
Qatar 2022 stadium in major safety milestone
DOHA, June 2, 2015
Qatar Foundation Stadium, one of the proposed host venues for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, has marked the one-million man-hours safety mark without lost time injury.
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), which is spearheading the construction of the stadium in partnership with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the body responsible for delivering the Fifa 2022 World Cup in Qatar, commemorated the safety milestone at an event at the Qatar Foundation Stadium and Health and Wellness Precinct.
The stadium, with a planned capacity of 40,000 seats and designed by Spanish architects RFA Fenwick Iribarren, is set for completion in 2018.
The event was part of a series of safety-related events organised by SC and its partners across all stadium sites currently under way.
SC said safety days and safety recognition initiatives are held on a regular basis across all 2022 Fifa World Cup Qatar proposed host venue construction sites, helping to contribute to the SC’s safety record of zero fatalities on all projects.
“As we continue to make progress across all of our stadiums, we are proud of the successes and milestones we achieve along the way. We actively promote healthy and safe working environments across all of our sites, engaging in regular safety days and incentives in order to deliver our proposed host venues in a secure and sustainable manner,” said Ghanim Al Kuwari, the executive director for SC competition venues.
Eid Al Qahtani, project manager at QF’s Capital Projects Directorate, said: "The important health and safety milestone was crucial to us in our continued progress as we advance further with this project, showing clearly that health and safety is a top priority for us."
He stressed that QF was implementing world-class health and safety standards as well as the QF Mandatory Standards of Migrant Workers’ Welfare within all of its projects including the Qatar Foundation Stadium.
The project contractors are United Construction Engineering (UCE) and Consolidated Contracting Company (CCC)/Teyseer, while the project and construction management team is Astad and Louis Berger.
Currently, Package Two of enabling works is under way on site following the completion of work on the first package.
CCC/Teyseer, which is implementing Package Two of enabling works, has split it into two phases - the first involves additional excavation around the stadium to create the basement areas, while the second takes care of the final excavation to the base formation level.
UCE is responsible for site set-up, construction of site management offices and preliminary excavation of the Qatar Foundation Stadium and Health and Wellness Precinct.
The stadium has been designed to host sports events and activities throughout the year, incorporating world-class facilities such as an Olympic-size swimming pool, diving facilities, multi-purpose pavilions for all types of indoor sports and concerts, plus open-air football training grounds, indoor and outdoor tennis pavilions and basketball courts.-TradeArabia News Service







