NEWSREPORTNESPAK

2018JANUARY - MARCH

Registration No. L8071 VOLUME 44 NUMBER 1

Staff News 12 - 15

Corporate News 02 - 03 Project News 04 - 11

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02 CORPORATE NEWS

A lunch was arranged in the honour of Dr.

Aamer Ahmed, Additional Secretary,

Power Division, Ministry of Energy, who

was looking after NESPAK as Managing

Director, at a local hotel in Lahore on

January 7, 2018. On this occasion, Dr.

Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director

NESPAK, presented a shield to Dr. Aamer

Ahmed in recognition of his services.

Dr. Ghulam Mustafa and Mr. Glen Ichikawa

from BBA Inc., Canada, visited NESPAK

House, Lahore on March 6, 2018. Dr. Tahir

M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK and

senior professionals greeted them. Both

officials represented their firm and had a

detailed discussion on various ongoing

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projects related to the hydropower and

transmission lines sector. M/s BBA is a

multidisciplinary engineering firm

headquartered out of Montreal but having

11 offices across Canada. BBA's areas of

expertise are transmission lines and

distribution, hydropower and mining.

Railway officials givenRailway officials givenbriefing on NESPAK briefing on NESPAK Railway officials givenbriefing on NESPAK

NESPAK gets registered with PCATP for thefirst time

In a landmark development, NESPAK

got registered with the Pakistan

Council for Architects and Town

Planners (PCATP). In this regard, the

certificate was issued duly signed by

PCATP Chairman Mr. Asad I. A. Khan,

who happens to be the former MD of

NESPAK. It is for the first time that

NESPAK has got registration with

PCATP. Earlier it was having

registration with the Pakistan

Engineering

Council (PEC)

only.

Secretary Power Mr. Yousaf Naseem Khokhar (C),Dr. Tahir M. Hayat (R) presenting a memento tooutgoing MD Dr. Aamer Ahmed

Pakistan Railwayspersonnel andforeign delegateswith NESPAK MDand officials

MD NESPAK and senior professionals of NESPAK attending a meeting with Canadian company officials

Lunch forDr. Aamer Ahmed

A delegation

comprising officials of

Pakistan Railways and

foreign delegates

visited NESPAK

House, Lahore on

February 7, 2018. The

purpose of the visit

was to get an

introduction of

NESPAK and its

working. Dr. Tahir M.

Hayat, MD NESPAK,

welcomed the guests.

Later, Mr. Ahmad Said,

GM/Head Business

Development Division,

gave a corporate

presentation to the

visiting officials. He

introduced NESPAK,

its working and various

projects tackled by

NESPAK. The guests

showed keen interest

in the presentation and

took a round of the

NESPAK House.

03CORPORATE NEWS

Dignitaries Visit Nespak

Mr. Amir Muqam, Advisor to Prime Minister, calls on Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK, at NESPAK House, Lahore

WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (R) Muzammil Hussain with Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK and other officials at NESPAK House, Lahore

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director NESPAK, visited the New

Islamabad International Airport on January 11, 2018 and held a

meeting with Mr. Asif Ali Shah Gillani, Project Director (PD) Civil

Aviation Authority (CAA). The PD CAA commended NESPAK

services. Later, MD NESPAK visited the project and instructed the

site staff and Contractors to ensure quality of works and comply with

health and safety standards.

The New Islamabad International Airport, spread over an area of

around 3,200 acres, is located in the outskirts of Islamabad. It is

nearing completion at a cost of Rs. 100 billion. It is envisaged that the

airport would accommodate 9 million passengers per annum.

NESPAK, with its French partner ADP Ingénierie, is involved in the

design and field design support services (FDSS) for complete

infrastructure and miscellaneous airport buildings. Mr. Ahmad Halim,

VP/Head NESPAK Karachi office, is acting as Project Manager for

Design and FDS services. NESPAK is also involved in construction

supervision of the Airport Security Force Camp and certain other

buildings costing around Rs. 3 billion. Mr. Salman Shahid, Chief

Engineer Islamabad office, is acting as Project Manager for the

construction supervision services.

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK (5th from L) with Abdul Qadeer, GM Islamabadoffice (6th from L) and other officials of NESPAK

MD NESPAK visits New Islamabad New IslamabadInternational AirportInternational Airport

MD NESPAK visits New IslamabadInternational Airport

Meeting with UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy

Mr. Kamran Imtiaz presents a shield to UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy while Ahmad Said (2nd from L),Ahsan Anwar (3rd from R), Amir Bin Younas (2nd from R) and Tariq Altaf (1st from R) look on

Mr. Matt Lister, Deputy Director, Department

of International Trade (DIT), British High

Commission Islamabad, visited NESPAK

House, Lahore, on February 8, 2018. The

British High Commission will facilitate

NESPAK to seek business opportunities in

the UK market by providing an access to

UK companies. Mr. Kamran Imtiaz, Vice

President Human Resources Division,

along with senior NESPAK professionals

attended the meeting. With the cooperation

of British High Commission, NESPAK will

target the UK market by developing links

with UK companies. This mutual

arrangement is likely to herald new

business opportunities for NESPAK in

Pakistan and the European market.

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UK HighCommission officials visitNESPAK House, Lahore

UK HighCommission officials visitNESPAK House, Lahore

NESPAK senior officials held a meeting

with UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy on

February 13, 2018 at Lahore, to discuss

business opportunities with NESPAK.

Trade Envoy Mr. Rehman Chishti, Member

Parliament was accompanied by a

delegation comprising of Mr. Ali Aziz,

Senior Manager at Deloitte, Mr. Mark Gill,

Project Principal at Mott McDonald, Ms.

