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Carnegie MellonDecember 2009 Issue No. 92

University in Qatar

I would like to focus on two important topics: education and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The Middle East is witnessing a profound change in its approach to education. There are noticeable trends of more openness and in forging cooperation/alliances between local private universities with major international educational institutions. CCC will play a bigger role in this field as we have built the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and have been awarded the Princess Noura University for Women in Riyadh. We should all watch this sector carefully and identify new opportunities for us.

CCC has an obligation to give back to the societies in which we operate, and our Corporate Social Responsibility actions are the best witness of that. You may have a look at the various articles in this Bulletin to realize that CCC is taking CSR seriously.

The world around us is changing. There is growing concern about climate change and sustainability and we, at CCC, have to be prepared to cope with this change. If we can marry our CSR activities to sustainability, it will be a success for us and for the communities in which we operate.

Samer KhouryExecutive Vice President - Operations

From the Desk Of...

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His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheik Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah presented the Pioneering Engineers Award to CCC President, Said Khoury on the occasion of the World Federation of En-gineering Organizations Convention. The WFEO General Assembly was hosted by the Kuwait So-ciety of Engineers from 2-6 November 2009.

Saad Al-MousaManager, Business Development

Kuwait

Amir of Kuwait Honours Said Khoury

Recent Awards

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Qatari Diar Projects - Various Areas

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and CCC signed last June a framework agreement for seven projects in six countries: Syria, Sudan, Morocco, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

The description of the Musheirab Project in Khartoum, Sudan was included in the last Bulletin. Four work orders have been received so far:

The scope of the first work order for Phase 1 includes:

20 villas and one palace, core and shell.•

111 apartments, core and shell.•

One complete palace to be used as a sales office.•

Model villa.•

The start date was July 2009 and the expected comple-tion date is May 2011.


172 villas consisting of five types/models plus two •large residences.

One residential block of approximately 15,000m2 •with 15 floors and 138 units.

Utilities infrastructure in west zone and Part 1 in •east zone.

Basic road formation, access to reservoir, pump •house, waste water treatment plant, wells and sub-station.

On site roads including security facilities in west zone •and Part 1 east zone.

33kv substation, enclosure and hard standing.•

Associated landscape, earthworks and ground stabi-•lization.

Offsite road access from the north and offsite junc-•tions.

Design of the buildings.•

The start date was August 2009 and the expected com-pletion date is December 2010.


13 beach villas with 13 swimming pools, core and •shell.

50 canal villas with 10 swimming pools, core and •shell.

Apartment block E.•

Marine works (wave breaker, dredging, land recla-•mation).

Marina (complete package).•

Infrastructure works including water treatment, •sewage, treatment, 66kv substation, administration building.

The start date was July 2009 and the expected comple-tion date is September 2012.

The scope of the first work order for Phase 1 includes a value engineering assessment and all the preconstruc-tion activities such as shop-drawing, detailed construc-tion programme offsite mobilization, mockup rooms and so on.

The start date is October 2009 and the expected com-pletion date is August 2010.

The scope of work is the construction of a new gravi-ty sewage network to serve Al Khoudh area discharging into the main collector sewer at A’Seeb area which con-veys the flow to the associated treatment plant, in addi-tion to a treated effluent network within the limits of the project.

This includes:

Main trunk sewers with pipe diameters between •200mm to 800mm of uPVC and HDPE pipes.

Lateral sewer lines mostly with pipe diameters •200mm to discharge the flow to the main trunk sew-ers.

Pre-fabricated HDPE manholes (total number ap-•proximately 2,970 manholes) with three different standard sizes (1200mm, 1500mm and 1800mm in-ternal diameters).

Rider sewers with diameters 150mm of uPVC pipes •including connection chambers to connect houses to lateral sewers.

Al-Houara Costal Resort

Tangiers, Morocco

Al-Rayyan Hills

Sanaa, Yemen

Ibn Hani Bay

Latakia, Syria

St. Regis Hotel

Cairo, Egypt

A’Seeb Sewage Collection and Conveyance System, Al Khoudh Gravity Sewer Networks Contract 5B

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Recent Awards


Treated effluent network with diameters between •110mm to 900mm of HDPE pipes.

The project was awarded in June 2009 to CCC Oman and the duration of the works is 41 months including four months mobilization.

Parsons International is the consultant and the client is Haya Water (Oman Wastewater Services Company SAOC).

The scope of work covers the construction of ethylene unit (EU3) including the associated utility systems. The plant consists mainly of seven cracking furnaces, cracked gas compression unit, refrigeration unit, separation unit and C4 Hydrogenation unit plus the construction of a new substation, shelter and satellite instrument room.

The scope covers detailed engineering for civil, con-struction and pre-commissioning.

Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited (Borouge) is the client and the main engineering partner is Linde.

The project was awarded in June 2009 and the comple-tion date is December 2013.

15km of the dual carriageway from 9th Mile to Enu-gu (82Div Hq, Abakpa) and 40km single carriageway on the Enugu - Port Harcourt dual carriageway commenc-ing from the Abia Tower Umahia en route to Port Har-court will be completely rehabilitated. In addition 10km of asphalt overlay of the dual carriageway will be under-taken in areas with extensive potholes.

The scope of works includes the following:

Scarification of failed sections of the carriageway •and compacting to receive additional fill.

Provision of additional fill material to attain forma-•tion level.

Construction and extension of culverts and side •drains including provision of concrete kerbs.

Provision of fill material 200mm thick as sub base.•

Provision of wet mix crushed stone base course •200mm thick.

Provision of 60mm thick asphaltic concrete binder •course and 40mm thick wearing course.

The client is the Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development.

The project was awarded in May 2009 and the duration is 24 Months.

Works comprise the reconstruction of 3.5kms of failed areas as well as the pavement repairs and overlay of a to-tal stretch of 25km.

The scope of work includes the following:








The project was awarded in May 2009 and the duration is 24 months.

Works comprise the rehabilitation of a 54.6km section of the Enugu bound carriageway. The carriageway width is 14.6m with adjoining inner and outer shoulders.

The scope of works includes the following:








The project was awarded in May 2009 and the duration is 30 months.

Bourouge III - Ruwais Abu Dhabi

UAE

Rehabilitation of 9th Mile - Enugu - Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway

Nigeria

Rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi Road Section 1

Nigeria

Rehabilitation of Enugu Bound Carriageway Phase 1 of Section1

Nigeria

Quality Management


IntroductionISO 9001:2008 standard requires the organization to es-

tablish a system for monitoring and measuring the per-formance of quality management system from a customer point of view. Quality Audit, monitoring and measure-ment of product and processes are major tools available to the organization for this purpose.

This article will cover Quality Audit as required by ISO 9001: 2008 standard, paragraph 8.2.2. For CCC opera-tion, internal audit is documented in quality management procedure QMP-GEN-016.

A graphic presentation of measurement, analysis and improvement as required by ISO 9001: 2008 standard is illustrated in the chart.

