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Bulletin
December 2009
Issue No. 92
Carnegie Mellon
University in Qatar
CONSOLIDATED
CONTRACTORS
COMPANY
From the Desk Of...
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 Khoury
Executive Vice President - Operations
Amir of Kuwait Honours Said Khoury
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 Engineering Organizations Convention. The WFEO
General Assembly was hosted by the Kuwait Society of Engineers from 2-6 November 2009.
Saad Al-Mousa
Manager, Business Development
Kuwait
Bulletin Issue 92 / December 2009
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Recent Awards
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:
a.
Latakia, Syria
The scope of the first work order for Phase 1 includes:
• 13 beach villas with 13 swimming pools, core and
shell.
• 50 canal villas with 10 swimming pools, core and
shell.
• Apartment block E.
Al-Houara Costal Resort
Tangiers, Morocco
• 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 completion date is May 2011.
b.
c.
Ibn Hani Bay
Al-Rayyan Hills
Sanaa, Yemen
• 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 substation.
• 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 stabilization.
• Marine works (wave breaker, dredging, land reclamation).
• Marina (complete package).
• Infrastructure works including water treatment,
sewage, treatment, 66kv substation, administration
building.
The start date was July 2009 and the expected completion date is September 2012.
d.
St. Regis Hotel
Cairo, Egypt
The scope of the first work order for Phase 1 includes
a value engineering assessment and all the preconstruction activities such as shop-drawing, detailed construction programme offsite mobilization, mockup rooms and
so on.
The start date is October 2009 and the expected completion date is August 2010.
A’Seeb Sewage Collection and Conveyance System,
Al Khoudh Gravity Sewer Networks Contract 5B
Oman
The scope of work is the construction of a new gravity sewage network to serve Al Khoudh area discharging
into the main collector sewer at A’Seeb area which conveys the flow to the associated treatment plant, in addition to a treated effluent network within the limits of the
project.
This includes:
• Offsite road access from the north and offsite junctions.
• Main trunk sewers with pipe diameters between
200mm to 800mm of uPVC and HDPE pipes.
• Design of the buildings.
• Lateral sewer lines mostly with pipe diameters
200mm to discharge the flow to the main trunk sewers.
The start date was August 2009 and the expected completion date is December 2010.
• Pre-fabricated HDPE manholes (total number approximately 2,970 manholes) with three different
standard sizes (1200mm, 1500mm and 1800mm internal diameters).
• Rider sewers with diameters 150mm of uPVC pipes
including connection chambers to connect houses to
lateral sewers.
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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).
Bourouge III - Ruwais Abu Dhabi
UAE
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, construction 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 completion date is December 2013.
Rehabilitation of 9th Mile - Enugu - Port Harcourt Dual
Carriageway
Rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi Road Section 1
Nigeria
Works comprise the reconstruction of 3.5kms of failed
areas as well as the pavement repairs and overlay of a total stretch of 25km.
The scope of work includes the following:
• Scarification of failed sections of the carriageway
and compacting to receive additional fill.
• Provision of additional fill material to attain formation 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.
Rehabilitation of Enugu Bound Carriageway Phase 1 of
Section1
Nigeria
Nigeria
15km of the dual carriageway from 9th Mile to Enugu (82Div Hq, Abakpa) and 40km single carriageway on
the Enugu - Port Harcourt dual carriageway commencing from the Abia Tower Umahia en route to Port Harcourt will be completely rehabilitated. In addition 10km
of asphalt overlay of the dual carriageway will be undertaken in areas with extensive potholes.
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 scope of works includes the following:
200mm thick.
200mm thick.
is 30 months.
is 24 Months.
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Quality Management
Measurement, Analysis and Improvement
Introduction
ISO 9001:2008 standard requires the organization to establish a system for monitoring and measuring the performance of quality management system from a customer
point of view. Quality Audit, monitoring and measurement 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 operation, 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 Audit
Quality Audit is a systematic and independent examination to determine the quality activities and related results compliance with planned arrangements, and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively and
are suitable to achieve objectives. The purpose of conducting quality audit is to:
• Verify that quality management system has been developed and documented.
• Verify implementation of the management system by
evaluation of objective evidence.
• Verify that specified requirements are met.
Type of Audits
First Party Audit
First party audit is an audit by the organization to assure development, implementation, and improvement of
its own management system.
