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Solar Power Park to be set up at Jamshoro Sindh government is going to set up on behalf of the Govt of Sindh and the con- the first ever ‘400 MW Solar Power sortium team was led by A K Bilgrami at Park’ in District Jamshoro under its Energy Department Sindh. The Minister World Bank supported ‘Sindh Solar En- for Energy witnessed the contract signing ergy Project (SSEP). The contract agree- ceremony. ment for the services of transaction The project has four phases. In the ini- advisor for development of the park have tial phase, a competitive bidding is likely been signed by Sindh Energy Department to be held for 50MW solar power park at with local and international consortium Manjhand, District Jamshoro. comprising Bridge Factor (Pakistan) and The project would be completed by the Tractebel ENGIE (Germany) in associa- mid of 2021, and help to bring around tion with Renewable Resources $250 million investment in the province. Limited (Pakistan), Pakistan, Ashurst The project feasibility studies including Law (Singapore) and Axis Law environmental and grid connection stud- (Pakistan). ies have been carried out by the Sindh En- Mehfooz A Qazi signed the agreement ergy Department.

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 IAPEX 2020 planned for end of February at Karachi Institute of Architects Pak- The Institute of Architects istan – Karachi is organizing Pakistan (IAP) established in the IAPEX 2020. The event is 1957, aims to promote and ad- planned to take place between vance the art and science of the the 28th of February and the 1st profession of Architecture in of March 2020 at the Expo Cen- Pakistan and look after the inter- ter, Karachi, Pakistan. ests of persons engaged in or The Institute of Architects about to get engaged in the pro- Pakistan initiated the IAP Expo fession. IAP also endeavours to in 1984, which was elevated into connect Pakistani professionals an Annual 03 days IAPEX Build- to other national and interna- ing Materials Exhibition and tional professional bodies of Ar- Conference in 2004. IAPEX is a chitects and various Arts unique platform to connect and disciplines through seminars, interact with all stakeholders as- meetings, conferences and other sociated with the profession. activities. 02

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 35th IEEEP Multi-topic Int’l Symposium 2020 Largest International Con- Distributed Generation through sultants, executives, engineers lunches. ference of Electrical, Elec- Micro & Smart Grids, Rooftop and dignitaries from home and Please email Engr. Saqib Mu- tronics and Allied Solar, Net Metering, Electrical abroad shall grace the occasion nawwar for registration at Disciplines on Latest Trends and Vehicles, Latest Energy Storage with their presence, thereby pro- [email protected] or Technologies in Pakistan is being Technologies, AI and IOT in viding an excellent opportunity call on 0300-8298473 to avail this held at Karachi on 26-28 Febru- Products etc. for networking as well as remain- opportunity. You may contact the ary. Organized by the Institution An exciting Panel Discussion ing abreast with the latest tech- Institution also at the address of Electrical and Electronics En- “Can DAMS Provide the Recourse nology and trends. given below. gineers Pakistan (IEEEP), to Electricity and Water Problems To be held on February 26 and The Institution of Electrical & Karachi Centre, this is 35th of the Country?” shall be the 27, 2020 at Hotel Pearl Continen- Electronics Engineers Pakistan IEEEP Multi-Topic International highlight of this two day event. tal, Karachi, this event shall in- Plot No. 8-C, Nishat Lane No 4, Symposium. Eminent speakers Eminent experts on the role of clude presentations by high DHA Phase VI, Karachi. and engineers from within the DAMS in the economy shall be profile engineers and scholars Phone: 021-37233713 Email: Country and abroad shall be pre- participating. and panel discussion during 2- [email protected] Web: senting papers on topics such as: High government officials, con- Days followed by teas and www.ieeepkhi.org 03

