Ashghal to develop new roadmap for a high-performance culture

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will develop a new roadmap for a 7–Star certification from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) in Belgium.
While opening the Organisational Excellence Forum Wednesday, Ashghal president Dr Engineer Saad bin Ahmad al-Muhannadi said the roadmap will be implemented with the aim of establishing and promoting corporate culture that prioritises exceptional performance, continuous improvement, sustainable success and outstanding results.
"Based on our belief that achieving Qatar's diligent endeavours to build a distinct government sector that achieves the highest standards of development, Ashghal’s team has adopted a roadmap to achieve a legacy of excellence, improve performance, and participate in the state's journey towards governmental excellence," al-Muhannadi said.
He added that Ashghal has come a long way in its ongoing journey towards governmental excellence and has obtained the 5-Star Certificate of Excellence from the EFQM.
During the forum, Engineer Jamal Sharida al-Kaabi, manager of the Planning and Quality Department at Ashghal, showcased the most important milestones in the Public Works Authority’s journey towards organisational excellence and the major factors that led to its recognition by EFQM.
Al-Kaabi highlighted Ashghal’s success in raising the quality of procedures, business and adhering to the standards of organisational excellence in accordance with internationally recognised standards.
He said Ashghal is currently placing among its top priorities the achievement of environmental sustainability, innovation, automation, and adoption of modern technology in construction and asset management. “In this context, the Sustainability Strategy has been recently launched in Ashghal, which comprises more than 16 initiatives that include a number of employees,” he said.
He explained Ashghal is committed to gradual and transformative development to become a leading governmental organisation that adopts the highest excellence standards. “These operational standards are based on the development and enhancement of more than 294 operational processes and 25 corporate policies, in addition to 42 excellence initiatives that included about 120 employees. This enabled upgrading the measurement, monitoring and evaluation methods that contributed to providing realistic evidence of outstanding performance that are up to the mark with the challenges,” he noted.