< PreviousT he nominations deadline for the Construction Week Oman Awards 2020 has been extended until Monday 27 January 2020. Companies and individuals wishing to nominate themselves, their colleagues, or their projects for this year’s event have until next week to submit their entries. The ninth annual CW Oman Awards will take place in Muscat on 30 March, 2020, held on the first night of The Big Show – Oman’s largest construction exhibition. More than 250 decision-makers will gather at the event to celebrate the achievements of construction professionals from across the sultanate. The CW Oman Awards are designed to recognise and reward individual excellence, corporate prowess, project success, and sustainable efforts within 14 categories. Entries will be judged by an independent jury of industry peers, and winners will receive commemorative trophies. To submit a nomination, visit the CW Oman Awards 2020 website. Select ‘Submit Nominations’ on the landing page, choose your category, complete the nomination details, and explain why your entry deserves to win. Construction Week’s Oman Awards 2020 will be backed by Supporting Sponsor The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Intelligence Sponsor ProTenders, and Training Partner The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) with further sponsors to be announced. WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM10 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 25 JANUARY-7 FEBRUARY, 2020 Deadline extended until 27 January for the Construction Week Oman Awards 2020 in Muscat CW AWARDS 2018 DEADLINE EX25 JANUARY-7 FEBRUARY, 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 11WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM XTENDEDEXPO NEWS 12 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM In an exclusive sit-down with Construction Week’s Ranju Warrier, the deputy pavilion director of Expo 2020 Dubai’s Danish Business Pavilion, Jan Bak, reveals details about design, construction, materials, and the pavilion’s post-expo use Business Pavilion, Jan Bak, points at a white board placed right behind him that has notes highlighting the progress of the Danish Pavilion. “We only received a no objection certificate (NOC) from the Danish government to embark this private business initiative in July last year (2019),” says Bak. Bak refers to the participation of Denmark and development of the country’s pavilion as a private sector initiative as the funding for the pavilion is secured by private businesses, while the government is not funding the pavilion. In 2018, the Danish government supported the pavilion under a joint approach, where 50% funding would be provided by the government and the remaining In less than 39 weeks, the world will witness the opening of the Expo 2020 Dubai that is being hosted for the first time in the Middle East. Over 193 countries from across the globe are participating in the next World Expo and many of them have revealed the design of their pavilion, with construction progressing rapidly on these structures. Among them is the 100% sustainable and completely dismantlable Danish Pavilion, which is located between the pavilions of Australia and Oman, within the expo’s Mobility District. Speaking to Construction Week in the comfort of his office on the ninth floor of an office tower in Dubai’s Business Bay area, the deputy pavilion director and head of construction of the Danish “100% dismantlable” DANISH BUSINESS PAVILION 50% by the private sector. According to Bak, the way it was structured, the model did not succeed and the government had to pull out from the joint project. “The initial budget of the pavilion was $3.5m (AED12.9m) from the Danish government and $3.5m (AED12.9m) from the private sector.” Bak adds: “Right now we are confining ourselves to a $3.5m (AED129m) budget to undertake the construction, production, and operational activities.” Bak says that because of design and construction restrictions a public tender was not issued for the Danish Business Pavilion. “We had to decide on companies and people that we already had relationships with.” Bak is the owner and chief executive EXPO NEWS 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 13WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM officer of Dubai-based Madison Group, which is responsible for the design, construction, operation, dismantling, and re-erection of the pavilion. India and UAE-based Power Shield Engineering is the main contractor of the pavilion. UAE- based TSSC Group is the super structure contractor, while Skasz Technical Services is the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) and fit-out contractor for the modular building. Meanwhile, MGC is the architect of record, project manager, and cost consultant of the Danish Business Pavilion. Power Shield Engineering is primarily responsible for mobilisation, excavation, and