Bulletin 81

Dear Colleagues:

The year 2006 has been a challenging one, in which all our departments andprojects mobilization functions were busy gearing up for the planned expansion inour business.

I am happy that we have managed to scale-up into the required sizes and capac-ities with the least possible problems, thanks to the superb efforts of ConstructionSupport, HR, PMV, HSE, IT, Legal and others.

Let me give you two simple indicators as an order of magnitude for this capac-ity buildup to help you appreciate the achievements:

EOY 05 SEP 06- HR Professional Staff 8,675 9,532

Labor Force 57,536 83,522

- PMV Assets No of Units 8,800 14,000Assets Value $420M $650M

The matter of integrating these additional vital resources is an on-going activitythat is surely demanding from everyone extra efforts. This is an opportunity for allto excel and progress. The CCC Management appreciates your hard work andlooks forward to our joint success and rewards as company and individuals.

CCC intends to maintain this higher level of business volume beyond theseO&G boom years by introducing new business segments. We will carefully selectour path from a diversified portfolio perspective of new and forward integrationoptions.

Finally, I wish to join many of our employees and families in extending a specialmention of thanks to our AGM in Lebanon Mr. Yusuf Kan’an for his tireless effortsin helping to evacuate and relieve the dilemma of those who got caught in therecent troubles in Lebanon. It is a proud example of CCC’s family values culture inaction.

Thank you all once again for your hard and honest work.

Tawfic KhouryExecutive Vice President

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EDITOR’S VIEW

Dear Bulletin Readers:

This Bulletin features our area of the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia (KSA).

KSA is experiencing its share of the constructionboom.

Their members have put together for us anexcellent set of articles profiling the area and theirproject achievements. The themes in these articlesand the sincerity and intensity in which they werewritten, serve to show what a high level of moti-vation and sense of pride is experienced at KSAarea.

Well done our KSA management. CCC Saudiaworkforce … please be advised that you are highon our achievements pride list. The team spiritvividly present amongst you is helping to copewith the added loads without the “over-loads”.

It was a real pleasure to produce this interestingissue. I invite our readers to read it cover to cover.

Nafez Husseini

Dear Sirs,

My family and I wish to express our deepestappreciation and thanks to CCC for havingarranged a convoy and plane to evacuate us andother CCC families from our beloved country,Lebanon. I had been trying for one week to get usout but, because I knew that the roads were dan-gerous and didn’t want my family to suffer, I wasunable to do so.

Thanks to your wisdom and good managementand the fact that you obviously consider everyemployee as a family member, my family has beensaved.

I am very grateful to the people who worked sohard to arrange this evacuation from beginning toend and made what would have been a terriblejourney into a comfortable one. Thank you all andGod bless CCC.

Wissam A. Al-KhatibCCC (Underwater Engineering)

MAIL BAG

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Rabigh Power Plant, Mechanical Erection – SaudiArabiaThe scope of work comprises the erection, testingand pre-commissioning of power and reverseosmosis desalination plants with all relatedmechanical, electrical, and instrumentation works.

The IWSP project maximum capacities are 600MW Power; 5,000 ton per hour of steam, and 7,000ton per day of desalinated water.

The client is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Theworks will start in September 2006 and are expect-ed to be completed by the end of February 2008.

Wadi Dayqah Dam - OmanThe scope of work includes the construction of amain dam and a saddle dam to impound flowfrom Wadi Dayqah to form a reservoir which willsupply water for irrigation and domestic use. Themain dam will have a maximum height of 74mand will be constructed of roller compacted con-crete with an approximate volume of 600,000 m3,whereas the saddle dam will consist of a rock fillembankment 48m high with a volume of 800,000m3.

The scope of works also includes the constructionof a rock cut auxiliary spillway, an intake towerwith all pipework and electro-mechanical equip-ment, tunneling for grouting gallery, geotechnicalinstrumentation, access roads and overheadtransmission lines including switchgear and dis-tribution.

The client is the Ministry of Regional Municipali-ties, Environment and Water Resources - Direc-torate General of Water Resources Affairs.

CCC will execute the works in joint venture withVinci Construction Grand Projects. The start dateis August 2006 with a contract period of 36months.

Global Alumina, Earthworks & Early Works -GuineaThe scope includes earthworks for Global Alumi-na Refinery and comprises site clearing, tempo-rary road construction, general excavations, hardrock excavation by blasting, general fill of embank-ments, dikes and ditches construction, soil treat-ment, geotextile, underground piping includingconcrete and UPVC pipe for drainage system.

The client is Global Alumina Corporation and thejob start date was April 2006, with a duration of 15months.

CCC was also awarded the following early workspackages related to the main plant:

• Pioneer camp mobilization • Pioneer camp operation• Crusher plant mobilization• Quarry plant mobilization• Batch plant mobilization • Crusher operation.

QGX Common Lean Storage & Loading (CLP) -QatarThe scope of the project is a change in the work tothe off plot area of the QGXII project.

CCC’s scope of work consists of all constructionactivities (temporary facilities, civil, buildings onan EPC basis, piping, equipment installation, steel-work, painting, insulation, fireproofing, electricaland instrumentation), pre-commissioning andcommissioning assistance.

Areas and scope of main changes are as below:

• Area of Lean LNG Tank Farm was enlarged toaccommodate 7 LNG Tanks

• LNG Loading line for Berth #4 was extendedby 53.2m

• Newly 132KV power is supplied for CLP fromKahramaa substation

• One 24” Rundown Line to RasGas LNG TankFarm

• Berth #4, Main Control Building provision forCLP operation separately from QGXII operationcontrol

• New substation (SS-2702) and new ITR-60.

The construction period of this change in works iswithin the construction window of the QGXII pro-ject.

NDIA – Air Traffic Control Tower - QatarThe scope of work for the Air Traffic Control andnavigation aids facilities (ATC Facilities) includesall services and works necessary for the designand construction of the control tower building,90m high plus the technical building, the meteoro-logical facility and other related works.

The client is New Doha International AirportSteering Committee and the construction manag-er is Overseas Bechtel.

This contract was awarded in May 2006 and com-pletion is expected by February 2008.

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Dolphin EDGS East West Systems – United ArabEmiratesThe scope of these EPC works for the east system isthe modification of the existing Al Ain Gas Terminaland for the west system is station works at Al Maqta,Jebel Ali, Taweelah and Um Al Nar as well astelecommunications system upgrade and modifica-tions and a new 24” pipeline from Maqta to Um AlNar.

The client is Dolphin Energy. The job was awardedin May 2006 and is expected to be completed by July2007.

Bridge Road Improvement - GrenadaContract 4

The contract covers the construction of Queen’s ParkBridge, Beausejour Bridge and Sea DefenseWorks.The project involves earthworks, pavement,drainage, concrete works, piling, pre-cast bridgebeams, road furniture, ancillary works and publicutilities work existing along the road.

The contract start date was June 1, 2006 with a dura-tion of 8 months.

Contract 5

The contract will cover the construction road sec-tions, Tempe (Mount Parnassus) to Mount HeliconRoundabout (0.875km), Mount Helicon Roundaboutto Botanical Gardens road (1.035km) and BotanicalGardens Roundabout (0.1km)

The project involves earthworks, trenching/backfill-ing for water main installation, pavement, drainage,concrete works, road furniture and ancillary works.

The contract start date was June 1st, 2006 with aduration of 12 months.

The client is the Government of Grenada and theconsultants are Dessau International of Canada. Theproject is financed by the Caribbean DevelopmentBank.

Al-Khafji Field Development Plan, Phase-I , OnshoreFacilities – Saudi ArabiaThe scope includes review and development of thebasic engineering provided, detail engineering, pro-curement, construction, testing and commissioningand start-up assistance.

The project is a grass root plant that includes the fol-lowing main units:

• Inlet separator and gas reception• Gas compression • Gas processing facilities• Flare system• Utilities and offsite units• Buildings and others including process control

system (PCS).

The above is in addition to modifications and tie-insto nearby existing other Al-Khafji facilities.

The client is Khafji Joint Operation Company andthe project duration is 31 months. Expected comple-tion date is March 2009.

Al Khafji Signing CeremonyAugust 21, 2006

QUALITY MANAGEMENT


In this article we are going to cover two important aspectsof the ISO-9001 standard. The first is Management Reviewand the second is Resource Management.

Management Review

IntroductionManagement reviews are activities/meetings planned and

conducted by top management to evaluate the effectivenessand efficiency of the organization’s Quality Management Sys-tem.

The ISO-9004 standard recommends that top managementshould develop the management review activity beyond ver-ification of the effectiveness and efficiency of the quality man-agement system into a process that extends to the whole orga-nization.

The ISO-9001 ViewTop management shall review the organization’s quality

management system at planned intervals, to ensure its con-tinuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. This reviewwill include assessing opportunities for improvement and theneed for changes to the quality management system, includ-

ing the policy and objectives.Records from management reviews shall be maintained.

Management Review InputThe input to management review will include information

on the following activities:• Results of audits• Process performance and product conformity• Preventive and corrective actions• Follow-up actions from previous management reviews• Changes that could affect the quality management system• Recommendation for improvement.Management Review Output

The output of management review will include any deci-sions and actions related to the following:• Improvement of the effectiveness of the quality manage-

ment system and its processes• Improvement of product related to customer require-

ments• Resources needed.

Resource ManagementIntroduction

Senior management should ensure that resources essentialto the implementation of strategy and the achievement of theorganization’s objectives are identified and made available.This should include resources for operation and improve-ment of the management system, and the satisfaction of cus-tomers and other interested parties.The ISO-9001 ViewHuman Resources

Management reviews should be the platformsfor the exchange of new ideas, with open discus-

sion and evaluation of the inputs being stimulatedby the leadership of top management.

Chart 1 represents a general view of the Management Review Process.


QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Personnel performing work-affecting quality will be compe-tent on the basis of appropriate education, training, skills andexperience. The organization will:• Determine the necessary competence• Provide training and evaluate the effectiveness of actions

taken• Ensure that personnel are aware of the importance of

their activities and how they contribute to theachievement of objectives.

Infrastructure The organization will determine, provide and maintain the

infrastructure needed to achieve conformity to productrequirements. Infrastructure includes, as applicable:• Buildings, workspace and associated utilities• Process equipment (both hardware and software)• Supporting services (such as transport and

communications)Financial Resources

Management should plan and control the financialresources necessary to implement and maintain an effectiveand efficient management system. Improving the effective-ness and efficiency of the management system can influencepositively the financial results by:• Reducing process and product failure, or waste in materi-

als and time

• Reducing cost of compensation under warranties, andcost of lost market share.

Work EnvironmentThe organization will determine and manage the work

environment needed to achieve conformity to productrequirements. This may include:• Facilities• Hygiene• Vibration• Safety• Work conditions• Cleanliness • Social interaction• Noise pollution.