Second Party Audit
Second party audit is an audit by the organization on
suppliers and subcontractors to determine suitability and
performance of the management systems, and also to determine if specified requirements for product or service
are met.
Third Party Audit
Third party audit is an audit by certification body which
is commercially and contractually independent of the organization, its suppliers and subcontractors. This audit
is carried out to determine whether the quality management system has been documented, and implemented in
accordance with applicable standards.
Phases of an Audit
Quality audit consists of 5 phases:
Audit Planning
A quality audit has to be planned in advance. The audit
must have scope and purpose, and the organization/department to be audited must be informed in advance and
must agree to the scope and purpose of the audit. During planning of the audit, the following should be considered:
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• 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 Preparation
During preparation of the audit, the auditor has to obtain information about the organization/department to be
audited and to be familiar with the type of business conducted by the organization. During preparation of the audit, 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 cooperation. 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 auditee. This can be achieved by adopting the following approach:
• 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, equipment, 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 process. Observations may include good practices that can
benefit other areas of the organization, and areas of concern that may not be serious to warrant a corrective action request.
Quality Management
...Measurement, Analysis and Improvement
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 evidence.
• Argument should be avoided.
• Consultative
recommendations
should be avoided.
• Quick fix for correction should be
avoided.
Reporting and Follow-up
A written report must be produced; the
report should include all the findings related to corrective action requests and observations. 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 completing 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 implemented.
The ISO View
Introduction
The 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 Programme
An audit programme shall be planned, taking into consideration the status and importance of the process and
areas to be audited, as well as the results of previous audits.
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 audit process. Auditors are not allowed to audit their own
work.
Procedure
The responsibilities and requirements for planning and
conducting audits, and for reporting results and maintaining records shall be defined in a documented procedure.
Responsibility
The management responsible for the area being audited
shall ensure that actions are taken without undue delay to
eliminate detected nonconformities and their causes. Follow-up activities shall include the verification of the actions 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 people.
Subjects for Consideration
• Effective 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 expectations.
• Adequacy and accuracy of performance measurement.
• Improvement activities.
• Relationship with interested parties.
Mounir Soufyan
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Project Profile
RNGL: The Final Countdown
The 3rd NGL Train at Ruwais is designed to
process an additional 24,400 TPD of NGL produced from OGD-III, AGD-II and other projects.
The project comprises an NGL fractionation and
treatment train and storage area for propane, butane 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 culminating in a week-long labour strike
in 2007. Apart from the direct loss of
strike period time, strained labour relations, too many resignations, terminations and time required to get things
back on track again, all had quite an adverse impact on project schedules. The
ill-effects of the strike were felt both
prior and subsequently to the strike.
Planning Department was conspicuous in its absence at the beginning of
the project and insignificant thereafter. Although many planners were recruited, most of them were
unqualified / incompetent
and those who were qualified / competent resigned
within a few weeks.
The sequence of deliverables was very awkward making it very difficult to open
front for up-coming activities. Working in large geographically scattered areas
and awkward sequence often forced to move from one
area to another leaving the
first area partially complete.
This caused extra consumption of resources and
time hence low productivity. Major modifications and
retesting of the lines consequently derailed the schedules to a large extent.
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Project Profile
...RNGL: The Final Countdown
Platform /pipe rack elevations were changed
midway through the project which required removal 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 reinstalled due to a change in material/thickness.
Another major problem was with the wrong dimensions of valve and instrument components all
over the plant. The project had to bear an inordinate amount of additional pipe supports to the
tune of above 300 tons. Likewise, access for operation was very badly designed; consequently substantial structural work was added during handover of the system to the client. This still remains
a major bottleneck in the completion of the remaining works. On top of everything these additions, 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 efforts for speedy completion of the remaining team. The pictures bear testimony to the fact that the project is now
in its final completion stage; as the saying goes – one picture is worth a thousand words.
Yousef Khalil
Project Manager
3RD RNGL Project
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Feature
On Campus at Education City
Green Spine & Art Wall
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 Hamad 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 everchanging 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.
“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
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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 majority 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 Qatar 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 Education 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
Feature
...On Campus at Education City
Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned cutting the ceremonial ribbon
• 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, imported 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, assembled 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 mentioned as it provided all the conditions to make it possible.
A big thanks also goes to Marwan Hajjar, E/M Manager
who believed in making it happen.
