At ECG, we understand that master planning guides growth and development, and as such is paramount to the future success of all projects. This is why we really give it our all.

Our master planning approach covers urban planning, land-use planning, transportation facilities, open spaces, and public services, as well as environment and heritage conservation precincts; and if this is not enough, we conduct a broad range of other studies pertaining to air, soil, water, health, and safety.

These studies include Economic Impact Analyses, Energy Efficiency Potential Studies, Environmental Impact Assessments, Feasibility Studies, Geotechnical & Ground Engineering Studies, GIS Studies, Hazard & Operability Studies (HAZOP), Hydrologic & Hydraulic Studies, Land Valuations, Marketing Researches, Population Studies, Real Estate & Asset Appraisals, Social Impact Assessments, Solid Waste Management Studies, Traffic Impact Assessments, Urban Development Studies, and water, air, and soil characterizations.

This meticulous attention to detail and comprehensive approach has paid off. Today, we are the trusted name in the field of engineering consultancy both nationally and globally. In addition, we take great pride in that.

The project comprised the demolition and reconstruction of seven mosques (three floors each) at different locations in Qatar. Each mosque features its own special design inspired by the architectural style, society, and climate of the Gulf Area, with special attention given to the needs of the disabled. Over a total plot area of 6,267 m², each mosque comprises the following levels:

• Ground floor: men’s prayer hall, women’s prayer hall and toilets, Da`wah room (with a kitchen and toilet), cleaning room, temporary room for the muezzin (with a kitchen and toilet), service courtyard, ablution facilities, and toilets
• First floor: men’s prayer hall
• Second floor: imam’s residence (three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and two toilets); muezzin’s residence (two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and two toilets); two separate entrances for the two residences; and elevator.

Scope of Work

ECG scope, with others, included providing construction management services for Alexandria Wastewater Program (Phase II). This included the administration of Host Country Construction Contracts awarded for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities, pumping stations and support facilities. The intent was to award Design/Build Contracts for the subject facilities in accordance with the USAID regulations for Two-Stage Bidding procedure.

The construction management services comprised the following tasks:

• Review of environmental assessments.
• Review of soil investigation.
• Surveying sites for facilities and/or pipeline routes.
• Prequalification of Design/Build contractors.
• Review of Bases of Design Reports for the subject facilities. Review of criteria for a comprehensive Quality Control Program for Design/ Build contracts.
• Review of the necessary Invitations for Tenders (IFT).
• Review of cost estimates.
• Evaluation of technical and commercial tenders.
• Monitoring of all construction activities.
• Staff Training on maintenance of facilities.
• Provision of claims handling and arbitration assistance as required.
• Providing the primary survey control for the Construction Contractor.
• Providing related complementary support activities to the Alexandria General Organization for Sanitary Drainage (AGOSD) in the following categories: administration, engineering, design, inspection, maintenance and procurement.
• Overall direction and management of the project.

This program aimed at expanding the treatment capacities of Alexandria’s East and West Wastewater Treatment Plants, increasing the capacities of six pumping stations, and constructing support facilities. The program was funded in part by a grant from the United States Agency for International Development USAID.

The improvements included:

• Expansion of the treatment capacity and other improvements to the six major pump stations, namely: Ras ElSoda, Maamoura, Sporting, Smouha, Sidi Bishr and East Zone.
• Expansion of the east primary treatment plant from a capacity of 410,000 m³ / day to 607,000 m³ / day, and expansion of the west primary treatment plant from a capacity of 186,000 m³ / day to 460,000 m³ / day.
• Expansion of the sludge dewatering and disposal facilities to accept the sludge from the expanded treatment plants, and facilities at the mechanical dewatering facilities to improve odor control.
• Provision of additional support facilities, including a training/service center, workshops, a garage, storage areas, and other ancillary buildings and equipment.

Alexandria’s sewer and storm-water networks, pumping stations, and treatment plants were old and deteriorating.

Sewer breaks were frequent and untreated sewage flooded over the city streets. Raw sewage was directly discharged into the Mediterranean Sea, polluting both the sea and the beaches. To address such critical situation, a phased implementation plan was initiated by the Government of Egypt and funded by the USAID to improve and expand Alexandria’s wastewater system.

