Upcoming

The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering invites you to attaend the industrial workshop entitled

CHALLENGES IN DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN QATAR

CASE STUDY - AL BUSTAN SOUTH PROJECT

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

ABSTRACT

This workshop presents the recent developments in the Design and Build Al Bustan Bridge and Highway Project as part of the Qatar Expresway Programme and the lessons learnt from it.

Al Bustan South Project comprises Design and Construction of an Expressway to the North of Doha with Grade separated junctions, Four- Lanes Dual Deck to form a 1,946 meter long Bridge Structure. The works include Drainage System, Irrigation Transmission Pipelines, Water Pipelines, Foul Sewer, Landscape, Artscaping Works. Design and building of highways and bridges in urban areas with very tight schedules are always big challenges to contractors as well as to the employers. The employer must manage the busy existing traffic to provide work zones to the contractors. The existing utilities and relocation of them in a restricted urban corridor, have introduced major issues in the structural design to accommodate the foundations. Consideration of these relocations changed the entire concept of bridge’s design and construction. To improve life around the city and have aesthetic harmony in these structures, the employer had to make important provisions.

SPEAKERS

Eng. Ali Kara is a Senior Projects Engineer at the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) working in the Highway Projects Department. He has intensive experience in construction management, value engineering, and Design and Build projects. Eng. Kara had coordination responsibility in a number of large projects in Qatar including the Construction of the Shamal Road, as well as Al Rufaa Street (Celebration Road). He is well known for design works and stakeholder coordination in most of the Expressway projects of Ashghal and is a constant presenter of road side safety conferences in Transportation Research Board, Washington DC.

SCHEDULE

6:15 PM - 6:30 PM : Registration

6:30 PM - 7:15 PM : Topic Presentation

7:15 PM - 7:30 PM : Quesions and Answers Session

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM : Coffee and Snacks

LOCATION

Building B09 Room F106 at the College of Engineering at Qatar University.

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REGISTRATION

Please click here to complete the registration form. 

For inquiries, please contact the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at civil@qu.edu.qa