Quality AuditQuality Audit is a systematic and independent exami-

nation to determine the quality activities and related re-sults compliance with planned arrangements, and wheth-er these arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives. The purpose of con-ducting quality audit is to:

Verify that quality management system has been de-•veloped and documented.Verify implementation of the management system by •evaluation of objective evidence.Verify that specified requirements are met.•

Type of Audits

First Party AuditFirst party audit is an audit by the organization to as-

sure development, implementation, and improvement of its own management system.

Second Party AuditSecond party audit is an audit by the organization on

suppliers and subcontractors to determine suitability and performance of the management systems, and also to de-termine if specified requirements for product or service are met.

Third Party AuditThird party audit is an audit by certification body which

is commercially and contractually independent of the or-ganization, its suppliers and subcontractors. This audit is carried out to determine whether the quality manage-ment system has been documented, and implemented in accordance with applicable standards.

Phases of an AuditQuality audit consists of 5 phases:

Audit PlanningA quality audit has to be planned in advance. The audit

must have scope and purpose, and the organization/de-partment to be audited must be informed in advance and must agree to the scope and purpose of the audit. Dur-ing planning of the audit, the following should be con-sidered:

Purpose and scope of the audit.•Time schedule and duration of the audit.•Responsibility of the auditor.•Responsibility of the party to be audited.•Audit criteria.•Audit notification.•

Audit PreparationDuring preparation of the audit, the auditor has to ob-

tain information about the organization/department to be audited and to be familiar with the type of business con-ducted by the organization. During preparation of the au-dit, the following should be considered:

Documentation review (disk study).•Review of previous audit findings.•Compiling checklist from procedures to be audited.•

Conducting the Audit

Before starting the audit, the auditor should hold an opening meeting with the organization to be audited. The opening meeting provides good communication and co-operation. During the opening meeting the auditor should explain the following:

Objective and scope of the audit.•Confidentiality. •Timetable and escort.•Closing meeting.•Methods of reporting and follow up.•

Audit Performance

During the audit a positive and constructive approach should be adopted in order for the auditor to obtain a co-operative, open and honest approach from the au-ditee. This can be achieved by adopting the following ap-proach:

Meeting the department representative first.•Talking to those performing the work.•Explaining the purpose of the visit.•Creating a friendly atmosphere by being calm, polite •and reassuring.

During the audit objective evidence should be examined by asking open-ended questions. Objective evidence may include information related to people, processes, equip-ment, tools, materials, product or service.

In case of non-fulfillment of specified requirements a corrective action request may be raised. The corrective action request may be major or minor.

Observations are the value added part of the audit; they provide a more flexible reporting mechanism and can make a difference between a positive and a negative proc-ess. Observations may include good practices that can benefit other areas of the organization, and areas of con-cern that may not be serious to warrant a corrective ac-tion request.

Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

Quality Management


The closing meeting should be brief and to the point. For any type of audit, the finding should be presented in brief and the auditor should be ready to support his findings with objective evidence. During the closing meeting, the following should be considered:

Audit findings with supporting evi-•dence.Argument should be avoided.•Consultative recommendations •should be avoided.Quick fix for correction should be •avoided.

Reporting and Follow-upA written report must be produced; the

report should include all the findings re-lated to corrective action requests and ob-servations. The report should not include any observation that was not mentioned in the closing meeting.

Follow-up may be carried out in many different ways. In case of minor findings, closing the audit may be carried out by completion of required actions and com-pleting the corrective action reports by the auditee. In case of serious findings a follow up audit may be required to ensure that agreed corrective actions are imple-mented.

The ISO View

IntroductionThe organization shall conduct internal audits at planned

intervals to determine whether the quality management system:

Conforms to the planned arrangements.•Conforms to the requirements of ISO-9001:2008 •standard.Is effectively implemented and maintained.•

Audit ProgrammeAn audit programme shall be planned, taking into con-

sideration the status and importance of the process and areas to be audited, as well as the results of previous au-dits.

The audit criteria, scope, frequency and methods shall be defined. Selection of auditors and conduct of audits shall ensure the objectivity and impartiality of the au-dit process. Auditors are not allowed to audit their own work.

ProcedureThe responsibilities and requirements for planning and

conducting audits, and for reporting results and maintain-ing records shall be defined in a documented procedure.

ResponsibilityThe management responsible for the area being audited

shall ensure that actions are taken without undue delay to eliminate detected nonconformities and their causes. Fol-low-up activities shall include the verification of the ac-tions taken and reporting of verification results.

Internal audit reporting sometimes includes evidence of excellent performance in order to provide opportunities for recognition by management and motivation of peo-ple.

Subjects for ConsiderationEffective and efficient implementation of processes.•Opportunities for continual improvement.•Capability of processes.•Effective and efficient use of statistical techniques.•Use of information technology.•Analysis of quality cost.•Effective and efficient use of resources.•Process and product performance results and expec-•tations.Adequacy and accuracy of performance measure-•ment.Improvement activities.•Relationship with interested parties.•

Mounir Soufyan

...Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

Project Profile


The 3rd NGL Train at Ruwais is designed to process an additional 24,400 TPD of NGL pro-duced from OGD-III, AGD-II and other projects. The project comprises an NGL fractionation and treatment train and storage area for propane, bu-tane and pentane plus. The project also includes construction of various utilities and offsites.

There was a boom in the industry when the project was awarded and during the major part of the project. The boom conditions created an acute shortage of skilled manpower in the market. Consequently, a large number of semi-skilled and unskilled manpower was recruited and trained on the job.

Another result of the boom conditions was a substantial employee turnover; the resignations

were across the board, from labour up to project engineers. Replacements were difficult to find.

During the peak of the boom a major crisis occurred in labour relations cul-minating in a week-long labour strike in 2007. Apart from the direct loss of strike period time, strained labour re-lations, too many resignations, termi-nations and time required to get things back on track again, all had quite an ad-verse impact on project schedules. The ill-effects of the strike were felt both prior and subsequently to the strike.

Planning Department was conspicu-ous in its absence at the beginning of the project and insignificant thereaf-ter. Although many planners were re-

cruited, most of them were unqualified / incompetent and those who were qual-ified / competent resigned within a few weeks.

The sequence of delivera-bles was very awkward mak-ing it very difficult to open front for up-coming activi-ties. Working in large geo-graphically scattered areas and awkward sequence of-ten forced to move from one area to another leaving the first area partially complete.

This caused extra con-sumption of resources and time hence low productivi-ty. Major modifications and retesting of the lines conse-quently derailed the sched-ules to a large extent.

RNGL: The Final Countdown

Project Profile


Platform /pipe rack elevations were changed midway through the project which required re-moval and re-installation of all the pipes resulting in a loss of time and effort. Several installed lines in process and offsite had to be removed and re-installed due to a change in material/thickness.