foundation of the Danish Business Pavilion, while TSSC will complete the entire façade of the structure as well as on modular construction, and will be dismantled and moved to another site to be re-erected as a kindergarten. By adopting the modular design, Bak explains, the structure “will be completed on time and will be easy to move after the expo”. He adds: “We will have a light gauge steel building, which is cladded with panels.” Danish Business Pavilion takes inspiration from the waves of Kattegat and Skagerrak and will be an ode to the Nordic country’s nature and cultural heritage. The normal height of the building is 12 metres, but Danish Pavilion secured “special permission”, as Bak terms it, to increase the height to 18 metres. Bak says: “We are making a replica of the Round The Danish Business Pavilion is located within Expo 2020 Dubai’s Mobility District [image: Madison Group] roofing activities. The fit-out contractor will carry out cladding and exterior works in addition to paint works. Baks tells Construction Week: “The facade of the structure will be completed with Cembrit’s cement fibre boards.” The main contractor will deploy 10 people on the construction site of the pavilion, while TSSC will have 15 workers for the erection of the pavilion. The Skasz Technical Services team will deploy 20 people on the site for MEP and fit-out works. Construction work on the pavilion will begin in the later part of February, and will be completed on 20 July 2020, and the final fix will be done on the 20 September 2020. The pavilion’s structure is based EXPO NEWS 14 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM façade which is basically designed so that we are helping out with cracks. A lot of times, as the buildings are settling, there will be cracks in the wall. And then that comes out on to you to have to repaint or fill it. But by using this wallpaper The pavilion’s main attraction will be a replica of the‘Helge Ask’ Viking ship that will be 17metre-long [image: Madison Group] Tower of Copenhagen.” The tower — referred to as Rundetaarn in Danish — is a 17th century tower and observatory that was built by Christian IV. Another attraction that Bak says “will drive a lot of traffic” is the replica of the ‘Helge Ask’ Viking ship that will be 17m-long. Danish Business Pavilion will have a typical product laid under the floors to maintain the voice level. This product is manufactured by Scan Underlay, a Danish company that specialises in recycling used car tires by converting them into a patented rubber fabric that can be used for soundproofing and flooring works. Interior walls within the structure will have fibre glass fabric covering from Nordic Look. Bak explains: “It is a wall Jan Bak, deputy pavilion director of Danish Business Pavilion [image: Madison Group] “RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONFINING OURSELVES TO A $3.5M (AED129M) BUDGET TO UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION, PRODUCTION, AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES.” JAN BAK, DEPUTY PAVILION DIRECTOR DANISH PAVILIONEXPO NEWS 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 15WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM basically then reduce the risk of any form of cracks and you only have to paint on top of this surface.” Bak explains that Nordic Look’s wallpaper is strong and durable. “You don’t have to have primer, you just finish it with one coat of paint,” he adds. Pointing towards the interiors of the pavilion, Bak tells Construction Week that, Danish firm Adapa, which made the interior panels in the Museum Of The “All of landscaping tiles will be produced on the site. If we are to reuse these tiles, they have to be very strong.” The pavilion is constructed on a 1,550m2 plot, with a built-up area just around 900m2. Bak says that the G+1 storey structure will have a roof-top set of services. Explaining the reason behind a G+1 storey building, Bak says: “We are intending to move the entire pavilion to a plot in the UAE. If we move it too high, then that also could have restrictions on the best position after the expo.” Following the closing of the six-month- long Expo 2020 Dubai, the Danish team will start dismantling the structure from 1 May 2021 and will complete the process by end of June. Bak tells Construction Week, “We have several expression of interests (EOI) from UAE nationals, who have got lots of land in locations such as Nad Al Sheba, Jumeirah Village Circle, where it would be possible for us to re-erect the pavilion.” Under a partnership with the plot owner, the Danish team will rent the land, with rent being free for the first five years. After the period, the building will be under the ownership of the plot owner and later will be rented at “an agreed rate”. Future, will decorate the Danish Business Pavilion. 