Information Management should treat data as a fundamental resource

for conversion to information and the continual developmentof an organization’s knowledge, which is essential for makingfactual decisions and can stimulate innovation.Suppliers and Partnership

Management should establish relationships with suppliersand partners to promote and facilitate communication withthe aim of mutually improving the effectiveness and efficien-cy of processes that create value.

Mounir Soufyan

Resources may be people, infrastructure, workenvironment, information, suppliers and partners,

natural and financial resources.

Chart 2 represents a graphic presentation of the Resource Management Concept

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SAUDI ARABIA

During my 30 years in Saudi ArabiaI have never seen such a startling boomof projects as the current one we arewitnessing. After a stagnant four years,a surge of projects in the field of oil andgas has been awarded to CCC SaudiArabia, the value of which is in excessof US$ 2.0 billion.

This has entailed a huge task inbuilding up manpower from 4,000 in2005 to 35,000 by end of 2006. The staffalso had to be increasedfrom 1,000 people to 4,500over one year.

Mega projects such asKhursaniyah and Rabighhad to be mobilized in avery short time while theprogress of work had to bemade in parallel, withoutany grace period. The firstconcrete at Khursaniyahwas cast only one and ahalf months after the dateof award. Camps, sitefacilities and logistics hadto be mobilized in recordtime.

The staff at the areaoffices and on the projectshad to make an extraordi-nary effort to cope withthe demand and to fulfillthe requirements of the fast trackschedules imposed by the clients.

This was achieved by working as ateam motivated by devotion and hardwork.

Currently the teams at our projectsin Khursaniyah, Rabigh, Hawiyah,Chevron and Khafji have established agood presence and are performingwell.

Our past experience with such rep-utable clients as Aramco, SABIC andSCECO has helped us to make a quickstart and to use the past lessons learnt

to overcome any unforeseen problems.Our offices in Riyadh, Khobar and

MOA have given full support to theprojects. We have made good progressthanks to well-established relationsand knowledge that have been builtover the past decades in dealing withthe various authorities.

Today we are proud to havereceived acknowledgment from Aram-co as being the most dependable and

preferred contractor to execute theAramco mega projects.

We forecast that the current boom inconstruction will last for at least thenext five years and we should be ableto harvest the benefits rendered.

The current accumulation of newstaff and workers increased the respon-sibility of all of us to maintain good liv-ing conditions, provide entertainmentand health care and to keep all theemployees happy and well.

To do this we made great efforts toprovide healthy and clean conditions

at the camps, to provide good catering,entertainment and sports.

I see many new graduates joining usevery day (reminding us of our earlydays at CCC) and our policy is to helpthem to settle down quickly and to getacquainted with their new surround-ings.

In our effort to increase the Saudiza-tion ratio and to train young Saudis, wehave established a training school run

by qualified train-ers giving coursesin welding, pip-efitting, form-work, steel fixing,s c a f f o l d i n g ,plumbing andelectrical wiring.This school hasbeen visited bymany prominentSaudi officials andAramco managerswho have praisedthe efforts beingmade.

I would like tothank all the staffin Saudi Arabiaand those in thesupport offices atMOA together

with all the site staff who have con-tributed enormously in meeting thechallenges of this mammoth workloadwhich has surpassed any similar casesin the past.

Let us hope that this momentumwill last for years to come and that CCCwill continue to be a distinguished andremarkable presence in Saudi Arabia.

Mazen QaddouraArea General Manager

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Thanks to the very high price ofpetrol for more than two years now,Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producerin the world with 9 million bbl/day, isenjoying an unprecedented economicboom, not only in the oil and gas sector,but on all fronts, including privateinvestment.

The leader in revenue and expendi-ture is, of course, Saudi Aramco, whichin order to meet the worldwide surgein demand for oil and gas, has revealedplans to increase oil production capaci-ty to 12 million bbl/day by 2010. Thisinitiative will involve further mega-sized projects for the next four yearsrequiring a preliminary budget forecastof US$ 40 billion.

Next in line is SABIC with upcomingpetrochemical projects worth US$ 24.3billion. The Saudi Government is alsomoving fast to encourage economicdevelopment in new areas: it hasdecided to build a new financial districtin Riyadh. The Saudi Arabia GeneralInvestment Authority (SAGIA) hasplans to develop six new economiccities (or zones). Each zone will focuson a specific area of development.

Furthermore, EMMAR, the world’sbiggest developer, has signed a con-tract to build King Abdulla City inRabigh for US$ 23 billion.

Can you take any more figures? US$ 10billion for power plants in the next fiveyears; US$ 8 billion for railways; US$ 5billion budgeted for building roads andbridges. Have a look at the tables fordetails of some of the projects men-tioned above.

It is therefore quite clear that there isa wealth of mega projects of all typeswhich will create a sustainable volumeof work for all contractors. I rememberthat, in his yearly message to CCCemployees, our President, Said Khoury,said “2006 is the year of the contractor”.This apparently applies extremely wellto Saudi Arabia and will extend forthree to four years from now. This hasnever happened before and the key tosuccess will be to select from amongthe projects those that can be executedon time, maintaining the same highqualities and safety standards forwhich CCC is renowned, to the full sat-isfaction of the client.

CCC projects in Saudi Arabia (all tobe completed by the end of next year)are currently worth more than US$

2 billion. This figure is nearly doublethe annual revenue of the entire CCCGroup up until a few years ago.

These projects, however, are all verysimilar in nature and our scope of workis also identical, namely, civil workscomprising earthworks, foundationsfor equipment, precast or cast in situconcrete or steel structure pipe rackand buildings. Mechanical worksinclude piping fabrication and erection,equipment erection (some of which ismore than 1,000 tons) plus electrical,instrumentation, painting, insulationand refractory works.

The sum of quantities for our sevenprojects is unimaginable! For the majoractivities we are talking about 1,000,000cubic metres of concrete; 160,000 tonsof rebar; 191,000 tons of piping;153,000 tons of equipment installation;150,000 tons of structural steel erectionand 14,500,000 linear metres of cablelaying.

The quantities involved wereexceedingly high: 30,724 ‘direct man-power ’ (42,000 including ‘indirectmanpower’); 4,500 members of stafffor supervision and 5,472 pieces of con-struction equipment. All this wasneeded when the whole of the Gulfwas booming and contractors lookingfor the same resources. This made thetask of finding enough qualified and

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experienced recruitsextremely difficult: it wassolved by hard work..

Rebar material wasalso very scarce, affectingprogress and again, wehad to pay higher pricesand sometimes cash ondelivery.

Civil constructionequipment which is nor-mally available locally (which we always used tofind easily in the Saudimarket) also became ascarcity and hire rates doubled.

Camps to accommodatestaff and labourers became bigtowns! Khursaniyah camp’scurrent capacity is for 14,000people and needs to beexpanded for up to 20,000.Hadriyah camp which servesthe JCP project in Jubail allowsfor 5,000.

The critical issue was that all theprojects were ‘fast track’ and we need-ed to work in parallel on the mobiliza-tion and the project permanent works.

This state of affairs may look like aroller coaster ride and – it is not overyet. We have to satisfy the Saudizationpolicy in all trades which means that anaverage of 16% of total staff and man-power must be Saudi nationals. Failureto comply with this policy will subjectthe contractor to penalties and compli-cate the issuing of visas for expatriates.In this regard, CCC is a pioneer and

has taken serious measures to adver-tize for and to attract as many nationalsas possible for the posts of driver, car-penter, for example, and from JubailTechnical Academy and graduates fromthe University of Petroleum and Miner-als.

In order to satisfy the strict aplica-tion of the Saudization policy, CCCmade a point of supporting nationalpolicies and had the vision to prepareitself to become a distinguished andvalued contractor for Saudi clients.With this in mind, CCC established atraining facility in Faisalya which is run

in a professional mannerunder the supervision ofqualified and experiencedtrainers and teachers,using well-proven curric-ula with the emphasis onsafety and quality.

The facility is fullyequipped with all thetools necessary to train forseven trades, namely, car-pentry; pipe fitting;plumbing; scaffolding;steel fixing; welding andmasonry. There are plans

to include training for riggersand crane operators. 400 stu-dents have already graduatedfrom the training facility.

Finally, there is no doubtthat Saudi Arabia is a uniquecountry and in many things,like no other on earth. Youmay be surprised to learn that

for many CCC expatriates and theirfamilies who have lived for decades inthe country, it is THE place to live andthey love it. Speaking personally, Iconfess to having tasted here the bestfresh grilled hamour (a white fish – ed.)ever!

Nabil HamdanAssistant Area General Manager

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The decision taken by CCC to opena training centre in Saudi Arabia was awise and courageous one. The intrinsicpurpose of such a centre is not merelyto “train” Saudi nationals, but it is real-ly an investment process in Saudiyouths by teaching them a particulartrade which will pave the road to aprosperous future.

The training centre opened its doorson July 10, 2005. The trades taught rep-

resent skills vitally needed in the con-struction sector, namely: welding, car-pentry, scaffolding, masonry, electri-cals, pipefitting, steel fixing and plumb-ing. The duration of training for eachtrade is three months. The capacity ofeach training session is between 25 and30 trainees making a total number oftrainees who will graduate 700 to 800per year.

The training centre applies a two-shift system (one in the morning andone in the evening). The former startsat 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the latter from1.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., with a 30-minutelunch break.

The training process is divided intotwo main parts, theoretical and practi-cal. The total number of hours devotedto each trade is 360, divided into 90hours (25% of the course) for theory

and 270 hours (75% of the course) forpractical work.

Concerning the theoretical part, atraining manual for each trade is tai-lored to meet the technical skillsrequired. The text is made simple andincludes an elementary level of mathe-matical operations which can be han-dled by any trainee regardless of hisacademic level. Since the content ismade easy for all levels, this facilitatesthe selection process of nominees andgenerally makes training easier andmore satisfactory for all.

Thus the centre gives an opportuni-ty to all applicants to enroll providedthey have the will and desire to learn aspecific trade. However, it is importantto mention that priority is given tothose of a higher education with expe-rience.

Regarding the practical part of thecourse, all exercises are carried out inworkshops which are fully equippedfor the purpose.

The total number of trainees whohave graduated since the opening dateis 412, broken down as follows:

Carpentry – 64Electricals – 64Pipe fitting – 61Plumbing – 57Welding – 57Scaffolding – 53Steel fixing – 37Masonry – 19. The total number of current trainees

attending the facilities is 192, broken

down as follows:Carpentry – 24Electricals – 42Pipe fitting – 25Plumbing – 25Welding – 29Steel fixing – 24Masonry – 23.CCC pays a monthly salary of SR

1,510 to each trainee during his trainingperiod.

Upon completion, trainees areawarded certificates and transferreddirectly to one of the CCC projects inthe Kingdom.

