NIC Chairman receives the Chairman of Hanwah Group during his second visit to Iraq

NIC Chairman, Dr. Sami al- Araji received Chairman of Hanwah Group, Mr. Ceung Eon Kim who had made a check visit to Bismayha project site implemented by one of his group of companies, seeking supporting the project and workers there.

During the meeting, NIC Chairman assured that the commission is providing all facilitations and guarantties, granted by investment law No. 13 for the year 2006, amended, for all investing companies in the country including Hanawah Co., the executer of Bismayha housing project that is considered as one of the biggest stratigic project in Iraq and the Region. Dr. Sami expressed his delight with the achievment rates and the rapid advancement considering Hanawah’s decision to continue working in Iraq despite the critical security situation Iraq had passed through as a very strong and brave one.

Mr. Kim, in his turn, renewed his company’s pledge to the Iraqi people to make all efforts to achieve the project within the timings agreed upon in order to contribute in solving the housing crisis in Iraq.

Hanawah Co. employees expressed their happiness and appreciation for this visit which is representing an essential moral incentive, the matter that shall encourage them to redouble efforts to keep progress on.

Mr. Kim urged his employees to go ahead in what they had staretd saying “ Many things have been changed here since the last time I was here” confirming that this achievment wouldn’t have been done without the big support submitted by the Iraqi government represented by the National Investment Commission for making this project a success.

 

Dr. Sami Al Araji, Chairman of the National Investment Commission, was selected as an honored member of the Who’s Who International of Professionals for 2014.

This membership is considered as a testimonial for civil, academic and professional achievement of the member in addition to being one of the distinguished memberships which Dr. Al Araji was honored with during his scientific and practical career.

In order to cope with the advancement achieved in Bismayah New City project
Bismayah project management department raises the Autoclave factory production capacity

Bismayah project management department started raising the production capacity of the autoclave factory, which is one of the most important factories constructed by Hanawah Co., to reach 1063 m³ per day. This raise came to cope with the rapid advancement taking place in Bismayah project site.
An official source in the executing company explained that the factory is producing light concrete fire resistant blocks of high stiffness  to be used as internal walls in the housing units separating rooms and corridors.
He added that the production process in the factory is being conducted according to the latest industrial technologies through putting raw materials (sand , cement and asphalt) in modern machines that crushes these materials after adding  an hydrate substance to be mixed together.
The production starts by casting blocks of special technical specifications which would be later treated and primarily cut, while the last stage includes inserting the light blocks into the autoclave furnaces to be finally treated and dried by steam.
The product becomes ready for use 12 hours after drying process when then is packed and transferred to warehouses.
Worth to mention that the light block is much more preferable than other concrete materials used in construction for the ease of  moving and transferring not to mention its high resistance for low and high temperatures, fires in addition to much more other merits.

In order to proceed according to schedule
Bismayah Project Managing Team adds new Work Shifts

Bismayah project managing team decided to increase working hours until midnight in the project site, assuring that they took all necessary actions to make this decision succeed in a way that lead to increase achievement rates.
An official source in Hanawah Co. explained that the time commitment policy followed by the company requires fulfilling all its obligations towards Iraqi people. As for Hanawah business tower, the source added that after accomplishing the external structure the work is moving quickly forward in the tower site to complete the finishing works simultaneously with installing its solar power system expressing his gratitude and appreciation for all Iraqi institutions that contributed to make this project a success.
On the other hand, Hanawah Co. started constructing the glasshouses that can provide all types of seedlings, saplings and trees that are intended to be used in the landscaping that will be achieved by a specialized team in the company in coordination with the soil department at the university of Baghdad.

 

The process of constructing greenhouses and umbrellas is currently being conducted close to the housing construction site on a total area of 49.500 m² in which different types of saplings and trees are being planted to test their adaptation according to stages of growth in addition to allocating certain areas for planting different types of grass and testing them to know which is the most suitable one for the Iraqi climate.
Worth mentioning that unique irrigation systems shall be installed which shall be as hidden networks extended under all the green area remotely controlled to open and close in precise timings.

In order to see work progress stages

NIC arranges a tour for registrars in Bismayah New City project

NIC arranged an expanded field tour in Bismayah  for more than 70 of registrars and those willing to register to buy housing units in Bismayah New City project on the 20^th of Nov.14 in order to make them see work progress .

