PCE PROFESSIONAL   CHARTERED   ENGINEERS            NOTICE – 2008 JULY

UAE  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GROUP (PCE-UAE)            WKS 2008 W 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

PCE UAE welcomes all UAE based Chartered Engineers (CEng), Incorporated Engineers (IEng) and Engineering Technicians (EngT)

Registered with the Engineering Council (EC) via the 35 EC Linked Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) which support PCE UAE

We meet regularly on the first and second Tuesdays of each month in Abu Dhabi & in  Dubai respectively.

Also, on the third Tuesday Site or works Visits may be arranged  plus other events subject to  members interest and support.

 

PLEASE REGISTER:             Contact PCE UAE HonSec (See below)(Give Institution/Number (If held))

FOR SECURITY :             Have available your PEI MEMBERSHIP CARD or PCE UAE NOTICE

 

NOTE:                           Please keep the EC and your  PEI(s) updated with correct contact details

THEME:            MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Normally we aim to have a common topic for the talks each month in Abu Dhabi and Dubai with a related site visit on the third Tuesday of the month. 

Our Programme Secretary found that the speaker in Dubai could not deliver his talk in Abu Dhabi but was fortunate to have a volunteer speaker for

Abu Dhabi who could not repeat it in Dubai.  This reminds me of inviting a member of the PCE UAE Committee and his wife to meet in Abu Dhabi

but to find that in over 13 years living in Sharjah his wife had never been to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. 

Related site visits are being considered.  Both presentations should warrant the drive between the two cities.

 

ABU DHABI WEEK 27

TOPIC:              “ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANNING – WASTE WATER TREATMENT”

SPEAKER:       Shahzad H Orakzai BSc(Civil/Environmental-Pakistan),MSc(EnvMgt-Florida), MBA,

PE, CEng, MCIWEM, MPMI, MAWWA, MCIWM  Manager Planning & Forecasting Department  Asset Management Division,

Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) (050-445 6076)      

VENUE:            The Club, Abu Dhabi (02-673 1111) – Mina (Port) Road (Map available)           

DATE & TIME:            TUESDAY 2008 07 01 at 19:00 Hrs for 19:30 (Finish about 21:30)    

DUBAI WEEK 28

TOPIC:              “LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT (LRT) – STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING”

SPEAKER:       Mike Shears BSc, CEng, MICE, MIMechE, Head of Rolling Stock and Train Systems, Mouchel Consultants

VENUE:            The Seafarers Centre, Dubai (04-398 4951) – Near Port Gates (Map Available)

DATE & TIME:            TUESDAY 2008 07 08 at 19:00Hrs for 19:30 (Finish around 21:30)

UAE SITES WEEKS 29 & 30

SITE VISITS – MAY BE ARRANGED SUBJECT TO DEMAND & APPROVALS

VENUE:            TO BE CONFIRMED – REGISTER INTEREST WITH PCE UAE HonSec

DATE & TIME:            TUESDAY 2008 07 15 & 22 at 16:00 Hrs 

GHANTOOT WEEK 31

TOPIC               PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PREPARATION (PRP) –

AGREED BY PARTICIPANTS AT PRP MEETING IN JUNE

1000 words on “CORPORATE MURDER / MANSLAUGHTER” reviewed

VENUE:            GOLDEN TULIP JAZEERA RESORT HOTEL, GHANTOOT (02-562 9100)

                        Off Abu Dhabi – Dubai Road at Border between Emirates  

DATE & TIME:            TUESDAY 2008 07 29 at 19:00 Hrs for 19:30 (Finish about 21:00)

 

TOPIC OUTLINE – ABU DHABI  

The speaker will refer to the wider implications of asset management projects from concept through to contract placement

project and reference to specific contracts in which The Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC)

as a subsidiary of ADWEA is involved.  One such project is the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP). 

The outline design on this fast track project includes two huge pumping stations located 70 metres underground and

designed to deliver 30 cu.m per seconds (1.6m cu.m per day) and it includes 40km of 5.5m diameter tunnel up to 40m deep

with 30 km of link tunnels up to 3m deep.  There will be at least six complementary Design / Build contracts with the

first set of documents ready for issue next October.

 

SPEAKER PROFILE

Shahzad H Orakzai

BSc(Civil/Environmental-Pakistan),MSc(EnvMgt-Florida), MBA, PE, CEng, MCIWEM, MPMI, MAWWA, MCIWM 

is Manager Planning & Forecasting Department Asset Management Division, Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC).

He gained his first and second degrees in Pakisatan and USA respectively and showed necessary interest in

management by gaining MBA and now preparing for Doctorate.  He has worked with ADSSC since its inception and on

Abu Dhabi’s strategic sewerage programme.

We are appreciative of the fact that Alan D Thomson BSc(Civil Strathclyde), MBA, CEng, MICE, MCIWEM

Managing Director of ADSSC confirmed that Shahzad could give the presentation   

 

TOPIC OUTLINE - DUBAI

Here we are fortunate to have a speaker and support for the Dubai Waterfront Project and in particular the Light Rail Transit (LRT). 

e project is in the feasibility and early design stage in which a number of light rail schemes are being developed to serve Dubai waterfront.

 

SPEAKER PROFILE

Mike Shears BSc, CEng, MICE, MIMechE, Head of Rolling Stock and Train Systems, Mouchel Consultants.  

He has responsibility for strategy, resourcing, technical competence and standards.  Mike recently recently completed

procurement and establishment of a new main line Enginering Train Fleet for Metrorail to support track renewal works

on London Underground.  He has worked in the UK, Ireland, UAE and Thailand. 

Supporting Mike will be a colleague on the Waterfront Project Eng Azzam Kassab MSc (Glasgow), CEng, MIHT who is responsible

with Mike under Mouchel, for strategic planning of transportation works - Assab specialising in roads and highways.     

 

PCE UAE COMMITTEE CONTACTS   (These and other PCE UAEcommittee members aim to represent members of all PEI disciplines)

PCE UAE HonSec,   Er Rod J Chisholm BSc, MSc(Eng), CEng, FICE, FIStructE,       050-458 1619                 chisholm@arencoar.com

PCE UAE MemSec   Er Gwilym Heycock,BSc(Hons), CEng, FIEE, MinstMC            050-442 4068        gwilym@set-uae.com

PCE UAE ProgSec   EurIng David L Stones, BE(Hons),CEng,MICE,MIHT,MCIWEM    050-641 1950                stonesdl@emirates.net.ae

PCE UAE V-Chair D DrEr Roger Brooks PhD, MSc, CEng, FIChemE                          050-668 1364                  roger.brooks@cegelec.com

PCE UAE Chair        Er Alister I M Macmillan,BSc,CEng,FIMC FICE,FIMechE,FIET    050-445 1879        macmilan@eim.ae