Empowering human capital is whatcounts and is one of the most impor-tant assets a nation can have.

A word of thanks to all those peoplewho have contributed in one way oranother, who are directly or indirectlyinvolved in establishing and support-ing the training centre.

A special word of thanks and ourrespect go to those unseen stars behindthe scenes: one doesn’t see them butone knows they are always there.

Adnan Kaissi

IT’S AN INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE

CCC Looks to the FutureOne of the most important CCC

projects currently underway is theKhursaniyah Gas Plant (KGP) Project.As a key part of the kingdom’s oil andgas production expansion plans, thisproject is of a high complexi-ty, of large dimensions and isrunning to a very tight sched-ule.

Khursaniyah field is locat-ed approximately 78km northof Jubail Industrial City, in thenorthern–eastern part of thecountry.

The Khursaniyah GasPlant project team, consistingof Bechtel, Technip and CCC,has been selected by SaudiAramco to construct theworld’s largest gas condition-ing, ethane and NGL recov-ery plant, with a total capaci-ty of 1 billion cubic feet of gasper day and 300,000 bpd ofNGL. This huge project, withmore than 50 million constructionman-hours and at a cost of over US$1billion, is one of the mega projectslaunched by Saudi Aramco in order toincrease Saudi Arabian oil production.The major scope of the project is as fol-lows:• inlet facilities and sour condensate

treatment• LP and HP DGA gas treatment• NGL recovery• sales gas compression• sulphur recovery• flares and offsites• waste water treatment and evap-

oration ponds. The KGP project team oversaw

the biggest mobilization in August2005 towards a facilities start-up bythe end of year 2007. The projectteam cut out 12 months from theinitial schedule, converting it to afast-track project and key factor ofexpansion plans.

Construction started in September 2005with the first earthworks and pouringof concrete and will be increasing activ-ity until a peak expected at the end of2006.

THE PROJECT AT A GLANCE:

About 15,000 people at the peak ofactivities; 3,500,000 cubic meters ofearthwork; 438,000 cubic meters of con-crete works including new constructiveapproaches like the use of concrete pre-cast pipe rack structures; 20,400 squaremeters of buildings; 73,000 tons of pip-ing; 66,000 tons of prefabricated struc-tures, and about of 35,000 tons ofprocess equipment.

The KGP Project connects with anotherCCC project (Khursaniyah ProducingFacilities) which will provide facilitiesto receive production from the wells. Inconjunction, CCC will be coordinating

an effort of more than 23,000 personsworking in the same area at the sametime.

CCC has embarked upon a very sig-nificant challenge that goes to demon-strate once again its well-deserved rep-utation as the largest and most compe-tent construction contractor in SaudiArabia, with large capabilities, support-ed by extraordinary human resources.

Projects of this category are onlyachievable through a very wellcoordinated team effort, and strongsupport from our main offices,which is part of CCC’s work philos-ophy.

Finally, the invaluable know-how of our people and years ofexperience all over Saudi Arabia,give CCC the necessary strengths tosuccessfully accomplish projects aslarge as this one and prepare us forthe near future when further pro-jects, larger and more complex, willcome.

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KHURSANIYAH GAS PLANT PROJECT


A Budding Community in theDesert

The huge transformation from sim-ple desert life to bustling community atthe Khursaniyah Gas/Oil Field is afeast to behold…we called it “Ingenu-ity”. It took such great audacity on thepart of the engineers, planners, archi-tects, suppliers, contractors, vendorsand even simple plumbers and labour-ers to create a mega project bustlingwith life and activities in the middle ofa sleepy desert.

They flocked in from many coun-tries: the Far East (Indians, Pakistanis,Nepalis, Bangladeshis, Filipinos); theMiddle East (Lebanese, Jordanians,Syrians and Egyptians) and even Euro-peans.

The big question was: could CCCrise to the challenge of setting up acommunity serving thousands of peo-ple with such different cultures andcharacters? Do we need to ask? Visibly,the CCC site camp is a marvel,equipped with dining facilities, recre-ation halls, laundry, mosque, clinic andso on.

One can simply enjoy the variousamenities the camp has to offer. Aninnovation that the camp has recentlyadopted is the wireless internet con-nection, making homes and loved ones

closer to the staff and workers. Theinternet café in the recreation hall isalways full. The marvel of informationtechnology has enabled CCC staff andworkers to bridge the gap with theirfamilies and to bring them close to theirloved ones even if they are miles away.

Each day in the camp is challengingfor the personnel (coming from differ-ent cultures and nations) and mostespecially for the management. A smallcommunity council has been set up foreach nationality to look into any needsand to immediately resolve any prob-lems among workers and staff. Securityand welfare are the top priorities insidethe camp, ensuring everybody is treat-ed equally.

Staff recreation halls are equippedwith billiard and snooker tables, chesssets, playing cards and so on. If one justchooses to have a warm or cold bever-age, sitting in well-appointed sofachairs, the big lounge at the hall will betheir choice, with a big screen televi-sion set, enjoying the news channel orsimply watching a movie. Camaraderieand friendship are built within thishall, which has become the ‘wateringhole’ of the staff. Sports enthusiasts canopt for the gymnasium filled with allthe equipment needed to make a bodystay fit and healthy. The asphalted

main roads in the camp itself are filledwith health-conscious evening joggersor with groups just taking a stroll.

The skilled and semi-skilled workersenjoy their sumptuous meals in theirappointed mess halls (separated bynationalities) serving Filipino, Indian,Pakistani and Middle Eastern cuisine,and each mess hall is equipped with abig screen television set with cable con-nections. Stores have been set up tosupply the various needs of the staff. Alarge mosque caters to thousands ofMuslim staff too. Most of the workersenjoy their weekend playing basketballon the court or playing cricket or a soc-cer game in the well-appointed field,specially built for them.

Doctors and professional nursestake the utmost care of the sick andinjured workers either from the site orin the camp. Medicines and ambu-lances are in ample supply in case ofemergency.

The weekend, especially Friday, seeslots of activity in the camp. Transporta-tion (coaches and buses) is provided forstaff and workers who want to visit thecity and do some shopping: those whoprefer a quiet weekend have the campfacilities to themselves.

The camp provides well-lit facilities,guarded perimeter fences, and gates.Security patrol cars make sure that thecamp is well guarded during the night,providing sound sleep and ensuringthat the staff and workers are ready thenext morning to face new challengeson the site.

CCC employees feel that theybelong to a large family where security,stability and respect of culture are ofthe utmost importance to the top man-agement. Many programmes, rangingfrom sports, in-house training modulesand many more are in progress toensure that the welfare of each individ-ual is taken care of, no matter fromwhere he is.

Nabil WaliProject Director

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KHURSANIYAH PRODUCING

The Khursaniyah Producing Facili-ties Project mobilization took place onAugust 1, 2005 and construction startedin September 2005. The expected dateof completion is August 2007.

Saudi Aramco is the client andSnamprogetti is the main contractor.

Khursaniyah Production FacilitiesProject involves building a central gas –oil separation plant (GOSP) and wetcrude handling facilities to process500,000 barrels per day of ArabianLight Crude Oil. The separated gasesfrom the KPF Project will be the feed tothe KGP Project.

CCC’s scope of work involves 36,000tons of piping fabrication and erection,17,000 tons of equipment erection,200,000 cubic meters of concrete, con-struction of 13 buildings, 31,000 tons ofstructural steel pipe racks and 24,000m³ of precast concrete pipe racks.

The KPF Project is one of the megaprojects of CCC in the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia. It is a fast-track projectand we have only very limited time atour disposal until its completion. Con-sidering CCC’s track record, one canrest assured that this project will be yetanother milestone in the Group’s suc-cess. We have built five fabricationshops and plan to work round theclock in piping fabrication.

Erection of precast pipe racks was andis one of the major challenges. Out of5,500 concrete beams and columns,2,400 longitudinal beams needed 4,800heavy structural steel brackets (to bemanufactured and erected to allow forinstallation of these beams). The pro-curement of materials to make thesebrackets was the first problem due tonon-availability in the region: we hadto bring the materials from Europe. Inorder not to affect the precast pipe rackand piping erection schedule, fabrica-tion of these brackets was subcontract-ed to four Saudi Aramco certified con-tractors and two of our fabricationshops were assigned to fabricate onlybrackets on a 24-hour basis.

By the end of the first week ofAugust 2006, we surpassed eight mil-lion man-hours without a lost timeaccident out of a forecast of 28 millionman-hours. Total manpower at sitesurpassed the 6,900 mark.

Due to the high demand for skilledmanpower in the market worldwide, itwas very difficult to get qualifiedtradesmen on time. However, thisproblem was tackled by sending dele-gates to the Far East for interviews,establishing training schools on theproject for new arrivals and approach-ing the local market for the temporaryhiring of qualified tradesmen.

The Project Mobilization Team suc-cessfully oversaw the accommodationof over 8,000 workers at Khursaniyah.It was a Herculean task to arrange thisaccommodation for an ever-increasingworking force in good time. Theyexplored all possible sources.

A team representing five differentnationalities of the workforce wasformed. Meetings between the ProjectManagement and the team are beingheld on a regular basis (once every sixweeks) to discuss the concerns anddemands of the various communitiesand to resolve issues on the spot.

The project has provided recreation-al facilities like playing grounds, gym-nasiums and TV rooms for all cate-gories of the workforce. Also, the messmenus were chosen to satisfy the tastesof the different nationalities.

The main challenge in this project isto meet the completion date. In thisregard, the full continued support andencouragement of Area Managementand that of Managing Office Athensare and will remain key factors towardsachieving this target.

Hassan MoghrabiProject Manager

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Steel Pipe Rack

Future Look

Double Joint Pipes on Concrete Racks

Scaffold Erection

Control Room

FACILITIES PROJECT

Located on the shores of the RedSea, midway between Jeddah andYanbu, is the town of Rabigh. Little orno development has occurred here inthe last 25 years since the constructionof the Aramco Refinery, but all thatis changing now that the RabighOlefin Plants Project (ROPP) is inprogress and several other con-struction contracts are starting.

Unusually for Saudi Arabia,Saudi Aramco is not undertakingthe development on their own butin consortium with SumitomoChemical of Japan. The core pro-ject of this development is ROPP,which will provide the feedstockfor several downstream plants.CCC is, once again, the construc-tion contractor for JGC who havebeen awarded the engineering, pro-curement and construction contract forthe plant.

The plant is split into two separateoperations. Basically, the HOFCC sec-tion takes 92 million barrels per day ofhydro treated vacuum gas oil from theexisting Aramco Refinery and convertsit into 900 KTA of propylene plus somemixed C4s. The ethane cracker takes 95MMSCFD of ethane and convertsit into 1,350 KTA of ethylene. Boththe propylene and ethylene arethen transferred to the down-stream petrochemical derivateunits for further processing. Themixed C4s are also transferreddownstream, but to an alkylationplant. Incidentally, the feedstockfor the ethane cracker will be com-ing from another JGC/CCC projectat Hawiyah.

