Khaleej Times reported that Burj Khalifa has won the Award of the Year for the best construction project in the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States.
MEED, the Middle East’s premier business intelligence provider, held a gala awards ceremony to recognize top projects across eight different categories at the first MEED Quality Awards for Projects, an independently judged excellence recognition competition for projects completed in the GCC.
The glittering awards ceremony was held at Dubai International Financial Centre. It was attended by key government officials and representatives from leading private sector enterprises in the region.
The gas desulphurization refinery in Bahrain topped the list for the Oil and Gas category whereas Qatar’s Mesaieed A IPP won the Power category. Al Ghubrah-5 in Oman and the GPIC carbon dioxide recovery plant in Bahrain emerged winners in the Water Reuse and Sustainable Project categories respectively. Kuwait National Library was selected for the Social Project of the Year award that was sponsored by AMEinfo.
Burj Khalifa was the undisputed winner in the Building Project of the Year category sponsored by Technal Middle East while the Transport Project of the Year sponsored by Cadillac was picked up Dubai Metro Red Line. Ferrari Experience won the leisure and tourism category for the UAE. Additionally, the Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi received a special award titled the ‘MEED Editors Outstanding Achievement for Culture Award while MEED Editors Outstanding Achievement Award for Heritage’ went to the Revitalization of the Old Souq of Dubai project.
Mr Edmund O’Sullivan chairman of MEED Quality Awards for Projects said that “The 32 projects that were nominated for the GCC Awards have gone through a rigorous selection process at the national level. Each project was undoubtedly the result of a significant amount of planning and collective effort on behalf of the teams that have created them. The entries demonstrated an immense amount of maturity and each of them answers a specific need within the country where it exists. Ascertaining the GCC-wide winners across eight different categories was a difficult decision with projects closely contending for the top spot. To ensure a fair judgment, best practices and bias-free procedures were used while evaluating the first Quality Awards for Projects at the GCC level.”
(Sourced from www.khaleejtimes.com)
