The Public Works Authority’s (Ashghal) Mesaimeer Pumping Station and Outfall Project has won the Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme (CEEQUAL) Design and Build Award.
The award with a ‘Very Good’ rating comes in recognition of Ashghal’s commitment to deliver sustainable infrastructure projects.
The award, according to an Ashghal statement, was received by engineer Saad al-Marri, who represented the Drainage Networks Projects Department, during a ceremony at the project site. Representatives from the Public Works Authority, the project’s supervision consultant (Mott MacDonald) and contractor (HBK-PORR JV) were present.
Al-Marri said winning the award in one of the most important and largest infrastructure projects implemented by the authority, the Mesaimeer Pumping Station and Outfall, reflects the extent of Ashghal’s commitment and its success in implementing its strategic goal to deliver sustainable infrastructure projects with enhanced team collaboration, and in compliance with proven sustainability standards.
CEEQUAL is an international scheme launched in 2003 to reward designers, contractors and clients that demonstrate a distinctive performance in the legal, environmental, and social domains. It uses an evidence-based rating system to assess performance of the projects during the design and construction phases, including projects from all fields such as civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping, and public realm.
The Mesaimeer Pump Station and outfall Tunnel project aims at enhancing the capacity to accommodate rainwater serving more than 270 sq km in south of Doha during the rainy season. This project helps reduce negative impacts of the high ground water levels on the environment, residents, and communities and protects up to 23 major road tunnels.
The project includes the construction of the 10km long outfall, one of the longest outfall tunnels in the world. At a depth of 15m below the seabed, excavation of the outfall tunnel is a major construction challenge due to the changing geological features, the ground pressure, and the water pressure at this depth. Therefore, excavation is done using the Tunnel Boring Maching (TBM) with 'Earth Pressure Balance' technique, designed to operate in a range of ground conditions in Qatar. A highly professional and specialised team carries out all the marine works.
The second part of the project includes a pumping station with 10 pumps and auxiliary facilities. The pumping station will be located at the end of Mesaimeer Tunnel south of Hamad International Airport. The pumping station will operate at a capacity of 19.7 cubic metres per second, and its function is to pump water from Mesaimeer Tunnel, which was completed in 2016, to the new outfall tunnel.
The project is designed to ensure the preservation of the marine environment, as the water that will be pumped complies with the international environmental standards, and it’s discharged 10km off-shore to reduce the effect on the marine environment.
Mesaimeer Pumping Station and Outfall is the second phase of the Overall Mesaimeer Surface and Storm Water Drainage Project, which aims to discharge the non-reusable stormwater into the sea, thus decreasing the surface water level and reducing pumping costs in construction projects around the country. It will also preserve the foundations of buildings as well as infrastructure services, and reduce land subsidence due to rain.
The award, according to an Ashghal statement, was received by engineer Saad al-Marri, who represented the Drainage Networks Projects Department, during a ceremony at the project site. Representatives from the Public Works Authority, the project’s supervision consultant (Mott MacDonald) and contractor (HBK-PORR JV) were present.
Al-Marri said winning the award in one of the most important and largest infrastructure projects implemented by the authority, the Mesaimeer Pumping Station and Outfall, reflects the extent of Ashghal’s commitment and its success in implementing its strategic goal to deliver sustainable infrastructure projects with enhanced team collaboration, and in compliance with proven sustainability standards.
CEEQUAL is an international scheme launched in 2003 to reward designers, contractors and clients that demonstrate a distinctive performance in the legal, environmental, and social domains. It uses an evidence-based rating system to assess performance of the projects during the design and construction phases, including projects from all fields such as civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping, and public realm.
The Mesaimeer Pump Station and outfall Tunnel project aims at enhancing the capacity to accommodate rainwater serving more than 270 sq km in south of Doha during the rainy season. This project helps reduce negative impacts of the high ground water levels on the environment, residents, and communities and protects up to 23 major road tunnels.
The project includes the construction of the 10km long outfall, one of the longest outfall tunnels in the world. At a depth of 15m below the seabed, excavation of the outfall tunnel is a major construction challenge due to the changing geological features, the ground pressure, and the water pressure at this depth. Therefore, excavation is done using the Tunnel Boring Maching (TBM) with 'Earth Pressure Balance' technique, designed to operate in a range of ground conditions in Qatar. A highly professional and specialised team carries out all the marine works.
The second part of the project includes a pumping station with 10 pumps and auxiliary facilities. The pumping station will be located at the end of Mesaimeer Tunnel south of Hamad International Airport. The pumping station will operate at a capacity of 19.7 cubic metres per second, and its function is to pump water from Mesaimeer Tunnel, which was completed in 2016, to the new outfall tunnel.
The project is designed to ensure the preservation of the marine environment, as the water that will be pumped complies with the international environmental standards, and it’s discharged 10km off-shore to reduce the effect on the marine environment.
Mesaimeer Pumping Station and Outfall is the second phase of the Overall Mesaimeer Surface and Storm Water Drainage Project, which aims to discharge the non-reusable stormwater into the sea, thus decreasing the surface water level and reducing pumping costs in construction projects around the country. It will also preserve the foundations of buildings as well as infrastructure services, and reduce land subsidence due to rain.
