DOHA: Qatar Foundation (QF)has won this year’s Big Project Middle East’s Construction and Sustainability Award of Excellence in the Sustainable Solution of the Year category for its Student Housing complex.
The award recognises development and supply of sustainable solutions to projects incorporating passive and active design strategies.
The award — third to be bestowed on the complex — was presented to Hamad Al Rumaihi, Infrastructure Director, and Ibrahim Al Haidos, MEP engineer, at a ceremony at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai.
Having recently been presented with the Emerging Markets in the Residential (Built) Award at Cityscape and honoured by the US Green Building Council, Engineer Jassim Telefat, Group Executive Director of Qatar Foundation Capital Projects and Facilities Management, expressed his delight at yet another triumph for the project.
“It is a great honour to be awarded yet again for the sustainable housing project. Such distinctions acknowledge the steadfast commitment and teamwork we have put into realising this development,” said Telefat.
“This award is a testament to QF’s dedication to Qatar’s progressive goal of integrating green building practices wherever possible, and the student housing development stands as a symbol of environmental consciousness, not only for today’s youth but for generations to come,” Telefat added.
The award is organised by the Big Project magazine, the Middle East’s leading monthly B2B construction industry publication.
It recognises regional leaders in the fields of architecture, engineering, design and consultancy and the Sustainable Solution of the Year acknowledges the delivery of sustainable solutions to clients incorporating active design strategies.
The Peninsula
