Hastie wins major MEP contracts in Qatar

A rendering of the New Doha International Airport.

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Hastie Group Limited, a leading international provider of technical services to the building and infrastructure sectors, has received contracts for four projects in Qatar with a total value of AUD$66 million (AED200 million).

“These projects confirm Hastie’s increasingly strong market position in the Middle East, where we are currently undertaking work in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Dubai and Saudi Arabia,” said Hastie Group MD David Harris.

He added that Hastie was working on projects across the Middle East, and was therefore not dependent on any single market. “The projects also demonstrate the value our customers in the Middle East place on our ability to provide an integrated range of MEP and refrigeration services from a single source.”

Harris said Qatar has the world’s third-largest gas reserves, and its economy is growing fast, opening up further opportunities for the group.

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Two of the new projects relate to infrastructure. Hastie has been appointed by Leighton Contracting Qatar to provide MEP services, including fire and CCTV, infrastructure control systems (SCADA) and instrumentation and chlorination work for a AUD$233 million water infrastructure project that includes nine reservoirs, and will link two Qatari communities. Hastie’s work will begin in June 2010, and is expected to be completed over 15 months.

The second, smaller infrastructure project, for the Public Works Authority of Qatar, is to provide pipeline reticulation for office cooling systems as part of the US$2.6 billion Energy City project.

The other project involves MEP services, including firefighting systems, for a major hotel development for Al Rayyan Tourism Investment Company. The scope of works relates to the construction of the Traders Hotel managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. Hastie has commenced works on the project this month, with a completion scheduled for November 2011.

The final project involves MEP services for the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) aircraft wash apron. The NDIA is being constructed on a 22 square kilometre area east of the existing Doha airport. Hastie has been appointed by the Sinohydro-Gamuda WTC Joint Venture.

The group, which established its Middle East operations in 2005 and has 2,000 employees in the region, has had previous experience in the Qatar market, said Harris. Among other projects in the Middle East, Hastie is currently working on a US$204 million contract for a new university campus in Abu Dhabi.