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ESPAK's Regional Office at Kabul, Afghanistan, was established in June 2003. Ravaged by war, Afghanistan Nneeded immediate help from the outside world for
rebuilding and rehabilitation works. The Committee on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Afghanistan in a meeting chaired by President of Pakistan, decided to hire NESPAK's services for projects in Afghanistan.
The Government of Pakistan initially pledged an amount of US$ 100 million as grant for reconstruction and rehabilitation of Afghanistan under the Technical Assistance for Afghanistan Programme. Now this amount has been enhanced to US$ 300 million. NESPAK was engaged as Consultants by the Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, for nine building and road projects under the Technical Assistance Programme .
NESPAK acquired a total of 24 projects in Afghanistan out of which seven are in operation.
Portfolios of important projects carried out by NESPAK are given in the following pages.
The maiden project undertaken by NESPAK in Afghanistan was Rehman Baba School at Kabul. Having a covered area of 4,300 m2, the building comprises 33 classrooms, computer rooms, art rooms, laboratories and a big library as well as principal's office, staff room, and allied facilities. Central courtyards for two blocks with covered corridors all around have also been provided for natural light and ventilation.
The Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts Block at Kabul University comprised ground plus three-storey frame structure, having a total
2covered area of 14,000m . The Block is Kabul University's largest building which accommodates two faculties of Fine Arts and Literature. This state-of-the-art building contains 48 professor/associate rooms, 28 classrooms, four syndicate rooms, two faculty lounges, two seminar halls, a head office complex, a library, two computer labs and 20 faculty offices. The building was equipped with an independent tubewell, 1,000KVA transformer with high and low tension panels, 1,000 KVA diesel generator set and a disposal system.
Rehman Baba Schoolat Kabul
Allama Iqbal Faculty ofArts, Kabul University
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Project Status: Completed in 2008Scope of Services: Detailed Design, Tender Documents, Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 2 millionClient: Afghan Trade Development Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad, Govt. of Pakistan
Rehman Baba School at Kabul
Project Status: Completed in 2009 Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 8 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
Exterior view of Allama Iqbal Facultyof Arts at Kabul University
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Sir Syed Post-Graduate Science Faculty Block is one of the prestigious buildings at the Nangarhar University, Jalalabad. The building comprises ground plus two-storey frame structure with a total covered area
2of 10,050m .
Sir Syed Post-GraduateScience Faculty Block,Jalalabad
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Project Status: Completed in 2010 Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 5 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
Side view and front view (Top Right) ofSir Syed Postgraduate Science FacultyBlock at Jalalabad
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Project Status: Completed in 2012Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents, Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 7 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
This single storey hospital building is 2spread over an area of 75000 m with
a provision for vertical expansion. Total covered area of the building is about
27000 m and it is surrounded by an adequate number of lawns and the parking area. The site is located within 2 km of the main city and easily accessible to the people from the suburbs of the Nangarhar Province.
Nishtar Kidney Centre,Jalalabad
Front (Top) and back views of NishtarKidney Centre at Jalalabad The Naeb Aminullah Khan Logari
Hospital is another prestigious project being constructed at Logar. The building has a basement, ground floor plus two-storey frame structure, having a covered
2area of 17600 m .
Naeb Aminullah KhanLogari Hospital, Logar
Project Status: Ongoing Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents, Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 14 million Client: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
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The project comprises ground plus two-storey frame structure, having a covered
2area of 16,700 m . The building houses a casualty block, an out-patient department, a blood bank, an administration block, a dialysis centre, an intensive care unit, a constant care unit, a thalassemia centre, and gynaecology, surgical & medical wards. All the blocks have been connected with covered corridors. Provision has also been made for a tubewell, overhead water tank, diesel generator sets and an electric transformer.
Jinnah Hospital, Kabul
Project Status: Ongoing Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 18 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan Jinnah Hospital Project, Kabul
The construction work for the Liaqat Ali Khan Engineering Faculty Block at the Balkh University, Mazar-e-Sharif is in full swing. Financially, this project tops among the ongoing jobs in the area and will prove a breakthrough for the future development in the Northern Afghanistan. Located within 8 km of the main city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the project consists of two engineering faculty blocks having three storeys and a basement. The covered
2area of the two blocks is 17000 m and it will cater for 2,200 students.
Liaqat Ali KhanEngineering Faculty Block, Balkh University,Mazar-e-Sharif
Project Status: Ongoing Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 10 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
Front and side views of the Liaquat Ali Khan Engineering Faculty Block,Balkh University, Mazar-e-Sharif
Cross River & Canal Control Structures on Balkhab River: A view of the Imam Sahib Canal intake
Project Status: Completed in 2009 Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design Project Cost: US$136 million Client: Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, Govt of Afghanistan
This World Bank-funded project was aimed at developing modern, strategically located, well-managed, regulated and attractive industrial parks in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The project involved the establishment of two industrial parks: one in Kamari, a 120 hectares park located 13 km from central Kabul, the other in Hisar-e-Shahi, a 200 hectare park located 22 km South East of Jalalabad city.
Two Industrial Parksin Kabul
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This project comprised 3 cross-river and canal control structures including Imam Sahib Weir & Canal Head Regulator/under sluices, Samarkandian Weir and head regulators for Mushtaq, Abdullah, Daulatabat and Chimtal Canals across the Balkhab River in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Bangala Bridge Weir and head regulator for Churbolic Canal were other components of the project.