The p roject’s contract price isUS$385 million and the majorquantities include 130,000m3 con-crete; 24,000 tons structural steel;18,968 tons of vessel erection; 1.7 mil-lion inch-dia of piping; 1.5 million lin-ear meters of E & I cabling and 1 mil-lion inch-meter of insulation. It isworth mentioning that the figure isexpected to increase to about 2 million

inch-dia and that the structural steelfigure allows for the fact that all of themajor pipe racks are precast concrete,not steel.

The above quantities of work alsohave to be completed within a relative-ly short space of time. The projecttimescale is 27 months from March2006 to May 2008 and there are inter-mediate milestones to achieve includ-ing the tankage area to be ready forstart up by January 31, 2008, plus the

interconnecting pipe rack and theethane cracker to be ready for start upby April 30, 2008. It must also beremembered that the mobilization ofthe camp and temporary site facilities is

scheduled to be concurrent with theinitial permanent work. To achieve theabove schedule it is estimated thatapproximately 8,000 direct works man-power will be required at the peak.

A particular feature of the pro-ject is its relatively small plantarea. This results in there beingmuch more work to be carried outat height and some of the equip-ment structures are 50m high withheavy equipment to be installedon each of up to five levels.

A critical area of the project isthe heavy lift work. CCC’s HeavyLift Department in the UAE hasbeen closely involved with theplanning of this and in preparingrigging studies since before thestart of the project on site. It isintended to bring six big cranes tosite for the installation of the ves-

sels.These will be the MSG 80 with a

capacity of 3,600 tons and beingarguably the biggest mobile crane inthe world; the PTC ringer with acapacity of 16,000 tons; a Demag CC-4800 crawler; a Leibherr 1800 crawler;a Demag CC-2500 crawler and an

American Hoist 9299 crawlercrane. The MSG 80’s main lifts willinclude the reactor at 650 tons, theregenerator at 1,000 tons and twopolypropylene splitters at 18,000tons each. The Demag CC-2500crane will also be used forinstalling the precast units for thepipe racks as the cranes will not bepermitted to stand above the RTRcooling water pipes, which arelaid beneath the pipe racks. So allprecast installation will have to bedone from the side.

Some of the civil work deservesmention as it includes severaltable top foundations with 3m

deep slabs supported by 3m squarecolumns at an elevation of 10m aboveground level. The foundation for thebiggest of these will be 2,960m3 of con-crete cast in a single pour. Building


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RABIGH OLEFIN PLANTS PROJECT

Blinding of RX-Foundation 2900m3

Ethane Cracking Furnace


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works are also critical as there are fourbuildings to design and build whichwill be required for the pre-commis-sioning works that are scheduled tostart relatively early.

To support the site works, substan-tial temporary facilities are required.Apart from the stores and PMV shopwhich are essential on all projects,ROPP will be utilizing six fabricationshops, a painting yard, an NDT areaand an enormous precasting yard com-plete with carpentry and rebar shops.Obviously, the accommodation campfor 8,000 people is also quite substan-tial.

The early part of the project hasbeen beset with problems that are fair-ly unusual and so have required extraeffort to solve. Then the problem ofworking on an existing refinery had tobe addressed with Aramco, ID’s beingrequired for all personnel prior to theirentry to site and stickers being requiredfor any vehicle to pass through therefinery gate (including passes fordelivery vehicles). The current highworkload throughout Saudi Arabia hasresulted in all suppliers and subcon-tractors being over-extended: sched-ules are rarely kept and some compa-nies even refuse to quote for work.

On-site problems have included theunexpected presence of coral rock all

over the site together with a relativelyhigh water table, unavailability of back-filling material and we are expecting toface a shortage of water in the future.On their own any of these problemswould have required a lot of work toresolve, but together they are magni-fied.

Although the challenges are enor-mous, the team is being put together toovercome them, not only within CCCbut also within the organization of theother team members - JGC and PETRORabigh.

Omar Abdul QaderProject Manager

Installation of Pipe Rack Column

Pipe Fab. Shop

Safety Award

Installation for Cooling Water

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Located in the Rabigh IndustrialCity, this project is being constructedclose to the Aramco Rabigh Complex.

The city of Rabigh lies on the shoresof the Red Sea in the westernprovince of the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia about 160 kmfrom Jeddah with a populationof 60,000. It is a calm place andthe inhabitants are very friend-ly and hospitable. Otherwise,the city is like any other Saudicity, although the climate is notas severe as other areas in theGulf. Only during the monthof August does the humidityrise to 85%.

Our project is part of aUS$10 billion dollar complex (theRabigh Refinery and PetrochemicalCompany) owned by Aramco andSumitomo Chemical Co., the two par-ties having successfully negotiated thejoint venture formation to implementthe Rabigh Project. With a joint feasi-bility study, which confirmed the eco-nomic viability of the endeavour, thenew JV Headquarters will be in Rabigh.

The project has been planned to bethe corner stone for a broader down-stream conversion industrial develop-ment in the western region and inRabigh in particular. It will providemultiple investment opportunities andcontribute to the region’s industrialdevelopment and the IndependentWater Steam and Power Project willprovide the utilities requirements forthe new joint venture.

Scope of WorksThis specification covers all the

works involved in receiving materialsat site, unloading, transportation with-in the site, storage of these at the site,the necessary preparation for installa-tion work, complete installation, paint-ing, insulation, lagging and flake lin-ing, non-destructive inspection, qualityassurance / quality control, inspection,cleaning, assistance work of commis-sioning and testing for all equipment,

cleaning and demobilization worksafter completion of the works (includ-ing disposal of dust, debris, chemicalwaste and industrial waste).

The following major componentswill be incorporated in this project:• 9 sets of steam generators (boilers)• 9 sets of electrostatic precipitators

(EP)• 3 sets of flue gas desulphurization

plants (FGD)• 5 sets of steam turbines and genera-

tors• RO desalination plant (consists of

16 trains of reverse osmosis)• ancillary / auxiliary equipment.

The IWSPP is one project with twosites 1.5km apart which makes it tiringfor the civil and mechanical staff tomove around from one site to the otherto check the progress of work as wellfor the HSE Senior Staff.

Camp AccommodationThe project manpower lives inside

the Aramco area surrounded by threeflares from the west and north andunfortunately the prevailing wind isalways blowing towards the CCC camparea. We have been advised by Aramco Loss Prevention to move thelabour camp to another area about1,200 metres away from the senior andjunior staff camps, and so far, due tosome safety issues we have not beenable to put the final touches to ourcamp regarding the sports and recre-

ation facilities.Living in the project camp inside the

Aramco Plant is like living in an openprison, because the city of Rabigh is

about 15km away from theCCC camp and one has to passthrough so many checkpoints(Aramco, Security, the SaudiArmy and so on) before reach-ing the town centre, so it ispreferable to sit in the recre-ation room or watch a movie inyour own confined room.

Health, Safety and Environ-ment (HSE)

The old brigade in CCC iswell aware of how Aramco

implements safety measures on theirprojects: believe me it is still the same,if not stricter.

Our HSE Department is providinginduction training to all new recruitsprior to mobilizing them to site,although we are facing some languagedifficulties as we have a multi-nationalworkforce. However, we are able todeliver the message.

Other specific job training is beingconducted on a daily basis for all theworkforce and safety seminars havebeen and are being conducted for thestaff as required by the CCC HSE Man-ual in order to promote safety aware-ness amongst the employees and edu-cate them to be proactive.

In conclusion, the safety perfor-mance of each individual will have agreat impact either way on the reputa-tion of the project and our belovedcompany CCC.

Talal Haider SaidHSE Manager


INDEPENDENT WATER STEAM & POWER PROJECT

This project is located in the EasternProvince of Saudi Arabia, about 220kmfrom Al-Khobar. This province stretch-es from Abqaiq, Shedgum andUdhaliyah to Uthmaniyah. Theseareas possess tremendous reserves andtherefore development of oil and gasfacilities will be booming to cope withmarket demands.

This project is designed to recoverapproximately 310 MBPD of C2 and180-185 MBPD of NGL of 60% ethanecontent. The NGL package consistsmainly of the following natural gas liq-uefying units/plants:

• The NGL recovery unit consists ofthree identical trains; eachdesigned to handle 33.3% of thepeak total inlet gas flow rate. Thecapacity of each train is 1,333MMSCFD.

• The product surge unloading trainsconsist of one surge gas train withtwo NGL surge sphere tanks.

• In addition to the above, one utilityplant for compressed air, a watertreatment facility, hot water, a cool-ing water system, fire water, utilitywater and nitrogen will be built.

We have already achieved four million safe man-hours and compliedwith the 16% Saudization Programme.The workforce is a mix of new employ-ees, mainly from Asian countries, andSaudis. Hence, it is a challenge to trainand familiarize them with our worksystem and attain better performance.The project completion is scheduled forthe end of February 2008 and, at pre-sent, we are ahead of schedule.

Abdur Rehman PatelProject Control Manager


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HAWIYAH NGL RECOVERY PLANT PROJECT

Train 2 - erection of steel structure

Substation NG1 - electrical and A/C duct work in progress

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This project is a joint venturebetween Saudi Industrial InvestmentGroup and Arabian Chevron PhillipsPetrochemicals Company Limited. Theproject is located in the heart of JubailIndustrial city, 8km away from JubailCity.

The scope of work includes a uniquepatented ethylene unit, the world’slargest single train ethyl benzene andstyrene monomer unit and varioussupporting utilities such as steam boil-ers, air compressors, waste treatmentfacilities and storage tanks. ShawStone and Webster is the licensor of theethylene unit and Lummus is the licen-sor of the ethyl benzene/styrenemonomer unit. Worley Parsons wasthe FEED contractor and is the PMTpartner with Arabian Chevron Phillips.JGC was chosen as the EPC contractor.JGC chose CCC to be the prime con-struction contractor. Completion isplanned for late 2007.

Products from the JCP Unit whencomplete include styrene, propyleneand motor fuel. Styrene is used for avariety of intermediate and consumerend uses, including: rubber, plastic,

insulation, fiberglass, pipes, automo-bile parts, food containers, and carpetbacking. Propylene is primarily usedfor polypropylene plastics, but hasother industrial chemical uses.

The Jubail Chevron Phillips Projectis the second opportunity for CCC toparticipate with the Chevron PhillipsGroup as we were also the contractorof choice for the first project, SaudiChevron Phillips. This first project wassuccessfully completed in July 1999,and provides the current CCC team thechallenge of meeting critical milestonesunder difficult market conditions forthe present project. As with all majorprojects of this nature, the integrationof all parties into a single project familywas the first priority and has been suc-cessfully achieved. The ChevronPhillips management has became animportant part of the CCC Project Fam-ily, working on a daily basis to insurethe safety, quality and progress withthe CCC Site Team.

