Geospatial Systems Integration Capabilities

Geospatial Systems IntegrationCapabilitiesSolutions for Smarter Cities

PLATINUM PARTNERThe FIRST AND ONLY Esri

in the Middle East and Africa Region

We Are Committedto Excellence We push the limits to achieve excellence in our business, technical, operational andadministrative endeavors, and pride ourselves in bringing outstanding results toeverything we do.

Khatib & Alami (K&A) is an international, diverse, and multidisciplinary consultingfirm bringing together around 6,000 designers, engineers, GIS experts, IT experts,technicians, and administrative staff with long decades of experience working at theforefront of one of the fastest changing urban landscape in the world.

Our scope of services ranges from Design, Engineering, Construction Supervision,and Project Management to Procurement-based Support Services. In addition, weare pioneers in providing Geospatial Systems Integration (GSI) solutions and services.

K&A continuously improves its worldwide rating among the top architectural andengineering consulting firms, pioneers state-of-the art technological solutions,and provides the best professional service value regardless of project size. We havethe depth of technical expertise and a wide understanding of complex projectdelivery methods.

With more than 30 years of experience in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)and Systems Integration, the Geospatial Systems Integration (GSI) Division operateswith an inspiring slogan:

“Integrated Solutions...The Smarter Way”.

Our mission is to continuously strive to provide smarter solutions which addressbusiness challenges and that meet or exceed customers’ expectations while ensuringsustainability and growth.

Over the past decades, we have successfully completed more than 300 challengingprojects in 40 cities in the Middle East, the Gulf and Africa.

We provide a broad spectrum of geospatial services and integrated solutions coveringa wide range of vertical markets and industries where we have gained vast experienceand understanding of different industry solutions. On many occasions, our customerswon international awards and recognition for their implementations.

Over the years, our solutions have enveloped to accompany the new trends andtechnologies. We provide integrated GIS based smart cities and IoT solutions tomanage cities, infrastructure, utilities, assets and resources efficiently to deliverimproved services. Our solutions focus on systems integration to maximize the useof existing systems, avoid duplication & data redundancy, and eliminate silos toimprove operations and business processes.

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We focus on serving customers by providing integrated geospatial and businesssolutions to address current challenges and needs, deliver more value and betterexperiences, and address new opportunities while protecting the customers’ investments.

We are committed to the continuous improvement of our professional services; and we aim to provide opportunities for highly qualified professionals to apply theirknow-how towards servicing customers with the highest levels of professional integrity,quality and commitment.

We foster a collaborative work approach by jointly working with our customers,project partners, and stakeholders to support the achievement of project objectivesthroughout all the project stages.

We are committed to long-term business relationships with our customers and willwork closely to go beyond the typical consultant / customer relationship to ensureour mutual success. With a proven track record and measurable work outcomes,our primary goal is to come along as your consultant, change agent andsuccess partner.

We focus on providing state of the art enterprise integrated geospatial solutions. Our services range from consultancy and design services, business process definitionand needs assessment, conceptual design logical database design, staffing and trainingplan, cost benefit analysis ROI analysis, implementation plans, database design, dataspecifications, data development, data conversion, application design, applicationdevelopment (desktop, server, and mobile), portal implementation, system architecturedesign, infrastructure planning, detailed system design and sizing, system integration,system installation, configuration, tuning, deployment, capacity building, supportand operation.

We are confident that our services will exceed your expectations, and that our solutionswill evolve with your organizational needs, while providing you with an unexpectedadditional value in the future.

K&A ValueAdded PropositionThe ability to engage and understand the customers and stakeholders’ requirementsis key to every successful project. With our local presence and global reach in morethan 40 markets around the world, we have acquired a deep understanding of eachcountry’s expectations. K&A brings the following key added value and strengths to any project:



K&A Advantages

Track Record - K&A has garnered a long track record of successful enterprise GIS implementations with more than 300+ projects. We have a track record of continuously returning customers.

