Qatar Building Company

Qatar Building Company (QBC)
Privately owned enterprise
Industry Construction, Infrastructure
Founded 1971
Headquarters Qatar
Key people
 Mohamed Tayyeb H.B. Mustafawi (chairman)
Abdul Hameed Mustafawi (Vice-chairman)
Ali M.T. Mustafawi (Managing director)
Divisions Civil contracting, heavy equipment trading, material production
Website www.qatarbuildingcompany.com

Qatar Building Company (QBC) is a civil engineering company based in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. It is a privately owned "Grade A" firm of civil engineering, materials production and heavy equipment trading which serves government entities, international contractors and private developers.[1]

Lusail City, Salata Corniche Park and Msheireb Downtown are among the civil construction projects it has been contracted to develop. Additionally, the company became involved in Ashghal's large-scale Expressway Programme after being awarded a contract in December 2014.[2]

History

Qatar Building Company (QBC) was founded as contractor in 1971 by Mohamed Tayyeb H.B. Since the company's establishment, it has been involved in various infrastructure projects, including special construction, buildings, pipeline and tanks, drainage networks, water networks and reservoirs, earthworks, road/highway/airfield pavement, related traffic safety works, micro-tunneling, power cable projects and horizontal directional drilling. QBC has also developed some of Qatar's largest infrastructure projects including development of Airport Road, the Doha Expressway/D-Ring Interchange,[3] the New Doha International Airport, Energy City, Cultural City (Katara), Education City (Qatar Foundation) and Lusail City. Maintaining its main offices in Doha, Qatar, QBC maintains “Grade A” classifications in each contracting category of the Qatar Central Tenders Committee (CTC).[4]

As of 2013, QBC has close to 5,000 employees.[5]

Civil Contracting Division

QBC's Civil Contracting Division oversees buildings, infrastructure projects, roads/airfields, highways, drainage projects, water projects, Earth projects, power cable projects, horizontal directional drilling (HDD), micro-tunnelling works.

Notable projects

Lusail micro tunneling

The Lusail Development Sewage Treatment Works was a major project undertaken by QBC, and it was awarded Construction Weekly's 2011 Infrastructure Project of the Year. The project required tunneling works directly under the open water of an existing canal located amid residential and commercial towers. The project succeeded in zero loss time incidents (LTIs) throughout the almost 300,000 man hours.[6] This project was Qatar's first use of Micro-Tunneling under open water. This project was sub-contracted by Gulf Tunneling.

Doha Expressway Package 4

The ERC 1400D20 Doha Expressway D-Ring Road Interchange was built in 2006 for Public Works Authority (Ashghal).[7] It is a 5 Kilometer, 3 -Lane Dual Expressway, with a three level interchange, bridge and underpass structure. It also has a 2.5 Kilometer pavement, lighting and micro-tunnelling of 2,000 mm dia., and is categorised under intelligent transportation systems.

Salata Corniche Park

The Salata Corniche Park was built in 1988 for Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.

GTC 177

GTC 177 is one of QBC's major water projects. It is a Headworks Construction at Airport, Old Salwa, Doha SW & Messaieed built for Kahramaa.[8]

Msheireb Downtown Doha, Phase 1B

QBC is executing Phase 1B of the iconic Msheireb Downtown Doha[9] in a joint venture with UK-based Carillion.[10] The project consists of 15 buildings, including hotels, commercial and residential constructions, parking structures, hard and soft landscapes and complete roads and utilities.[11] Consisting of three underground floors, QBC’s major scope includes all substructure development.[12]

Production Division

Readymix plants

As one of the first readymix companies established in Qatar, QBC Readymix has a monthly capacity in excess of 60,000 m3, with more than 100 transportation, delivery and raw material vehicles available.

Asphalt plants

QBC Asphalt Plants are each designed to produce asphalt up to airfield quality (“superpave”). Overall, there are four plants with a daily capacity of 8,500 tons. Asphalt fleet of trucks deliver 700 tons per trip.

Concrete products

Pre-cast production capacities exceed 2,210 m3 per month. With the latest manufacturing technologies and an extensive range of mix designs, QBC manufactures: blocks and foundation, car/wheel stoppers, catch pit chambers / link boxes, concrete bollards, gully pots and cover slabs, joint bay culverts, manholes, manhole, cover slabs, marker posts, New Jersey barriers, paving slabs, pipes, soakways / soakway rings, spacers and pipe support, stairs, trenches, valve chambers and vehicle barrier units.

Steel engineering workshop

QBC yard space allows vast storage. Equipment includes precision plasma cutters and various-sized radius machines. QBC Steel Fabrication accommodates mold and made-to-measure steel for all projects and complexities. OBC SEW produces over 1,500 steel units per month.

Crushers

QBC Crusher produces and supplies coarse and fine aggregates, gravel materials, sub-base materials and bedding materials, as required for projects. QBC Crusher production capacities exceed 1,000 tons/day.

Trading Division

QBC Trading provides the construction equipment, spare parts and after-sales service from brands around the world. HED includes 3 warehouses of spare parts, a 24-hour hotline and mobile service centers.[13]

Heavy equipment

Back hoes, buckets, compactors, concrete mixers, cranes, excavators, forklifts, generators, rock breakers, skid loaders, tyres and wheel loaders.

Medium-light equipment

Compactors, concrete asphalt cutters, pumps, rollers, saw cutters, self-loading concrete mixers, skid loaders, tires and vibrators.

Power generation

Generators, high pressure cleaners and tower lights.

Attachments

Breakers, buckets, clamp shells, demolition attachment, long-reach booms, after-sales and spare parts.

All after-sales technicians 3rd-party accredited with at least three years of experience and supplier-approved certifications.

References

  1. ↑ "Home - QBC - Qatar Building Company (QBC)". Qatar Building Company. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Infrastructure building to help sustain Qatar's growth past 2022". Oxford Business Group. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Doha Expressway stretch set to open on Thursday". Ashghal. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Who We Are - Qatar Building Company (QBC)". Qatar Building Company. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  5. ↑ "Communication on progress - Qatar Building Company (2012)" (PDF). unglobalcompact.org. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Qatar Building Company (QBC) Receives GCC Infrastructure Project of the Year Award 2011 with Lusail City Micro-Tunneling Works". Zawya. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Tenders". Ashghal. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Qatar Construction Market". Qatarconstruction.com. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Construction Phases". Mdd.msheireb.com. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  10. ↑ "Msheireb Properties awards QR 2.37 bn contract to Carillion plc and Qatar Bldg. Co.". qatarisbooming.com. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gallery : Explore Project : Msheireb Downtown Doha". Mdd.msheireb.com. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  12. ↑ "Msheireb Downtown Doha". Msheireb.com. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  13. ↑ "Overview - Qatar Building Company (QBC)". Qatar Building Company. Retrieved 2013-12-08.

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