Camille A. Kanaan
Project Manager
“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
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Feature
Text in Quotes
CMU
As a Graduate Under Development and
after a year working at the
CMU Project, I learned so
much that I can now handle 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 experience and knowledge. Communications between site
and office were very important that reflects the proper feedback that each party
needs; besides the coordination among departments
in a harmony way was so essential that leads the project
toward its perfect end and
reflected the idea of sharing 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 problem solver and a decision maker whenever I face such dilemma.
Finally, a special thanks to our superiors who
are continuously doing their best to motivate
us GUDs to achieve our goals.
Ziad R. Baydoun
Planning & Progress Monitoring Engineer
CCC Team with Ricardo Legorreta & Victor Legorreta
There’s a great feeling of accomplishment
being part of the team who built one of the
world’s top-ranking universities which provides 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 Manager, Camille Kanaan, the most dedicated and productive
head of the team who was a
perfect example
to all of us on
how a great leader should be.
Reginald Sarmiento
Computer Operator/Secretary
Management Department
Library
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Feature
...CMU in Quotes
Main Atrium Area
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 legacy 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 effort that led to the successful completion of
the building. CMU Team: cheers and Godspeed.
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 finally what has been achieved. It was a pleasure and an
honour to be one of the team assigned to this wonderful project.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the
CMU Project.
Ayman Haleem
Senior Architect - Project Coordinator
Alvin
Architectural Draftsman
Faculty Lounge
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Feature
...CMU
Text in Quotes
Moreover, we shared the
values of teamwork that
lead to a continuous flow of
work to make sure the actual target has been achieved
according to plan and up
to the highest requirement.
Dedication to work is one
way of expressing your devotion, commitment and
perseverance as well as loyalty even at times of pressure and troubles. This gave
me additional experience
and enhanced my ability as
an employee and also to myself.
Lecture Hall
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 highest standards of safe working practices, by adhering to all
safety, health, environment standards and proper work
procedures to prevent human suffering, loss and property damage.
I would like to thank everybody for helping us achieve
our goal and hoping to
work with all of
them on the next
project.
Amr Abd EL-Ghaffar
Project Engineer, Civil
Main Atrium
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Feature
An Olive Tree from Lebanon
Text
Ray Corcoran MSc, Director of Facilities, added his thanks to the project team for its hard work
and dedication.
Bulletin Staff
The CCC/TCC Joint Venture donated a 20year-old olive tree from Lebanon to grace the cafeteria area of the new CMU building.
“Wow! It’s gorgeous and just the right size for
the space” stated Dean Thorpe.
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 University 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 Economides
Regional Vice President, Operations & Support
VIP Area
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Area News
Kuwait
OL2K Celebrations
The TKOC OL2K
project team organized an event on 19
May 2009 at the Kuwait
Hilton Resort to celebrate the successful
contribution of the OL2K contractors and suppliers.
The ceremony was attended by over 90 contractors and suppliers and was inaugurated by Yousef
Ateeqi, the Deputy Managing Director of Olefins
II, who stressed in his speech the high local content of this huge $3 billion project that exceeded
25%. Joseph Brewer, (DOW) Programme Manager also gave a speech in which he expressed
his pride in the successful completion of the programme 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.
from left to right: Joseph Brewer (DOW Programme Director), Magdy Mansour, Yousef
Al Ateequi (Deputy Managing Director of Olefins II)
• The UM2 (Utilities Mechanical 2) as direct contractor 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 ethylene. The project suffered from engineering and material delivery slippages since its onset which were further
complicated by the global escalation of material prices.
CCC’s long established commitment to the owner objectives 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 November 2008 with 100% production capacity achieved in
early 2009.
Magdy Mansour, Area General Manager, received the
CCC Recognition Award in addition to a Special Recognition 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 encountered.
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 distributed, reflecting TKOC’s appreciation of the collective
effort exerted on the OL2K Project.
CCC was represented in the celebration
by Magdy Mansour, Sultan Alghanim, Saher Hamza and the undersigned.
Diab Hawari
Acting Project Manager
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Area News
Qatar
A Remarkable Achievement in Cold Insulation Work
The main cryogenic heat exchanger (MCHE) is considered to be the most critical and vital component of a liquid natural gas (LNG) plant.
The cold insulation work for the MCHE was of vital importance and was having great significance because of the
minimum completion period allotted to it due to the overall schedule requirement.
In the past, a multi layer cryogenic insulation work, comprising 669 m2 of equipment coupled with 430 m2 of associated 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 announced 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 taking into consideration the high
standard of workmanship and
the stringent safety requirements applied on this project.
