Life as a Civil Engineer and the Umm Al Hayman Wastewater Treatment Project, Kuwait
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Civil engineering achievements behind the Umm Al Hayman Wastewater Treatment Project, Kuwait
- The importance of the project in relation to the UNSDGs and Public Private Partnerships.
- The construction of wastewater pumping stations in Egailah and Sabah Al Ahmed.
- The installation of a record-breaking emergency sea outfall involving 2 km of microtunnelling under the sea.
- The construction of a state-of-the-art plant to treat 500,000 m3 of wastewater per day.
- Over 16 km of intermittent microtunnelling at depths close to 10 metres.
- Construction of 38 circular precast pre-stressed post-tensioned concrete structures holding close to a total of 500,000 m3 of treated water, installed throughout South and East Kuwait.
- Installing a network of 450 km of ductile iron pipe with diameters up to 1.6 metres.
Speaker
Dr. Umair Farooq
Dr. Umair Farooq holds a first class honours and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester, UK. He is a double Chartered and a triple Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). As a Senior Project Manager, currently Dr Farooq also serves the ICE as Country Representative for Kuwait, Mentor and Supervising Civil Engineer bringing over 20 years of valuable industrial experience in the field of engineering, commercial, project management and Client interface for industries such as the Nuclear, Oil/Gas, Refineries, Wastewater and Utilities.