Another major problem was with the wrong di-mensions of valve and instrument components all over the plant. The project had to bear an inor-dinate amount of additional pipe supports to the tune of above 300 tons. Likewise, access for oper-ation was very badly designed; consequently sub-stantial structural work was added during hando-ver of the system to the client. This still remains a major bottleneck in the completion of the re-maining works. On top of everything these addi-tions, deletions and modifications were given in a piecemeal manner making matters worse.

It is worthwhile mentioning here that despite the project being beset with so many problems enumerated above, the personnel, especially those remaining in the project up to now, did their best under the circumstances to bring the project to its completion stage. Even the client, GASCO, appreciated the ef-forts for speedy completion of the re-maining team. The pictures bear testi-mony to the fact that the project is now in its final completion stage; as the say-ing goes – one picture is worth a thou-sand words.

Yousef KhalilProject Manager

3RD RNGL Project

...RNGL: The Final Countdown

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Vision

The Qatar Foundation, located in Doha, Qatar, is an independent, private, non-profit, chartered organization founded in 1995 by decree of His Highness Sheikh Ha-mad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, to support centres of excellence which develop people’s abilities through investments in human capital, innovative technology, state-of-the-art facilities and partnerships with elite organizations, thus raising the competency of people and the quality of life.

Mission

The Qatar Foundation’s mission is to prepare the people of Qatar and the region to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world and to make Qatar a leader in innovative education and research. To achieve that mission, the Qatar Foundation supports a network of centres and partnerships with elite institutions, all committed to the principle that a nation’s greatest natural resource is its people. Education City, the Qatar Foundation’s flagship project is envisioned as a centre of excellence in education and research that will help transform Qatar into a knowledge-based society.

Education City

is the flagship project of the Qatar Foundation. Located on the western edge of Doha, it is a campus that spreads over 1,000 ha or 2,500 acres. The campus houses the ma-jority of the Qatar Foundation’s member institutions in a set of futuristic buildings designed by some of the world’s greatest architects.

The master plan of the campus was devised by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, who also designed a number of the existing buildings. Around one-third of the scheme has been completed and the rest is due for completion by the end of the decade.

One of the milestones added to the campus of the Qa-tar foundation and CCC’s profile is the Carnegie Mellon University Building.

Located inside Education City, the CMU building is considered a work of art within the construction industry. Designed by the well-known Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, the building stands out among the other Edu-cation City buildings.

Here are some figures showing the amounts of materials utilized in the construction of the building:

6,400 metric tons of steel•

38,283 m3 of concrete•

25,000 m2 of duct work•

9,050 lighting fixtures•

734 interior doors•

875 m2 of white board•

On Campus at Education City

“Let us be resolved and look forward to the future with

trust and boldness in order to be among the active and

influential and to provide our coming generations with

the best opportunities to meet their future and overcome

its challenges.”

His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani,

Founder and Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation

Green Spine & Art Wall

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2,516 m2 of exterior glass•

40,309 m2 of interior and exterior stone cladding for •facades

240 ton of corten steel•

1,590 kilometres of data and electrical cables.•

One of the attractions of the building is the famous art wall standing 17 metres high and 110 metres long. The wall is a combined structure made of corten steel, import-ed from Germany, special tinted glass from the United States and the famous teak stone from India. The steel was cut and aged to the designer’s requirement, assem-bled and shipped to Qatar. The erection was an amazing puzzle that stands out in the large green spine area of the building.

Each and every area of the building stands out by itself. Lecture halls are equipped with latest IT technology

Between 2 November 2006 and 25 June 2008 more than 2,300 labourers worked around the clock to achieve the milestone of handing over the building to the end user who was amazed by the magnificent output. The applause goes to the entire CCC CMU team who proved one more time its capability of creating a building that we are all proud of.

The support of the area management has to be men-tioned as it provided all the conditions to make it possi-ble.

A big thanks also goes to Marwan Hajjar, E/M Manager who believed in making it happen.

Camille A. KanaanProject Manager

...On Campus at Education City

“The sharing of knowledge, ideas and values is the

noblest way to transcend barriers. In this sense,

globalization is the architect, which constructs academic

bridges across cultural and geographical landscapes.”

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned cutting the ceremonial ribbon

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As a Gradu-ate Under De-velopment and

after a year working at the CMU Project, I learned so much that I can now han-dle the full responsibility of my department. This special project helped me to know more about construction; thus it was a tough field, but it gave me a lot of experi-ence and knowledge. Com-munications between site and office were very impor-tant that reflects the prop-er feedback that each party needs; besides the coordi-nation among departments in a harmony way was so es-sential that leads the project toward its perfect end and reflected the idea of shar-ing among departments. All these advantages helped me more to discover the means of construction. In addition it taught me how to be a leader among my team, a prob-lem solver and a decision maker whenever I face such di-lemma.

Finally, a special thanks to our superiors who are continuously doing their best to motivate us GUDs to achieve our goals.

Ziad R. BaydounPlanning & Progress Monitoring Engineer

There’s a great feeling of accomplishment being part of the team who built one of the world’s top-ranking universities which pro-vides students the highest levels of academic

excellence around the world. The experience taught me how to endure many things, stay focussed to reach my goals and be flexible and accommodating to assist the team in any way possible. It was the toughest but most fruitful two years of my career which I will cherish and treasure very dearly. Thanks to all for the opportunity to work with them in this project most especially to the Project Man-ager, Camille Kanaan, the most dedicated and productive

head of the team who was a perfect example to all of us on how a great lead-er should be.

Reginald SarmientoComputer Operator/Secretary

Management Department

CMU in Quotes

CCC Team with Ricardo Legorreta & Victor Legorreta

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...CMU in Quotes

It’s been a privilege to be part of the team who built a building icon in Qatar Education City which is built to last and to be a long leg-

acy in a modern era, to elaborate the uniqueness of the building by combining the beauty of nature and the high technology of the modern time. The pressure faced in completing this edifice is worth remembering: everybody joined hand-in-hand to make everything possible. The CMU Team should be proud of the team ef-fort that led to the successful completion of the building. CMU Team: cheers and God-speed.

AlvinArchitectural Draftsman

Although it was a tough project and we were always under pressure, all these things were forgotten and we are now all proud to see fi-

nally what has been achieved. It was a pleasure and an honour to be one of the team assigned to this wonder-ful project.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the CMU Project.

Ayman HaleemSenior Architect - Project Coordinator

Main Atrium Area

Faculty Lounge

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In line with my engagement in the CMU Project, I have contributed and done well in the completion of the project by sharing ideas

and skills as well as my expertise and upholding the high-est standards of safe working practices, by adhering to all safety, health, environment standards and proper work procedures to prevent human suffering, loss and proper-ty damage.

Moreover, we shared the values of teamwork that lead to a continuous flow of work to make sure the actu-al target has been achieved according to plan and up to the highest requirement. Dedication to work is one way of expressing your de-votion, commitment and perseverance as well as loy-alty even at times of pres-sure and troubles. This gave me additional experience and enhanced my ability as an employee and also to my-self.

