co durham boy

5 Years 7months and 26 days and the long term pain which was Qatar is well and truly over for me .

I'm happy to say that I'll be returning to Dubai in January . I'm not sure how I've stuck it out for so long.

A happy Thursday indeed !!

Boomhauer

Just read the news that Qatar has seen some heavy rain, and the new airport's roof is leaking bad , so large puddles inside.

Read that US construction giant Bechtel was the prime contractor. A case of a subcontractor / company mucking things up ?

co durham boy

I was on the project 3 years , I've nothing but praise for Bechtel , they managed that job in such difficult circumstances . The client was very difficult to say the least.

The Qatari's are jumping up and down blaming the Western contractor this morning like they do with everything here . They won't report that they chipped the roofing and terminal structure contractor 400million dibs though .

The said contractor had it's own demolition team to demolish what the client didn't like when they built it or changed their mind .

Backward country

Irishbeekeeper

This entire region is so ill-equipped to deal with heavy rains that its not even funny. And with global warming etc, the climate here is bound to go more wet.

Boomhauer

I was going to add that Bechtel is a top notch US engineering services and construction giant , so blame most likely is with a sub-contractor/local company.

Read elsewhere the Qataris were threatening to sue an American-Emirati firm for some service rendered for the Hamad project. Can't recall what it was.

co durham boy

Global warming doesn't exist

Irishbeekeeper

yep and vaccines are the devil's baby juice

Millhouse

Doesn't matter one hoot. It'll still be put together by the cheapest of uneducated labour.

scrubbedexpat141

Congrats

Millhouse

Oh God. The poor girls at the York

mikewot

My home flight is booked for 7th April :-) Hasta la vista bitches!

littlejimmy

I worked on that job for a bit back in 2009. The Emiri terminal, to be precise. Bechtel weren't a bad bunch to work for.

co durham boy

Look out you when I get up on The Ranches chief !

co durham boy

Bit of a relief to be honest , just about had my fill of Qatar . It grinds you down slowly and the money only helps for so long .

Saying that I've got a better deal going back to DXB !!!!

Bob

Congrats!