Some interesting highlights of ourproject are reflected in the requiredquantities projected to be accom-plished for completion:

• 48,000 cubic metres of concrete• 6,500 mt of structural steel• 22,000 mt of equipment• approximately 1,000,000 inch diam-

eter of welding• 1,000 km of electrical and instru-

mentation cables• 12,000 loop checks• 14,000 square metres of fireproofing• 115,000 square metres of painting• 19,000 square metres of equipment

insulation and 81km of pipinginsulation.Overall construction progress is 35%

with first system handover and com-missioning of utilities starting from late2006. All super critical heavy lift wassuccessfully completed by the middleof May 2006. Concrete works are 75%complete, structural steel 19%, equip-ment 32%, piping 30% and electrical23% complete. The project require-ments are quite arduous and the entireproject team together with the supportfrom Area Office are putting in maxi-mum efforts to meet the required com-pletion dates in a tough current marketscenario.


THE JUBAIL CHEVRON

Cracking Furnace Equipment Piping Erection

Safety AwardsThe JCP project follows a well-

designed joint weekly and monthlysafety incentive programme which rec-ognizes individual employees, crewsand supervisors for safety, quality andperformance accomplishments.

The monthly incentive programmerecognizes the best supervisor with acrew of approximately 50 people onaggregated weekly safety assessmentappraised on housekeeping, PPE, fallprotection, excavations, scaffold, lifting

and mobile equipment, fire protectionand safe work plan categories alongwith a best safety suggestion for themonth. The assessment for the weeklyand monthly awards is made by theCCC and client management teams.

The award is SR100 in cash for eachsupervisor and his crew together witha certificate of achievement. Alongwith these awards, the best team canreceive special awards at the discretionof site managers. The incentive pro-gramme also has a special milestone

awards package for all staff issued onachieving 1, 5 and 10 million safe man-hours; a prize was presented to all theproject people by JCP site managementon achieving first million safe manhours.

The project has currently surpassed1.5 million man-hours and by the endof August 2006, will pass 2 million man-hours of “Zero Lost Time” accidents.


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PHILLIPS PROJECT

Social News (Sports and commu-nity activities)

The JCP project took further CCC’spolicy of providing excellent livingarrangements for its staff and man-power at the camp by setting up sportsand cultural meetings at the Abu-Hadriyah compound.

The model arena for sports has host-ed a number of challenging tourna-ments each season, notably, basketballand volleyball during last winter.Arrangements are in hand to hold acricket tournament and tennis tourna-ment at the end of summer. The cricketpitch will be powered by 44 highpower floodlights and trial lightingwas tested on August 6. The finaltouches to the permanent cricket facili-ty will be made to host a big inter-com-

munity tournament. A permanent tennis

court facility with flood-lights is being developed.In addition, the conversionof the court for volleyballtournaments will be startedsoon.

Constant encourage-ment and support aregiven by the project man-agement. Bruce Standiferhelps the sports manager,Sherfuddeen Sheikh, to organize theevents which enlighten the CCC camp.Indeed, there was a well-presentedevent with eight basketball teams andsix volleyball teams, backed by hun-dreds of supporters in each event. Thisevent served as a basis for routine cul-tural gatherings during league andfinal matches.

The finals and concluding ceremonywere organized at a grand level forboth tournaments, led personally bythe project management team support-ing the players, setting an ideal atmos-phere for an informal gathering withan audience of more than one thou-sand multi-national spectators encour-aging the players. The winners, run-ners-up and noted players were pre-

sented with gleaming trophies andprizes. In addition, all the organizerswere also encouraged with attractiveprizes. In order to be ready for thesesporting and cultural events the projectpersonnel maintain their fitness withdaily routine practice.

The JCP Project also takes credit forhosting an attention-grabbing manage-ment level volleyball match against theJGC management. This entertainingmatch was a good excuse for the pro-ject personnel to catch both the partieson a single platform. What turned outto be an exciting sporting event waswon by the CCC team.

Mohammed El ZeinProject Managerfrom left: JGC Site Manager, Y. Kato,

Moh’d Zein, Bruce Standifer, Sherfuddeen Sheikh

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On the last days of July 2005, Con-solidated Contractors (Saudi Arabia)and Sicon Oil & Gas (Italy) received theletter of award for a major and promi-nent EPC project in the Al Khafji areain the neutral zone between KSA andKuwait.

The primary project objective is toreduce the water content in crude oil. Itconsists mainly of the expansion of theexisting Al Khafji crude onshore pro-duction facilities including pre-settlingfacilities for incoming production fromoffshore. A new oil reclaiming systemwill be established along with a newcrude oil loading system that includesmetering facilities as well. Achievingthe performance requirement of thesefacilities also necessitates establishing anew switchgear house and the exten-sion of the current distributed processcontrol system (DPCS).

This is a very significant award forseveral reasons, amongst them:• This is the first project award from

a major client in KSA (Al KhafjiJoint Operations), a companyformed from ARAMCO Gulf Oper-ations (AGOC) and the KuwaitGulf Oil Company (KGOC);

• Although the consortium ofCCC/Sicon has successfully execut-ed several EPC projects previously,the scope of work for this project isthe first “non pipeline-related” EPCworks related to mechanical worksthat comprises design, detailedengineering, procurement, installa-

tion, field construction, commis-sioning and start-up;

• The project duration of 24 monthsfor the EPC works is quite chal-lenging, especially considering thetight market conditions for engi-neered equipment and materialsupply these days. The project exe-cution is measured with perfor-mance indicators referred to in thecontract as “Critical Milestone

Dates”. These milestone dates areutterly challenging, such as place-ment of loading pumps purchaseorder after 75 days from the con-tract effective date and calling ofthe 50% design review meetingafter 105 days from contract effec-tive date;

• The whole production of KJO goesthrough this facility thatCCC/Sicon will expand and modi-fy. Such a matter has imposed strictregulations and restrictions by KJOon the project execution;

• The design phase necessitates anincrease in Sicon project staff sig-nificantly for all disciplines, with

more emphasis on process andpiping. Accordingly, expansionof the Sicon offices wasmandatory to cope with theincrease of staff in additionto the KJO requirement toprovide office space inMilan for almost 20 KJOstaff members.

Although the effectivedate of the contract wasAugust 20, 2005 and the kickoff meeting in Al Khafji was

held on August 21, 2005, Sicon imme-diately appointed a dedicated projecttask force and commenced engineeringactivities working on the early designtasks. These are primarily related tofront end engineering design (FEED)review and material requisitions (MR’s)for all major and critical long lead engi-neered equipment.

At the same time, a competent teamwas assigned to recruit the staff mem-bers required for the detailed engi-neering. KJO mobilization to Siconoffices commenced in September 2006.KJO has assigned Penspen to be theirproject manager consultant for thisproject, and gradually the KJO teamwas built up until it reached almost 20staff members of project management,discipline engineers, project engineersand specialists. CCC started mobiliza-tion at two locations; an Out of King-dom (OOK) team at Sicon offices pri-marily management and controls staffto deal with KJO management, Siconand the OOK contract requirements.

Concurrently, CCC started mobiliza-tion on site, which “in theory” wasaway from CCC conventional worklocations in KSA, building the infra-structure necessary for execution offield engineering activities and later onconstruction, at the same time teamingup the project management required todeal with the In Kingdom (IK) contractrequirements.

The FEED review report completedby Sicon in November 2005 highlightedseveral discrepancies in assumptions,measurements and calculations per-


EXPANSION OF AL KHAFJI CRUDE

New successful negotiations withyet another major client in KSAwhich culminated in the latest

award of the prestigious FDP (FieldDevelopment Project) to CCC.

Presettling Facility Khafji Beach

formed during the conceptual designphase with the physical status of thefacilities and/or with the applicablestandards. Such a state of affairs neces-sitated extended works from the engi-neering staff to redevelop FEED to beused later as basis for detailed design.Among these findings, as an example,there was a necessity as a result of con-gestion of exiting pipe sleepers to con-struct a full-elevated pipe rack alongthe facilities to be utilized for the pip-ing, electrical and instrumentationinstallations. This was in total contra-diction to what was provided in theFEED drawings. A 50% design reviewmeeting was conducted successfully inApril 2006 with the participation of asignificant number of specialized engi-neers from the different departmentsof KJO. A HAZOP review meeting wascompleted after the 50% design reviewmeeting and its findings and recom-mendations were incorporated in thedesign works. 3-D model simulationwas almost 60% completed by midAugust. Design works are expected tobe substantially completed by Decem-ber 2006.

All major procurement packageshave been placed including pre-set-tling facilities, loading facilities, meter-ing stations, switchgear facilities,reclaiming system and water treatmentfacilities. It is expected that all purchaseorders including bulk material will beplaced during August 2006. The lastdelivery is expected to be during April2007.

At the home office in Milancontract requirements, servicesand facilities were all complet-ed on time, including theestablishment of the documentcontrol centre. The documentcontrol setup used Visual Byb-los (VBC) as its infrastructurebackbone. Currently the pro-ject communications withinthe home office and remotelywith site office benefits from

the electronic controlled distribution ofproject documentations and deliver-ables.

All temporary facilities have beencompleted on site including storage,fabrication, pre-casting and paintingyards. Construction works commencedin late April 2006 with demolition of adiesel tank and several cable and pip-ing reroutings. Site civil preparationworks commenced in July 2006.

One of the interesting features ofthe project is that KJO has initiated avariation to CCC/Sicon for the tie-in ofthe production facilities with theirfuture prestigious Field DevelopmentProject (FDP). At the time of finaliza-

tion of this variation which was rushedby KJO, the date to perform this tie-inwas not known since the FDP contractwas not awarded yet. Lately, this pro-ject has been awarded to CCC and thetie-in works interface will be carriedout between the CCC/Sicon teamworking on the project and the CCC(EPSO) team working on the FDP Pro-ject.

The CCC/Sicon team built up friend-ship and partnership with the KJOteam before they initiated any officialor business relationship. The one-teamconcept has prevailed throughout thedifferent locations of the project andduring its different phases. This will

definitely lead to a thriving con-clusion for this unprecedentedmajor mechanical EPC project.With these two major awardsfor CCC with KJO, a new chap-ter of successful dealings in KSAhas been initiated, and CCC’scommitment to their success isyet again uncompromised.

Yasser KaddouraSnr. Coordinator


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Downtown Khafji

Site office facility

ONSHORE PRODUCTION FACILITIES PROJECT

AREA NEWS

It all started four years ago when, atthe end of the last day of a LessonsLearned Meeting in Beirut, SamerKhoury asked all the attendees if theyhad any new thoughts and ideas tointroduce to CCC.