Farmida Bi, Partner at Norton Rose

Fulbright, Mr. Steve Hart, Senior Executive

Officer at JLT Specialty, Mr. Michael Dryer,

Investment Director, Infrastructure at CDC

PLC and Mr. Saad Ul Islam, Investment

Manager, Infrastructure at CDC PLC.

04 PROJECT NEWS

An agreement

signing ceremony

for the

construction of

Combined

Warehouse for TB,

HIV & Malaria

Programmes

under Health

Planning System

Strengthen and

Analysis

Information

Analysis Unit

(HPSIU), Ministry

of National Health

Services Regulations & Coordination

(NHSR&C), took place on January 11,

2018 between Ministry of NHSR&C and

NESPAK.

Mrs. Saira Afzal Tarar, Federal Minister for

Ministry of NHSR&C and Dr. Asad Hafeez,

Director General Health for Ministry of

NHSR&C were also present.

NESPAK awarded

combined warehouse project

The project comprises construction of a

warehouse and an admin block in Phase-I

and construction of a parking plaza in

Phase-II. The total covered area of all three

facilities is 180,000 sq.ft. Project cost of

Phase-I is approximately Rs. 476 million.

NESPAK scope of work includes

topographic surveys, geotechnical

investigations, master planning, detailed

design and construction supervision.

Dr. Sabeen Afzal, Deputy Director Programs for Ministry of NHSR&C and Mr. Tahir Shamshad, VP/Head NESPAK Islamabad signing the agreement

NESPAK entered into an agreement with

Infrastructure Development Authority

Punjab (IDAP) on January 16, 2018 for

providing consultancy services for

construction supervision of Lahore

Knowledge Park (LKP) Package-1. The

Construction Management Division is

providing construction supervision

services for the project. The LKP is an

initiative by the Higher Education

Department (HED), Government of the

Punjab with an objective to create linkages

and synergy between academia and the

corporate world in areas that feed

knowledge into industry by developing

futuristic and sustainable knowledge parks.

LKP is one such facility envisioned to

facilitate collaboration between the best

local/global educational and corporate

entities to make Punjab in particular and

Pakistan in general, as South Asia's future

nodal point for global knowledge economy.

LahoreKnowledgePark

Mr. M. Shariq Ahmed, Principal Engineer and Hafiz M. Abid Saleem, Environmental Engineer GT&GE Division, visited Peshawar on March 5, 2018 for the technical presentation on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and joint site visit of FATA Development Authority (FDA) for the permit process of the Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project.

Mr. Shariq Ahmed delivered a detailed

presentation to FDA on March 6, 2018 on

EIA. At the end of the presentation, he

answered all the questions. Mr. Shahzada

Behram, Manager (Small Dams), FDA, Mr.

Salman, Assistant Director appreciated the

presentation and the efforts of environment

team to prepare a comprehensive report.

NESPAK team during site visit

Expert meeting on EIA of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project

NESPAK H&TE Section, Islamabad was

awarded detailed design for construction

of Farooqabad and Kot Pindi Das

Interchanges by National Highway

Authority (NHA). For accomplishment of

detailed design, a public hearing on

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

was conducted in Sheikhupura. Mr. Kashif

Bashir, Environmental Specialist, Mr.

Muhammad Sohail, Senior Engineer,

H&TED, Mr. M Shahid Nadeem (Junior

Engineer, H&TED NESPAK & Mr. Usman

Haider Muhammadi organised the event

up to the satisfaction of Client and

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),

Punjab.

NESPAK conductspublic hearing

Public hearing in progress

05PROJECT NEWS

Group photo of H.E. Mr. Marc Baréty, Ambassador of France to Pakistan (5th from L),at HPTI Mangla

Construction activities are in full

swing under NESPAK supervision on

the Havelian-Thakot Section (120 km),

which is a part of China-Pakistan

Economic Corridor (CPEC).

It has 3 Interchanges, 103 bridges,

460 culverts and 6 tunnels.

Construction progress is at par with

schedule (45 percent up to March)

and the project is expected to finish

on target date of February 2020.

NESPAK is providing consultancy

services as [Assistant to Employer's

Representative] in the fields of design

review, top supervision and contract

management in association with M/s

DOLSAR of Turkey.

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Work in full swing atHavelian - Thakot Section

Work in full swing atWork in full swing atHavelian - Thakot SectionHavelian - Thakot Section

Work in full swing atHavelian - Thakot Section

His Excellency Mr.

Marc Baréty,

Ambassador of

France to Pakistan,

along with

representatives

from Agence

Française de

Développement

(AFD) paid an

official visit to the

Hydropower

Training Institute

(HPTI) at Mangla on

March 21, 2018.

The double storey

reinforced brick masonry structure is being

constructed under supervision of NESPAK

by WAPDA under funding from European

Union through AFD for training of WAPDA

officials.

Mr. Khawar Nazir, Chief Engineer (Power)

WAPDA, briefed the guests about the

salient features of the Project and its role in

training of officials. The guests visited the

project site and expressed satisfaction

over the progress of works.

French envoy visits HydropowerTraining Institute at Mangla

Khanewal Railway StationMr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for

Planning, Development & Reforms, has

approved the design proposal for the

Khanewal Railway Station prepared by

NESPAK. NESPAK scope of services

includes topographic surveys,

geotechnical investigations, detailed

architectural and engineering design of

buildings, infrastructure works, tender

documents and resident construction

supervision. The tendering process of the

station has been started.

