A view of Community College of Qatar for Girls in Al Kheesa area.
Doha: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has accomplished the construction works of Community College of Qatar for Girls in Al Kheesa area. The facility includes a four-storey building in a vast campus with built area of 27,000 square meters.
The new building includes vast areas, utilities and multi-purpose halls for study and practice activities, serving all educational process and providing a rich learning environment, thanks to the modern design of the building and several educational means.
On his part, Eng Ahmed Al Emadi, Head of Educational Projects Section at Ashghal, said that within the framework of the government plan to build and develop schools and other educational facilities, in cooperation with the Community College of Qatar.
Ashghal has completed works of the Community College of Qatar in Al Kheesa to cater the need of increasing student intake capacity and providing distinguished educational services.
Eng Al Emadi elaborated that the design of the campus provides educational, environmental, recreational and athletic amenities for students, as the building includes many facilities, including library, lecture hall, student hall, amenity lounges and rooms, book store, registration and admission area, engineering workshops and labs/technology centre on the ground floor.
Besides, the first floor includes eight teaching halls, two meeting rooms, two IT laboratories, control room, main administration office, seven administration offices, eight college staff offices, service rooms, recreational centre, conference halls, and training centre.
Whereas the third and fourth floors include services such as electricity rooms, 4 service elevators, besides 247 parking slots.
Eng Obaid Rashid Al Athba, Head of Engineering Support Section, confirmed that all construction works were carried out in accordance with local specifications and international standards and the implementation of this project took about 1.8 million manhours without lost-time injuries. He also pointed out that Ashghal applies all safety measures to ensure workers safety.
Eng. Al Athba added: “Ashghal’s Quality and Safety Department has implemented a new work mechanism to monitor criteria of quality, safety and environment.
Specialists have followed up the project over a period of six months, resulting in a simulation of implementing a new work mechanism for all building projects of Ashghal, and the subsequent comprehensive quality audit for implementation works and materials used, without compromising environment protection and worker’s safety.”
Eng Al Athba further clarified that the characteristics of local culture are inculcated during the design stage, ensuring its conformity with international fire safety standards.
It is worth noting that the design of the new schools and colleges came in accordance with the highest standards of quality and safety as design and operational considerations were implemented to achieve environmental best quality standards, creating a system to rationalise the use and consumption of water inside and outside the building, and protecting the environment during the project implementation period.