Commitment to Quality - K&A is ISO and CMMI Level 3 certified.

Ranking - K&A is an Esri Platinum Partner and the major shareholder of Esri Lebanon and Esri Muscat.

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Resources - Our GSI sector has over 200+ GIS professionals highly skilled in GIS technology, database development, application design and development, and a broad experience in applying GIS technology.

Project Management Skills and Methodology - To ensure project success, K&A has skilled and PMP certified project managers that work closely with customer’s project team.

Business Analysis Skills and Methodology - Many of our Business Analysts have “Associates Certificate in Business Analysis” from George Washington University.

GIS Expertise - Several of our GIS experts are Esri Technical Certified (Professional/ Associate) and/or Esri Certified Trainers.

Regional Presence and Local Reach - K&A has permanent offices in 32 cities

Financial Stability: K&A is financially stable.

Benefit to Customer

This ensures the required experience for a successful project delivery.

Our commitment to quality ensures that the project will follow best practices, and that outputs will meet all quality standards.

Being an Esri partner, K&A has direct connections with Esri, and has access to the latest documentation and product support information that is beneficial to the customer and the success of the project.

Our resources guarantee the highest level of professional expertise, ensuring overall project success and customer satisfaction.

Our project managers follow PMI standards and best practices, ensuring the overall project success.

We follow the best practices in requirements elicitation, business analysis, and solution design, which ensure that your requirements are properly identified and analysed.

We guarantee the needed skills in Esri technology for an optimal and successful project delivery and implementation.

K&A has the necessary setup and presence to support the project and its allocated team, ensuring full commitment, fast response and close interaction.

This will ensure that K&A has no financial issues that might jeopardize the project.





K&A Core Competencies Part of our strategy is to continuously improve the quality of our work whilegaining in-depth technical expertise to generate solutions that truly meetand exceed project requirements, constraints and expectations.

Our core competencies are outlined below:

Innovation - Since 1988, K&A is a leading Geospatial Systems Integrator with over300 successful projects and 30 years of experience in providing GIS solutionsand services, systems integration, andenterprise implementations. We havestrong presence and an outstanding experience in the region. We continuouslyprovide innovative smarter solutions utilizing state of the art technology enablers which address business challenges and exceed customers’ expectations, while ensuring growthand sustainability. Our philosophy is to Think Big. Start Small. Act Now.

Effectiveness and Transparency -As a global team working on the most challenging projects, we embrace a healthy, collaborative, and productive professional working environment and advocate excellence in performance, commitment, enthusiasm and a strong team spirit. We encourage innovation, creativity, transparency, professional development, technical achievements and accomplishments of staff members.

Long-Term Business Relationships and Flexibility in Dealing with Customers -We work closely to go beyond the typicalconsultant/customer relationship to ensureour mutual success. Many of our customersare continuously returning customers.

Our primary goal is to come along as aconsultant, change agent and successpartner.

Capability and Capacity of Our Team -Our customers have complete access to an ample pool of specialists that coversall of the required expertise, thus forminga one-stop-shop solution for the project.

Flexibility - In a rapidly evolving world,we anticipate changes and acknowledgethe importance of flexibility andadaptation in every country of operation.We follow agile methodologies to embrace change and ensure customersatisfaction.

Regional Presence and Local Reach - Long years of geographical presence and local market knowledge will ensuresuccessful implementation of high qualityprojects.

Continuous Improvement - We always seek new ways to enhance and leverage professional expertise and adapt to new methodologies, techniques and technologies to improve quality and add values to our services. We are committed to achieve a high level of quality and services that surpasses and exceeds customer expectations. Our CMMI Level 3 and ISO are governed by a continuous improvement process.