Conceptual view of Railway Station building

Deputy Speaker KPK with site staff during hisvisit to Abbottabad Tunnel

Median barriersteel fixing

Girder launching in progress Girder casting yard

Detailed Ecological/BiodiversityDetailed Ecological/BiodiversityManagement PlansManagement Plans

Detailed Ecological/BiodiversityManagement Plans

Khanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectKhanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectKhanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectKhanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectKhanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectKhanewal-Lodhran Road ProjectRefurbishment of National Stadium Karachi NESPAK Architecture & Planning Division

Lahore successfully completed a

challenging assignment of Refurbishment/

Uplifting of National Stadium Karachi

(Phase-I). The task was accomplished due

to strenuous efforts of design and resident

supervision team to meet the

commitments/expectations of senior

officials with all necessary arrangements

for the PSL final match well before time.

Mr. Abdul Baseer Sheikh is the Project

Manager and Mr. Rizwan Hanif is the

Project Architect.

UNHCR awards Project to NESPAK

NESPAK has signed an agreement with

the United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees (UNHCR) in February 2018 for

providing consultancy services for

construction supervision of a Provincial

Cold Chain Warehouse in Peshawar.

Refugees Affecting and Hosting Areas

(RAHA) Program is funding the project

costing Rs. 130 million and it is to be used

by EPI Directorate, Department of Health,

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

NESPAK earlier also provided consultancy

services for detailed design of the project.

Construction activities have started at the

site and are expected to complete within

eighteen months.

Refurbished sections of stadium

A group photograph of Inception Workshop participants

06 PROJECT NEWS

Mardan Medical Complex

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has

signed a consultancy agreement with

Mardan Medical Complex to provide

feasibility studies, detailed design and

construction supervision services by the

name “Improvement, Refurbishment and

Up-gradation of Medical Teaching

Institution (MTI) at Mardan Medical

Complex (MMC), Mardan” with an initial

cost of Rs. 300 million.

Participants of a design review meeting on Dualisation of Khanewal-Lodhran Road Project

NESPAK has been entrusted with design &

construction supervision of Dualisation of

Khanewal-Lodhran Road Project (94 km)

connecting Districts Khanewal, Vehari &

Lodhran. The project cost is Rs. 20,000

million with time period of one year. M/s

SWE Roads (Swedish Company) has been

assigned design vetting.

A Design Review meeting was held and

attended by Mian Muhammad Mushtaq,

Additional Chief Secretary, Mr. Javed

Akbar, Secretary Transport, Government of

the Punjab, Mr. Nayar Saeed, Chief

Engineer (C&W), Mr. Ansar Mahmood,

Additional Secretary (C&W), Mr. Feddrick,

SWE Road Expert, Mr. Qasim, SWE Road

Expert, Mr. M. Dawood Rana, General

Manager, NESPAK, Mr. Azhar Masood,

Advisor, NESPAK, Mr. Asif Arshad, Senior

Engineer, NESPAK and Ms. Ammarah

Shahzad, Senior Engineer, NESPAK.

Additional Chief Secretary praised the

working of NESPAK and instructed

engineers to follow the same standards for

upcoming projects.

The World Bank-funded project

“Preparation of Detailed

Ecological/Biodiversity Management Plans

for the Dasu Hydropower Project” has

been awarded by WAPDA to M/s MWH

International Inc. USA (Lead Consultant)

and M/s NESPAK as sub-consultant.

As a first deliverable, a Draft Inception

Report has been submitted. The inception

workshop of the subject project was

conducted on February 13, 2018 at a local

hotel in Islamabad. The workshop was

chaired by Syed Mehr Ali Shah, Joint

Secretary Water. Individual experts of each

discipline (Aquatic Ecology, Terrestrial

Ecology, Avifauna, Wildlife, Forestry,

Watershed, Physical Cultural Resources,

Capacity Building and GIS) presented

their area of expertise. Focus Group or

Roundtable discussions were also held

with all the stakeholders i.e. World Bank,

WAPDA, NTDC, Forest Department, etc.

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has

signed a consultancy agreement with

Islamia College University, Peshawar to

NESPAK signs agreement with

Islamia College University, Peshawar

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has

signed a consultancy agreement with

Provincial Housing Authority to provide

design review and construction

supervision services for construction of

high-rise flats at civil quarter Peshawar.

The Project will be funded by Government

of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an expected

cost of Rs. 850 million.

A NESPAK-led joint venture

has been rendering

consultancy services for the

construction supervision of

Trimmu and Panjnad

Barrages Improvement

Project (TPBIP) since

September 30, 2015. The

duration of the Consultancy is

51 months. The project is

being financed by Asian

Development Bank along with

Government of the Punjab.

The work at Trimmu Barrage is in full

swing. To review the overall

implementation of the project, ADB Mid

Term Review Mission visited Trimmu

Barrage and conducted meetings with all

Trimmu and Panjnad BarrageImprovement Project

High-rise flats inPeshawar

Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF), GilgitUnited Nations World Food Programme

(WFP) in association with National Disaster

Management Authority (NDMA) is working

together to position warehouse facilities at

strategically identified locations within

Pakistan to serve as a basis for relief

operations during future emergencies and

as logistic hubs during all other times.

These infrastructure facilities are being

constructed in phases at the priority

locations identified by the WFP and

NDMA.

Recently, NESPAK has been selected as

Consultants for construction supervision of

an HRF Facility at Gilgit. For this purpose a

consultancy agreement was signed on

February 14, 2018 between WFP and

NESPAK. NESPAK scope of services

includes construction supervision of steel

frame warehouses, masonry buildings,

boundary walls, reinforced concrete,

gravel pavements and ancillary works.

