10:00 - 16:00 Workshop A: Effectively entering the Qatar construction market

This workshop will provide you with the information to win new business in Qatar. It will explain strategies for entering the market for small and medium sized companies.

You will hear insights on the legal risks of doing business in Qatar; company, foreign investment, tax, employment, immigration, tendering, and engineering laws.

During this workshop you will be involved in group discussions and training exercises to learn how to deal with the one-off administrative hurdles for setting-up and mitigate contractual legal risks

Benefits of attending:

• Work efficiently to win business through learning about stakeholder and client requirements
• Help to mitigate exposure to risk and ensure complete visibility
• Learn about various laws which will effect your business
• Understand the local partnering process in Qatar and how it can benefit your company

Who should attend?

• Country Managers and Business Development Directors
• Development Managers from new solution providers trying to win business in Qatar

Content will be tailored to ensure it focuses on and reflects the delegate’s key priorities and personal responsibilities or interest areas.

Workshop leaders:

10.00 - 16:00 Workshop B: Increasing the quality and life cycle of current assets in Qatar to ensure long term durability

As announcements of tenders for asset management projects in Qatar emerge, this dedicated workshop will enable you to position your company to win those asset management contracts. Maintaining current assets is vital to ensure new infrastructure is supported without creating unnecessary costs and ensuring they maintain their asset value. The workshop will also give attendees the opportunity to discuss the requirements for Qatar as asset management is still a new concept for the region

This workshop is your chance to discuss the way forward for Qatar and brainstorm strategies required. It will include project examples where details of auditing, monitoring and reviewing road contracts, to raise performance standards and encourage best practice will be shared. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss the range of different software tools on the market for monitoring and controlling the management of the assets.

Benefits of attending:

• Position your company to win asset management contracts in Qatar
• Discuss ways of extending the life of existing assets to maximise the return on asset investment
• Review software on the market to better understand the products available
• Learn about project examples which can be implemented in the region

Who should attend?

• Consultants, asset management engineers
• Contractors bidding for asset management projects in Qatar

Content will be tailored to ensure it focuses on and reflects the delegate’s key priorities and personal responsibilities or interest areas.

Workshop leader:

Dr. Max Clark
Development Director
Halcrow