NESPAK provided services for site selection, engineering survey, geotechnical investigations, planning & designing, bidding documents etc., for all these structures along with the construction supervision of Samkandian Weir and allied structures.
Cross River and CanalControl Structures onBalkhab River
Project Status: Completed in 2006 Scope of Services: Detailed Design, Tender Documents Project Cost: US$ 13 millionClient: Chemonics International Inc., USAID
Hostel for Rehman Baba School at Kabul
Project Status: Ongoing Scope of Services: Project Planning, Detailed Design, Tender Documents Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 12 millionClient: Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan
This project has a covered area of 221,400m with a frame structure,
comprising a basement and ground plus three floors. Each floor also has a dining hall for 250 students, having all allied facilities. The hostel building will cater for 1,000 students.
Hostel for RehmanBaba School
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The rehabilitation/improvement of the 222 km long Kabul-Torkham-Jalalabad Road was entrusted to NESPAK first in 1999 for rendering design services. Later in 2003 and 2007, NESPAK was engaged for providing design services for the 7m wide existing carriageway and construction supervision for the Torkham-Jalalabad Road. The design of the additional carriageway was prepared with the same specifications as used for the rehabiliation of the Torkahm-Jalalabad Road.
The project road starts from the Liberty Intersection in the outskirts of Kabul and ends at the Pakistani border town of Torkham, passing through Jalalabad and
Kabul-Torkham-Jalalabad Road Project
Project Status: Completed in 2011Scope of Services: Detailed Design, Tender Documents, Construction SupervisionProject Cost: US$ 142 millionClient: : WSP International, Sweden, National Highway Authority, Pakistan
Sarobi, the two major cities of Afghanistan.
This strategically important project comprised 700 culverts & bridges and a large number of Irish Crossings along the road. The 2nd carriageway of the Torkahm-Jalalabad Road was constructed by the Government of Pakistan as part of the Reconstruction of Afghanistan Programme.
This project was completed in a record period of 15 months and the Government of Afghanistan awarded a gold medal to the Managing Director of NESPAK for the timely completion of the project.
Beautiful views of Kabul-Torkham-Jalalabad Road Project
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a) Feasibility Study c) Detailed Design e) Construction Supervisionb) Project Planning d) Tender Documents f) Design Review/Evaluation
Torkham-Jalalabad Road Afghanistan National Highway Authority c d e 34 01-02-2004
30-09-2011
Projects Under Pakistan Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e N.A 17-04-2005
Assistance to Afghanistan Government of Pakistan 30-06-2007
Jinnah Hospital, Kabul Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 18 01-07-2007
Government of Pakistan 31-12-2013
Naeb Aminullah Khan Logari Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 14 01-05-2008
Hospita, Logar Government of Pakistan 12-12-2011
1000 Students Hostel of Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 12 01-05-2008
Rehman Baba School at Kabul Government of Pakistan 30-06-2012
Kidney Centre, Jalalabad Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 7 01-04-2006
Government of Pakistan 31-12-2011
Liaqat Ali Khan Engineering Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 10 01-02-2007
Faculty Block, Balkh University Government of Pakistan 30-09-2011
Mazar Sharif
Cross River and Canal Afghanistan Chemonics International Inc. USA c d 13 01-09-2005
Control Structures Balkhab River 31-01-2006
Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts at Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 8 01-04-2006
Kabul University Government of Pakistan 31-10-2009
Two Industrial Parks in Kabul Afghanistan Afghan Investment Support b c 136 01-03-2005
Agency, Government of 30-06-2009
Afghanistan
Sir Syed Post-Graduate Afghanistan Planning Commission, b c d e 5 01-07-2004
Science Faculty, Jalalabad Government of Pakistan 31-12-2009
Seismic Study and Structural Afghanistan Agha Khan University, Karachi Studies N.A 01-07-2011
Assessment of Jumhoriat 30-11-2011
Hospital
List ofProjects
PROJECT LOCATION CLIENT SCOPE OFWORK
COST Start Date/Comp.Date
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a) Feasibility Study c) Detailed Design e) Construction Supervisionb) Project Planning d) Tender Documents f) Design Review/Evaluation
Torkham-Jalalabad Road Afghanistan National Highway Authority c d 15 10-06-2003
31-12-2007
Engineering Services Afghanistan Ministry of Energy & Water b c d N.A 01-11-2007
Bangala Weir and its 31-01-2008
Appurtenant Structures
Rehman Baba School, Kabul Afghanistan Afghan Trade & Development c d e 2 01-06-2005
Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30-06-2008
Government of Pakistan
International Hotel, Kabul Afghanistan Omrani & Associates Survey & Report N.A 01-06-2008
31-08-2008
Renovation of Ambassador's Afghanistan e N.A 01-04-2011
Residence at Pakistan 30-09-2011
Embassy, Kabul
Kabul-Jalalabad-Torkham Highway Afghanistan WSP International, Sweden c 93 07-10-2002
31-01-2003
Rendering of Professional Afghanistan UNOPS, Afghanistan c N.A 25-04-2006
Services for UNO Projects 24-07-2006
Construction of Kabul Afghanistan Pacific Consultants International, Topo Survey N.A 18-07-2003
International Airport Japan 15-08-2003
Environment & Social Impact Afghanistan WSP International, Sweden EIA Study N.A 01-01-2004
Assessment of four-lane 31-12-2007
Highway Project, Kabul
Afghanistan
PROJECT LOCATION CLIENT SCOPE OFWORK
COST Start Date/Comp.Date
US$Million
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