An official source in the National Investment Commission stated that this tour comes as one in a series of periodical tours arranged by the commission to let people see the work mechanisms and to find answers for all their inquiries and also to discuss their suggestions with the executing company representatives, the source added that the tour started by assembling people in the sale center in Baghdad International Fair wherefrom they were transported by buses to the project site which is 10 km far from Baghdad administrative borders.

The NIC source said that the tour had witnessed presenting a short movie that talks about work stages in the project followed by a tour in the pre casting concrete factory which is considered as the biggest in the middle east with detailed explanations submitted by the specialized engineers , the visitors continued the tour to reach the 1440 accomplished housing units in sector A1 where they met the in charge engineer who answered all their questions and most important of which is the procedures taken to construct the new high way connecting the city with the center of Baghdad, dates of delivering the housing units in the serviced sector, and the administrative system to be adopted to run the city after it is fully accomplished.

The administrative manager of the project, Mr. Suesatek Kim warmly welcomed the visitors assuring that the project is progressing smoothly and according to plans agreed upon adding that Hanawah Co. is highly pleased to work in Iraq and is willing to leave good effects in Iraqi people hearts, Mr. Kim also presented his gratitude to the National Investment Commission for the great support it is submitting to make this project a success.

The NIC media office polled the visitors opinions and it came as follows; Mr. Ghassan Deshar, a journalist, said that he noticed clear progress in the project and that he had previously visited the site with a number of journalists the matter that pushed him to accompany his family this time to see the progress achieved.

While Ms. Ibtisam Muhammed, an employee in the Rafidain Bank, highly praised the situation reached in the project that had exceeded her expectations expressing her happiness to be one of the registrars to have such modern housing unit in such modern city and her pride with this big national achievement.

The tour was ended with taking memorial shots for people with a number of NIC and Hanawah Co. officials.

In the NIC Premises

Iraqi- Emirates extensive negotiations to invest in Power sector

 

With the attendance of H.E Minister of Electricity Mr. Qasim Al- Fahdawi, NIC chairman received Sheikh Ahmed ben Delmook Al- Maktoom and the accompanying delegation in the NIC premises in Baghdad, where negotiations about the desire of the Sheikh companies to invest in power sector was done.

Minister of Electricity and NIC chairman submitted an elaborated explanation about the requirements of the electrical sector in Iraq and the need to attract investments in the power production sector in addition to rehabilitating and developing the electrical transformation and distribution networks.

Sheikh ben Delmook, in his turn, showed his full readiness to invest in the power sector and provide all its requirements assuring that his group is willing to enter the Iraqi market from its widest gates and invest in its various sectors.

The attendants agreed to make extensive meetings to come out with the decisions that lead to implement the projects asap in the way that serves both countries benefits.

Worth mentioning that Sheikh al- Maktoom group is the partner of al- Handhal international group which is currently implementing Mustaqbal 2 housing project in Baghdad.

NIC: Baghdad International Fair exhibiting period had witnessed high demand for Bismayah project’s housing units

 

 

NIC pavilion in Baghdad International Fair which was held for the period (20-29/10/2014) had witnessed big number of visitors of those willing to register to buy Bismayah housing units.

An NIC authorized source stated that Bismayah registration management office in coordination with the NIC media office shall work together to conduct field visits to Bismayah site for people willing to know more about how work is going there before buying a housing unit in the said project.

NIC pavilion also included booths for some other big important projects supervised by NIC like al- Mustaqbal city with 30 thousand housing units and Janat Baghdad city with 20 thousand housing units which are to be constructed in Baghdad while Dhifaf Karbala project with 40 thousand units in Karbala province and Basra New city project with 100 thousand units in Basra province.

NIC Chairman. Dr, Sami al- Araji, and during his inspection visit to the Fair, described the NIC participation in such economic activities as a fundamental pillar for investment promotion process in Iraq inviting companies to invest available investment opportunities in the country and the big incentives and facilitations granted by investment law No. 13 for the year 2006 as amended.

Meanwhile, NIC and implementing companies representatives submitted elaborated explanations about all work phases, mechanisms of implementation and ways of registration in the projects.

A number of officials and global companies representatives visited the NIC pavilion and viewed the exhibited investment projects and the available investment opportunities in the different sectors and discussed the possibility of opening new cooperation horizons between the two sides.

