IESL President (Elect) Professor (Mrs.) Niranjanie

Ratnayake Visits Qatar – Sept’2017

IESL President (Elect) Professor (Mrs.) Niranjanie Ratnayake arrived Qatar on 02, September 2017. She

was present as an observer from IESL headquarters for the Chartered engineering professional review B

Paper Exam whilst the Chairmen CEng. Jagath Gunasekara, Vice Chairman Eng. Kamil Ariff and CEng.

Geethananda De Silva from IESL Qatar Chapter conducted the examination and provided necessary

supervision.

At Hamad International Airport, Doha Qatar, Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake received warm welcome

from IESL Qatar Chapter representatives.

On the same day evening at Mercury Grand Hotel, Doha Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake had discussion

with IESL Qatar Chapter engineers. Addressing the gathering Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake appreciated

IESL Qatar Chapter EXCO team and praised about the activities which have been done in past 9 months.

During the discussion, IESL Qatar Chapter engineers highlighted that most of their engineers are currently

working in International engineering organizations henceforth, they have exposure to latest engineering

concepts. So that they requested IESL President (Elect) to introduce secure methodology for validation of

their Qatar working experiences to Chartered engineering process. Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake

informed that she would discuss the matter with IESL representatives and assured to give favorable reply

near future.

To commemorate the event, on behalf of IESL Qatar Chapter, Chairman Jagath Gunasekara offered a

souvenir to Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake.

Eventually, IESL Qatar Chapter hosted a dinner Professor (Mrs.) Niranjanie Ratnayake.

Then following day B paper was conducted for IESL Qatar Chapter engineers.

Photographs which were taken during each event are depicted bellow.

During Professor (Mrs.) Niranjanie Ratnayake’s stay, she also visited a few ongoing projects in Qatar along

with IESL Qatar Chapter members who are responsible for delivering the project in the capacity of Project

/Design Engineers, QA/QC Engineer and Project / Construction Managers.

She visited few Highway Projects, Hamad International Airport and some infrastructure Development

Projects.

Some of the photographs pertinent to those projects are listed below:

Project # 2: NDIA – New Doha International Airport Project

NDIA Project - The airport covers a land area in excess 22 km and handles around 50 million passengers, 2 million tons of cargo, and 320,000 aircraft landings and takeoffs each year. Note: Following detailed photos are pertinent to Air Traffic Control & Meteorological Specific Equipment (ATC & MET Equipment) Package

Surface Movement Radar (SMR1) at Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower - main active sensor out of 3, included in the airport

traffic management system

Visual Control Room (VCR) at ATC Tower

Approach Room System Equipment – ATC Tower

Localizer Antennas - forms a part of

Instrument Landing System (ILS)

SMR2 – second active sensor out of 3, included in

the airport traffic management system

Glide Path antenna & shelter - forms a part of

Instrument Landing System (ILS)

Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range and Distance Measurement

Equipment (DVOR/ DME) system

Primary Receiver (Rx) VHF/UHF station forms a part of the complete radio communication system