Total cost of the project is Rs. 93.9 million

with almost 10,600 sq.ft covered area. The

project is likely to be completed by

December 2018.

stakeholders of the project. The Mission

praised the effective role of the Consultant

and showed satisfaction with the progress

of work.

carry out feasibility studies, detailed

design and construction supervision for a

PSDP project. The project is titled

“Consultancy

services for IT-

industrial

innovation,

research center

and strengthening

of Islamia College

University,

Peshawar.” The

scheme will be

funded by Higher

Education

Commission with

an expected cost

of Rs. 860 million. Contract signing ceremony for Islamia College University Peshawar

Contract signing ceremony with PeshawarHousing Authority official

07PROJECT NEWS

ADB Mission during site visit

ADB Mission in a group photograph with project staff

The 24th meeting of the Neelum Jhelum

Consultants (NJC) Board of Management

(BOM) was held from February 08-16,

2018. The NJC joint venture comprises

MWH (Intl.) USA, NORPLAN Norway,

NESPAK, ACE and NDC of Pakistan.

Following members participated in the

meetings: Dr. Peter Mason (Chairman)

MWH, Mr. Tauseef Chaudry, MWH, Mr.

Christ Konstantellos, MWH, Mr. Over

Rusten, NORPLAN, Dr. Tahir M. Hayat,

NESPAK, Mr. Amjad Agha, ACE, Mr. Foad

Hussain, NDC, Mr. James R Stevenson,

Project Manager NJC, MWH and Mr. Ayub

Malik, Deputy Project Manager NJC,

NESPAK

The first meeting was held at Islamabad to

discuss matters related to project

commissioning issues, administration,

Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project

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contractual, etc. on February 8, 2018. The

BOM members then travelled to

Muzaffarabad for site visits.

At Nausehri, dam site was visited to see

the filling of dam reservoir, remaining

concrete of desander and concrete lining

of headrace tunnel. At Majohi, tunnels site

was visited to see concrete plugs being

installed at the access adits in preparation

of filling of the headrace tunnel. At Chattar

Kalas Powerhouse site, progress on the

dry testing of the generating units,

concrete of adit plugs and progress of

control building and the switchyard were

observed. During the visit to each site,

presentations were made by the

respective CREs on the status of works

and the progress.

The BOM held a final meeting with WAPDA

on February 14, 2018 at Rawal Rest

House, Islamabad. Dr. Peter Mason,

Chairman BOM, briefed Chairman WAPDA

Lt. Gen. (R) Muzammil Hussain, Member

(Water), Member (Power), Member

(Finance), CEO NJHPC Brig (R)

Mohammad Zareen and other senior

officials on the progress of the project

works.

NESPAK has completed the project of

“Police Lines Daggar” (Funded by

International Narcotics and Law

Enforcement Agency, USA) in District

Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The

project started on August 13, 2015 and

NESPAK completes Police Lines Daggar Project completed well in time on

August 09, 2017. The

inaugural ceremony was held

at the Chief Minister House,

KPK, on February 27, 2018.

Mr. Pervaiz Khattak, Chief

Minister KPK,

appreciated

NESPAK Vice

President Mr. Tahir

Shamshad and

Project Manager

Mr. Mukhtar

Arshad, for timely

completion of the

project within

budgeted cost.

Neelum Jhelum Consultants Board of Management at Dam Site

Neelum Jhelum Consultants Board of Management meeting in progress with Chairman WAPDA

08 PROJECT NEWS

A view of completed buildings

Chief Minister KPK Inaugurates Police Lines Dagger District Buner, KPK

Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project

The 969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric

Project (NJHP) is approaching the

completion phase with achieved excellent

progress on all of its sites including

Nausehri Dam, Headrace Tunnel System

including single and twin tunnels, Jhelum

Crossing, underground Powerhouse &

Transformer Hall and Tailrace Tunnel.

Majority of civil works are complete or

nearing completion. The overall physical

progress achieved is 99 percent.

The most significant aspect of the project

during this quarter was start of initial filling

of headrace tunnel & tailrace tunnel

starting in the 1st week of March 2018.

The event marked another major milestone

towards completion of the strategically

important project.

All 525 kV generator transformers have

been installed in the transformer hall;

installation of all equipment of the 525 kV

Switchyard is complete along with the

cabling to the control building. The work

on the erection and commissioning of 525

kV transmission line was completed by

last week of February 2018 allowing the

final testing and commissioning of the

switchyard on the availability of back feed

from the transmission line.

Installation of electro-mechanical

equipment in the powerhouse is on

schedule with rotors already installed in all

04-units. The dry testing of first generating

unit is complete while the wet testing will

start in 1st week of April 2018 leading to

start trial generation by middle of April

2018.

NESPAK Architecture & Planning (A&P)

Division Lahore has completed design and

supervision services for auxiliary buildings

including an administration building, staff

accommodation, a mosque and a

cafeteria at the RLNG-based Power Plant

Balloki. Mr. Jamshaid Iqbal, General

Manager A&P Division Lahore is heading

the design team.

Work in progress on Balloki Power Plant

Administration block

Mosque

09PROJECT NEWS

A view of outlet structure

Dam reservoir impounding

Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah at the groundbreaking ceremony

Service road project

NESPAK has been awarded design and

construction supervision of a service road

(both sides) from Abdullah Pur to Gatwalla

along R.B canal by Faisalabad

Development Authority. The ground

breaking ceremony was performed by

Rana Sana Ullah, Provincial Law Minister,

Government of the Punjab.

NESPAK was tasked by National Database

& Registration Authority (NADRA) with

providing engineering consultancy

services for renovation of existing

buildings, construction of new works as

well as maintenance of 400 hired offices

and eight owned properties of NADRA.

After the successful completion of 8

projects of NADRA having cumulative

project cost of Rs. 357 million and in

recognition of NESPAK strenuous efforts,

NADRA has further engaged NESPAK for

providing engineering consultancy

services for establishment of its major set-

up at Narowal.

Land acquisition for Narowal Campus is in

process with Punjab Revenue Board. In

addition, new assignment for

establishment of NADRA Registration

Centre (NRC) and DRO at Gujrat is in

designing phase.