(Only a few days earlier, somefriends had told me about the CantonFair, which they referred to as thelargest exhibition in the world, held inthe city of Guangzhou.)

I suggested the exploration of theChinese market since most of the con-sumables we pur-chased were madein China. Formany of the par-ticipants, this wastaken as an off-the-cuff comment,but for those witha more daring andadventurous spir-it, it had potentialfor opening newfrontiers.

Early in themorning of myfirst day back inthe office, Ireceived a phonecall from SamerKhoury who gotstraight to thepoint and asked:

“What do youknow aboutChina?”

My answer wasshort: “I knownothing except what I have heardabout the Canton Fair”.

I was thereupon instructed to travelto the fair, see what opportunities exist-ed for CCC and report back.

CCC’s venture into the Chinesemarket commenced in October 2002and by the end of 2003 only one singleorder from China was placed. Thebeginning was very slow and we faceda few bad experiences with our firstorders due to receiving material inferi-

or to that approved and ordered, goodsdamaged in transit and so on. We con-tinued testing the seriousness of themany suppliers and factories untilfinally, by the end of 2004, we estab-lished enough records on suppliersand factories to enable us to go intoglobal agreements with them.

By the year 2005, Samer realized twomajor facts: one, that a permanentpresence in China was required and,two, that we should look for new items(besides consumables) that CCC need-

ed for its operation. So I was instruct-ed to travel with George Dabbas toShanghai which had been selected fora representative office. It was felt thatthis city was the door to the industrialheart of the Chinese market.

In September 2005 the registrationformalities for the office were complet-ed. We recruited two permanent Chi-nese members of staff. (Later on wehired an Arab member who is knowl-edgeable in the Chinese language.) We

opened up the CCC Shanghai Repre-sentative Office and got the ball rolling.

The immediate short term resultsshow that, during the year 2006, wehave been averaging, until end April, amonthly procurement directly fromChina of over US$ 1 million, with anaverage saving of 30-35% against pre-vailing prices elsewhere.

Another advantage we noticed wasthe short delivery times of mainly theequipment which we have just startedventuring into, which is the result of

the unlimitedcapacity of Chi-nese factories. Allfactories workthree shifts ofeight hours each,thus increasingproductivity anddecreasing thecost of their prod-ucts.

In conclusion,please note thatmajor interna-tional companiessuch as ABB,Bosch, Siemens,Vo l k s w a g e n ,Audi, Dewalt andMetabo are allnow producing inChina. Demaghas bought sharesin a crane factory,Liebherr is in jointventure for fiveyears with anoth-

er crane factory and the list goes on ...Other large construction companies,such as Fluor, Vinci and Chiyoda arethere. (Chiyoda confirmed to us thatthey are doing lots of their procure-ment in China.)

I do hope that all CCC projects willstart utilizing the Shanghai office andwill take advantage of the Chinesemarket as much as they can.

Maroun Lebbos


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JORDAN Gulf in Jordan Exhibition

CCC participated inthe “Gulf in Jordan”Exhibition which washeld on May 9-11, 2006at the Grand HyattHotel in Amman.

The exhibition’s mainobjective was toenhance the presence inJordan of investors fromthe Gulf area. The aimwas to create a flourish-ing communicationsnetwork to encourageinvestment in develop-ment projects in Jordan,especially in the AqabaSpecial Zone. This area has a very highpotential for private investment in pro-jects and other economic ventures.

Representatives from local andinternational companies visited theCCC stand and were briefed by theundersigned on the structure of thegroup and its operations around theworld.

Amer Smadi

The second week of June 2006 sawan exciting chess tournament takeplace at the Dubai Mall Project. Thisevent was very well organized andattended and all in all helped toimprove the family spirit at the project:see the photos!

Yehia Shihabi

U.A.E. Dubai Mall Chess Tournament

Muallem Dr. Said Khoury

In recognition of Mr. Said TawficKhoury’s extraordinary accomplish-ments in the construction andgeneral contracting industry,and for having lead CCC to itsposition among the giants ofinternational constructionand contracting, the Board ofTrustees of the American Uni-versity of Beirut awarded Mr.Khoury an honorary doctor-ate in Human letters on June24, 2006.

A special ceremony washeld in Assembly Hall on thecampus of AUB where Mr.Khoury was awarded thehonorary degree along withfour other recipients, namelyMr. Nasser Al-Kharafi, Chair-man, Kharafi Group, Kuwait, Mr.Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspon-dent, The Independent of London, Ms.Zaha Hadid, Architect, and Mr.Mohammad Yunus, Managing Direc-tor, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh.

During the ceremony, Dr. JohnWaterbury, president of the AUB, intro-duced Mr. Khoury to theguests as the indefatigableand vigorous president ofConsolidated ContractorsInternational Company(CCC), one of the most suc-cessful corporations in theworld. Over 80, Mr. Khoury isstill active in the daily work ofthe company, shuttling easilyamong offices in Athens,Beirut, and London, andengaging directly in a numberof Arab issues. After Dr.Waterbury’s moving words,Mr. Khoury took the opportu-nity to make a touchingspeech in which he highlighted the val-ues of AUB as “a beacon of enlighten-ment enshrining the values of integrity,honesty, courage, tolerance and perse-

verance”. He then spoke about hisexperience in CCC and about his recentconviction in delegating his powers tohis children.

Mr. Khoury expressed his sadnessand bitterness about the unfair condi-tions of the Palestinian people. Hefinally urged the United States toreturn to the values and freedoms laydown by its founding fathers, and initi-ate a real peace process in the MiddleEast.

After the ceremony, Dr. Waterburyhosted a lunch at Marquand House inhonor of the recipients, their spouses,and guests.

At night, Mr. Yusuf Kan’an, AreaGeneral Manager - Lebanon, and hisspouse, hosted a dinner at SursockPalace Gardens – Beirut in honor of

Muallem Dr. Said Khoury andMrs. Khoury. Many CCC col-legues, relatives and friendstook part of this elegant andmarvelous dinner.

Before the opening of thebuffet, Mr. Kan’an welcomedall the guests, and then con-gratulated Muallem Said forhis recuperation from therecent operation he under-took and for his receipt of theHonorary Doctorate.

Muallem Said thanked Mr.and Mrs. Kan’an for the love-ly surprise and thanked allthe guests for their presenceand asked everybody to keep

calling him Muallem Said, and not Dr.Said.

In a pleasant and childlike response,we all called him “Muallem Dr. SaidKhoury”.

Emile B. Tabet

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LEBANON Muallem Dr. Said Khoury

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In Aid of Lebanon

During the Israeliassault on Lebanon in Julyand August 2006, the RaficHariri International Airport– RHIA in Beirut was bom-barded by numerous rocketsfrom air and sea causing sub-stantial damages to the run-ways as well as the adjacent jetfuel farm supplying the air-crafts.

The Israeli military airplanesand warship have systematicallytargeted the runways and taxi-ways – causing twenty six hugeholes as shown in the aerial photoof the Airport –which renderedthem non operational for landingand take off.

As for the three jet fuel tanks (6Million Liters each), two of them (R1& R2) were heavily damaged, and thethird (R3) was completely burnt anddestroyed.

CCC, being the Lebanese companywhich built the new airport and havinga long history of benevolent contribu-tions in Lebanon and elsewhere, decid-ed to step in. Through a generous deci-sion by our Chairman and President,CCC undertook to pay for the repair-ing works of all the damaged runwaysand taxiways, and the twofuel tanks R1 and R2.

In response to CCC’sapplication for donation,the Lebanese Govern-ment issued a decree (asattached) accepting withgratitude the generouscontribution of CCC.Meanwhile, CCC’s man-agement in Beirut wasclosely working on thesubject and its relatedduties and details.Numerous meetings withspecialized local contrac-tors assigned by the Direc-torate General of CivilAviation (DGCA) were

hence held to agree on the scope ofwork as well as the legal and finan-cial aspects of each specific contract.

It is worth mentioning the levelof cooperation between CCC andall parties concerned, including thedifferent contractors, the consul-tant (Dar El Handasah), DGCAand the chartered QS D.G.Jonesappointed by CCC, which result-ed in successfully completingthe repair works on the run-ways and taxiways in a recordtime while accomplishing thehighest levels of quality. Thisenabled the airport to resumeits full operation two weeksafter the stoppage of theassault.

CCC is very proud tohave contributed to thereconstruction of the air-port, and in helpingLebanon overcome onceagain the war devasta-tion and continue its

story of success.

Yusuf A. Kan’an

AREA NEWS


KUWAIT Major Power Cable Project

SWAZILAND Donation to HIV/AIDS Foundation

The Group Substation Division(Kuwait) is very pleased and proud toannounce the award of one of thebiggest 132KV power cable projects tous in Kuwait.

The client is TAIHAN ELECTRICCO. of South Korea. The company isalready very active in the United ArabEmirates and other Gulf countriesbut it is their first venture inKuwait for a major power cablenetwork project.

The project involves supplyingand laying 100kms of 132KV XLPEcable along with fiber optic cable.CCC’s scope of work is completecivil, cable laying, route survey,design works, earthing works andso on. The total value of the projectis approximately US$ 3m and weexpect to get some extra packages.The mobilization including the routesurvey has to be started immediately.

This project is a new type of cablework in Kuwait and different from the

old system of oil-filled cable. TAIAHNbeing a new company in Kuwait andsince the value of the project was com-parably much higher than other similarprojects, there was a lot of competitionfrom other local companies to get thisproject. We approached the local man-agement and even the top manage-

ment and made them fully aware ofour capabilities and the strengths ofour service.

The preparation work to win this pro-ject did not start after Taihan won thisproject from the client (the Ministry ofEnergy). Instead, we started approach-ing this cable company when the ten-der was floated by the client andnobody in the market was taking thisnew company seriously. We started to

build our relationship with themand provided with them supportand confidence to trust us anddeal with us in the future. Thestrategy paid back in full. Not onlythat, the very good reputation ofthe Substation Division in Kuwaitencouraged Taihan to take a deci-sion in our favour.

The picture was taken duringthe contract signing ceremonybetween Hasan Sadek andH.K.Kang of Taihan in June 2006.

Navdeep Singh Gulati

The Swazi Observer of May 23, 2006ran an article on this event. Here aresome excerpts:

The Grinaker LTA/CCC Joint Ven-ture, which is currently working on theMR5 MR6 northern main road in

Swaziland, yesterday donated Emalan-geni 30,000 (US$ 5,000) to the NationalEmergency Response Council on HIVand AIDS (NERCHA).