ECG, in joint venture with two global US consultants Metcalf & Eddy and CH2MHill, designed and supervised the construction of pumping stations, two major treatment plants, two bored tunnels of 21 km length and up to 1,200 mm diameter each, under-crossings, force mains, collectors, sewer networks, sea outfalls, drain improvement, sludge disposal facilities, and mechanical sludge dewatering facilities.

From 1980 to 1995, the following sub-projects were implemented under the Wastewater Upgrade Program (Phase I):

• Review and update of Alexandria Wastewater Master Plan up to the year 2000. This review included in-depth feasibility study for re-use of treated wastewater to develop an agricultural area of 70,000 acres. The review also considered the disposal of primary treated wastewater effluent through sea outfalls.
• Field investigations included comprehensive soil investigations and survey programs. The survey works comprised land survey and aerial photography for 750 km² . Works also comprised ground control of horizontal and vertical stations tied to the national second degree network and mapping in scales of 1:1000 ,1:500 and 1:5000.
• Abu Qir Force Main: 1.2 km long and 450 mm diameter.
• Sidi Bishr Force Main: 1.3 km long and 1,000 to 1,200 mm diameter.
• Smouha Force Main: 1.7 km long and 600 to 1,800 mm diameter.
• East Zone Force Main: 5.5 km long, double line and 1,500 to 1,800 mm diameter.
• Smouha Collectors: gravity sewers 6.1 km long and 200 to 2,750 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• Sidi Bishr Collectors: gravity sewers 4.3 km long and 1,200 to 1,500 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• Abu Qir Collectors: gravity sewers 6.7 km long and 300 to 1,500 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• Smouha Sewage Networks: gravity sewers, 11 km long and 200 to 900 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• Abu Qir Sewage Networks: gravity sewers, 32 km long and 200 to 800 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• ElSiouf ElKeblia and Hagar Elnawatiya Sewage Networks: gravity sewers, 8 km long and 200 to 800 mm diameter with associated manholes.
• Hydrodrome Drain Improvement including: new transition structures and miscellaneous appurtenances.
• Smouha Drain Improvement: by adding new sewers, manholes, junction boxes, transition structures and miscellaneous appurtenances.
• New East Zone Pumping Station: 21 m deep, with maximum lifting capacity of 600,000 m³/day. For dry construction purposes, a 20 m long steel sheet piles were driven to form circular cofferdam with 54 m diameter.
• New Smouha Pumping Station: 17 m deep, with maximum lifting capacity of 340,000 m³/day. For dry construction purposes, a 20 m long steel sheet piles were driven to form a circular cofferdam with 45 m diameter. An intensive dewatering system was designed and implemented during the construction period.
• New Sidi Bishr Pumping Station: 13 m deep, with maximum lifting capacity of 165,000 m³/day.
• New Maamoura Pumping Station: 12 m deep, with maximum lifting capacity of 100,000 m³/day. For dry construction purposes, a 20 m long steel sheet piles were driven to form a circular cofferdam with 45 m diameter. An intensive dewatering system was designed and implemented during the construction period.
• Upgrading the East Treatment Plant including: new headwork structures, a new flow split structure, demolishing existing clarifiers and constructing eight (8) new ones, eight (8) new pumping stations and a new on-site employee housing. (further description of the project is included in the subsequent sheets).
• Upgrading the West Treatment Plant including: new influent pumping station (955,500 m³/day), new headworks, new primary sedimentation tanks, yard piping (200 mm to 2,750 mm diameter), modifications to existing building and new on-site employee housing (further description of the project is included in the subsequent sheets).
• ElSiouf ElKeblia and West Zone Tunnels: 21 km long of 1,200 mm diameter each. Tunneling execution was either by using tunneling boring machine or by shield and jacking equipment according to soil characteristics. All manholes were constructed by sinking caisson method.
• Smouha and East Zone Undercrossings including:

1. – Smouha force main undercrossings with two highways and a double-track branch line railroad (by jacking method) and with a canal (by tunnel boring machine).
2. East Zone force main undercrossings with two highways and a doubletrack main line railroad (by jacking method) and with a canal (by tunnel boring machine).
3. Smouha drain undercrossing with two highways and a double track branch line railroad (by jacking method).

• Sludge Disposal Facilities: for the disposal of sludge, grit, scum and screenings of the treatment plants.
• Mechanical Sludge Dewatering Facilities: including new sludge equalization tanks; new dewatering pump station with equalization tank; blower and sludge transfer pumps; new dewatering building with sludge feed pumps; belt filter passing polymer system and sludge cake conveyors.