Nazih Cherri
Construction Manager
RGX-2 Project
Train 7
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Area News
Qatar
Qatargas II: 4th LNG Train Opening Ceremony
On 6
April
2009,
CCC management, represented by
Samer Khoury, Nazih Abdul Kader,
senior project managers from Qatar 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 billion US Dollars.
This project represents the latest in
technology and efficiency in the energy sector. It is the largest in size,
being nearly 50% larger than its
nearest rival.
The safety record on the project The ExxonMobil Safe Contractor of the Year Award being presented in Houston, Texas on 10 March
has been exemplary. It reflects the 2009. From left to right: Neil Duffin, ExxonMobil Development Company President; Isamu Kuroda,
CTJV Senior Site Manager; Ramzi Dahdah, Project Manager
strong safety culture within our company which has become a model for
a first in the LNG industry in terms of process train size,
the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and beyond.
new technology, innovations in shipping and heavy lift,
This very strong commitment to health, safety and enviworkforce levels (which peaked at 27,800 people), marronment (HSE) was a key factor in the 2008 award of the
keting, project financing, with the close cooperation of inExxonMobil Safe Contractor of the Year to CCC.
ternational contractors and the involvement of international energy companies as partners.
CCC now stands as having built approximately one third
of the world’s LNG capacity. Everywhere in Qatar you
Najib Khoury
will find achievements which have won us international
Group
Vice
President
acclaim. Qatargas II is special not only because it is the
Business Development
first of the Qatargas expansion projects but because it is
CCC/NPCC delegation at the ceremony with Samer Khoury & Aqeel Madhi (CEO NPCC)
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Area News
United States of America
Morganti receives Commercial Airport Award
The Morganti Group received the
Florida Department of Transportation 2009 Commercial Airport Project
of the Year Award in recognition of
its collaborative work with Monroe
County on the Key West International Airport McCoy Terminal renovation
project.
At the Florida Airport Council Conference 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 Construction Managers we have been committed to adhering to the highest quality
and passenger safety standards while doing so. Our hope is that this project becomes a model for communities across
the county.”
Morganti completed the renovation under the
Construction Manager At Risk format, a revolutionary 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 Marks
Media Director
The Morganti Group
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Area News
Sudan
CCC President’s Visit
CCC President Said Khoury
arrived in Khartoum on 24 October and was welcomed at the
airport by a number of highranking officials.
He proceeded to the
Mushaireb Project site where
he made an address to all the
staff, expressing his appreciation 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 Sudan, H.E. Omar Hasan Al Basheer, being invited by the
latter in his capacity of president of CCC and also as president of the Al Iktisad wa A’mal magazine. He was accompanied 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 Masroua
Project Manager
Mushairab Project
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Corporate Social Responsibility
The Routes of the Olive Tree
On 22 October 2009, Spyros Kouvelis, Deputy Foreign
Minster of Greece, Ismail Ismailov, Deputy Minister of
Sports of Azerbaijan, and Chingiz Husianzade, First Deputy President of the Olympic Committee unveiled the
plaque which CCC donated to commemorate the planting of the olive tree on 20 July 2008 by the Greek motorcyclist team that came to Baku, Azerbaijan.
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 Panahli
CCC Azerbainjan
Ioannis Metaxas, the Ambassador of Greece in Azerbaijan and Juan Boulos, CCC’s Manager, Business Development, participated in the ceremony which took place in
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CSR News Report
Contribution to CSR Initiative
CCC staff are encouraged to come
up with ideas and activities related
to CCC’s CSR initiatives including Going Green and community involvement events. Please send
your ideas, initiatives and achievements to the CSR-CCC email address [email protected].
“Seal the Deal” on Climate Change
Campaign
CCC is participating in the ‘Seal
the Deal’ Campaign (21-25 September 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 SecretaryGeneral’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 Copenhagen on 7-18 December 2009 to take urgent action. CCC’s
‘Susan G. Komen for the Cure’, the world’s largest grassroots 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 programmes as well as for counseling
and support programmes for women with the disease.
CCC was assigned a kiosk at Zappeion along with the other sponsors and a number of CCC employees 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
employees are participating in this campaign and
CCC as a company is joining the “Caring for Climate” initiative which is a voluntary and complementary 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.
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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 sponsored by CCC as well.