Recognition and Awards - Our track record guarantees that we will achieve together the objectives successfully. Several of K&A’s customers have won international awards and recognitions for their GIS implementations. In addition, K&A won many awards for innovation and excellence. These include: the UNHABITAT Business Good Practice Award for the year 2009; two Esri Innovation in Technology Awards in 2010 for a project in Oman andanother project in Lebanon; and the Geospatial World Excellence Award in 2012for the Application of Geospatial Technology in Facilities Information System.

UNHABITAT Business Good Practice Award for 2009

ISO 27001:2013 CertificateISO 9001:2015 Certificate

Geospatial World Excellence Award for 2012

CMMI Maturity Level 3 Certificate



The FIRST & ONLY Esri Platinum Partnerin the Middle East and Africa

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Esri Relationship - K&A is the first andonly Esri Platinum Partner in the MiddleEast and Africa region, and one of14 worldwide internationally recognizedcompanies.

In addition, K&A is the Esri Distributorin Lebanon and Oman since 1990 andan Esri Company since 2007 (Esri Lebanon / Esri Muscat).

Being an Esri partner, we have direct connections with Esri and have accessto the latest documentation and productsupport information that are beneficialto customers.

Proven Methodology in a Wide Spectrum of Industries - We have a long track recordwith a proven management, development, and quality assurance methodologies.We have successfully implemented many enterprisesolutions for various industriessuch as: electricity, water/wastewater, municipalities, transportation, real estate,facility management, telecom, and planning.

Business Partners and Alliances - K&A has teaming arrangements, alliances andbusiness partnerships with market leaders who provide renowned specializedproducts for various industries and solutions. These alliances include: IBM, Microsoft,Accela, Ericsson, HERE, SynerGIS / ONG, Galigeo, 3-GIS, AugView, and LatitudeGeographics.

Multidisciplinary Engineering Support - Our GSI team is supported by K&A’smultidisciplinary team, which provides the needed subject-matter expertise in variousdomains to achieve a successful project implementation. K&A is a multidisciplinaryengineering firm and employs around z engineers, technicians, and administrators.



We have implemented manysuccessful projects with the following scope:• Planning and developing GIS strategies and

roadmaps

• Defining and analyzing project requirements

• Designing and developing the geodatabases

including CAD conversion, cartography,

2D/3D visualization, developing data

development specification and procedures,

developing data maintenance procedures

• Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures

(SDI) and defining data ownership, sharing

strategies, responsibilities, access rights, and

policies & procedures

• Designing and developing the customized

solutions and tools for the web, mobile &

desktop

• Designing the system architecture

• Integrating systems

• Installing systems and defining operational

procedures including archiving and back-up

procedures

• Providing training, capacity building and

ensuring knowledge transfer

• Operating the system and providing support

K&A GSI Valued CustomersKINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

General Presidency of Holy HaramainMinistry of Municipalities and Rural AffairsMODON - Saudi Industrial Property AuthorityJeddah MunicipalityMakkah MunicipalityArriyadh Development Authority (ADA)National Water Company (NWC)Ministry of Water and ElectricityRiyadh General Directorate of WaterMadinah General Directorate of WaterAbha General Directorate of WaterQassim General Directorate of WaterJeddah General Directorate of WaterMinistry of Islamic AffairsMinistry of HealthKing Saud UniversityKing Abdulaziz City For Science and TechnologyKing Abdul Aziz UniversitySaudi Aramco (eMap Division, Surveying Ser vices Division)Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH)Ain Zubaida EndowmentsSBMKing Abdullah Economic City – Emaar for Real Estate Saudi PostJazan MunicipalityTabuk Municipality Ministry of Interior – General Directorate of Jails Madinah MunicipalityAlBalad AlAmeen Company (ABAM)Ministry of Education Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)General Directorate of Water in AssirUrban Development Company (UDC) Royal Saudi Air ForceMakkah Region Development AuthoritySaudi Geological Survey (SGS)Tatweer Educational Transportation Services CompanyElm Information SecurityNational Grid (NG)Saudi Railway Company (SAR)King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA)Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)General Commission of Survey (GCS)Ministry of FinanceMakkah Region Development Authority