Scope of Work

• Soil Investigations and laboratory analysis.
• Engineering preliminary and detailed designs.
• Preparation of equipment procurement specifications and bid requests, as well as assisting in the evaluation of bids.
• Preparation of construction documents and bid requests, as well as assisting in the evaluation of bids.
• Providing construction management and resident inspection services during construction.
• Start-up and operation of the completed southern complex until completion of performance guarantee tests.
• Training GOGCWS personnel on the O&M of the complete facility.

With a total construction value of US$ 500 million, Rod EIFarag water filtration plant expansion program was awarded to ECG. lt involved increasing the capacity of Rod EIFarag treatment plant from 200,000 m³ /day to 600,000 m³ /day. The USAID-funded initiative, undertaken in cooperation with ES Parsons, is a landmark in the firm’s experience in developing mega-scale water treatment plants.

The project included a new Nile water intake, a new raw water pumping station, water clarification and filtration facilities, a new filtered water pumping station (about 800,000 m³ / day), approximately 5 km of new trunk
transmission lines and associated appurtenances to handle the increase in water production.

The project included a process study to determine the most suitable, efficient and cost effective process for treating the River Nile water in Egypt and; to determine the most suitable coagulant and coagulant aid dosage; the optimum surface loading, detection time, rise rate, velocity gradients and other design parameters associated with the treatment process were considered.

Each studied process was supported with sufficient data and laboratory tests. Pilot plant investigations were carried out to ensure that the recommended process is the most economical and effective process for the upgrade of Rod EIFarag south section treatment complex.

Based on the selected treatment process, improvements; expansions; and modifications were determined taking into account the utilization of the existing treatment units, when economically feasible and without interrupting the existing water production level of the plant.

The expansion scheme of the southern part of Rod EIFarag Treatment Plant included:

• The water treatment plant.
• A new raw water intake (consisting of two 2,400 mm pipelines, extending 175 m in the River Nile, a raw water pump station including six vertical turbine pumps with total capacity of 780,000 m³ / day at 11 m head and three traveling screens).
• Two underground storage reservoirs.
• A finished water pump station including eight vertical turbine pumps of a total capacity of 1,200,000 m³ / day at 60 m head.
• All other facilities of the treatment plant.

The multi-functional pharmaceutical plant is constructed to be in compliance with the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. It aims to enhance the local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products in order to meet the rapid increase in demand. The plant is constructed on a total land area of 115,000m² with estimated built-up area of 41,000m².

The project comprises plant building, services building, prefabricated warehouse and associated facilities. The plant building is composed of a ground floor and a mezzanine. The ground floor occupies an area of 22,500m² that includes a production area of 8,360m², sterile rooms with an area of 1,140m², a warehouse with an area of 5,750m², a Research and Development (RD) laboratory with an area of 1,800m², in addition to other necessary facilities. The mezzanine floor occupies an area of 16,140m², comprises an area of 12,290m² for mechanical equipment, an administration area of 2,020m², laboratories of area 1,200m² and other related facilities. The services building houses cooling towers, boilers and other electro-mechanical equipment serving the production area. It covers an area of 1,730m². The project facilities include, but not limited to, a maintenance workshop, an emergency diesel power plant, water tanks, fuel tanks, an industrial waste treatment plant, road network and parking facilities, a drip irrigation system, green areas and windbreaks. The plant and the services buildings are connected together by a steel bridge, 120m long, to carry power lines and HVAC piping system (load 1.5 tons/m).

Hyde Park is a unique residential & commercial development located in new Cairo over 6.3 million m². The development comprises luxury & large family villas, townhouses 2, 4 and 6 plex units, apartments, retail centers, 72 m-high commercial/office towers, a golf course, a golf club, a sports and health center, and community facilities.

The 15,000 m internal road network is designed according to the specification of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Egyptian Code of Practice for Roads and highways. The internal road network connects to the outer adjacent roads through 9 access points (ingressegress) distributed over the whole project area to provide sufficient traffic transition and safe evacuation for the vehicles with minimum rescue time in emergency cases for the residents and visitors.

The access points to the project area is designed to provide no conflicts delays for outer traffic volumes due to using wide entrances and pocket lanes with sufficient storage length which can serve the expected peak traffic volumes. The internal road network is designed to accommodate the site with a designed speed of 50 km/h.