I would like to thank every-body for helping us achieve our goal and hoping to work with all of them on the next project.

Amr Abd EL-GhaffarProject Engineer, Civil

...CMU in Quotes

Lecture Hall

Main Atrium

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The CCC/TCC Joint Venture donated a 20-year-old olive tree from Lebanon to grace the caf-eteria area of the new CMU building.

“Wow! It’s gorgeous and just the right size for the space” stated Dean Thorpe.

Ray Corcoran MSc, Director of Facilities, add-ed his thanks to the project team for its hard work and dedication.

Bulletin Staff

An Olive Tree from Lebanon

Guided Tour taken by Regional Vice President

In February the undersigned was given a guided tour of the new Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar. I found the buildings to be impressive and the finishing something to be proud of. I expressed my appreciation to Camille Kanaan and his team. I also mentioned that I seconded the commendation and acknowledgement of the Univer-sity Dean, Charles E. Thorpe and that Camille’s name

had been mentioned publicly in the presence of HH the Emir and HH Sheikha Mozah. Congratulations are due to all the team.

Dimitri EconomidesRegional Vice President, Operations & Support

VIP Area

Area News


The TKOC OL2K project team organ-ized an event on 19

May 2009 at the Kuwait Hilton Resort to celebrate the successful

contribution of the OL2K contractors and suppli-ers.

The ceremony was attended by over 90 contrac-tors and suppliers and was inaugurated by Yousef Ateeqi, the Deputy Managing Director of Olefins II, who stressed in his speech the high local con-tent of this huge $3 billion project that exceeded 25%. Joseph Brewer, (DOW) Programme Man-ager also gave a speech in which he expressed his pride in the successful completion of the pro-gramme within the set budget and plan and with excellent quality and safety records.

CCC’s involvement in the OL2K programme was in two projects:

The OL2K ethylene project with TPIT as the •main contractor.

The UM2 (Utilities Mechanical 2) as direct contrac-•tor to Flour.

The OL2K project, which was the heart of the OL2K programme included the construction of eight ethylene cracking furnaces with a total capacity of 850 KTA of eth-ylene. The project suffered from engineering and mate-rial delivery slippages since its onset which were further complicated by the global escalation of material prices. CCC’s long established commitment to the owner objec-tives however compelled CCC OL2K PMT to confront all obstacles and complete the works with as little delay as possible. The mechanical completion was achieved on 15 October 2008 after which gas was introduced in the plant

on 13 November 2008. Production commenced on 26 No-vember 2008 with 100% production capacity achieved in early 2009.

Magdy Mansour, Area General Manager, received the CCC Recognition Award in addition to a Special Recog-nition Award issued to the Utilities Mechanical 2 Project in recognition of CCC’s performance and flexibility in the timely execution of the huge quantity of modifications en-countered.

It is worth mentioning that CCC subcontractors for the OL2K Project also received five special recognition awards out of the total 19 special recognition awards dis-tributed, reflecting TKOC’s appreciation of the collective

effort exerted on the OL2K Project.

CCC was represented in the celebration by Magdy Mansour, Sultan Alghanim, Sa-her Hamza and the undersigned.

Diab HawariActing Project Manager

OL2K Celebrations

Kuwait

from left to right: Joseph Brewer (DOW Programme Director), Magdy Mansour, Yousef Al Ateequi (Deputy Managing Director of Olefins II)

Area News


The main cryogenic heat exchanger (MCHE) is consid-ered to be the most critical and vital component of a liq-uid natural gas (LNG) plant.

The cold insulation work for the MCHE was of vital im-portance and was having great significance because of the minimum completion period allotted to it due to the over-all schedule requirement.

In the past, a multi layer cryogenic insulation work, com-prising 669 m2 of equipment coupled with 430 m2 of asso-ciated piping would take around 60 days to complete.

Continuous efforts were made over a period of time to improve productivity and shorten the duration of comple-

tion for MCHE cold insulation work.

It was a challenging target as it was agreed to make a record attempt to complete the equipment and associated piping cold insulation works together.

The client and CTJV did not take CCC seriously before the start of the MCHE cold insulation installation when it was first mentioned in the weekly insulation meeting that CCC was aiming to make a new record and complete within 24 days.

But as the time approached to commence the an-nounced target schedule, the client started to believe more and more in CCC’s insistence and seriousness to achieve the record and they started to help accordingly.

We are now pleased to advise that after a great effort and teamwork CCC has achieved the completion of the cold insulation work for Train-7 MCHE along with associated piping in 27 days.

This is considered to be a world record in the history of LNG plant construction tak-ing into consideration the high standard of workmanship and the stringent safety require-ments applied on this project.

Nazih CherriConstruction Manager

RGX-2 ProjectTrain 7

A Remarkable Achievement in Cold Insulation Work

Qatar

Area News


On 6 A p r i l 2 0 0 9 ,

CCC man-agement, represented by

Samer Khoury, Nazih Abdul Kader, senior project managers from Qa-tar together with the undersigned, attended a major milestone in the history of CCC which was marked worldwide with the inauguration of the Qatargas II Project. The EPC value of Qatargas II Project is 4.5 bil-lion US Dollars.

This project represents the latest in technology and efficiency in the en-ergy sector. It is the largest in size, being nearly 50% larger than its nearest rival.

The safety record on the project has been exemplary. It reflects the strong safety culture within our com-pany which has become a model for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and beyond. This very strong commitment to health, safety and envi-ronment (HSE) was a key factor in the 2008 award of the ExxonMobil Safe Contractor of the Year to CCC.

CCC now stands as having built approximately one third of the world’s LNG capacity. Everywhere in Qatar you will find achievements which have won us international acclaim. Qatargas II is special not only because it is the first of the Qatargas expansion projects but because it is

a first in the LNG industry in terms of process train size, new technology, innovations in shipping and heavy lift, workforce levels (which peaked at 27,800 people), mar-keting, project financing, with the close cooperation of in-ternational contractors and the involvement of interna-tional energy companies as partners.

Najib KhouryGroup Vice President

Business Development

Qatargas II: 4th LNG Train Opening Ceremony

Qatar

The ExxonMobil Safe Contractor of the Year Award being presented in Houston, Texas on 10 March 2009. From left to right: Neil Duffin, ExxonMobil Development Company President; Isamu Kuroda,

CTJV Senior Site Manager; Ramzi Dahdah, Project Manager

CCC/NPCC delegation at the ceremony with Samer Khoury & Aqeel Madhi (CEO NPCC)

Area News


Morganti receives Commercial Airport Award

The Morganti Group received the Florida Department of Transporta-tion 2009 Commercial Airport Project of the Year Award in recognition of its collaborative work with Monroe County on the Key West Internation-al Airport McCoy Terminal renovation project.

