Introducing Ashghal’s initiative for constructing excellence in Qatar’s sustainable legacy for construction
Amal Al-MullaDon Ward24 Sept 2018
• Established in 2004 to be responsible for planning, design, procurement, construction, delivery, and asset management of national infrastructure and public buildings in Qatar.
• Report to Ministry of Municipality & Environment (MME)
• Aims to deliver high profile projects to our clients
• Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)• Ministry of Education and Higher Education • Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs• Other public sectors
Overview
Ashghal Headquarters
Our Portfolio
Major business units
• Infrastructure Affairs• Local Roads projects• Expressway projects• Drainage Networks projects
• Building Affairs• Health projects• Education projects• Mosques and Awqaf projects• Public projects
• Asset Affairs• Drainage Network Operation & Maintenance• Roads Maintenance
Ashghal’s Vision & Mission
Vision
“Excellence in delivering and managing
efficient sustainable infrastructure”
مستدامةو كفؤةتحتيةبنيةوإدارةتنفيذفيالتميز
“Continuously enhancing customer satisfaction through leading
project and asset management services & solutions”
واألصولالمشاريعإدارةفيالرائدةوالحلولالخدماتتقديمخاللمنالعمالءرضاالمستمر لتعزيزال
Mission
Ashghal’s Strategy & Focus
Minimizing Disruption on Public Everyday Life
Ensure On-time Delivery with Quality
Two Main Focus Areas
Constructing Excellence in Qatar
An Ashghal initiative to capture and share best practices and innovation for the improvement of the Qatar construction sector
in support of Qatar’s National Vision 2030
What do we mean by best practice?
• Learning what works well and then sharing it
• For each company and project to be better
• So that the whole programme is better
• And then share it wider in Qatar for good profile and so that all of Qatar construction is better
Our best practice agenda – Ashghal’s new contractual KPIs
• Health, safety, welfare
• Project delivery (incl. lean, BIM)
• Stakeholder engagement
• Quality
• Environment and sustainability
Procurement for value
Safety, health and
welfare
Delivery and productivity
Our best practice agenda
• Safety, health and welfare• Health and safety• Worker welfare and well-being• Ethical recruitment and employment
• Delivery and productivity• Collaborative working, lean• Onsite productivity• KPIs and benchmarking performance• Supply chain management, environmental sustainability • Stakeholder management, considerate sites
• Procurement • Risk management• Developing the intelligent client and informed owner• Early involvement in design – ‘front end loading’• Payment and supply chain management • Tendering and contracting for value and whole life
performance – quality price balance
Procurement for value
Safety, health and
welfare
Delivery and productivity
Guidance and tools
Training & Qualifications
• Benchmarking, demonstration/pilot projects
• Learning events, training & qualifications
• Awards
• Within Ashghal
• Wider Qatar
Three pillars in Qatar
A national set of project performance measures (KPIs)
• Consistent across the sector and with measures used internationally to facilitate international comparisons
• Annual performance report
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Case studies, demonstration projects
• Work with projects to• Understand current level of performance/measurement
• Identify target area/s for improvement
• Make interventions supported by training if required
• Independent monitoring to create an evidence base
• Reporting and then profile for the early successes
Learning, training and qualifications
• Share-and-Learn events with other parts of the [government] sector
• Linked to the demonstration projects
• eg consistency of lean project delivery and measurement to enable benchmarking
• Connect with Ashghal’s internal development programme and others (eg BIM)
• Partners: Qatar University, BRE Academy, professional bodies - recognised formal qualifications
International conference and Awards
• An international conference to share and promote best practices
• An independently-judged set of awards to recognise the best in Qatar, categories to include
• Health safety & well-being
• Contractor, Consultant, Manufacturer, SME of the year
• Projects of the year• Integration, collaboration, lean, BIM, Digital
Our legacy
• Qatarization
• Know-how transfer
• International benchmarking
• Trust and Collaboration
• Independent locally-run legacy organisation
• Evidence base of improvement and best practice
• Culture of sharing, learning and continuous improvement
Thank you
For further information, please contact:
• Don Ward• [email protected]
• Amal Yousuf Al-Mulla• [email protected]