Thanks for starting this post FeFe. I have some knowledge of the towers at the Pearl and can I just put a few things into perspective. Where there were some water leakage problems in the towers they were in buildings under construction ie not 100% finished or water tight and yes the water did trip some circuits. The stormwater drains are nor complete outside the towers which led to localised flooding.
The towers are being built by several builders and the standards that UDC have set are high. The specifications are a combinatation of US and UK standards and the level of quality control is high. I cannot speak about all the towers as i am responsible for only 17 of them with 7 currently in mid/advanced stage and 3 coming out of the ground, the balance to commence asap. Each of those towers has a quality control manager responsible for it and four quality control inspectors. They are monitored by senior ex pat engineers who sign off on key construction issues.
Yes sometimes it is hard to get the standard we want be if you were able to sit in on some of my meetings regarding safety and quality you would hear that we do not accept poor standards. In fact we are educating people in how to do things safely and properly. And the workforce are willing to learn which is so refreshing
I appreciate standars in appartment construction in Doha are not high, but UDC along with specialist construction management will continue to raise the standard. Note I do not work for UDC. And the last thing the thousands of workers at the Pearl need is any lack of confidence by potential investors due to scare mongering about quality.
Those investors pay a lot of peoples wages and we need to be aware of the benefit of the Pearl to Qatar, its people, the guys working, investors and all stakeholders.
Thanks for starting this post FeFe. I have some knowledge of the towers at the Pearl and can I just put a few things into perspective. Where there were some water leakage problems in the towers they were in buildings under construction ie not 100% finished or water tight and yes the water did trip some circuits. The stormwater drains are nor complete outside the towers which led to localised flooding.
The towers are being built by several builders and the standards that UDC have set are high. The specifications are a combinatation of US and UK standards and the level of quality control is high. I cannot speak about all the towers as i am responsible for only 17 of them with 7 currently in mid/advanced stage and 3 coming out of the ground, the balance to commence asap. Each of those towers has a quality control manager responsible for it and four quality control inspectors. They are monitored by senior ex pat engineers who sign off on key construction issues.
Yes sometimes it is hard to get the standard we want be if you were able to sit in on some of my meetings regarding safety and quality you would hear that we do not accept poor standards. In fact we are educating people in how to do things safely and properly. And the workforce are willing to learn which is so refreshing
I appreciate standars in appartment construction in Doha are not high, but UDC along with specialist construction management will continue to raise the standard. Note I do not work for UDC. And the last thing the thousands of workers at the Pearl need is any lack of confidence by potential investors due to scare mongering about quality.
Those investors pay a lot of peoples wages and we need to be aware of the benefit of the Pearl to Qatar, its people, the guys working, investors and all stakeholders.