At the Florida Airport Council Con-ference in early August where the award was presented, Morganti Vice President Jim Auld stated:

“We are excited to bring the Key West International Airport to life. As Con-struction Managers we have been com-mitted to adhering to the highest quality and passenger safety standards while do-ing so. Our hope is that this project be-comes a model for communities across the county.”

Morganti completed the renovation under the Construction Manager At Risk format, a revolu-tionary process that virtually eliminates conflicts and change orders at the end of major projects. Under this format, Morganti was hired to oversee the 50,000 sq. ft. addition to the existing airport.

Jennifer MarksMedia Director

The Morganti Group

United States of America

Area News


CCC President Said Khoury arrived in Khartoum on 24 Oc-tober and was welcomed at the airport by a number of high-ranking officials.

He proceeded to the Mushaireb Project site where he made an address to all the staff, expressing his apprecia-tion for everyone’s efforts. Mr. Khoury then left the project to dine with several government ministers.

The next day our president visited the Minister of Finance, the Governor of Khartoum State and the President of Su-dan, H.E. Omar Hasan Al Basheer, being invited by the latter in his capacity of president of CCC and also as pres-ident of the Al Iktisad wa A’mal magazine. He was ac-companied by Raouf Abu Zaki, managing director of the magazine.

On his way back to the airport Mr. Khoury visited the Minister of Power, Energy and Mining.

I am pleased to report that our president informed me that he enjoyed his visit and was happy with what he saw.

Zikar MasrouaProject Manager

Mushairab Project

CCC President’s Visit

Sudan

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Bulletin Issue 92 / December 2009

On 22 October 2009, Spyros Kouvelis, Deputy Foreign Minster of Greece, Ismail Ismailov, Deputy Minister of Sports of Azerbaijan, and Chingiz Husianzade, First Dep-uty President of the Olympic Committee unveiled the plaque which CCC donated to commemorate the plant-ing of the olive tree on 20 July 2008 by the Greek motor-cyclist team that came to Baku, Azerbaijan.

Ioannis Metaxas, the Ambassador of Greece in Azerba-ijan and Juan Boulos, CCC’s Manager, Business Devel-opment, participated in the ceremony which took place in

front of the Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan and which was covered by the media.

I am proud that CCC supports such cultural events in my country.

Alibala PanahliCCC Azerbainjan

The Routes of the Olive Tree



Contribution to CSR Initiative

CCC staff are encouraged to come up with ideas and activities related to CCC’s CSR initiatives includ-ing Going Green and communi-ty involvement events. Please send your ideas, initiatives and achieve-ments to the CSR-CCC email ad-dress [email protected].

“Seal the Deal” on Climate Change Campaign

CCC is participating in the ‘Seal the Deal’ Campaign (21-25 Sep-tember 2009) as a member of the UN Global Compact, which calls world leaders and governments to take urgent action on climate change. The campaign coincides with the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Summit on Climate Change taking place on 22 September 2009 and aims to urge heads of state and governments, who will be meeting in Copenha-gen on 7-18 December 2009 to take urgent action. CCC’s

employees are participating in this campaign and CCC as a company is joining the “Caring for Cli-mate” initiative which is a voluntary and comple-mentary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change.

Greece

Race against Breast Cancer

On Sunday, 27 September 2009, CCC/CSR was present as one of the main sponsors at the Greece Race for the Cure of Breast Cancer at Zappeion in the centre of Athens.

‘Susan G. Komen for the Cure’, the world’s largest grass-roots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, was teaming up with the ‘Alma Zois Panhellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer’ to organize Greece’s first

Race for the Cure. It included the options of a 4-kilometer run and a 2-kilometer walk. The aim was to unite in the global fight against breast cancer and to raise funds for breast cancer research, prevention and early detection awareness pro-grammes as well as for counseling and support programmes for wom-en with the disease.

CCC was assigned a kiosk at Zap-peion along with the other spon-sors and a number of CCC employ-ees took part in the race. The race turned out to be a success, since around 6,000 people from all over Athens had registered. This proves

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that there are quite a number of people aware of this severe illness and willing to help its cure.

Yemen

CCC and the Education for Em-ployment Foundation Go Green

EFE Yemen, headed by Abdel Karim Al Eryani, a political advi-sor to the President, organized a cleaning and tree planting cam-paign on 1 July 2009 in Al Sabaeen Public Garden in Sana’a: the cam-paign was sponsored by CCC. Ron-ald Bruder, the founder and CEO of EFE, participated in the event along with more than 40 graduates of EFE Yemen, a number of employees from CCC Yem-en and Suzanne Samara from CCC Jordan. During her stay, she represented the CCC Group in all EFE activi-ties.

The impact of this event was enormous and highly appreciated by the public and government officials.

Jordan

INJAZ (a non-profit organization that seeks to educate and inspire young people to succeed in a global economy)

CCC continually supports and participates in many of INJAZ’ activities. CCC employees also participated in the INJAZ Construction Career Month held in May in Aqaba, which was spon-sored by CCC as well.

Vocational Training Corporation Partnership

On Thursday, 20 August 2009 Suhail Sabbagh, Direc-tor, Group Human Resources, signed a memorandum of understanding with the VTC Headquarters in Amman to renew the CCC-VTC partnership to train youth on pipe

welding and pipe fabrication at one of the voca-tional training centers in Sahab.

Jordan Career for Employment Foundation Graduation Ceremony

On Saturday, 29 August 2009 CCC representa-tives attended a Graduation Iftar Ceremony held at the Arena Space Hotel honouring the second group of graduates from the CCC-JCEF Land Surveying Course and other JCEF training pro-grammes.

Tony AwadCorporate Social Responsibility Manager

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The Wrestling Centre of Turkmenistan held a Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling com-petition on the occasion of the birthday of the President, Gurbanguli Myalikguliyevich Ber-dimukhamedov. CCC had the honour of support-ing this remarkable sporting event (which took place on 27-28 June 2009) as an official sponsor, thus furthering its CSR goals in the area.

One hundred wrestlers from all the different re-gions of Turkmenistan participated, this kind of wrestling being very popular among the Turkmen people.

The event was attended by a great number of sports fans, mass media representatives and high-ranking officials from the ministerial departments of Turkmenistan.

CCC supplied the sixty gifts (television sets, DVD players, vacuum cleaners) which were pre-sented to the victorious wrestlers.

Our company was made a member of honour of the Wrestling Centre of Turkmenistan and was presented with a cup of honour and a letter of commendation from the National Sports Com-mittee of Turkmenistan.

Ahmad R. El RefaiCountry Manager (Turkmenistan Branch)

Greco-Roman Style Wrestling in Turkmenistan

Ahmad El Refai (centre) in Turkmenistan national dress

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It all started as a vision shared by the leading members of the CCC in-itiative pertaining to water conserva-tion. Ghassan Danan, Talal Qadan, Ghassan Alami and other CCC man-agers from Jordan decided to bring awareness to water conservation within local communities by means of campaigns targeting young chil-dren and their families.

