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Qatar Update: New Year, New Office Environment

The beginning of a new era has been ushered in at the Doha headquarters in Qatar. WJ Groundwater Qatar has finally bid farewell to 2016, the Fereej Kulaib office and moved to new premises in Fereej Bin Omran. The move was finalised on the last day of February (2017). The project was led and chiefly organised by WJ Groundwater’s Doha-based office staff, headed by Admin Officer Randy Lazaro with aplomb.

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WJ GroundwaterQatar Update: New Year, New Office Environment
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UAE Update: Team Frankie’s, Making The Highways Busy

Paul Turner, Overseas Director based at WJ Groundwater’s base in Dubai reports on Team Frankie’s recent activity.

Team Frankie’s recently had a very busy period. We had a busy weekend of racing which saw the team compete in the Liwa Challenge and EKRCC TTT in the space of a fortnight!

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WJ GroundwaterUAE Update: Team Frankie’s, Making The Highways Busy
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Qatar Update: 2016 Review

Projects and new tech

“2016 has been packed with important projects and events at WJ Groundwater’s Qatar base,” reported Overseas Director, Paul Turner.

Over the last six months projects have included:

VVIP Villa at the Pearl Qatar

As the name implies, The Villa was for a ‘Very Very Important Person’ in Doha. The sub contract work involves dewatering for an excavation close to the shoreline of the Arabian Sea. A small yet complex, ‘signature’ project successfully completed by WJ Groundwater for CRC.

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WJ GroundwaterQatar Update: 2016 Review
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Qatar Update: Work hard, play hard!

Magnum-11

Recently, our Qatar base put together a cricket team called Magnum-11 consisting of the finest, most committed and enthusiastic sports fans from WJ Groundwater’s management and site teams.

Led by Govindaswamy Shankar they are now a fixture on the local Doha league tables and have proved to be a force to be reckoned with – Magnum Force.

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WJ GroundwaterQatar Update: Work hard, play hard!
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UAE Update: Overpumping at Burj Khalifa

WJ Groundwater is happy to announce that it is currently operating a sewage over pumping system in down town Dubai close to Burj Khalifa.  The project is an important part of a series of upgrades for Emaar Properties EJS. WJ Groundwater provided Dutco Balfour Beatty LLC with two brand new diesel sewage pumps. Combined they have a pumping capacity of 600 l/s.

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WJ GroundwaterUAE Update: Overpumping at Burj Khalifa
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Qatar News: Introducing Magnum-11. WJ Groundwater’s new Cricket Team!

Named after one of the best sump pumps money can buy, WJ Groundwater’s Qatar office has assembled a crack squad of cricket players consisting of management and site staff.

“It’s a great opportunity for staff to have fun, and we’ve invited all staff members to participate regardless of skill ability because it’s the social aspects that are as important as the sportsmanship,” said team manager Govindaswamy Shankar.

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WJ GroundwaterQatar News: Introducing Magnum-11. WJ Groundwater’s new Cricket Team!
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UAE Update: Paul Turner attends Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Department of Civil Engineering.

WJ Groundwater’s Paul Turner (Overseas Director) (front row – far right) attended the Spring 2016 Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Department of Civil Engineering. The board met at the AUD School of Engineering in Dubai on 22nd March (2016).

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