Qatar Daily News

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) would provide scholarships to young Qatari nationals to pursue higher studies at universities abroad and also at home.
This is part of Kahramaa’s Qatarisation drive to provide technical and administrative jobs to the nationals.
Speaking at a meeting of directors, managers and students selected for the scholarship programme, acting managing director Essa Hilal al-Kuwari said the scholarship would encourage Qatari youth to take up engineering specilisation.

Kahramaa aims to create a new generation of distinguished young Qataris, rich in technical and practical experience to serve the Corp at various levels, said al-Kuwari.

The acting managing director recalled that Kahramaa has started picking and sponsoring meritorious Qatari general and technical secondary graduates to receive high level education at leading varsities in Qatar and outside.After successful completion of education, candidates will be directly posted as officers at various levels.
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Deputy Prime Minster, Minister of Energy and Industry, Chairman of Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation “KAHRAMAA”, H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah signed, at H.E’s office in QP, six contracts for water projects at a total cost of around 2.626.313.438 Q.R.
The projects are meant for the expansion of water distribution mains at various areas including West Bay, upgrading pumping stations, and enhancing transmission networks in order to meet the increasing demand on water and satisfy customer current and future needs.

The first contract (GTC/182/2007) of Headworks construction at West Bay, Umm Salal, and Al-Khor water stations was awarded to Sinowheidrow at a total cost of Q.R. 517.084.360.

The second contract (GTC/220/ 2007) for the construction of Musaimer Reservoir and Pumping Station (RPS) and associated pipelines was awarded to Hamad Bin Khalid Trading & Contracting Company at a total cost of Q.R. 456.772.400.

The Third contract (GTC/222/2008) goes for transmission pipeline detailed design, review of hydraulic and surge analysis in addition to materials supply, and the installation, test, and commissioning of Ras Abu Fontas A (RAF A) transmission mains and sub-pipelines. It includes as well the optic cables installed parallel to these pipelines. the contract was awarded to Borhan International Construction Company at a total cost of Q.R. 420.960.021.
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Qatar’s General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is to issue a tender for the construction of a desalination plant, with capacity of up to 50 million gallons of water a day, in the first quarter of 2009.

Saad al-Mohannadi, director of technical affairs at Kahramaa, told MEED’s Qatar Projects conference on 20 January that the engineering, procurement and construction documents as well as the technical specification for a reverse osmosis plant were being prepared.

He later confirmed to MEED that the plant’s capacity was likely to be in the range of 30-50 million gallons per day.
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