After many deliberations with the Greater Amman municipality and the Jordan Water Company (Miya-huna), the vision became a reality through a three-way partnership: the first water festival for children was launched at Queen Rania Park on Tuesday, 18 August 2009.

The festival began with the arriv-al of some 300 children aged be-tween 6 and 12 years, accompanied by their parents. The children were face painted and seated and awaited the festivities to commence.

Upon the arrival of the mayor of Greater Amman, His Excellency Omar Maani; the Director of Miyahuna, Za-karia Tarawneh and CCC representatives Suhail Sab-bagh, Tony Awad, Shail Halaby, Ghassan Alami and the undersigned, the event started with a welcoming address and speeches.

These were followed by an interactive water meter read-er live show and a “Farah & Rayan” play on water con-servation awareness.

After the distinguished guests departed, the children enjoyed water games, a puppet show on the importance of water conservation (the educational scripts being pre-pared by CCC and Miyahuna), water handmade crafts, a water saving devices live show for mothers, water aware-

ness brochures corner, water awareness and pro-motional gifts, a jumping castle, balloon shaping, mascot characters, cotton candy and a popcorn ma-chine.

Media coverage of the event included Jordan TV and seven other television channels (local and satel-lite), seven radio stations, three magazines and nine newspapers.

The festival was a great success thanks to the con-tribution and efforts of all the parties involved.

Suzanne A. SamaraAdministration & Training

CoordinatorHuman Resources, Jordan

First Water Festival in Jordan

Children at the water festival

front row from left to right: Tony Awad, Zakaria Tarawneh (Director of Miyahuna), Omar Maani (Mayor of Greater Amman Municipality), Suheil Sabbagh, Suhail Halaby

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SSCF Project’s Contribution to CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a con-cept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, employees, com-munities and the environment in all aspects of their operations.

Since the award of the SSCF Project in April 2008, CCC management has put an emphasis on continuing the CSR programme the compa-ny started at the Karachaganak projects starting in 1999.

In order to achieve long-term relationships within Kazakhstan, CCC has taken on the com-mitment to be integrated within the Kazakh community. This has been achieved through the participation and the sponsorship of social, edu-cational, cultural and other activities.

Social contributions, sponsorships and dona-•tions highlights for 2008-2009 are:

Donations to several humanitarian and social •organizations.

A donation for upgrading the infrastructure •of Makat village.

A donation for the construction of two bridg-•es in Atyrau city.

The distribution of food parcels to 150 dis-•advantaged families in Inder and Makat vil-lages.

The purchase of camp furniture and linen •from an institute for the blind.

An emphasis has been put on the issue of train-ing the Kazakh workforce so that they may ac-quire new skills, becoming better qualified and adapt to safety and quality norms. Russian and English courses have been offered free of charge to locals and expatriates. Training and advance-ment has been highly encouraged. Basic training modules have been developed for both Kazakh and the expatriate workforce covering all con-struction-related trades.

Finally, CCC looks forward to a long future in Kazakhstan, continuing to expand its relation-ships with national communities and industry and will continue to pursue a development pro-gramme beneficial to the infrastructure and to the welfare of the people of the Republic of Ka-zakhstan.

Fadi MustafaHead of Administration

SSCF Project, Kazakhstan

Food parcels to disadvantaged families of Inder village

A day with the orphanage children

Food parcels to the disadvantaged families of Makat village

Sports & LeisureText


15 teams from various companies and commu-nities in Oman partici-pated in the 2nd POLO/OWWA Basketball Friendship Cup organ-ized by the Philippine Embassy. The open-ing game was held on 8 October 2009 and the Round Robin Compe-tition will run till 2 De-cember 2009 at the Al Wadi Al Kabir Sports Complex in Oman.

The aim of CCC’s par-ticipation in this event is to build team spir-it, focusing on relations among other companies and different communities. This event is one of a kind that allowed us to integrate immensely with each other, enhancing the satisfaction of being members of the CCC family.

We would like to thank everyone who assisted in build-ing up this team and many thanks to CCC management

for providing us the opportunity to participate in this tournament.

Josh Fernandez

Oman Basketball Team

Abu Dhabi Bowling

It was a year since our last sports activity at CCC, UAE. I’m always excited when these events take place, not be-cause of the prizes, but for the friendship and bonding which occurs among colleagues during these events. This in turn enhances our relationships with each other, helps our self-esteem and motivates us as a team.

Our last sports activity here was October 2008 and that was a long time ago, so we all welcomed the bowling tour-nament with open arms. Everybody had a good time, in-cluding newcomers – it’s about meeting new people and showing them how the CCC Family really works in prac-tice, not just in theory.

Many thanks to the Activities De-partment for organizing such events and we in Abu Dhabi always look for-ward to many more. Being a part of this event was my honour.

Lunie AlejandrinoRigging Department, UAE

Sports & Leisure


September 2009: the MOA 2009 Activities season kicked off with the ever-popular bowling tournament with ten teams participating at the stadium in Ilion, Ath-ens. Although at the January tournament we did some-thing different by putting all the names together in a hat and picking them out randomly, this time the players in-sisted on making up their own teams. I think we should go back to leaving everything to luck: after all, it’s about having fun!

Thanks to everyone for participating and let’s enjoy more upcoming events.

Anna Hussein

As part of the annual Ramadan Games event held in the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu-Dhabi and under the patronage of Sheikh Zayed Bin Mohammad Bin Za-yed Al Nahyan, the No-Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament took place on 10-11 September 2009. I had the good for-tune to participate in this unique championship.

The tournament was an international event: fighters par-ticipated from Arab countries; Europe; the United States; Asian and African countries.

Organized by the head coach, Carlos Santos, the tourna-ment was the highlight of the Ramadan Games and was broadcasted live on Abu Dhabi Sport TV.

I fought in the +92 kilos weight division and won my first match against a fighter from the UAE by points 9-0. In my second match I fought against the second place winner, a Swede, who won the match by submission.

I enjoyed participating in the prestigious event as part of the CCC family, wearing the CCC logo.

I will start preparing to participate in the Emir-ates Asian Jiu Jitsu Super Cup 2009 that will take place in Abu Dhabi during December 2009, one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world.

I am happy to bring in jiu jitsu as part of CCC’s activities and thank Samir Sabbagh and Anna Hussein for their support and encouragement.

Samer HaddadCPD (EPSO), Abu Dhabi

Jiu Jitsu in Abu Dhabi Bowling Tournament, Athens

Samer Haddad (left) and Tarek Matar

The Winning TeamFrom left to right: Damon Morrison, Johnny Abu Ata, Olga

Bisbikis, Ayman Khatib (front)

Sports & Leisure


Ten different teams representing Embassies and com-munities residing in Athens participated in the CCC Ra-madan Soccer 5s Tournament No 2 at DAIS Sports Cen-tre in Marousi.

The tournament took place over three weeks where ded-icated soccer players came from as far as Vouliagmeni to play, coach and cheer for their teams.