NESPAK awarded more NADRA Projects

A view of front elevation

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Sector F-14 & F-15, Islamabad

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has

won four new projects in Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa comprising Central Prison

(Phase-II), Cadet College Mardan,

Khazana Bridge Lower Dir and Tauheed

Abad Bridge Peshawar. The project costs

are Rs. 100 million, Rs. 1,430 million, Rs.

46 million and Rs. 72 million respectively.

Dualisation of Muzaffargarh-DeraGhazi Khan Road Project

Master Plan forSector F-14 &F-15

Mr. Azhar Masood, Mr. Imran Ishaq and Mr. Shamim Zafar during site visit

PROJECT NEWS

NESPAK wins Projects of University of Science & Technology, Bannu

NESPAK won consultancy services for

buildings of the University of Science &

Technology, Bannu. The Client intends to

construct four buildings namely Girls

Student Hostel, Examination Section,

Guesthouse and Cafeteria at its campuses

located in Bannu City.

Total covered area of the buildings as per

ToR is approximately 41,000 sq.ft. The Girls

Student Hostel project is being funded by

the Government of Pakistan under PSDP

through Planning Commission & Higher

Education Commission. Other three building

pro jec ts a re be ing funded by the

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under

ADP.

NESPAK scope of services includes

planning and detailed design of buildings

and allied external development works,

geotechnical investigation, environmental

study, preparation of engineer's cost

estimate along with bidding documents and

top construction supervision.

NESPAK to develop flood management plan for KPK

NESPAK Regional Office Peshawar has

signed a consultancy agreement with the

Irrigation Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(KPK) for Provincial ADP scheme

“Comprehensive Flood Management Plan,

KPK”. NESPAK will carry out feasibility

studies of 31 individual streams of the

province comprising Indus, Kabul, Swat,

Chitral, Kunar, Siran, Panjkora, Bara,

Kurram, Dor, Haroo, Gomal and Zhob

rivers. The studies will include the

development of flood protection plans,

master planning of basins and feasibility

studies for flood mitigation works along

with development of early warning

systems.

NESPAK wins NewProjects in KPK

NESPAK has been

awarded design &

construction supervision

of Dualisation of

Muzaffargarh-Dera Ghazi

Khan Road Project. The

length of project is 54 km

with 2+2 lane including

two bypasses at Baseera

and Chowk Qureshian.

The project cost is Rs.

8,000 million.

The project design and

monitoring team comprising Mr. Azhar

Masood (Advisor), Mr. Imran Ishaq & Mr.

Shamim Zafar visited the project along

with Mr. Dawood Rana, General Manager

H&TE Division NESPAK. The team guided

the site staff on in process quality control

and also instructed them to maintain the

record as per ISO standards.

M/s Frontier Works Organization (FWO)

Rawalpindi entrusted NESPAK with

carrying out topographic surveys,

geotechnical investigations, master

planning and detailed engineering

design/documentation of its EPC Contract

“Development of Sector F-14 & F-15

Islamabad”. Federal Government

Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF),

Islamabad is the client while FWO has won

the EPC Contract through an open

bidding. Initially, NESPAK assisted FWO in

preparing the design & costing component

of EPC bidding. The Master Plan of Sector

F-14 has already been finalised & got

approved by Capital Development

Authority (CDA), Islamabad. The total

project area is around 10,500 kanals

located along eastern side of the GT Road

in Zone-1 of Islamabad. The estimated

development cost of the project is around

Rs. 12 billion. The master plan will

accommodate around 6,800 residential

plots of various sizes along with all civic

amenities and public facilities.

Mr. Tariq Javed Bhatti of Geotechnical &

Geoenvironmental Engineering Division is

the Project Manager and Mr. Ahmed

Masood, Principal Town Planner

Architecture & Planning Division Lahore, is

the Project Town Planner.

12 STAFF NEWS

Hajj balloting

Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, Managing Director

NESPAK, conducted the Hajj balloting on

January 9, 2018 at NESPAK House,

Lahore. A total of 10 employees from

Grade1 to 7 will get the opportunity to

perform Hajj 2018. Their names include

Mr. Kashif Khan, Naib Qasid DM&R

Division, Mr. Manzoor Hussain, Naib Qasid

A&P Division Lahore, Mr. Muhammad

Anwar, Driver H&TE Division, Mr. Tariq-ul-

Islam, Sub-Engineer

Karachi office, Mr. Tariq

Mahmood, Driver Overseas

Division, Mr. Essa Khan, Lab

Technician Peshawar office,

Mr. Muhammad Tahir Khan,

Driver Islamabad office, Mr.

Muhammad Aslam, Naib

Qasid Coordination Division,

Mr. Muhammad Afroze,

Driver Karachi office and Mr.

Muhammad Iqbal, Naib

Qasid M&QC Division. May

they win Allah's blessings

by performing Hajj, Amen!

Achievements

Mr. Muhammad

Azeem Siddiqi, Senior

Engineer Building

Services Division, has

successfully achieved

Project Management

Professional (PMP ®) certification from

Project Management Institute of USA on

March 19, 2018, achieving Above Target

Status in all Project Management

processes. PMP is an International

certification awarded upon a rigorous

testing of five management processes

including Initiating, Planning, Execution,

Monitoring & Control, and Closing.

Mr. Asad Ali

Saleem, Senior

Engineer of

Construction

Management Division,

has acquired Project

Management

Professional (PMP®)

certification from the Project Management

Institute (USA). He cleared his examination

on March 19, 2018.

Sports gala Sports gala Sports gala kicks off at NESPAKkicks off at NESPAKkicks off at NESPAK

Participants of hajj balloting ceremony

Haji Abdul Wahidaddressing the ceremony

After a long break of many years, NESPAK

organised sports gala by

arranging inter-divisional sports

activities. The event was

inaugurated by Dr. Tahir M. Hayat

MD NESPAK, on March 27, 2018.