Speaking during the donation cere-mony, Don Ismay, Administration

Manager, on behalf of GeorgeChammas, Project Manager, saidthe company recognized thatAIDS was a pandemic thataffects society at all levels withcomplex social and economicimplications

“We have full trust in NER-CHA to use this donationtowards a programme that willbenefit the community and theYoung Heroes Programme givesconfidence to us that this dona-

tion will be used in a proper and pro-fessional way”, added Ismay.

(The Young Heroes Programme:employees identify and enroll orphanfamilies throughout Swaziland. Theyprovide the family caretaker - usually agrandmother, the eldest child or atrusted relative, neighbour or commu-nity member - with an identificationcard. This card is used to collect thefunds raised for the family each monthat the nearest post office.)

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AREA NEWS

SAUDI ARABIA Project Monthly Gathering

AZERBAIJAN First Oil Celebrations in Turkey

QATAR Musical Event

At Hawiyah NGL Recovery PlantProject, in the CCC Camp VIP room, adinner was held on August 21, 2006.This dinner marked the first gatheringof all the contractors (including SaudiAramco) working on this project. It isplanned to hold such a meeting on amonthly basis.

Ramez ChouhaiberProject Manager

from left to right: Abdur Rehman Patel (Project Control Manager), Adel Hamed (Site Construc-tion Manager), Hassan Mansour (Saudi Aramco Project Manager), Ramez Chouhaiber

On July 12 ,2006 I had the honourof being invited by His Excellency thePresident of Turkey, Ahmet Sezer, toattend a dinner at the Chirgan Palace,on the shores of the Bosphoros, inIstanbul Turkey, for the occasion of theFirst Oil Celebration of the Baku-Tbil-isi-Ceyhan Pipeline.

Their Excellencies, Ilham Aliyev,The President of Azerbaijan, MikhaelSaakashvili, The President of Georgia,Rajab Erdugan, the Prime Minster ofTurkey, ministers from several

countries, dignitaries and senior exec-utives from international oil and gascompanies, attended the dinner.

On July 13,. Rashid Shuhaiber

joined me in Istanbul and we bothwent to the southeast of Turkey toattend the celebrations at the CeyhanTerminal in Turkey, which was alsoattended by Their Excellencies andother dignitaries.

Although my mind was distractedwith the war that had just started inLebanon, I was very proud to repre-sent CCC at these special events.

Juan BoulosRashid Shuhaiber and Juan Boulos at the

Ceyhan Terminal in Turkey

Being part of CCC management’scontinued efforts to participate andmotivate employees’ morale, CCCsponsored a Grand Musical Event onJuly 13, 2006 named ‘CCC Employees’Day’.

The event was organized by CCCMalayalee Smajan, an employee orga-nization of volunteers under thepatronship of M. Khaled Sobh. Thevenue was RLX new camp area at RasLaffan.

The event was attended by ambas-sadors and senior diplomats fromIndia, Pakistan, the Philippines,Nepal and Thailand as well as RasLaffan Industrial City, Qatargas, Ras-Gas, CMS&A, CTJV and CCC higher

management representatives.The Indian Ambassador, H.E. Dr.

George Joseph, inaugurated the func-tion. The Philippine Ambassador, H.E.Isaias F. Begonia, the Nepal Charged’Affaires, Rajinder Pandey, the FirstSecretary of the Thai embassy, KaroonLirdluckanawong and Pakistani

embassy’s Labour Welfare Official,Mohamed Hashim, addressed theaudience with their congratulations.

Also, RLIC Security chief, Leon DuPlooy, QatarGas Deputy Project Man-ager, Franicous Miquel, RasGas SiteManager, Jeffrey Stevens, CT JV SiteManager, Wataru Shimono andCMS&A Site Manager, KatsukiNinomiya congratulated the audi-ence.

The well known Indian playbacksinger Ms. Reemi Tomi and dancersenthralled the audience of more than20,000 from CCC camps and othercamp inmates living in the vicinity ofthe venue.

Prakash S. Jaya

Allergies are an immune system reac-tion to a typically harmless substance.Your immune system is always workingto fight off parasites, fungi, viruses andbacteria. However, sometimes yourimmune system will treat a harmlesssubstance (called an allergen) as anunwanted invader and try to fight it.This overreaction of the body’s immunesystem to a typically harmless substanceis called an allergic reaction.

Your immune system is an incrediblyactive and efficient defense mechanism,but not a perfect one. That is why we allget colds and many people develop dis-eases. Both an outside invader and thebody making a mistake cause allergicreactions. When a generally harmlesssubstance such as pollen enters yourbody, your immune system may mistak-enly treat it like a harmful invader. Howyour body reacts next determines thesymptoms you feel.

Allergies are called different namesaccording to where they occur in thebody. Here are some common types:1- Allergic rhinitis: Affects your eyes,

nose, and sinuses. Also known ashay fever.

2- Allergic dermatitis: Affects your skinwith an itchy rash. Also known ascontact dermatitis.

3- Asthma: Affects your lungs, withshortness of breath or wheezing.

4- Food allergies: Affects the stomachand other internal organs; may alsocause whole-body symptoms.

5- Urticaria : Affects your skin withhives.

Common Allergens Almost anything can be an allergen to

someone. However, some substances arevery common allergens.

Pollen and mold: About a quarter ofall allergy patients are those geneticallypredisposed to allergic reactions fromairborne pollen and mold.

Dust mites: The droppings of thesetiny spider-like creatures, found in theair, bed sheets, pillows, and furniture,are the next most common allergen.

Pet allergens: 15 to 30 percent of peo-ple with allergies are sensitive to pro-teins in pet dander (dead skin), saliva or

urine. People with dog allergies may besensitive to all dogs, or certain breeds.People with cat allergies are generallysensitive to all cats, and cat allergies areabout twice as common as allergies todogs.

Food allergies: Sensitivities to certainfoods affect 3 to 8 percent of childrenand 1 to 2 percent of adults. Eight foodscause 90 percent of food allergy reac-

tions: milk, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts,tree nuts, fish and shellfish. A few foodpreservatives also cause many allergicreactions: monosodium glutamate(found in many Asian foods, bouilloncubes and other preserved meat prod-ucts) and metabisulfites (found in wines,particularly red wines).

Insect stings: About twenty four mil-lion people are prone to life-threateningallergic reactions when stung by bees,wasps, fire ants and the like. Their toxinscan cause severe reactions ranging fromhives, wheezing, itching, a swollentongue or even cardiac arrest.

Cockroach sensitivity: Anywhere from 23 to 60 percent of

urban asthma sufferers are affected bythe cockroach allergen. If a cockroachcrawls over something you later touchor eat, or their droppings become air-borne you can ingest or breathe in theirallergen, causing a reaction.

It is important to know that allergiesare not just a bother during pollen sea-son, but they are debilitating and chron-ic disorders which can have long-termeffects on your health, your pocketbookand your happiness. Allergies should betaken seriously, and the first step islearning more about them.

Why Do Certain People Have Aller-gies?

Allergies have a strong genetic com-ponent. If you are allergic to a substance,chances are one in three that your childwill also develop an allergy (althoughnot necessarily to the same allergen),according to the Asthma and AllergyFoundation of America. If both parentshave allergies, the child has a 70%chance of developing allergies. Whatyou are allergic to depends on your owngenetic makeup, as well as your expo-sure. It also depends on your age – thepeak age for developing an allergyseems to be about age 19.

Allergy Symptoms:Symptoms of a food allergy usually

occur within minutes after ingesting thefood allergen, although some may notoccur for several hours .The symptomsmay be isolated only to areas around themouth, lips and digestive tract, or theymay involve other areas of the body.Symptoms may be mild in the form ofitching, tingling or swelling of the lips,mouth, tongue or throat, difficulty inswallowing, nausea and vomiting,abdominal cramps and diarrhea, orsevere such as difficulty breathing,dizziness sweating rapid increase inheart rate, extreme facial swelling anditching, anaphylaxis.

Anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe, andpotentially fatal allergic reaction withsymptoms that affect various areas ofthe body. Symptoms usually appearvery quickly after exposure to the aller-gen and can include intense itching allover the body, total body swelling, respi-ratory distress and can even lead toshock that is life threatening. Immediatemedical attention is required. Anaphy-laxis is most frequently caused by food,drug, or insect sting allergies. Symptomsinclude: Flushing of the skin, tingling oritching around the body, swelling of themouth and throat area, difficulty swal-lowing and breathing, tightness of thechest, confusion, agitation, lightheaded-ness, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomit-ing, diarrhea and irregular heartbeat. Inthe most severe cases the sufferer can gointo shock. Swelling of the bronchial tis-

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Allergies

sues in the lungs can cause a person tochoke and lose consciousness. In suchcases of anaphylactic shock it is impera-tive that treatment be administeredimmediately. Without prompt attentionanaphylactic shock can be fatal.

Respiratory Allergies: Symptoms ofa respiratory allergy usually occur with-in the first few hours after exposure andare generally triggered by airborne aller-gens such as plant pollens, animal dan-der, dust mites, and mold spores.

Symptoms vary from mild in theform of sneezing, coughing or wheez-ing, itchy nose and throat, impairedsense of smell, watery, itchy, red, orswollen eyes, to severe in the form ofshortness of breath, difficulty breathingand chest tightness and pain.

Contact Allergies: Symptoms of acontact allergy usually occur within 30minutes after exposure to the allergen,although it may take up to several hoursfor them to appear. Common contactallergens include poison oak and poisonivy, latex, rubber, nickel. Preservatives,dyes, medications, fragrances, and cos-metics such as hair dye and perfume.Nickel, a metal very commonly used injewelry, buttons, hairpins, metal clips,zippers and snaps, is the source of muchmisery for those allergic to it. Exposureto the sun can also cause allergic reac-tions. Symptoms vary from mild in theform of an itchy or bumpy rash, rednessand swelling of the skin, hive, fluid-filled bumps on skin and eczema tosevere in the form of anaphylaxis.

Insect Sting Allergies: Symptoms ofan insect sting allergy occur within thefirst 15 to 30 minutes after the sting,although symptoms may take up to sev-eral hours to appear. Insect venoms thatmost commonly cause allergic reactionsare from bees, wasps, hornets, yellowjackets and fine ants. Symptoms vary

from mild in the form of pain, itchingand swelling at the site of the sting orsometimes over a larger area such as theentire hand or forearm, fever, nausea orfatigue, tightness in the chest and diffi-culty breathing, and swelling of thetongue to severe in the form of anaphy-laxis.

It is important to note that manyallergies share symptoms with other dis-eases and conditions. These similaritiescan make it difficult to determine theactual cause of your symptoms and theappropriate treatment. Make sure youvisit your doctor or allergist to deter-mine if your symptoms have beencaused by an allergen or if there issomething else causing your condition.Do not attempt to treat any conditionuntil you know exactly what it is. Treat-ing the wrong problem may worsen thesituation or cause more serious prob-lems. Proper diagnosis is essential.