After the games, a presentation was held, where His Ex-cellency, the Ambassador of Egypt, Tarek Adel and Samir Sabbagh attended the final and then presented the two

winners and Most Valued Player with their prizes.

The teams were as follows: Egypt, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Tunis, Tanzania, Iran, Turkey, Arab Youth, France and CCC.

The mini final was between Tanzania and Iran (5-1).The final was between Egypt and CCC (7-1) and the MVP was Hanna Rishmawi (CCC).

Anna Hussein

Ramadan Soccer Tournament

Al-Hilal Club, Gaza

Nizar Kaddah, Head of Area Accounts and Administra-tion in our Gaza office and member of the Al-Hilal Club committee, approached us to sponsor the Al-Hilal Foot-ball Club to enable the children to play ball in a comfort-able and sporty atmosphere, rather than outside on the streets. The MOA Activities Section accepted to sponsor the club and has been doing so for the past three years.

After the Gaza attack, a lot of damage from fallen shells was sustained there. Fences, windows, aluminium frames

and walls needed to be repaired. The Activities Section again accepted to finance those repairs.

A tournament has recently been held in celebration of the newly renovated facilities and CCC (and Samir Sab-bagh) were heartily thanked. The banner reads:

“With much appreciation and many thanks, the Al-Hilal Sports Club management expresses its deep gratitude to Consolidated Contractors Company, especially to Samir

Sabbagh for their effort towards ren-ovating the club.”

We’d like to thank Mr. Kadd-ah for taking such a leading role in coordinating the club’s require-ments and wish the children lots of happy times play-ing football at the Al-Hilal Club.

Anna Hussein

Children of the Al-Hilal Club

Family Day


The American Community Schools were our hosts and major sponsor at the CCC Family Day held in Athens on 14 June 2009.

Our guests were welcomed with an icy cold frappe (Greek-style iced coffee), while our delicious lunch was provided by Nargile Restaurant. Lots of activi-ties were held this year, among which were our sports events: 3-pointers, penalty kicks, table tennis and vol-leyball, as well as mini car races and swimming for the children.

On behalf of Samir Sabbagh and myself, our person-al thanks go to the Family Day Team for giving up their Sunday so that the rest of the staff and their families may enjoy a great time and give everyone something to talk about on Monday morning!

Anna Hussein

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Family Day


Family Day 2009 - Sponsors

Milestones

Engagements & Marriages


Births

Adam was born on 10 March 2009. He is the first

baby of Ahmed Hassabu (RUFW Project, Saudi

Arabia) and his wife Nancy.

Mohammed M. Hussein (Area Accounts, Oman) is very glad to

announce his marriage to Rubeena. The wedding ceremony was

held on 22 May 2009 in Hyderabad, India.

Cairo, Egypt: on 7 July 2009 Haitham El-Ganzoury (BIM Centre, Egypt) got engaged to be married. His fiancees name is Doaa Waly.

Osama Yassin (EPSO Abu Dhabi) is happy to inform

Bulletin readers that he got married to Racha El Achy

in Lebanon on 11 July 2009.All the staff at BCA Project, Qatar, wish a happy married life to

their colleague Sunil Valiyathodiyil who married Neena in India on 14 September 2009.

Twins!! Double congratulations go to Gopalan Selvaraj (EGDS, UAE) and his wife Saranya (previously employed at EGDS) for the birth of their twins. The girls are called Durga S Raj and Bhadra S Raj and were born on 6 June 2009 in Varkala, Kerala, India.

Mohamed Thanzeel (RHA Project, Oman) and his wife Fathima Fazmina are delighted to announce the birth of their first baby, a girl who is named Fathima Zainah. She was born on 24 April 2009 in Puttalam, Sri Lanka.

Their first baby is a boy! Saad Abou Naassi (SAS

FFD Project, Abu Dhabi) and his wife Marwa are

happy to announce the birth of Anas on 11 July 2009

in Abu Dhabi.

Balwinder Singh (Borouge EU2 Project, UAE) and his wife

Baljinder Kaur have the pleasure of announcing the birth of

their first baby, a boy named Arshpreet Singh. He was born on

17 July 2009 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.

Jaafar El Zein (RLPEP, Qatar) and his wife Assmahan would like to share their joy with you by announcing the birth of their first baby, a girl, named Lana. She was born on 7 July 2009 in Saida, Lebanon.

Milestones

Engagements & Marriages


Births

Sherief Salah (Riyadh University for Women, Saudi Arabia) and his wife, Rabab, have pleasure in announcing the birth of their daughter, Retal, on 19 August 2009.

Issam Kouzi (EPSO, Abu Dhabi) and Nisreen Itani (also at EPSO) are very glad to announce the birth of their little angel, Samia. She was born in Lebanon on 24 July 2009.

Nisreen Zihlif (MOA Athens) and her husband

Zisis Papistas wish to announce their wonderful news:

their first baby, called Adam, was born on 8 March

2009 in Amman, Jordan.

It is with great happiness that Diya Akkawi (EU2 Project, UAE)

announces to all his colleagues his marriage to Darine Hassan.

The ceremony took place in his home town, Tripoli, Lebanon in

the presence of relatives and friends.

Mahmoud El Chami (SPIN Project, Oman) would like to announce his marriage to Mira Bouhaidar on 2 October 2009 in his home town Beirut, Lebanon.

Nabil Najjar (MOA Athens) and Connie Athans tied the knot on 20 September 2009 in Athens. The happy occasion was attended by family, friends and colleagues, many coming from far away countries for the event.

Girish Kumar (Area Personnel, Abu Dhabi) and his

wife Ranjush are pleased to announce the birth of their

second baby boy, Ashwin. He was born on 24 July 2009 in

Kottakkal, Kerala, India. Brother Akshay and the entire

family are enamoured of the new arrival.

Yazan Masarweh (Consolidated Contractors [Oil & Gas] Company, Yemen) and his wife Mirna are pleased and proud to announce the birth of their second baby, Maria. She arrived on 7 August 2009 in Amman and all the family is delighted with the new arrival.

Fady Ephrem (IT Engineer, Kuwait) and his wife Oksana are proud to announce the birth of their second child, a baby girl named Christina. She was born on 7 September 2009 in Beirut.

Zahi Ghantous (ASPI Madagascar) and his wife

Lara proudly announce the birth of their 3rd baby

boy whose name is Ralph. He was born in Amman,

Jordan on 7 October 2009.


My friend and colleague who shares an office with me has a tantrum whenever I suggest we do a ‘clean up’ of our room. This made me wonder why a lot of peo-ple shy away from doing that simple task of an office or desk clean up on a regular basis, so here’s some interesting informa-tion which may help us.

Sitting at a clear desk means having a clear mind - a clear mind has vision and perspective. If you’re snowed under with paper, that’s probably where you will stay.

The sight of a disorganized desk is con-fusing and sets off a ‘procrastination’ mode, so why create this negative energy for yourself?