A schedule under various sports

categories including cricket,

football, badminton and table

tennis was issued and interested

employees are participating in

the games with immense

enthusiasm. From March 27 to

30, 2018, table tennis matches

were organised at the basement

of NESPAK House, Lahore among various

divisions of NESPAK. The Sports Gala

event will conclude on April 21, 2018.

STAFF NEWS 13

In-House capacity

building programmes

Training and Development is a continuous

process for individual and organisational

development. Keeping the same in mind,

an initiative was taken by the Construction

Management Division for in-house training

and development of all professional

employees. In this connection, the first

lecture was delivered by Syed Imran

Waheed, Vice President/Head

Construction Management Division, on the

topic of “Construction Management.”

Takes Charge

Syed Imran

Waheed,

Vice President/

Head,

Construction

Management

Division

assumed the

additional charge of Contracts

Division on January 18, 2018 after

retirement of Mr. Mahmood A.

Sulehri.

Nominated

Dr. Niaz Akhtar, Vice Chancellor UET

Taxila, nominated Mr. Mukhtar Arshad,

Chief Engineer Islamabad office, as

Technical Advisor/Investigator for quality

control of all executed and ongoing

projects of UET Taxila. Mr. Mukhtar Arshad

has already served as Project Director in

UET Taxila on a deputation basis during

the year 2011-2012. UET Project

Management team of Taxila University

always appreciates services of Mr.

Mukhtar during his deputation period.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mukhtar Arshad was

appointed as Project Manager for

“Conference Room, Prime Minister's

House Islamabad”. The project was

challenging due to various bottlenecks

and acute completion timeline.

Acknowledging the devoted & untiring

efforts of Mr. Mukhtar Arshad during his

project management period, Mr. Ali Akbar

Sheikh, Director General Pak PWD, highly

appreciated him and his team, and

awarded a shield to acknowledge his

excellent services.

Syed Imran Waheed imparting training

Mr. Mukhtar Arshad receiving a shield fromDG Pak PWD

MD NESPAK presenting a memento to Mr. Mahmood A. Sulehri (L) and a bouquet to Mirza Asif Baig (R)

Mr. Abdul Qadeer, General

Manager,

Islamabad office

has been

designated as

General

Manager/Head,

Regional office

Islamabad with

effect from March 1,

2018 in addition to his duties.

He has versatile experience of more

than 35 years related to project

management, construction

management, contracts, proposals and

project feasibility, for handling buildings

as well as infrastructural development

projects. The management wishes him

best of luck for his new assignment with

the company.

Retirements

r. Mahmood A. Sulehri, Vice MPresident/ Head, Contracts Division,

retired on January 11, 2018 after 27 years

of service in the Company with the highest

level of professionalism and dedication.

Mr. Sulehri has a distinguished career in

the fields of engineering contracts

management and contract administration.

NESPAK Management and staff of

Contracts Division wish him good health

and a successful life ahead.

irza Asif Baig, Vice President MNESPAK, who was serving as Indus

Water Commissioner on deputation to the

Ministry of Energy (Power Division), retired

on January 10, 2018. Mr. Baig has an

illustrious career. Before becoming Indus

Water Commissioner, he was serving as

the Vice President Water Resources

Division. It is a great honour for the

Company that one of its professionals has

served on such a high position involving

national prestige and requiring a lot of

technical expertise to take up and resolve

ongoing water disputes with India.

Undoubtedly, Mr. Baig has served with

devotion and dedication. NESPAK

Management and staff wish him good luck

in his future life.

STAFF NEWS14

International Conference

Mr. Saqib Rehman, Senior Environmental

Scientist from ERGES, GT & GE Division,

participated in the 4th International

Conference on Climate Change

Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS)

from February 26 - 27, 2018 at a hotel in

Islamabad. The conference was organised

by Pakistan Agriculture Research Council

(PARC) in

collaboration

with

International

Centre for

Integrated

Mountain

Development

Nepal,

Bangladesh

Centre for

Advanced

A three-day training on Environment,

Health & Safety Management was held

from 18 - 20 December, 2017 at National

Center for Resettlement and Rehabilitation

(NCRR), Punjab University, Lahore. The

training was conducted in continuation

with World Bank Capacity Building Training

Program whose first part titled

Resettlement Management Training was

already conducted in August 2017 at

NCRR. Mr. Irfan-ul-Haq, GM/Head, ERGES

Section GT&GE Division; Dr. Zakariya

Zakar, Dean Faculty of Behavioral & Social

Sciences/Director Institute of Social &

Cultural Studies and Dr. Sajid Rashid,

Principal, College of Earth & Environmental

Sciences (CEES), Punjab University gave

opening remarks and welcomed the

training participants. More than 25

Environmental Management Training

participants

from Dasu

Project

Management

Unit i.e.

Environment

Team of WAPDA

and Consultants

attended the

training. The

main topics

covered during

training were:

Legal and Policy Aspects of Environment,

Health, & Safety; Pollution Control and

Management of Wastes at various Work

Sites of Dasu Hydropower Project (DHPP);

Application of GIS Techniques; Risk

Assessment and Implementation of DHPP

Corporate Policies, Occupational Health

and Safety Measures; Environmental

Monitoring; ISO/EMS/International

Standards; Carbon Finance; Monitoring &

Evaluation and Case Studies of EMP

Implementation.

Studies; the Energy and Resources

Institute in India; and Alterra-Wageningen

University and Research Centre in the

Netherlands. Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb,

Minister of State for Broadcasting and

Communication, and Chairperson,

Parliamentary SDG Secretariat, National

Assembly of Pakistan chaired the

conference and participants from different

countries including Pakistan, India, Nepal

and Bangladesh attended the event.