Baghdad International Fair also witnessed the participation of the provincial investment commissions as (Baghdad, Babylon, Karbala, Salahadeen, Dayala, Diwanyia, Thi Qar, Wasit) where implemented and under construction projects in these provinces were exhibited in addition to promoting the available investment opportunities in various sectors like commercial, health, housing, and industrial sectors while preliminary agreements were signed with some visiting companies to exchange visits.

During a press conference in Bismayah housing project site

NIC Chairman: Work in Bismayah project is proceeding according to Schedule

NIC Chairman, Dr. Sami al- Araji assured that the work in Bismayah New City project is proceeding according to schedule agreed upon overcoming all difficulties and obstacles, simultaneously he praised the positive role played

by official entities in supporting the project and Hanawah Company strong commitment to implement all its obligations.

The announcement came during the big press conference organized by NIC at the 14^th of October/14 to show the media all progress achieved when Dr. Sami revealed accomplishing all buildings in A1 sector which consists of 10 thousand housing unit with full services shall be delivered to registrars during the year 2015 while implementing the commercial centers shall start on 2017. The master plans for 16 project of building schools, sewage plants and medical centers have also been done waiting to be started soon.

 

NIC Chairman also revealed the intention to start up a company in cooperation with Hanawah co. to run Bismayah city according to internationally adopted management systems for housing compounds against regular fees to be paid by dwellers referring that there will be 7 entrances for the city provided with high standard security system.

Al- Araji also added that the NIC had contracted with UNIGAS Lebanese company to provide liquidized gas to the housing units in the city through the pipes in coordination with NIC and Iraqi Ministry of Oil. Coordination had also been done with the Iraqi Ministry of Housing AND Construction to expand Baghdad- Kut road to reach New Diyala bridge ending with Bab al- Sharqi point. NIC also is studying with the Iraqi Ministry of Transport the possibility of implementing a project of Metro that connects Bismayah with the center of Baghdad through announcing the project as an investment opportunity.

Hanawah Co. declared that (8) km out of (20) km total length of the services tunnel that contains electrical wires and telecommunication lines had been accomplished, while the company is keen to increase its equipments and heavy vehicles from 1600 to 20600 during the next year and increase its staff number which is 6500, 650 of whom are Korean expats by adding 550 more Korean expat.

The conference, which was held in the marketing tower just accomplished in the city, was attended by a big number of media channels and journals.

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This notification has come after discovering some fake accounts with the name of Dr. Al- Araji which have already been reported as shouldn’t be on Facebook.

 

With the best regards of NIC Media Office

 

Bismayah’s Milestones Became Clear

 

Despite the exceptional circumstances Iraq is running through and difficulties faced in obtaining the logistic supplies, Bismayah project is witnessing recognizable development represented by expanding the work progress ground in several sites of the project.

More staff are expected to arrive in Baghdad to contribute the construction of the project in order to expedite the building construction process and to cover larger areas. Among those staff, there would be engineers, supervisors and workers planned to be deployed on more workplaces.

As for the latest developments on the ground, specifically in town (A), they can be summarized as follows:-

• Pile Driving Process

Recently, the pile driving works have been expanded in construction site to cover most of Town (A) blocks, where the pile driving and foundation works of Block (A-2) have been finished in preparation for the launching of building erection process, after the erection of Block (A-1) buildings to the ninth or tenth floor. On the other hand, the pile driving process rates have reached an advanced level in the Block (A-3), and pilot pile driving is being conducted in the Block (A- 6), in addition to the on-going work on the land development in the other Blocks of Town (A).

• Foundations and Buildings Construction

Coordinating construction of all nine Blocks of Town (A) is a difficult task. Some buildings are erected to reach the tenth floor (Last Floor). On the other side, the foundation casting process is being continued in other neighboring Blocks, as the block (A-2) building foundations have been completed along with significant progress in other neighboring Blocks. Regarding water tanks in Town (A) which are (9) tanks, known as (Break Tanks), 3 out of (9) have been constructed so far.

• The Infrastructure (Water, Sewage Networks, and Electricity) The work is ongoing in full swing to complete all infrastructure of BNCP, the most notable ones are water, sewage, electricity and communication networks. All Bismayah City Towns will be supplied and fed with huge underground networks to cover the entire area of the project. The underground water, sewage and electricity networks have been fully laid down in the Block (A-1), while similar networks are about to be finished in Block (A-2). In addition, the work is in progress to complete rain water and sewage systems in Block (A -3).

Meanwhile, the company had constructed giant silos in Bismayah’s plants that have the capacity to store large amounts of cement that can be used in the events of emergency.