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 Employment Foundation Go Green
EFE Yemen, headed by Abdel
Karim Al Eryani, a political advisor to the President, organized a
cleaning and tree planting campaign on 1 July 2009 in Al Sabaeen
Public Garden in Sana’a: the campaign was sponsored by CCC. Ronald 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 Yemen and Suzanne Samara from CCC Jordan. During her
stay, she represented the CCC Group in all EFE activities.
Vocational Training Corporation Partnership
On Thursday, 20 August 2009 Suhail Sabbagh, Director, 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 vocational training centers in Sahab.
Jordan Career for Employment Foundation
Graduation Ceremony
On Saturday, 29 August 2009 CCC representatives 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 programmes.
Tony Awad
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
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Greco-Roman Style Wrestling in Turkmenistan
The Wrestling Centre of Turkmenistan held
a Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling competition on the occasion of the birthday of the
President, Gurbanguli Myalikguliyevich Berdimukhamedov. CCC had the honour of supporting 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 regions 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 highranking officials from the ministerial departments
of Turkmenistan.
CCC supplied the sixty gifts (television sets,
DVD players, vacuum cleaners) which were presented 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 Committee of Turkmenistan.
Ahmad R. El Refai
Country Manager (Turkmenistan Branch)
Ahmad El Refai (centre) in Turkmenistan national dress
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First Water Festival in Jordan
It all started as a vision shared by
the leading members of the CCC initiative pertaining to water conservation. Ghassan Danan, Talal Qadan,
Ghassan Alami and other CCC managers from Jordan decided to bring
awareness to water conservation
within local communities by means
of campaigns targeting young children and their families.
After many deliberations with the
Greater Amman municipality and
the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna), 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 arrival of some 300 children aged between 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, Zakaria Tarawneh and CCC representatives Suhail Sabbagh, Tony Awad, Shail Halaby, Ghassan Alami and the
undersigned, the event started with a welcoming address
and speeches.
Children at the water festival
These were followed by an interactive water meter reader live show and a “Farah & Rayan” play on water conservation awareness.
After the distinguished guests departed, the children
enjoyed water games, a puppet show on the importance
of water conservation (the educational scripts being prepared by CCC and Miyahuna), water handmade crafts, a
water saving devices live show for mothers, water awareness brochures corner,
water awareness and promotional gifts, a jumping
castle, balloon shaping,
mascot characters, cotton
candy and a popcorn machine.
Media coverage of the
event included Jordan TV
and seven other television
channels (local and satellite), seven radio stations,
three magazines and nine
newspapers.
The festival was a great
success thanks to the contribution and efforts of all
the parties involved.
Suzanne A. Samara
Administration & Training
Coordinator
Human Resources, Jordan
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 concept whereby organizations consider the interests
of society by taking responsibility for the impact
of their activities on customers, employees, communities 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 company started at the Karachaganak projects starting
in 1999.
In order to achieve long-term relationships
within Kazakhstan, CCC has taken on the commitment to be integrated within the Kazakh
community. This has been achieved through the
participation and the sponsorship of social, educational, cultural and other activities.
• Social contributions, sponsorships and donations highlights for 2008-2009 are:
Food parcels to disadvantaged families of Inder village
• Donations to several humanitarian and social
organizations.
• A donation for upgrading the infrastructure
of Makat village.
• A donation for the construction of two bridges in Atyrau city.
• The distribution of food parcels to 150 disadvantaged families in Inder and Makat villages.
• The purchase of camp furniture and linen
from an institute for the blind.
An emphasis has been put on the issue of training the Kazakh workforce so that they may acquire 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 advancement has been highly encouraged. Basic training
modules have been developed for both Kazakh
and the expatriate workforce covering all construction-related trades.
A day with the orphanage children
Finally, CCC looks forward to a long future in
Kazakhstan, continuing to expand its relationships with national communities and industry
and will continue to pursue a development programme beneficial to the infrastructure and to
the welfare of the people of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Fadi Mustafa
Head of Administration
SSCF Project, Kazakhstan
Food parcels to the disadvantaged families of Makat village
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Sports & Leisure
Oman Basketball Team
Text
15 teams from various
companies and communities in Oman participated in the 2nd POLO/
OWWA
Basketball
Friendship Cup organized by the Philippine
Embassy. The opening game was held on 8
October 2009 and the
Round Robin Competition will run till 2 December 2009 at the Al
Wadi Al Kabir Sports
Complex in Oman.