70% of the sand that will be excavated from the construction site will be mixed with a non-toxic water-based solution called Danish Concrete Hardener, supplied by the Danish firm of the same name. Bak explains that the sand will then be mixed with 30% cement mix to fabricate on site and produce 60cmX60cm concrete tiles. Danish Business Pavilion will also include a replica of the Round Tower of Copenhagen [image: Madison Group] The pavilion will be dismantled and re-erected to build a kindergarten [image: Madison Group]“INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN HSE” THE NEED OF THE HOUR Dubai-based Al Naboodah Construction Group’s (ANCG) managing director, Senan Al Naboodah, speaks exclusively to Construction Week’s Ranju Warrier on the company’s emergency protocol key points under health and safety environment (HSE) requirements FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST 16 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020 HEALTH AND SAFETY Health and safety environment (HSE) in the Middle East has come a far way, as the standards and safety regulations governing this key aspect of the region’s construction industry has gone from strength to strength. Contractors are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that construction sites are not just safe for workers, but are actually accident-free. This has been made possible due to the highest safety standards that are mandated for construction site workers. For Dubai-based Al Naboodah Construction Group (ANCG), which is currently constructing the four-building mixed-used Makhool project for AW Rostamani Group, HSE programmes have developed with a shift from “a focus on the lagging indicators, towards the leading indicators”, the group’s managing director, Senan Al Naboodah told Construction Week, while underlining the company’s emergency protocol key points for HSE. Al Naboodah said, the contractor recorded nearly 16 million Lost Time Injury-free (LTI) man- hours on the site, with the safety milestone being achieved since the beginning of construction activities until 5 January 2020. ANCG’s building division and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) business, Trans Gulf Electromechanical are working on the project. Scope of work for the contractor at the Mankhool project include, building the structure, as well as finishing and external works. ANCG had deployed 2,600 workers on the site during peak construction activities, alongside a total of 29 subcontractors. The building division, Trans Gulf Electromechanical, and several other subcontractors together posted 15,894,644 LTI-free man-hours as of 3 January. Meanwhile, Trans Gulf alone recorded 5,495,769 LTI-free man-hours as of 5 January 2020, Al Naboodah revealed. Speaking about the group’s focus on safety, Al Naboodah told Construction Week, ANCG’s safety focus was split across 10 key areas, which are identified under works and activities involving high risk. These activities include, working at height, working with live energy, driving and traffic management, breaking ground and excavations, working in confined spaces, carrying out lifting operations, working at the plant and with equipment, hot works and fire prevention, temporary works, and working in heat.25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 17 HEALTH AND SAFETY ANCG deployed 2,600 workers at Mankhool mixed-use project during the peak construction period [Image: ANCG]HEALTH AND SAFETY 18 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY. 2020 The Dubai-headquartered contractor divided HSE between its building division and Trans Gulf based on the scope of work. Explaining this division, Al Naboodah said: “While there would be some crossover in topics such as working at height and hot works and fire prevention, the importance of the specific safety areas would differ from team to team.” In addition to the 10 major HSE focus points, ANCG’s team conducted training and awareness campaigns on various aspects of construction including, hand safety, safe use of power tools, and handling hazardous waste, among others. “All safety campaigns are initiated through a number of platforms, including office and site-staff safety training, safety posters and alerts in several languages across all sites and offices,” Al Naboodah explained. When on the site, workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including hardhat, high-visibility jacket/ vest, safety shoes, in addition to safety glasses, dust masks, and ear defenders in some cases. Under the contractor’s emergency protocol on site as part of its HSE programme, the firm has been adopting emergency protocols as per ANCG Protocol Key points, Al Naboodah told Construction Week. He added that some of the key areas that ANCG has covered under the scheme includes regular fire drills, medical drills, environmental drills, and heat stress casualty Visual Impact Training (VIT) “Our