Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) releases its new Sustainability Strategy, that maps out specific commitments across its entire business by the year 2025 and beyond. Building upon a solid foundation in environmental protection, safety excellence, social responsibility and strong governance, this strategy will ensure that sustainability is fully integrated across CCC’s operations.
This strategic plan not only aims to ensure that CCC becomes truly sustainable, it also hopes to contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Across CCC, we have been working systematically on all three pillars of sustainability (economy, environment, and society) for around a decade. Specifically, we have focused on zero harm and safeguarding employees’ well-being, reducing energy use and emissions, recycling construction waste, adopting circular economy principles, endorsing green construction, enhancing business transparency and promoting community engagement.
This strategy plan will govern all corporate sustainability activities and emphasize on achieving milestones by the year 2025 in three key areas:
Related goals, targets and measures are specified here.
CCC is committed to making tangible progress in these three areas by 2025. Some actions involve continuing existing work, while others involve engaging new partnerships and stakeholders, and driving innovation in new areas.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic it has become apparent that economic resiliency, physical health, environmental wellness and social stability are all inextricably connected. Also, the past couple of months have demonstrated the urgency for companies to drive positive change that transcends their traditional operational footprint. For CCC, creating meaningful value has been of prime importance during this health crisis and our new sustainability strategy reflects our dedication to deepen Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments towards our clients, our people, communities and society at large.
BP Exploration (Epsilon) LLC has announced that Ghazeer project – Khazzan Central processing Facility (CPF) – Phase II has started gas production on October 12, 2020. Initially, Ghazeer was expected to begin production in the first quarter of 2021 but the first gas from the field has been delivered four and a half months early.
The project is part of Block 61 -one of the Middle East’s largest tight gas accumulations – and is located within the Al Dhahirah Governorate, nearly 450km to the southwest of Muscat Governorate, the capital of Oman and is owned by BP and Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production.
Labelled as the Jewel in BP’s crown, CCC was awarded the construction phase of this prestigious project, in December 2017 by the main contractor, Petrofac Oman. The project was the second development phase of Khazzan Central processing Facility (CPF) and the scope included additional gas processing train, liquid train, inlet facilities, export gas compressor, flare system, substations, and connections/modifications to the existing plant (Brownfield works). CCC was also the construction contractor for Phase 1 of the project which was completed in 2017.
In delivering this major project ahead of schedule, CCC has casted more than 56,000 m³ of concrete works, erected 9,500 tons of steel structures and 336,000 Inch-diameter of piping, laid more than 1,000,000 m of electrical and instrumentation cables and installed close to 6,000 Tons of equipment. Safety wise, the project recorded nearly 19.6 million man-hours without lost time injury (LTI).
The Ghazeer gas field will deliver an additional 0.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas, along with 35,000 barrels of condensate per day. Khazzan and Ghazeer combined are expected to reach to 1.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas and more than 65,000 barrels of associated condensate per day.
With an estimated 10.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources, Block 61 has the capacity to deliver approximately 35% of Oman’s total gas demand.
In response to the devastating human and material damages caused by the August 4 explosion of Beirut’s Port, CCC launched the Lebanon Needs Our Help Campaign among its staff and matched the funds.
In times of need and crisis CCC and its Employees have always stood by their fellow humans in the Arab world and in all areas of operation and this time was no exception. Funds raised will be used to rehabilitate damaged houses, and refurbish small businesses for the most vulnerable.
The Water Security Mega Reservoirs program, in Qatar, has entered the Guinness Book of Records as the Largest Drinking Water Storage Tank, ever built. CCC was responsible for building 5 potable water reservoirs /tanks of this major scheme developed by Qatar’s General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa).
The volume of each of the drinking water tanks exceeds 436,000 cubic meters (surpassing 96 million Imperial Gallons, 115 million US Gallons) thus making it the largest water tank of its kind in the world and setting a world record.
CCC’s project scope included the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of five reinforced concrete potable water reservoirs or tanks with an area of 43,000m2 each, pumping stations and interconnecting networks of large diameter water pipelines at two distinct site locations.
For this breakthrough project, CCC had to excavate and backfill more than 3,000,000 m3 of earthworks quantities, and pour around 750,000m3 of reinforced concrete. At the same time, CCC’s workforce which exceeded 7,500 (at peak), achieved nearly 73,000,000 overall work hours towards the completion of this world class project which is expected to be fully operational by end of 2020.
The Water Security Mega Reservoirs program is an ambitious water project aiming to address the enormous water demand in Qatar following the country’s increasing growth, development and population. As a strategic project, it enhances Qatar’s water security and provides a high-quality service in accordance with the highest international and local standards. Also, it promotes the country’s sustainable advancement ensuring harmony between economic, social and environmental development.
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), has been honored as a 2020 MEED Projects Awards finalist in two categories: innovation and sustainability.
Finalists are recognized for their outstanding quality and achievement in the GCC projects sector and for supporting the development of this crucially important industry for the region. This year’s judging process resulted in the selection of more than 80 projects aiming to win across 21 categories. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony which will take place in December and will attract regional stakeholders and key decision makers.
The MEED Projects Awards go beyond acknowledging the construction element of project delivery and encompass the value and quality of a project throughout its entire life cycle, from the design concept through to engineering and construction and its overall contribution to society and to the environment.
CCC has been selected as a finalist for the Innovation Medal and the Sustainability Medal. To begin with, for the Innovation Medal, CCC has been shortlisted for two projects:
In addition, for the Sustainability Medal:
CCC’s culture of innovation drives better, faster and leaner business results which activate good sustainability impacts. Being a 2020 MEED Projects Awards Finalist is an honor and we look forward to further supporting the region in promoting innovation and sustainability.
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) recently completed the southbound section of Qatar’s first cable-stayed bridge, which is part of the Sabah Al-Ahmad Corridor project. The southbound carriageway will be opened for duel two lane running while the northbound bridge is erected.
The full bridge is expected to open in 2021, the 1,200-metre-long bridge will consist of four lanes in each direction. It will accommodate more than 16,000 vehicles per hour and improve the traffic flow between Hamad International Airport (HIA) and the areas of Bu Hamour, Mesaimeer and Al Waab.
The bridge is being constructed without pillars for a distance of 150m, instead cables will be used for support. In total, construction of the bridge will require 854 precast reinforced concrete pieces, each weighing up to 200 tons, as well as 16 pylons and 20 piers.
Works to Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor began in early 2018. This infrastructure project is of increased significance for the country, especially in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup that Qatar is hosting. Upon completion, the project will secure the upgrade of the existing highway, the connection of major roads in Doha and the easy access to the new expressway. The corridor will also include Qatar’s longest flyover– covering 2.6km between Al Bustan Street and Bu Erayyen Street – as well as the largest interchange. In addition, the longer of the two bridges, designed as a cable-stayed bridge, will be the first of its kind in Qatar.
The jobsite’s inner-city position and the project’s complexities are placing high demands on the execution of the construction work. CCC’s project team are managing the project and providing technical and construction expertise to ensure that this ambitious infrastructure project meets the highest standards of excellence.