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PROGRESS

MEASUREMENT

SYSTEM

IN CONSTRUCTION

1.) THE FUTURE OF QATAR

CONTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2.) UPCOMING MEGA PROJECTS

3.) QUANTITY SURVEYING STRATEGIES

4.) TACTICAL OUTLINE OF PMS

PROGRESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

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THE FUTURE OF QATAR

CONTRUCTION INDUSTRY

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THE FUTURE OF QATAR

CONSTRUCTION

depend on:

- The Qatar Economic Growth &

- Visions of the Government

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QATAR ECONOMIC GROWTH

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Qatar had been attracting worldwide attention

due to its position as the world’s 3rd largest

producer/supplier of liquefied natural gas

(LNG) & for being among the top 20 world oil

producers.

Economic Statistics proved that Qatar to be

fastest growing economy in the world in 2011

& the country with the largest disposable

income.

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QATAR ECONOMIC GROWTH

Qatar Economy

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GDP per capita = gross domestic product

midyear population

During the review period (2006–2010), the

government invested considerable attempt to

develop the country’s tourism, education and

infrastructure, which led to significant growth in

the Qatar Construction Industry. The general

causes for growth in the industry were Qatar’s

rising population growth, its per capita GDP and its

increased revenue from the abundant gas

resources.

However, the industry’s growth was impeded in

2010 due to the affects of the global economic

crisis, which reduced the demand for residential

and commercial construction projects.

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VISION OF THE GOVERNMENT

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The world wide attention caught by Qatar due to the

economy embarking on an ambitious program to gear

up to host the world cup 2022 FIFA football event.

(Furthermore, their intention to host forthcoming

Olympic in Qatar is boosting their vision) .

The hosting of the World Cup is being viewed as a

stepping stone to the long standing vision of the

country outlined in its National Vision 2030 to put

Qatar on the World map as a leading destination for

tourists and investors alike on a sustainable platform

which is environmentally sound and improves the

standards of living of the Qatari citizens at large.

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Vision

UPCOMING

MEGA PROJECTS

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Activity across its stadia and real estate and

infrastructure upgrades including ports, a

new international airport, a railway network,

roads and highways of which some are new

and some are being upgraded, new hotels

and recreation complexes are also being

built to house the players, tourists and

visitors to the grand event are all likely to

pick up pace between 2013 and 2015 edging

to conclusion by 2017, when the country

plans to host trial events in a run up to the

World Cup.

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As the country gears to host the World Cup in 2022,projects and contracts awarded at a moderate pacethrough 2011 and 2012 have begun to catch up paceand are likely to almost double in 2013. Contractsworth:

QR. 59.21 billion in 2011 QR. 66.32 billion in 2012,QR. 120.80 billion in 2013,

Projects being readied for the World Cup 2022 eventinclude 9 stadia, the prestigious metro and otherrailway projects, and the roads and highwaysexpansion and upgrade projects to ease congestionin the capital city of Doha, are all likely to witnesscontract awards for core and associated projectslikely to stretch over a period of 2013 to 2017.

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Doha New Port

Entertainment City - Qatar

Qatar Railway Project

Bahrain-Qatar Friendship Bridge

Urguan Project

Al-Jawhara City

Al-Waab City

Barwa Al-Baraha

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List of Meja Projects

Barwa City Development

Barzan Gas Project

Doha Festival City

Doha, Lusail and Dukhan highways

Education City

Hamad International Airport

Local Roads and Drainage Programme

Lusail City

Msheireb

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Sharq Crossing

Pearl-Qatar

Ras Laffan Complex

Petrochemical Joint Venture

Transmission project

World Cup Stadiums

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QUANTITY

SURVEYING

STRATEGIES

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VITAL QUANTITY SURVEYING

REQUIREMENTS

3.a - Due to increase of construction projects

3.b - Due to unforeseen construction requirements

3.c - Due to possible changes to conditions ofcontract

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3.a Due to increase of construction projects

According to the projected allocation, expenditure

requirements calculated up to end of 2016 as

follows:

Projected expenditure

QR 210.00 billion in 2014

QR 340.00 billion in 2015

QR 480.00 billion in 2016

It is noted 2016 allocation calculated as 480 billion

which is approximately 4 times compared with the

allocated budget for the year 2013.

It means increase of quantity surveyors requirement is

ESSENTIAL.

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3.b Due to unforeseen construction requirements

During the year 2013, it is recorded additional 200,000 people

were employed in Qatar

Do we have required facilities such as

- hospitals, schools, transportation. ROADS, shops,

accommodations, etc?

Authorities realize now that there is a mistake of unattended

planning for the supply of required facilities for increasing

construction workers.

To accommodate this requirement, additional Quantity

Surveyors are required.

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Most of this international companies (construction/ consultant/

specialist) are familiar with latest version of FIDIC conditions.

Replacing of using the well refined 4th edition of 1987 FIDIC

version, by unrefined (trial stage) 1999 FIDIC version is a

precarious situation to the construction industry and will

become a disaster to Contract Management.

This requirement will be adopted in Qatar Construction Industry

in the future.

Alternative dispute resolution activated.

The Quantity Service requirement will become more CRUCIAL.

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3.c Due to possible changes to conditions of contract

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QUANTITY

SURVEYORS

AVAILABILITY

Billions in QR

ADDITIONAL

WORKLOAD

CONCLUSIONThere are two major problems to be considered as a result of the

discussion we had so far:

1. Can we supply the number of Quantity Surveyors required for the

Qatar Construction industry?

If industry cannot be filled up with required number of Quantity

Surveyors, there is a tendency to seek other solutions to

overcome the situation, affecting the progress of their

construction project , due to cash flow problems.

2. Are we professional enough to take the challenge of quantifying

mega projects and produce/review the monthly payment

certificates without any delay in order to maintain a smooth cash

flow?

End of Part 1