Here are a few things you may like to try if you want to have good Feng Shui, or positive energy around you at work or at home:

Set aside 15 minutes per day to go through your in-tray and deal with every-thing item by item and action whatever is needed on the spot.

Don’t have anything in front of you but the project you’re currently working on. Everything else should be stacked away in a pile.

Try not to leave ‘post-its’ around: act on them and ditch them immediately. It would be better to have a diary or note-book in which you jot things ‘to do’ down and cross them off as they’re done. That way, you can refer back to that date if you need to.

Transfer important information to your filing system or on the computer.

Get into the habit of leaving your desk clear before go-ing home every day. As well as the coffee, sitting yourself down at a clean desk will also give you that uplift in the morning.

Start now, clear away all unnecessary junk off your desk and just keep the important stuff - computer, phones, pen, notebook, desk calendar. Keep other stationery (sta-pler, puncher, calculator and so on) and other parapher-nalia in your drawer or on a shelf close by.

Get rid of superfluous paperwork by recycling or shred-ding often.

Make sure your notice boards only have ‘current events’.

Set up a system to pay your bills on time - don’t stress out over them, you have to pay them in the end anyway, so let’s thank God we have a job and be happy about it.

The same concept should be applied to your hard disk: go through and delete older files or copy onto CDs reg-ularly, so as not to find yourself having to do that at the computer’s warning that you’re out of space, which will probably happen at a most inconvenient time!

For further reading on the topic, ‘Clear Your Desk’ a book written by Declan Tracy describes the desk of some of the top business people in the world, who all keep their paperwork to a minimum. So if it’s good enough for the top, why not follow suit?

Anna Hussein

Clear your Desk

Quality of Life

CorrectionBulletin 91, August 2009 Issue, page 27:Area News: “Oman” should read “Qatar”.

Apologies to all concerned.Bulletin Staff


Integrity, according to Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, is adherence to moral and eth-ical principles; soundness of moral character.

Unfortunately, anywhere we look we see many exam-ples of moral breakdowns in every aspect of life: at home, at work, in society, at schools and universities, and so on. It seems that people in the 21st century have started viewing integrity as an out-moded concept, something belonging to the past, to our grandparents, and some-thing that no longer applies to modern life. Many people nowadays have overlooked the fact that the need for in-tegrity is perhaps as important as it has ever been, and it is essential if they want to face new challenges and to live life in balance, success and harmony.

Integrity hinges on integrating principles in our char-acter, in our work and in our life. This means we follow and tell the truth to ourselves before we tell it to others. With integrity our conscience works as a moral budget in full zoom, with close scrutiny over us. What we think, what we do, what we mean, what we say. With integrity our personality and character are the same. We are the same as others see us. Our outside is an extension of our inside. Our life will be guided by principles, and our ac-tions will be right actions and in turn the consequences will be right. Thus we prevail on our journey to success.

With integrity others will trust us. With this trust the client, the engineer, the suppliers, the subcontractors, the supervisors, the direct reports, the colleagues, the family, and so on will connect with us more easily, more seriously and more effectively. They believe in our in-tentions and in our actions more. They are more loyal to us because they see those principles expressed and exer-cised in our commitment, quality, promises and loyalty. They will prefer us and be on our side because we have opted to be and to do what is right. Because we have set an example and have a reputation that have a far greater impact than any promises we could ever make.

Our integrity is an essential ingredient of our influence with others who feel good about us. They perceive us as reliable with competence and character and this keeps our influence as high as ever. They are influenced by us because we are committed to principles over finan-

cial gains, to their interests as well as ours, and to qual-ity as well as to quantity and to long term relations be-fore short term ones. They see that we always deliver our commitment, we honour our obligations, we tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

With integrity rich in our decisions, in our relations, in our experiences and faith, we live a life at home and at work that will count. We will enjoy our work, our camps, our interactions, our gathering at dinner with friends and colleagues, our weekly meetings with our staff and client. We will then increase the degree of our happiness and enjoyment, and we will love what we do, because we will lead a life and work full of giving, loving, caring, helping, motivation, balance that will add value to our-selves, to our family, to our company and others.

With integrity our company will maintain a healthy dy-namic personality which we could call The Culture. The more integrity is emphasized and exercised by everyone at all levels, the more we can empower our culture which will serve us in our capacity, our effectiveness, our tra-ditions and in our longevity. The culture which is rich in integrity will tell everyone in a clear and compelling way who we are, what we can do and how much we are inte-grated in our personality and character.

The fact will remain that we will continue to be suc-cessful leaders in the world of construction, especially in turbulent times, as long as we are committed to live and practice integrity. When you are right on the inside, you lead correctly on the outside. It starts with you and spreads out to everyone in your circle of influence.

Dr. Riad ElHaj

Why We Need Integrity

Reflections

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ContentsFROM THE DESK OF....................................Samer Khoury

Amir of Kuwait Honours Said KhourySaad Al-Mousa….........................…1

RECENT AWARDS........................................................……2

QUALITY MANAGEMENT- Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

Mounir Soufyan…................…4

PROJECT PROFILE- RNGL: The Final Countdown - Yousef Khalil…..........…6

FEATURE- On Campus at Education City - Camille A. Kanaan……8- CMU in Quotes

Ziad R. Baydoun/Reginald Sarmiento/ Alvin/Ayman Haleem/Amr Abd El-Ghaffar….…10

- An Olive Tree from Lebanon - Bulletin Staff….....…13- Guided Tour taken by Regional Vice President

Dimitri Economides….........13

AREA NEWS- Kuwait: OL2K Celebrations - Diab Hawari….........…14- Qatar: A Remarkable Achievement - Nazih Cherri……15- Qatar: Qatargas II: Opening Ceremony

Najib Khoury..................……16- USA: Morganti receives Commercial Airport Award

Jennifer Marks.…17- Sudan: CCC President’s Visit - Zikar Masroua…....…18

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY- The Routes of the Olive Tree - Alibala Panahli…....…19- CSR News Report - Tony Awad…................................…20- Greco-Roman Style Wrestling in Turkmenistan

Ahmad R. El Refai...........22- First Water Festival in Jordan

Suzanne A. Samara....................................…23- SSCF Project’s Contribution to CSR

Fadi Mustafa…......................…24

SPORTS & LEISURE- Oman Basketball Team - Josh Fernandez..............……25- Abu Dhabi Bowling - Lunie Alejandrino….................…25- Jiu Jitsu in Abu Dhabi - Samer Haddad….................…26- Bowling Tournament, Athens - Anna Hussein….....…26- Ramadan Soccer Tournament - Anna Hussein......……27- Al-Hilal Club, Gaza - Anna Hussein…......................…27

FAMILY DAY…................................................................…28

MILESTONES.....................................................................30

QUALITY OF LIFE- Clear your Desk - Anna Hussein....................................32

REFLECTIONS- Why We Need Integrity - Dr. Riad ElHaj........................33

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