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Al Rayyan Hospitality scoops award for Qatar project

DOHA, May 30, 2016

Qatar-based Al Rayyan Hospitality’s Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara project scooped the GCC Leisure & Tourism Project of the Year award at the recently concluded MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with Mashreq.

Nominated by UrbaCon Trading and Contracting, the project is a five-star, 141-key, 13-hectare, Maldivian-style island resort situated 5 km off the coast of Doha. The project involved a diverse range of civil, building and marine engineering work, including reclamation, rock revetment protection, breakwaters, quay walls, jetties and marina pontoons for 30 vessels, an expansive sheltered beach and an array of building works. The scheme was carried out on a design-build turnkey basis in just 30 months, with the building works comprising overwater villas, holiday chalets, hotel- and family-style accommodation, a wellness centre, spa and Turkish bath, a family entertainment centre, a cinema, surf pools, a putting course, a dive centre, a bowling alley and nine restaurants.

At this year’s edition of the annual awards programme, the only one to recognise completed projects in the GCC, Qatar won two awards, along with Bahrain. Saudi Arabia was the standout performer picking up five awards, followed by the UAE and Oman with three trophies each; while Kuwait had one winning project

John Iossifidis, executive vice-president and head of corporate and investment banking group Mashreq, said: “We are proud to support the awards programme for the past four years now. The awards have definitely shed the spotlight not just on excellence and quality, but also on the award-winning projects’ valuable contribution to the economic development of the region; and the long-term viability of the projects sector by sending a clear message to the market, that quality is essential in all parts of the project management process; from design planning to engineering and construction. We wish all participants all the very best.”

Now in their sixth year, the MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with Mashreq, have established themselves as the leading stamp of quality and achievement for stakeholders in the GCC projects sector.

Part of the MEED Construction Leadership Summit, the awards not only recognise the construction element of project delivery but also consider the value and quality of a project throughout its entire life-cycle, from the design concept through to engineering and construction and its wider contribution to society and the environment. - TradeArabia News Service




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