Government ASRY launches Fabrication & Engineering Division ASRY, the Bahrain-based maritime repair and fabrication facility, has officially announced its commitment to a new industrial service sector with the launch of a new Fabrication & Engineering division. The new arm - which provides modular fabrication, steel structures, piping solutions, offshore structures and vessel construction - is the fourth pillar in the company’s newly defined core services. The multi-service yard now includes four core services, defined as Ship Repair & Conversion, Rig Repair & Conversion, Naval Repair & Conversion, as well as Fabrication & Engineering. ASRY CEO Andy Shaw said, “Fabrication and engineering are already part of ASRY’s DNA as they are key elements in our ship and rig repair business. Now we are deploying those years of expertise as their own independent revenue stream. There is significant growth potential in the regional fabrication sector, starting with Bahrain, where our new ownership structure as Bahrain governmentowned entity will provide stability and longevity to meet fabrication clients long-term needs.” The move is in response to growing demand in the regional industrial landscape for high quality fabrication facilities. New developments in the petrochemical, desalination, and energy sector in Bahrain and the GCC have pushed demand beyond current supply, opening up a target space for ASRY. The yard has over 40 years experience in steel, piping and mechanical workmanship, as well as over 5,000 average employees on site, and almost 1.5m square metres of work space that is waterside with instant access to water transport links. Combined, these feature give ASRY the potential to quickly position as the region’s leading fabrication facility. “There is currently approximately $490bn worth of projects in preexecution phase across the GCC in our target sectors of power, gas, oil, chemical, water and industrial,” confirmed ASRY’s New Construction and Engineering Senior Manager Sauvir Sarkar, “and already there are insufficient fabrication facilities in the region, and even fewer in Bahrain. Due to this, much of the fabrication and engineering work is being contracted outside of the region, even from Bahrain. ASRY can now be considered now a preferred option for fabrication work in the region. We believe regional projects should be serviced by regional companies.” Tubli Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion project Minister of Works, Municipalties Affairs and Urban Planning, Issam bin Abdullah Khalaf, signed an agreement with a consortium of three contracting companies (WTE Water Technology, Azmeel Contracting Company and Tekton Engineering and Construction) to implement the fourth expansion project of Tubli Wastewater Treatment Plant. The minister said this is the fourth expansion process since the plant was launched in the early 1980s. It aimed at More than 98.5% companies complies with afternoon work ban Minister of Labour and Social Development Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan has stressed the government’s keenness on supporting all measures aimed at protecting workers and ensuring their safety at various work sites out of its interest in preserving human rights. While commenting on the end of the afternoon outdoor work ban for this summer, he mentioned that the Labour upgrading the sewage facilities to meet the urban development and population increase rate by increasing the capacity from 200 thousand cubic meters to 400 thousand cubic meters per day. He added the expansion would improve the performance of Tubli Plant, consequently would contribute Ministry’s specialised team had carried out 10341 surprise and regular inspection visits to work sites during the ban, which started on July 1 and ended on August 31, and reported the full compliance of 10185 establishments and some violations in which 323 workers had been affected, noting that legal action will be taken against violators.. He explained that 98.5% of the concerned companies and establishments had complied with the rule that bans forcing labourers to work under the scorching heat of the summer sun from noon to 4 pm. to preserving the environment and the wildlife in Tubli Bay, in addition to increasing the production of the treated water used for irrigation and agricultural beautification. The expansion project will also include the construction of residue disposal facilities. He said the Saudi Fund for Development and the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development are funding the expansion project within the GCC Development Programme for Bahrain. The project cost is BD138 million and will be implemented over 36 months followed by two months for operational testing. He pointed that the outstanding implementation of Edict 3 of 2013 on banning outdoor afternoon work reflects the employers’ high awareness, lauding the companies’ full cooperation, positive response and understanding of the noble human values of it. Ministry had launched campaigns and held workshops to raise awareness on the need to avoid outdoor afternoon work during the summer heat, given its dangerous health effects. It is to be noted that a jail term not exceeding three months, and/or a BD500-1000 fine, is the penalty inflicted on violators. 32 <strong>Sep</strong>tember-<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2018</strong>
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