During the conference, Mr. Saqib Rehman

spelled out some suggestions to bridge

the gaps between science and policy and

identify technology need assessment in

the light of climate change adaption

strategies.

Training session on driving safety

Participants of the workshop

NH&MP personnel with MD NESPAK and senior officials

Participants of Environmental Management Training in a group photograph

Professional Development Centre,

NESPAK House, Lahore.

The training sessions included a

discussion on various safety issues like

adherence to traffic rules, clips on various

traffic/accident situations, traffic signs and

knowhow about tickets/penalties. All the

drivers of the Coordination Division

attended the training which turned out to

be very beneficial. The same training

sessions will also be arranged for other

divisions in Islamabad & Karachi. After the

training session, the Managing Director

appreciated the efforts of NH&MP and

presented them with Certificates of

Appreciation.

Human

Resources

Division in

collaboration

with National

Highway &

Motorway

Police (NH&MP)

organised

training

sessions on

“Driving Safety”

for drivers on

February 19,

2018 and

March 06, 2018

at the Irshad

Ahmad

STAFF NEWS 15

Training course

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an

emerging technology in the market

nowadays and its expertise is rare. It can

also be foreseen that expertise of BIM will

become essential for business in the

future. BIM brings a complete

transformation by helping a construction

project move from the design desks to

physical reality. It trims redundant data,

erases communication lag and noise,

maintains updated information, brings

operational efficiency, improves

coordination among departments and

gives an overall efficiency to the whole life

span of the project. With large

infrastructural projects, BIM is a must. An

expert trainer Dr. –Ing Abdur Rehman

Nasir conducted a five weeks training

workshop on BIM for professionals of

NESPAK.

Dr. –Ing Abdur

Rehman Nasir holds

the degree of M.Sc. in

Construction

Engineering and

Management and is

PhD in Construction

Engineering and

Management from

Bauhaus Universität

Weimar, Germany with

main areas of

research in BIM.

Professional Group sweeps NEPWA electionsProfessional Group sweeps NEPWA electionsProfessional Group sweeps NEPWA electionsResearch Paper

Mr. Abdus Subhan,

Principal Engineer,

Agriculture Division,

authored a research

article titled “Effect of

Organic and Inorganic

Fertilizer on the Water

Use Efficiency (WUE)

and Yield Attributes of

Wheat under Heavy Textured Soil”. The

article is published in Volume 33, Issue 4

(582-590) December 2017, Sarhad Journal

of Agricultural (sja). The article has open

access via DOI| http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/

journal.sja/2017/33.4.582.590.

Research Publication

Ms. Iman Meer, Environmental Scientist

Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental

Engineering Division, has published

research work titled “Removal techniques

for heavy metals from fly ash” in an

international Journal of Material Cycles

and Waste Management, Springer Japan

(impact factor 1.604). Moreover her

research work on Chashma wetlands titled

“Abundance of Birds and Variations in

Physico-Chemical Characteristics of

Freshwater Reservoir” has been locally

published in the University of Sindh

Journal of Animal Sciences Jamshoro in

November 2017. Her research work will be

beneficial for consultants, industries,

researchers, academic institutions and

wildlife/fisheries/ecology departments.

Long service award

Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad, Manager Accounts,

working at Regional Office Riyadh (KSA)

received Long Service Award after

completion of 30 years' service with

NESPAK. The award was presented by

Regional Manager Mr. Mohammed Shoaib.

Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad thanked the Regional

Manager and other staff members for this

honour.

BIM orientation session

MD NESPAK administering oath

NESPAK Professional Officers Welfare

Association Regd. (NEPWA) Election 2017

was held on July 17, 2017. The

“Professional Group” led by Chairman

Engr. Javed Munir and General Secretary

Engr. Nooraz Gul swept the NEPWA

elections by a landslide victory.Elections were held simultaneously at

NESPAK House Lahore and Regional

offices in Karachi, Islamabad and

Peshawar under the auspices of National

Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC),

Islamabad. The elected office bearers of

NEPWA took oath at a ceremony held on

August 01, 2017 at NESPAK House,

Lahore. Dr. Tahir M. Hayat, MD NESPAK,

administered the oath and congratulated

the office-bearers and executive

committee members.

Following Office bearers of NEPWA took

the oath: Engr. Javed Munir (Chairman),

Engr. Syed Muhammad Nadeem

(President), Engr. Nooraz Gul (General

Secretary), Arch. Samina Butt (Senior Vice

President), Arch. Asad Ur Rehman (Vice

President-1), Engr. Mukesh Kumar (Vice

President-II), Mr. Ghulam Mustafa (Joint

Secretary), Mr. Aslam Pervaiz (Finance

Secretary), Mr. Muhammad Asif (Asst.

Finance Secretary), Mr. Jawad Aslam

Bajwa (Office Secretary), Mr. Zulfiqar Ali

(Information Secretary). Executive Body

members include Mr. Asif Hussain, Engr.

Muhammad Umar, Engr. Irfanullah KIbzai,

Engr. Wajahat Makhdoom, Mr. Hafeez,

Engr. Qaim Jan, Engr. Saleem Pirzada and

Mr. Asghar Ali.