The aim of CCC’s participation in this event
is to build team spirit, 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.
for providing us the opportunity to participate in this
tournament.
Josh Fernandez
We would like to thank everyone who assisted in building up this team and many thanks to CCC management
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 because 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 tournament with open arms. Everybody had a good time, including newcomers – it’s about meeting new people and
showing them how the CCC Family really works in practice, not just in theory.
Many thanks to the Activities Department for organizing such events
and we in Abu Dhabi always look forward to many more. Being a part of
this event was my honour.
Lunie Alejandrino
Rigging Department, UAE
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Sports & Leisure
Jiu Jitsu in Abu Dhabi
Bowling Tournament, Athens
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 Zayed Al Nahyan, the No-Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament
took place on 10-11 September 2009. I had the good fortune to participate in this unique championship.
The tournament was an international event: fighters participated from Arab countries; Europe; the United States;
Asian and African countries.
Organized by the head coach, Carlos Santos, the tournament was the highlight of the Ramadan Games and was
broadcasted live on Abu Dhabi Sport TV.
September 2009: the MOA 2009 Activities season
kicked off with the ever-popular bowling tournament
with ten teams participating at the stadium in Ilion, Athens. Although at the January tournament we did something different by putting all the names together in a hat
and picking them out randomly, this time the players insisted 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.
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.
Anna Hussein
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 Emirates 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 Haddad
CPD (EPSO), Abu Dhabi
The Winning Team
From left to right: Damon Morrison, Johnny Abu Ata, Olga
Bisbikis, Ayman Khatib (front)
Samer Haddad (left) and Tarek Matar
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Sports & Leisure
Ramadan Soccer Tournament
Ten different teams representing Embassies and communities residing in Athens participated in the CCC Ramadan Soccer 5s Tournament No 2 at DAIS Sports Centre in Marousi.
The tournament took place over three weeks where dedicated soccer players came from as far as Vouliagmeni to
play, coach and cheer for their teams.
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).
After the games, a presentation was held, where His Excellency, the Ambassador of Egypt, Tarek Adel and Samir
Sabbagh attended the final and then presented the two
Anna Hussein
Al-Hilal Club, Gaza
Nizar Kaddah, Head of Area Accounts and Administration in our Gaza office and member of the Al-Hilal Club
committee, approached us to sponsor the Al-Hilal Football Club to enable the children to play ball in a comfortable 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 Sabbagh) 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 renovating the club.”
We’d like to
thank Mr. Kaddah for taking such
a leading role in
coordinating the
club’s
requirements and wish
the children lots of
happy times playing football at the
Al-Hilal Club.
Anna Hussein
Children of the Al-Hilal Club
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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 activities were held this year, among which were our sports
events: 3-pointers, penalty kicks, table tennis and volleyball, as well as mini car races and swimming for the
children.
On behalf of Samir Sabbagh and myself, our personal 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
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Quality of Life
Clear your Desk
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 people shy away from doing that simple task
of an office or desk clean up on a regular
basis, so here’s some interesting information 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 confusing 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 everything 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 notebook 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 rid of superfluous paperwork by recycling or shredding often.
Get into the habit of leaving your desk clear before going home every day. As well as the coffee, sitting yourself
down at a clean desk will also give you that uplift in the
morning.
Make sure your notice boards only have ‘current
events’.
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 (stapler, puncher, calculator and so on) and other paraphernalia in your drawer or on a shelf close by.
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Area News: “Oman” should read “Qatar”.
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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 regularly, 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
Reflections
Why We Need Integrity
Integrity, according to
Webster’s New Universal
Unabridged Dictionary, is
adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of
moral character.
Unfortunately, anywhere
we look we see many examples 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 outmoded concept, something
belonging to the past, to our
grandparents, and something that no longer applies
to modern life. Many people
nowadays have overlooked
the fact that the need for integrity 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 character, 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 actions 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 intentions and in our actions more. They are more loyal to
us because they see those principles expressed and exercised 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,
gains to their interests as well as ours,
ours and to qualqual
ity as well as to quantity and to long term relations before 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 ourselves, to our family, to our company and others.
With integrity our company will maintain a healthy dynamic 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 traditions 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 integrated in our personality and character.
The fact will remain that we will continue to be successful 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
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Contents
FROM THE DESK OF....................................Samer Khoury
Amir of Kuwait Honours Said Khoury
Saad 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

CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS COMPANY

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