The roads intersections design concept is simple at grade intersection to provide sufficient sight distances, turning radii and safe maneuvering. Villas areas entrances are provided with  bridges to ensure privacy and maintain elite entrances.

ECG was contracted by Egyptian Federation for Construction and Building Contractors (EFCBC), to conduct the economical and feasibility study, design and tender for approximately 450 km road between Arqeen City, located at the Egyptian Sudanese Border and Donqola City, the capital of the north state, parallel to the Nile River from the west side. 

This project is considered one of the main routes to connect between Egypt and Sudan with the African countries located on the same vertical route from Alexandria to Cape Town in South Africa. In spite of the fact that this study covers only the distance between Arqeen and Donqola as part of the middle route, west of the River Nile of Egypt and Sudan, its impact is also spread to cover the north and south African traffic movement throughout the COMESA agreement of the east and west Africa, and also the commercial general agreement either for services or goods.
 

The Dukhan field covers an area of 767 km² approximately stretching north to south and east to west about 80 and 17 km respectively. It comprises oil and gas facilities and supporting infrastructures & services which are connected with a dual carriage way spine for ease of traffic movement.

Upgrade of the existing roads was essential to facilitate accessibility and timely emergency response through incorporating installations to complete Dukhan road network.

The project phases were developed along the spine road connecting QP staff accommodation to near Dukhan Operations Management Building. The total number of housing units is approximately 1,680 to accommodate about 800 families and 880 bachelors. Likewise, the new Dukhan Operations Management Building has been completed and is operational. It accommodates about 600 personnel. Due to these facilities, there will be substantial increase in the traffic on these roads. Hence, there is a critical need to upgrade the existing roads to cope with increased traffic.

The project aims to facilitate access to QP installations lying north west of the Dukhan Town (Khattiyah north area) for fire fighting vehicles as well as day-to-day maintenance operations. The road started at the QP Accomodation building roundabout to the Khattiyah north roundabout with an average length of 6.50Km, passing over many gas and pipelines crossings which were considered in the design process.
 

The project covered four mosque complexes at four different locations. Construction was generally based on reinforced concrete structures and blockwork. Work covered all associated finishes, services, and external works (including fencing, gates, paving work, and bitumen work),
as well as parking areas, softscaping, and hardscaping. The total area occupied by the mosques, Imam houses, and other facilities amounts to approx. 8,193 m². With a total built-up area of approx. 2,309 m², buildings are included in the following mosque complexes:
Complex A
• Single-Story Mosque (approx. 428 m²): prayer hall (230 worshippers), ladies’ prayer hall (50 worshippers), Da`wah room (with a pantry), minaret, ablution facilities, and toilets.
• Imam House (Type 5; approx. 167 m²): three bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom.
• Muazzin House (Type 1; approx. 107 m²): two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, open courtyard, water tank, and electric room.

Complex B
• Single-Story Mosque (approx. 225 m²): prayer hall (188 worshippers), ladies’ prayer hall (25 worshippers), Da`wah room, minaret, ablution facilities, and toilets.
• Imam House (Type 5; approx. 167 m²): three bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom.
• Muazzin House (Type 1; approx. 107 m²): two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, open courtyard, water tank, and electric room.
Complex C
• Two-Story Mosque (approx. 564 m² of demolition and reconstruction): main prayer hall (240 worshippers), ladies’ prayer hall (45 worshippers), minaret, open courtyard, water tank, electric room, ablution facilities for
men and women, and toilets.
• Imam House: two bedrooms, living room, kitchen,
bathroom, and courtyard.
• Muazzin House: bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and courtyard.

Complex D
• Two-Story Mosque (approx. 465 m²): main prayer hall (213 worshippers), Da`wah room (with a pantry), minaret, open courtyard, water tank, electric room, and ablution facilities, toilets.
• Imam House: two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and courtyard.
• Muazzin House: bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and courtyard.

The project aimed at accommodating Kurdistan’s medical board staff in a new building that stands as a masterpiece of practicality and contemporary design.

Over a land area of 3,680 m² and with a built-up area of around 17,879 m², the medical board building consists of two parking basements (200 cars), a ground floor, and five floors. The floors contain a conference hall (250 persons), staff offices, staff lounges, cafeterias, management offices, meeting rooms, storage rooms, library, reading room, study halls, and examination halls, as well as a roof garden.