EDITOR: AHMAD SAID, GM/HeadBusiness Development Division

DEPUTY EDITORS: HINA NAZ SIDRA ILYAS

DESIGNER: MUHAMMAD AHMED NADEEMPRO: ZULFIKAR ALI KHAN

FOREIGN OFFICES

Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaM.H. Aitah-NESPAK Engineering Consultant Company, Office #2, First Floor, Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Moosa Commercial Complex Abdul Aziz Bin Masaad Bin Jalwi Road (Dabbab Road) RiyadhP.O.Box 50344, Riyadh 11523Phone: +966-11-4052297, 4059583Fax: +966-11-4051031E-mail: nespaksa@gmail.com Sultanate of OmanNESPAK & Partners L.L.C., Office No. 315 & 316, Third Floor, Moosa Abdul Rehman Complex, Way: 2109, Block No. 131, Building No. 477, Near Sultan Qaboos Mosque, P.O. Box 3506, Postal Code 112, Ruwi/Halat Al-Noor, MuscatPhone: +968-24789668 Mobile: +968-98237227Fax: +968-24703702E-mail: <nespak@omantel.net.om> <khadim_jakhar@yahoo.com>

Islamic Republic of AfghanistanNational Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited, House No. 250, District (Nahiya) 10, Street No. 16, Wazir Akbar Khan, KabulPhone: +93-0-20-2312966 Fax: +93-0-20-2312967Mobile: +93-797284707/+93-789767783E-mail: <nespak_af@yahoo.com> <nespak_af@hotmail.com>

United Arab Emirates National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited, Office No.1203, Business Tower, Business Bay, P. O. Box: 88410, DubaiPhone: +971-4-8824602Mobile: +971-56-9825454, +971-50-2474809E-mail: <ae@nespak.com.pk> <Tahiramin63@yahoo.com>

State of QatarNational Engineering Services Pakistan W.L.L. Limited, Office No. 1, Al Muthanna Complex, Building No. 2, New Salata, Off Salwa RoadP.O. Box 32057, Doha Phone: +974-44429696, 44420324 Fax: +974-44429969E-mail: <info@nespak-qatar.com>

United Kingdom NESPAK UK Limited, Parkview 183-189 The Vale, London, UK W3 7RWTel: +44-2088111188 Fax: +44-2088111189Email: nespakuk@gmail.com

Islamic Republic of IranUnit No. 6, Block No. 82, 35 metre Golestan Street, between Adl Square and Sardar-e-Jangal Street, Pounak Avenue, Tehran - IranPhone: +98-21-44441479 Fax: +98-21-44441479 E-mail: <nespak.roi@gmail.com> <bjavid51@gmail.com>

LOCAL OFFICES

Karachi: 13th Floor, NICL Building, Abbasi Shaheed Road, Off. Shahrah-e-Faisal, KarachiPhone: +92-21-99207277-84Fax: +92-21-35651994E-mail: karachi@nespak.com.pk nespakkh@gmail.com

Islamabad: NESPAK House, Sector-G, 5/2, P.O. Box 2461Phone: +92-51-9221910-13Fax: +92-51-9221914E-mail: nespak.isd@gmail.com islamabad@nespak.com.pk

Quetta: House No. 18-19B, Street No. 2 Phase-3, Shahbaz Town, Quetta Cantt.Phone: +92-81-9202454, 9201707 Fax: +92-81-9202982E-mail: roquetta@nespak.com.pk

PeshawarNESPAK House, 24, Sector B-2, Phase V, Hayatabad, PeshawarPhone: +92-91-5828478-79, 5828481, 5837220 Fax: +92-91-5828482E-mail: nespakp@gmail.com

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

Turkpak International (Pvt.) Ltd.IEEEP Building, 17-C-1, Civic Centre, Faisal Town, Lahore-54700, PakistanPhone: +92-42-99232261-74 Fax: +92-42-99232275E-mail: info@turkpak.com

Technology & Resource Development (Pvt.) Ltd.IEEEP Building, 17-C-1, Civic Centre, Faisal Town,Lahore-54700, PakistanPhone: +92-42-99232261-74 Fax: +92-42-99232275E-mail: techred01@gmail.com

ECO Consultancy & Engineering Company(Pvt.) Ltd. (ECO-CEC)IEEEP Building, 17-C-1, Civic Centre, Faisal Town,Lahore-54700, PakistanPhone: +92-42-99232261-74 Fax: +92-42-99232275E-mail: ecocec@wol.net.pk

National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited (Consulting Engineers)

1: NESPAK House: 1-C, Block-N, Model Town Extension, Lahore-54700, Pakistan PABX: +92 42 99090000 Fax: +92 42 99231950 P.O.Box: 1351 E-mail: info@nespak.com.pk Website: www.nespak.com.pk

2: IEEEP Building, 17-C-1, Civic Centre, Faisal Town, Lahore-54700, Pakistan PABX: +92 42 99232261-74 Fax: +92 42 99232275 P.O.Box: 1351

Meeting with Engr. Abdullah Al Khiyari, Director General of Roads and Land Transport Ministry of Transport and Communication

NESPAK professionals visit Oman for business promotion

Meeting with Engr. Hilal Bin Marhoon Bin Salim Al-Islam (Director of Design)-MOTC

Mr. Imran Waheed, Vice President

Construction Management Division and

Mr. Ahsan Anwar, General Manager/Head,

Overseas Division visited Muscat,

Sultanate of Oman from January 22 - 26,

2018 to attend the presentation for post

tender clarifications of consultancy

services for construction of roads and

bridges for NR-32 at Duqm and to meet

many other Clients along with Mr. Khadim

Hussain Jakhar, Regional Manager, Oman.

They met High Officials of Directorate

General of Roads and Land Transport

(DGR&LT), Ministry of Transport and

Communication, Director of Projects

(DGR&LT), Director of Design (DGR&LT),

Acting Director of Quantity Surveying

(DGR&LT), Director of Tender Department,

Ministry of Regional Municipality, Chief

Executive Officer-CEO (Mr. Lee), Special

Economic Zone Authority Duqm-(SEZAD)

and Project Manager Public Authority for

Electricity and Water (PAEW).