DOHA: GWC, the leading logistics services provider in Qatar, has presented an award to Al Bader Construction & Steel Works ‘One Million Man Hours without Lost Time Injury” at the GWC Bu Sulba Warehousing Park construction site, said a statement yesterday.
The upcoming GWC Bu Sulba Warehousing Park is one of Manateq’s economic zones initiatives, and is aimed directly at servicing the growing local SME sector, providing them with the best expertise and infrastructure in Qatar while allowing them to remain competitive through attractive pricing. The logistics hub will feature the well-recognised brand of GWC Distribution Centres and Multipurpose Warehousing, offering a variety of storage options including dry, cool, chilled, frozen, and bulk, catering to a wide variety of industries in a flexible and fully scalable environment. A fully contained community, the GWC Bu Sulba Warehousing Park will also feature administrative offices, accommodation buildings, shopping and recreation facilities, as well as the best in world class IT infrastructure.
The feat was completed between the September 1, 2015 and February 22, 2016, an active period of time where the company completed the levelling and compacting of the site and began working on the foundations and superstructures for the warehousing park.
The site currently stands at 40 percent complete, and through careful monitoring of the quality, health, safety, and environment (QHSE) practices at the site, GWC in cooperation with Al Bader has been able to ensure that the construction of the project be on track for completion on-time.
“GWC has a reputation of delivering on its commitments punctually and reliably, and this drive to achieve will always be coupled with a pledge to do so in the safest and most secure of working environments,” said Naji Nassar, GWC Senior Director of Commercial Services, who delivered the award to Al Bader construction team. “By providing the safest and most secure of environments, we are setting a precedent within this space that QHSE matters, from the earliest stages of construction all the way through to the facility’s operations.”
“Both Al Bader Construction & Steel Works and GWC have a long-standing relationship together, having worked well together in the past for the construction of a number of GWC’s international standard sites,” added Mohammed Ahmed Seddiqi Al Emadi, Vice Executive Chairman, Al Bader. “Throughout this partnership, we have found a strong peer in GWC when it has come to the health and safety of our workers, as we share an understanding that a safe work environment is the surest way to achieve the greatest of objectives.”The Peninsula