Asthma is a common disease, affect-ing approximately 5% of the population.Men and women appear to be equally

affected. Each year, approximately470,000 hospital admissions and 5000deaths in the USA are attributed to asth-ma. The symptoms range from therunny nose and itchy eyes of hay feverto the wheezing and shortness of breathassociated with asthma.

Asthma attacks are provoked by envi-ronmental factors. Generally harmlesssubstances such as dust, pollen, peanutsor cold air become “triggers” to the sen-sitized immune systems of people withallergies or to the inflamed airways ofthose who endure asthma. The first stepin controlling your condition is to findout which triggers provoke an attack.Keeping an allergy/asthma diary may

help you isolate suspected triggers. Ifyou are not able to identify the triggerson your own, skin tests are an accurateand inexpensive method to do so. Whilethe number of potential triggers is asvaried and numerous as the people whomight suffer them, there are severalcommon ones that can be listed.

Indoor Triggers: Dust, dust mites,mold. Pet dander, colds and flu, tobaccosmoke, wood burning smoke, perfume,paint fumes, aerosol sprays, foods, med-ications, and cockroach debris.

Outdoor Triggers: Cold airs, exercise,pollen, insect stings, exhaust fumes andpollution.

Once you have defined the offendingtriggers it will be easier to start a pro-gram to control your symptoms. Totalavoidance of triggers isn’t often possible,but minimizing them can make a signif-icant difference in the quality of yourlife.

A treatment known as immunothera-py (allergy shots) could be helpful toyou if your triggers are insect stings orinhaled allergens such as pollens, molds,house dust and dander. Given over aterm of 2 to 5 years, allergy shotsincrease your tolerance to the offendingtriggers and could provide you withlong-term relief. Untreated allergies canlead to serious respiratory illnesses suchas sinusitis or asthma and if your aller-gies are severe you could experience thelife threatening allergic reaction knownas anaphylaxis. Mismanaged asthma notonly prevents you from leading a fulland active life but can also be life threat-ening. A selection of medicines are avail-able to help minimize allergic reactionsand to decrease the intensity and fre-quency of asthma attacks. Because of thepossible side effects of any drugs andthe complex nature of asthma medica-tions, it is advisable to work with yourdoctor to design the regimen that isright for you. With attention and dili-gence you can minimize or even elimi-nate your symptoms and lead a full andactive life.

Dr. Victor Karam

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MILESTONES

ENGAGEMENTS AND MARRIAGES

Best wishes to Shaik Altaf Abdul Salam (ROP Project,Saudi Arabia) and Farheen who got married in Hyderabad,India in March this year.

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Victor Lobo (CCW4 Project, Qatar) got married toAnitha on April 27, 2006. The ceremony took place in hishometown of Somwarpet, Karnataka in India, attended bymany friends and family members.

* * * * * * *The marriage of Amjad Modak (Area Office, Equatorial

Guinea) to Sabiha took place in his home town MahkzanRatnagiri (India) on May 21, 2006 in the presence of all theirrelatives and friends.

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Pierre Esper (LSDP Bahrain) and Patricia Deeb gotmarried on June 24, 2006 at the St. Jean Marc Cathedral in

Byblos, Lebanon. The ceremony was attended by friends andfamily members and the couple had a wonderful honeymoonin Lebanon and Turkey.

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On June 25, 2006, Joseph C. Kunjilona (SPII, Oman) mar-ried Siji in his home town, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

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Our Omani colleague, Sultan Saif Hassan Al Hamdi(Buraimi Road Project, Oman) got married on July 6, 2006 inSohar, Sultanate of Oman.

* * * * * * *Sadik Gafoor (LSDP Project, Bahrain) got married to

Fazila Matwandar on May 7, 2006. in Dabhol, Tal-Mahad,India.

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Their first baby girl, named Zaharah Farheen, was bornto Mudassir Khan (IIR/ISR Project, Oman) and wife, Muskan,on June 7, 2006. This event happened in Aurangabad,Maharahstra, India and all the family is very happy.

* * * * * * *June 15, 2006 saw the arrival of Hannah Elizabeth Math-

ew in Dubai. She is the first baby daughter born to ShaijuMathew (CTP, Dubai) and wife Sonu.

* * * * * * *Violeta Michelle Cunanan (EPSO, Abu Dhabi) and hus-

band, Leo, are delighted to announce the birth of their beau-tiful baby girl, named Leilac Margarette, on May 29, 2006 inAbu Dhabi.

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A second baby girl named Aishvita was born to D.Mohanraj (CCW4 Project, Qatar) and his wife Girija on June12, 2006. This happy event took place in Chennai (India) tothe delight of Granny, Grandpa and all the family.

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Born to Mohammed Abdul Wassem (SPII Project, Oman)and his wife Aijaz Fatima, a son, Aamir Ahmed on June 13,2006 at Sohar, Oman. All the family and his little sister arevery happy with the new arrival.

* * * * * * *Anil Kumar (RNGL Project, Abu Dhabi) and Deepthi Anil

Kumar proudly announce the birth of their second baby boy,Abhideep. He was born on June 30, 2006 in the couple’shometown, Mel-Vettoor, Kerala, India.

* * * * * * *Kafeel Ansari (RGX Project, Qatar) and his wife Vinish

proudly announce the arrival of a lovely baby girl calledNaveera. She born on July 14, 2006 in Jaunpur, India.

* * * * * * *Imran Rashid Cheema (Leaderman Plant) at PMV Central

Workshop Dammam, Saudi Arabia and his wife Asma haveimmense pleasure in announcing the birth of their first babyboy Nouman on July 30, 2006 in Gujranwala, Pakistan.

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BIRTHS

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MILESTONES

I left the construction arena to a younger generation onJuly 21, 2006 after an association of thirty-three years, fivemonths and eleven days. I joined CCC on February 10, 1973when CCC was in joint venture with Wescon of Holland fortheir first mechanical project.

I grew with the company from insignificance to a personwho was very much trusted to fulfill his duties successfully. I

had the opportunity to work in Kuwait, SaudiArabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the United ArabEmirates, Qatar, both the Yemens and paid visitsto the United Kingdom. Coincidentally, I startedin Saudi Arabia (the LPG Project, Rastanura) andretired from Saudi Arabia (the KPF Project, Khur-saniyah).

Please see the pictures of the farewell partywhich was held in my honour.

Saif TariqEx-Senior Materials Engineer

Leaving the Construction Arena to the Young

CORRECTIONOOPS!! Wrong doctor! Due to an editing mistake, the

Malaria article published in the last issue was incorrectlyattributed. The article credit goes solely to Dr. Victor Karam.

The Bulletin editors regret the mistake and hereby set therecord straight.

Mahmoud Brash (KGP, Saudi Arabia) and wife Manal arepleased to announce the birth of their third baby, Yousef. Hearrived on August 19, 2006 in Amman and his sister andbrother are so happy.

* * * * * * *A baby boy named Rakan was born on August 27, 2006 in

Abu Dhabi. His proud parents are Rami El Jamal (Area Ser-vices and Administration, Abu Dhabi) and Hazar Al Rashid.Elder brother Ziad is very happy about the arrival of his littlebrother.

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Zaneera Mahmoud, wife of Mahmoud Kalathil (ACWA,Dubai) gave birth to their first baby girl on June 11, 2006. Babyis called Zeha Fathima and was born in Thalassery, KeralaIndia.

* * * * * * *Ziad Khalaf (MOA) and wife Esmat are pleased to

announce the birth of a baby boy, Eyad. He was born inCairo on May 9, 2006.

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Lena and George Haddad (MOA) are happy to announcethe birth of their third child. His name is Fouad. and he wasborn on May 5, 2006.

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RETIREMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS! 1,000 MABRUK!! TO EVERYONE


FAMILY DAY

This year’s Family Day was our first eversince we joined the company and we werehappy to be part of the organizing team.Everything turned out to be great. Goodweather, a wisely chosen venue with amplespace, music and dancing, well organizedsports activities with participants of all ages,and so much more.

Most importantly, what will be rememberedis that those that are so dear to us, the children,played enthusiastically and had an enjoyabletime.

George LeouActivities Team-Sports

The Family Day was a fantastic expe-rience where most employees gath-ered and had lots of fun. The atmos-phere really felt like being in a family.

The day was full of activities espe-cially for the kids. The only bad thingabout it is that I didn’t win any prizemyself!

Who cares about the Caribbean? Iam going to Palestine this summer.

Ala JabrActivities Team-Sports

A lively dance perfor-mance was given by theCCC Latin/Greek DanceGroup, including teach-ers Pelagia Kalyva andNadia Hussein.

A big “Thank You” to our Sponsors:

Astir Palace, VouliagmenisArt DecoAktina Quality Travel ServicesKioupia RestaurantFiorissimo FlowersHilton Hotel, AthensNargile Cafe RestaurantMid East TravelExpression Dance StudioAuto Club Car RentalKoursaros RestaurantAthenaeum Intercontinental Gulf AirPepsiAlkistis Hotel (Portaria)Grand ChaletTheoxenia Palace HotelAthens Medical CentreKastellorizo RestaurantTIM

The Managing Office Athens Family Day was held on Sunday,June 11, 2006 at Doukas School.

A good time was had by all! See the photos!


FAMILY DAY

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FEATURE - SAUDI ARABIAFrom the AGM - Mazen Qaddoura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Introduction - Nabil Hamdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Training Centre - Adnan Kaissi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9KGP - The Future - Nabil Wali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Khursaniyah, the Community - Nabil Wali . . . . . 11Khursaniyah Producing Facilities -

Hassan Moghrabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12ROPP - Omar Abdul Qader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14IWSPP - Talal Haider Said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16HNRP Project - Abdur Rehman Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . 17JCP - Mohammed El Zein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Al Khafji - Yasser Kaddoura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

AREA NEWSVenture into China - Maroun Lebbos . . . . . . . . . . . 22Gulf in Jordan Exhibition - Amer Smadi . . . . . . . . 23Chess Tournament in Dubai - Yehia Shihabi . . . . . 23Muallem Dr. Said Khoury - Emile B. Tabet . . . . . 24In Aid of Lebanon - Yusuf A. Kan’an . . . . . . . . . . . 25Cable Project, Kuwait - Navdeep S. Gulati . . . . . . . 26Donation, Swaziland - Bulletin Staff . . . . . . . . . . . 26Gathering at Hawiya - Ramez Chouhaiber . . . . . . . 27First Oil Celebration, Turkey - Juan Boulos . . . . . . 27Musical Event in Qatar - Ghassan Ouaijan . . . . . . . 27

HEALTH, SAFETY & THE ENVIRONMENTAllergies - Dr. Victor Karam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MILESTONESAnnouncements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

FAMILY DAYMOA Family Day in June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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