VIT uses theatre-like productions to deliver training to our workers around key hazards and risks faced at the construction sites.” Al Naboodah said that the team is made up of six actors who portray various roles in the modules delivered, with all team members having previously worked on construction sites and possessing a good awareness of the conditions and hazards faced by attendees at the sites. “Very often when projects are facing a particular issue, VIT is used to develop and deliver modules to positively address the issue, which has proven to be highly successful.” See It Sort It (SI2) As part of ANCG’s SI2 initiative, everyone on site has a responsibility to prevent any unsafe acts and conditions that they witness from turning into accidents as soon as they see them. It requires the person who witnessed the incident to convey it to the people involved in the activities and draw their attention to risk. “The project must achieve a minimum of one SI2 per person every month for operatives and four SI2s per person for management, supervisors, and staff,” Al Naboodah added. Mass Toolbox Talks, and Rewards & Recognition The group organises talks at its project sites in the presence of senior management. Employees are introduced to concepts related to safety, health, environment, and quality (SHEQ). Additionally, they learn drills. Al Naboodah stressed that the firm carries out mock drills every six months and ensures that all of its staff on the site take part. The company’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) is tasked with carrying out these activities as part of its “accountabilities and responsibilities,” according to the MD. ANCG started four initiatives, such as Visual Impact Training (VIT); See It Sort It (SI2); Mass Toolbox Talks, Rewards & Recognition; and Visible Felt Leadership, to further highlight the group’s HSE programme. ANCG’s building division and MEP business, Trans Gulf Electromechanical, are working on the project [Image: ANCG] Senan Al Naboodah, managing director of Al Naboodah Construction Group (ANCG) [Image: ANCG]HEALTH AND SAFETY 25 JANUARY - 7 FEBRUARY, 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 19 ensure that it has adopted several HSE- efficient technologies and resources. The contractor uses climbing platforms for corewall and stairwall from DOKA and SLIPFORM, where workers can use these platforms to access the core of towers from the hoists. It also uses liftable table formwork from SLIPFORM. Another protection system that safeguards workers from fall related incidents is slab edge protection made of steel mesh panels. Total Safety Solutions (TSS) supplies these protective walls. The contractor has also installed TSS lift shafts that protects the open edges of lifts and secures workers from fall and other hazardous incidents. Falling of materials, equipment, and workers is another common, often life- threatening, incident at construction sites and in order to avoid that ANCG has fixed TSS safety net fans. These nets can adapt to high-rise and exposed structures, various building shapes, and façades. about issues associated with accidents, incidents, near misses, and quality. During these talk sessions, ANCG also gives away awards for the Best Engineer, Supervisor, and Operative Employee of the Month based on their performance under SHEQ. Visible Felt Leadership The contractor arranges monthly and weekly SHEQ site walks for senior management and the project management team respectively to verify effectiveness of the SHEQ management system as well as to demonstrate Visible Felt Leadership and a top-down commitment for SHEQ that has been experienced by employees. According to the MD, following the tours, a report is issued with a compliance score and any points of recognition and action. Technology and resources Safety and protection of its workers is a priority for the contractor and in order to Changes to HSE “We plan to focus on communication from operatives to management, taking a bottom up, rather than top down approach, by ensuring that operatives feel that they have a voice on HSE, feel comfortable speaking up and are never discouraged from doing so,” Al Naboodah stressed, while revealing the contractor’s plans for HSE programmes for the next 12 months. He added: “We see a further focus on leading indicators, including Focus + Leadership Initiative, as well as improving engagement on individual accountabilities and responsibilities for HSE from management, supervisors, and operatives.” The industry has witnessed significant change in the provision of safety methods for construction workers, and this change is ongoing. Contractors such as ANCG are aiming to raise the bar for safety standards in order to place the human element at the forefront of the construction sector. ANCG has an Emergency Response Team (ERT) on site under its HSE programme [Image: ANCG]Next >