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Buildings & places
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Location
Doha, Qatar
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Client
Qetaifan Projects / Katara Hospitality
Anastasios Dimas
Design Transformation Regional Lead, Middle East & Africa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates contact form+971 4 405 9300
One of the most ambitious masterplanning, design and construction projects in the AtkinsRéalis portfolio – and the world – Qetaifan Island North, near Doha, Qatar, rises out of the Persian Gulf, a luxurious vision that has become reality since its inception less than a decade ago.
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Our Role
In 2017 AtkinsRéalis were appointed Lead Designers for multidisciplinary design consultancy and masterplan services for Qetaifan Island North (QIN), to create the masterplan for a visionary, blended urban development on a man-made, remediated island in the Persian Gulf. With assets including a state-of-the-art water park, luxury hotels, accommodation and world-class facilities, the QIN project required collaboration across global teams, multiple subcontractors and time zones.
The island’s design is a seamless integration of work, home and leisure in a brand-new, luxury destination that presents its own unique identity to the world yet blends with the cultural heritage of the region.
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Our Digital Solutions
Ambitious design, detail and complexity, time frame and high client expectations combined to make this challenging project a flagship for design and collaboration at scale. AtkinsRéalis’ multidisciplinary design team took the previous iterations of the masterplan back to the drawing board, reworking the design and leveraging the latest digital technology to ensure delivery.
The masterplan comprised numerous projects within a project, pulling in multiple teams and stakeholders from around the world, including Doha, Dubai, Epsom, Hong Kong and India, and subcontractors in Canada, US, UK and France.
Coordinating and collaborating efficiently on a project of this scale with global teams and stakeholders could only be achieved with a fully integrated digital solution.
The complexity of calculations and functions required for the project meant that existing digital tools needed to be optimised and processes automated. The design team pushed REVIT software one step further, with automation scripts through Dynamo for elements such as the hotel design.
The project also led the way in having full-team LOD300 and the implementation of a BIM360 common data environment (CDE) as a centralised platform, accessible to all global teams. The design team alone comprised over 220 BIM360 users. Now a staple for buildings projects, the introduction of the CDE was key to efficient collaboration and set the benchmark for future urban development projects in the region. All subcontractors had to be on board with BIM360 and LOD300 requirements to prevent breakdowns in workflow.
Working in the CDE enabled global teams to work consecutively according to time zone, each having access to a constantly updated model, creating a 24-hour workflow. Using the CDE, teams could predict and mitigate potential bottlenecks, a level of efficiency that proved integral to delivering a project of this scale and complexity at pace.
The project also marked the transition from 2D to 3D design in the region, with comprehensive 3D modelling across every aspect of the design, including utilities and roads, which could then be reviewed in the CDE with the client. Now common practice, virtual reality technology was introduced to walk the client through elements of the infrastructure, such as the hotel.
Services Provided
Initially engaged in 2017 for multidisciplinary design and masterplan services for QIN Phase 1, in 2018 AtkinsRéalis was also appointed Lead Consultant for the development, from concept to detailed design and construction supervision of Phase 0 and 1, including building and infrastructure design and supervision for site-wide infrastructure, beach club, waterpark, linear park, hotel, souq, retail plaza and mosque.
Phase 2, including residential development and a school is now underway, with AtkinsRéalis having been awarded the supervision contract, extending our involvement to the end of 2023.
Key Benefits
QIN was an important flagship project for the client, in terms of fulfilling their own sustainability agenda and sharing the sustainability targets of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
The level of international interest in the project has far exceeded their expectations and has won two awards for Best Sustainable Residential Development and Best Mixed-Use Development at the Arab regional level. Qetaifan Projects was also selected from 120 real estate developers to win the award for the Best Mixed-Use Development in the World.
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Introducing and leveraging digital technology to this degree, and implementing a common data environment, has set a benchmark for design in the region. This project was unique in the number of people from around the world who were able to collaborate using the CDE, towards one goal.
ANASTASIOS DIMAS
REGIONAL DIGITAL DELIVERY DIRECTOR, ATKINSRÉALIS, MIDDLE EAST
When it came to being awarded this project, it was all about trust. The client felt that only AtkinsRéalis could deliver a project of this scale in the region and in the time frame, based on our decades of experience and our presence in the Middle East and working on large-scale, complex projects such as the Doha Metro
BARTON FERGUSON
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, ATKINSRÉALIS, QATAR
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