OMAN

National Survey AuthoritySupreme Committee for Town PlanningMinistry of Commerce and IndustryMinistry of Housing, Electricity & WaterMinistry of Electricity & WaterMuscat MunicipalityMAJAN Electricity Company, MJECMazoon Electricity Distribution CompanyMuscat Electricity Distribution CompanyDhofar MunicipalityHAYA WaterOmanTelRural Areas Electricity Company (RAEC)Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC)Ministry of TourismSalalah Free Zone CO. (SFZCO)National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI)Sultan Qaboos UniversityDhofar Power CompanyPublic Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW)Salalah Sewerage and Sanitary Company (SSDC)Specail Economic Zone Authority (SEZAD)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA)Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC)Al Ain Distribution Company (AADC)Abu Dhabi Transmission Company (TRANSCO)Abu Dhabi Sewer Services Company (ADSSC)Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC)Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) Sharjah Electric and Water Authority (SEWA)Government of Dubai, Lands DepartmentAl Futtaim Group for Real Estate - Dubai Festival CityAbu Dhabi Tourism and Culture AuthorityDubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited (GASCO)Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)ALDARHigher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones (ZonesCorp) Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation (ADCO)Ajman MunicipalityMinistry of Environment and Water (MOEW)Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (DCCA)Ministry of International Cooperation and Development (MICAD)Dubai Electricity & Water AuthorityDibba MunicipalityRoad Transport Authority (RTA)

LEBANON

SOLIDEREMechref Real Estate CompanyCouncil for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)Electricity of Lebanon (EDL)Ministry of Electricity and Water ResourcesMinistry of Public HealthOffice of the Prime Minter for Administrative Reform (OMSAR)Ministry of EnvironmentMinistry of Agriculture, Office National des Forets (France)Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations UNMinistry of Economy & TradeHigh Relief Committee - BURGEAPElectricity of Zahle (EDZ)Beirut Port Authority, LebanonState University of New York (SUNY)Economic Social Fund Development (ESFD)Al Waha Real Estate CompanySin El Fil MunicipalitySocial and Cultural Development Association (INMA)Green PlanInternal Security Forces (ISF)MTC Touch TransmedMakhzoumi FoundationButec Utility Services (BUS)OGERO TelecomWorld Health Organization (WHO) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

QATAR

Center for GISKahramaaAgricultural Information CenterMinistry of EnvironmentQatar Statistics AuthorityMinistry of Education in Qatar Ministry of InteriorMinistry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture Qatar PetroleumMesaieed Industrial City (MIC)Public Works AuthorityQatar GasSupreme Council of HealthUnited Development Company (UDC)Manateq Economic Zones Company

KUWAIT

Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW)Kuwait MunicipalityMinistry of Finance

JORDAN

Jordan Power Company (JEPCO)Irbid District Electricity Company (IDECO)

SUDAN

Khartoum State Water Corporation

EGYPT

Al Futtaim Group for Real Estate Cairo Festival City

YEMEN

Social Fund Development

KURDISTAN – IRAQ

Ministry of HealthKorek TelecomMinistry of Interior - Kurdistan Regional Government

BAHRAIN

Ministry of Electricity and Water

SIERRA LEONE

Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA)

NIGERIA

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC)Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD)



K&A Divisions,Sectors & Sections

Our services are all in-house, covering a broad spectrum from Architecture, Cityand Regional Planning, Transportation,Water & Environment, Geotechnical & Heavy Civil, Power & Renewables, Oil & Gas, Energy & Utilities, to Program Management Services and Geospatial Systems Integration projects. This means we can design new buildings, develop neighborhoods, enhance infrastructure, and reshape entire cities.



