Briefly Iran to increase renewable energy capacity
in a MovE to diversify its energy
Egypt seeks funding for mix and to increase its renewable Iran wants to reduce its reliance on
two power projects energy generated by hydrocarbons.
energy capacity, iran plans to
(Photo: Phattana Stock/Shutterstock)
EGyPtian ElECtriCity HolDinG generate 5 GW of renewable
Company (EEHC) is in talks with energy by 2021. the plan was
banks to secure financing worth revealed by aarash Kordi,
us$525mn. the money is required managing director of iran Power
to resume work on two power
Generation, transmission and
plants. one of them is in assiut,
Distribution Management
located about 320 km south of
Cairo, and the other is in Damietta, Company (tavanir).
about 200 km north of the capital. speaking at a conference on
state-run EEHC is seeking the loan generating electricity and clean
from a banking consortium to also energy from city wastes, Kordi
pay off its dues to the contractors said that the country needs to pay
working on the two plants,
more attention to producing new
orascom Construction and General
and renewable energies, which
Electric, reported Amwal Al Ghad.
currently provides power for just one per cent of the country’s total energy consumption.
the report went on to say that
EEHC had recently received Cities with the capacity to produce 200 tons of garbage a day have the ability to commission a garbage
financing from banks to the tune of incinerator power plant. Kordi said that tavanir will offer special support for the construction of such
us$521mn, which was dedicated power plants. He added that a new directive from the country’s Energy Ministry guaranteed purchasing
for carrying out construction works. of generated electricity, which would assure investors of a return on their capital.
three units out of a total eight at in anticipation of the finalisation of iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, many countries are looking
the assiut plant are expected to be
to enhance cooperation with the country. in early august, spain signed an agreement with iran to boost
operational in the first phase, and
cooperation in iran’s renewable energy industry, and will extend technical cooperation in the design and
will produce 375MW.
manufacture of renewable energy equipment.
orascom Construction has
the agreement was signed between sunir, an iranian exporter of electrical equipment and spain’s
already completed the first phase of
the Damietta power plant with a bester, a renewable energy project developer. bester will work as a consultant to sunir on various
capacity of 250MW. technical aspects of renewable energy generation for 18 months. after that, the two companies are
expected to jointly develop renewable energy projects in iran. the contract is aimed at transferring the
Al Gharbia Pipe Company
technology of producing renewable energy equipment to iran.
to open new facility
iran expects German companies to invest in a wind energy project being developed by Development
abu DHabi Portshas signed an Environment arvand, a German-iranian renewable energy developer, which is planning to set up a 46
agreement with al Gharbia Pipe MW wind energy project in the Khuzestan province, in southwest iran. the project is expected to require
Company to open a new pipe an investment of us$48mn, and iran expects German companies to meet most of that requirement.
manufacturing facility at Khalifa turbines for the project would be supplied by vestas Wind systems of Denmark and China-based
industrial Zone abu Dhabi (KiZaD).
Goldwind. the project is expected to be commissioned by the middle of next year.
the agreement will see the
Due to its geographical position, iran enjoys enormous potential for the production of different kinds
company invest a projected total of
of renewable energies, including geothermal, solar and wind power. the country is also planning to
about us$300mn for the new
facility, which will be spread over generate 700 MW from biopower plants by 2020.
200,000 sqm.
al Gharbia Pipe Company expects Saudi Arabia extends Pöyry’s desalination project contract
the facility to be completed by
March 2018. the plant will employ
SAUDI ARABIA’S SALINE Water Conversion
more than 370 workers and The Ras Al Khair plant is crucial to
Company (SWCC) has awarded Pöyry with a two
produce up to 240,000 tonnes of Riyadh’s water supply. (Photo: shao
steel pipes a year. year extension to the engineer services weiwei/Shutterstock)
the company will utilise abu assignment for the Ras Al Khair power and
Dhabi’s highway network to enable desalination plant in the Kingdom.
the movement of large loads and The project started in November 2010 and is
structures to the city and scheduled to achieve full power and water
throughout the rest of the emirate.
production by the end of 2015. Finland-based
Jamal salem al Daheri, acting CEo
Pöyry will continue to support SWCC to finalise
at senaat, an industrial holding
the project until the preliminary acceptance by
company, expects the agreement to
the client in May 2016 and will act as warranty
provide a significant supply chain.
engineer until May 2017. The Ras Al Khair facility, a combined power
“by housing our production
facilities at a strategic location like The scope of work includes the design review, and desalination plant, is the largest facility of
KiZaD, we will be able to utilise a project management and site supervision on its kind in the world. It converts more than one
range of world-class services and behalf of the client. Pöyry currently has more billion litres of seawater into potable water
infrastructure, allowing us to than 60 employees on site supporting the every day. It also produces 2,400 MW of power
improve delivery time and service
construction and commissioning of the plant. for Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
to our customers,” he said.
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IFC power deal for North Africa HOCHTIEF ViCon awarded BIM contract
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IFc, a MeMBer of the World
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Implementation Strategy — IDRIS MTS02 — in Qatar.
investments in large-scale
The contract was signed with a joint venture consisting of Al
infrastructure projects in north
Sraiya Strabag for Roads and Infrastructure, HOCHTIEF Solutions
africa and across the Middle east.
IFc sealed a deal on a ME and Petroserv. (cid:3)(cid:3)
The construction of the 14.7 km-long central tunnel section with
us$208mn debt package to
related access and workshafts forms part of Ashghal’s
finance the construction of seven
US$2.75bn key programme to provide a long-term wastewater
solar photovoltaic plants in Jordan.
“With demand for The deal will lead to financing of major treatment solution and vital drainage infrastructure for southern
solar and wind power project across parts of Doha. The scheme will include a major deep tunnel
infrastructure, especially power,
the region. (Photo: Vaclav Volrab) sewer network and advanced sewage treatment works, and will
rising rapidly every year in the
provide a long-term wastewater treatment solution to serve the
region, these projects demonstrate the importance of the private
needs of Doha, Al Wakra and Messaieed.
sector in increasing capacity and boosting renewable energy
generation,” said Wiebke schloemer, regional industry head of www.technicalreview.me/power-a-water
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Successful launch for satellite
Firms to bid for port expansion
eutelsat coMMunIcatIons has
InternatIonal engIneerIng consultancyfirms have been confirmed its eutelsat 8 West B satellite has
considering bids for a contract to study and design the Phase 3 successfully been put into orbit.
expansion of Port of salalah on behalf of oman’s Ministry of to be used to broaden the range of tV
transport and communications. channels available to 52 million homes
three new container berths, new government berths, a across the Middle east and north africa, the
dedicated cruise terminal, expanded breakwater arms and a new 5.8 tonne satellite was launched by an
approach channel have been planned for implementation as part ariane 5 rocket from its base in kourou,
of the expansion. French guyana.
touted to be the largest upgrade since the port came into eutelsat 8 West B partially deployed its
operation in 1998, the Phase 3 expansion is expected to cost solar panels four hours after separation from
several hundred million dollars to implement. the rocket – a manoeuvre followed by three
www.technicalreview.me/logistics firings of the satellite’s apogee motor to
The satellite was launched
complete its climb into geostationary orbit.
on an Ariane 5 rocket.
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