Khatib & Alami’s experience, which exceeds 50 years in handling major projects,provides the firm with the basis to offer professional services oriented to clients’ distinctive needs, based on international standards, codes, procedures and more.

K&A’s expertise leaves it unparalleled in the region for skills, quality and leadership. The services of the firm are exclusively restricted to consulting activities, thus havingno direct or indirect interest in construction contracting, materials manufacture,supplies or trade of any kind.

Design & Build Project Participation: When working on design and build projects, we and the constructor work collaboratively as a team to deliver the very highest quality projects, creating a complete and integrated design - construction approach and vision for the project. Therefore, constructability and operability reviews are undertaken very early in the design process. Effective value engineering ideas are generated by K&A and the constructor, whilst maximizing design and functionality and preserving budgetary and schedule concerns.

Client’s Engineer Representative Role: When taking the role of client representative, K&A behaves as client or part of the client’s organization. We sometimes operate from offices within the client’s organization to allow a better coordination between us and the contractor. This will create a fast track, seamless process that allows the completion of the project to be as scheduled or ahead of time.

Design Services: Data Collection, Concept, Preliminary, Detailed & Final Design and As-Built Drawings.

Tendering Services: Conditions of Contracts,Pre-qualification of Tenderers, Invitation to Tenderers, Tender Analysis, Final Reports and Contract Award.

Construction Supervision Services: Supervision of Construction, Quality, Timeand Cost Control, Claims and Commissioning.

Project & Program ManagementServices: Project Initiation, Project Planning, ScopeDefinition, Project Lifecycle Schedules,Cost Management, Scope Control, ScheduleControl, Cost Control, Stakeholders Management, Communication Management, Quality Assurance andControl, Resources Management, Procurement, Document Control andDissemination.

K&A BroadScope of Services

In 2018, K&A was ranked number 46 on the Engineering News-Record (ENR)prestigious and globally renowned list of Top 225 International Design Firmsand 88 in the top 150 global design firms. K&A was also ranked 7th in the entireMiddle East. These impressive rankings are testament to K&A’s professionalismand specialized expertise.

ENR Ranking (Stamp of Excellence Since 1984)

2018 Ranking #46 in the top 225

International Design

2018 Ranking #7 in the top 10 by region

in the Middle East



Understanding our markets requires local presence, from which we build long-termrelationships and a strong sense of cultural heritage. K&A has more than 30 offices,with a presence across the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA),Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),and North America.

K&A Regional &Geographical Presence

Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar

Cairo, Khartoum, Tripoli, Sanaa, Libreville,

Addis Ababa, Algiers, Rabat

Beirut, Damascus, Doha, Baghdad, Basra, Erbil,

Kabul, Almaty, Dushanbe

Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Al Ain, Fujairah

Muscat, Manama, Kuwait, Gaza, Nablus,

Ramallah

Washington, D.C.

Bangalore

Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Tanzania, Singapore

(city-state)



Areas of Expertise

K&A is the leading provider for Geospatial Enterprise Solutions in the region.We understand that the challenges you face are unique to your company and to yourindustry.

More often, the right solution might be a synthesis of custom development andseveral products from different vendors. We identify the best ones and create adetailed roadmap for how the different products and systems will work togetherto bring you everything you need. Our offerings are divided into four main categories, and the integration among them.These four categories range in complexity and are usually offered dependingon requirements and preference.

01. Esri Solutions & Apps02. K&A Specialized Geospatial Solutions03. Partner Products and Solutions implementation 04. Custom Development

Way+ Kiosk Application

Augmented Reality Solution



K&A GSI Services

The GSI Team follows well-designed project management and development methodologies to ensure a successful implementation and an integrated deliveryframework throughout the entire projectlife cycle.

Strategy & Planning

Project Life

CycleAnalysis & Design

Operations & Maintenance

Development

Deployment

We Provide the Following Services to Support Enterprise GIS Solutionsand Implementations:

• Consultancy Services• Data Modeling, Development, Analysis & Visualization • Solution Design, Development and Integration• System Engineering• Capacity Building and Support

Systems Integration

Over the years, our solutions have enveloped to accompany the new trends andtechnologies. We provide integrated GIS based smart cities and IoT solutions tomanage assets and resources efficiently to deliver improved services.

Our solutions focus on systems integration to maximize the use of existing systems,avoid duplication & data redundancy, and eliminate silos to improve operations and business processes.

GSI has Systems Integration (SI) Experience in the Following:

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Salesforce, Oracle Siebel, Microsoft Dynamics

• E-Services: Accela, Oracle Siebel• Project Management Information System (PMIS): Microsoft Project Server, Oracle

Primavera Analytics, Oracle Unifier, Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM, Oracle Prime, Oracle Autovue 2D

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards• Enterprise Asset Management (EAM): IBM MAXIMO, Accela• Document Management System (DMS): Microsoft SharePoint, IBM FileNet• Business Intelligence (BI): Microsoft Power BI, Tableau



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BusinessPartners & Alliances K&A has teaming arrangements, alliances and business partnerships with the marketleaders who provide specialized products and solutions in several areas of expertise.These alliances include: Esri (Platinum Partner), Microsoft, Azure, Accela (PreferredImplementation Partner), Ericsson, Here, Latitude Geograpics, SynerGIS & ONG, Galigeo, AugView, 3-GIS and other major technology partners and systems integrationproviders.

K&A GSI is among a select few Microsoft Co-Sell Ready partners for our Kapcitesolutions, a SAAS solution platform powered by Azure



Our PeopleOur staff has successfully implementedmany enterprise solutions for variousindustries.

Our team is a qualified GIS IT team combining all the necessary resources that lead to a successful completion of any project, to the satisfaction of the customers.In the past 30 years, we haveimplemented successfully more than300 projects, several of which havereceived Esri’s Special Achievementin GIS (SAG) award.

K&A gives any project the edge through its staff’s in-depth experience and extensiveexpertise in GIS technology, enterprise GISsolutions, consultancy services, databasemodeling and building, databasemanagement and administration, application design and development,system design and integration, capacitybuilding, technical support, operationand maintenance. K&A’s multilingual staff is composed of highly skilled and motivated experts with excellent academicand technical backgrounds. All our professionals are carefully recruited andintensively trained.

The GSI team is backed up by the K&A multidisciplinary team that can provide theneeded subject matter expertise to achievea successful implementation.

Our goal is to be an organization that models, enables, and expects highperformance from all employees through-out encouragement, empowermentand recognition. We aim to attract andretain a motivated and high- performingworkforce.

Our goal is to be an organization thatmodels, enables, and expects highperformance from all employeesthroughout encouragement, empowermentand recognition. We aim to attract andretain a motivated and high-performingworkforce.

We are committed to bringing out the bestin our people, enhancing, and strengthening their capabilities. We achieve this through effective leadership, targeted career development and career management and through an emphasis on ongoing andconsistent individual performance.

We encourage and support our people tobuild individual capacity and capabilityby offering a range of learning and development activities and on-the-jobopportunities.

K&A employs over 200 GIS professionalsthat have the skills necessary for thesuccessful completion of any project to the satisfaction of the customer.

Area of Expertise

Capabilities & Capacities

Services

People

GSI Expertise

Our resources guarantee the highest level of professional expertise to ensurethe overall success of any project. Our team brings the following key capabilitiesand strengths to a project.

Systems

“We Are Closer Than You Think”

LEVANTLebanonPalestineSyriaIraqJordan

GULFKingdom of Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesOmanBahrainQatarState Of Kuwait

NORTH AFRICAAlgeriaEgypt LibyaMoroccoSudan

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAEthiopia Gabon Sierra Leone

NORTH AMERICAUnited States CENTRAL ASIAAfghanistanIndiaKazakhstan

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