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Honesty and integrity The values on which FND was founded Engr. Fahim Siddiqui, CEO, FND Consultants talks to Engineering Post Fahim, Nanji & DeSouza (Pvt.) the most iconic landmark buildings for the future of the company. “New owning and operating cost. This can Limited is a firm of Consulting in Pakistan including National Art blood was injected in the Company only be achieved if the Consultants Engineers, specializing in Me- Gallery & National Monument in Is- by this move. The next generation are paid reasonable fee”, said Engr. chanical-Electrical-Plumbing (MEP) lamabad, the Empo- will be the flag bearers of the Com- Fahim Siddiqui. Building Services. The firm is based rium and Packages pany in the future” he said. Engr. Fahim Siddiqui had very in- in Karachi and has to its credit proj- Mall in Lahore, the It is a common saying that engi- teresting insights regarding retain- ects all over the country. The com- Dolmen Mall, MCB neering and architecture can be ing people in the company. He said pany is planning the establishment Building in Karachi, done at any price but good engineer- that “in the 1980s when skilled of Lahore office for the year 2020. the GIK University ing and good architecture is difficult workforce started moving to other The foundation of the company in KP. and does not come cheap. Owners countries the first ones to go were was laid in 1987 by the three E n g r . try to cut costs by opting for consul- the ‘Ustads’. After they left the ‘Sha- partners Fahim Siddiqui, Fahim Sid- tancy services at a low fee being of- girds’ filled the vacuum created by Ghulam Abbas Nanji and d i q u i fered by some firms. Consultancy fee their absence and the whole market Roland DeSouza. After Mr. w h i l e being paid these days ranges be- felt the standard of work drop signif- Nanji went abroad, the t a l k - tween is 1-3% of the cost of MEP icantly,” he said. According to Engr. company reduced its area ing systems depending on the size and Fahim Siddiqui, the only way to stop of expertise and became a complexity of the project, and any this from happening, is to make it fi- purely “MEP Firm”. savings in consultancy fee will nancially viable for the work force to With a track record of make a stay in Pakistan. “People go not be- over 30 years, FND is cause they want to leave Pakistan recognized as one of the but because to earn more money largest & foremost engi- from abroad. If you can come up neering consultants in the with an equation which is equitable, private sector build- even if not 100% equal, people will ing services field prefer to stay here”, he explained. in Pakistan. The FND caught on to the concept very firm is registered early and offered its employees a with Pakistan En- stake in the company. In addition to gineering Council, and the Princi- to Engineering Post revealed that in miniscule impact on the overall cost that the employees are offered a pals of the firm are recognized 2011 when the company was becom- of the project. “Owners must realize provident fund for which the com- members of a number of National ing private limited, 30% of the that the only way to achieve sub- pany contributes 8.3%. Medical cov- and International Professional Soci- shares of the company were offered stantial savings is to get the project erage for the employee and his eties & Bodies. to the employees of FND who had designed to good engineering stan- family is also available along with Working all across Pakistan FND been working for at least 7 years. dards and the design is optimized General insurance. In addition to is responsible for designing some of This created a new succession plan and value engineered to save both this lunch is provided by the com- 04

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 by the company every day. While commenting on the use of imported products and raw materials in buildings he said that, “The standard and quality of the im- ported product is significantly higher than the local one, and for Clients who want quality work, the choice of local material and products is very limited”. To increase the market of local products it is the need of the hour that the local industry starts focusing on increasing the standards of their products. Only then can we survive the ruthless international market- place. In the end while giving a message to the young and striving engineers of Pakistan he said, “Do not worry about your salary during the first few years of your career. These are the formative years which helps in the development of an en- gineer. During this time focus on learning as much as possible. Just be honest and try to keep a positive attitude and you’ll do just fine.” FND offers comprehensive engineering consul- tancy services for MEP Systems in all kinds of buildings, i.e. Commercial, Institutional, Educa- tional, Residential, Industrial, Hospitality, Re- tail, and Cultural market segments. FND applies the latest project and data man- agement technologies combining experience with innovation. The Firm is completely independent of construction firms, manufacturers and/or fi- nancial institutions, and exclusively represents the interests of Clients. FND’s aspiration for outstanding profession- alism, diverse background in the building indus- try and services fields, and a commitment to quality, brings to the firm's projects a formula for excellence, and provides to Clients a one window solution to the needs of their projects. • Designs that emphasize maintainability, ac- diligence during commissioning & testing stage, FND is recognized for its professional work, re- cessibility and replaceability, • Preparation of complete record of construc- flected in the: • Adoption of innovative, energy efficient & tion, as well as operations & maintenance man- • Integrity of its designs, green solution based on life-cycle costing, uals to undertake effective operations of systems • Conformance to relevant & applicable stan- • High quality & timely construction by ade- beyond construction, dards, quate supervision during construction process, • Adequate training of Client personnel to • Single window MEP coordinated solutions, • Ensuring proper operation of systems by due achieve proper operation of systems. 05

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 POWER CORPORATION Sustained relationship by providing optimum backup energy solutions Power Corporation was founded network, trained personnel sell and with the mission of providing distribute Cummins-branded prod- complete backup energy solu- ucts, related services and broader so- tions at affordable cost. The com- lutions such as maintenance pany's core business is Sale and contracts, engineering services and Support of Diesel Generators. We customized integrated products. symbolize a company dedicated to The Perkins industrial engine provide innovative Engineering Solu- product range extends from the com- tions, enriching our technical knowl- pact 400 Series engine, producing 50 edge each year with latest technology kW (67 hp), to the 1200 Series, pro- in our field. For the last decade, ducing up to 240 kW (320 hp) and of- Power Corporation has been involved fering enhanced productivity and low not only in providing Power Backup cost of ownership. Solutions but we also have well Beyond that, the Perkins electric equipped research lab with optimum power and gas engine range includes solutions for our prestigious cus- further models up to the 4000 Series, tomers. At Power Corporation, we which produce up to 2500 kVA (2000 have the team of some of the finest kWe). professionals in the power solution Across the ranges, there are business. Our goal is not only to Perkins engines designed to meet all maintain sustained relationship with emission standards and performance them, but also to keep them con- requirements in more than 800 appli- stantly challenged. Power Corpora- cations. All of them can be tailored to tion is operation in major cities of meet the specific requirements of in- Pakistan, Lahore, Islamabad, Pe- dividual equipment manufacturers. shawar. Precisely tailored technology Cummins is a global power leader means applications you can depend that designs, manufactures, sells and on. services diesel engines and related POWERCORPORATION has al- technology around the world. Cum- ready made its GEN-SET to supplies mins serves its customers through its drives a comprehensive global distri- ing a less cyclical and less capital in- to some top of the line Companies of network of 600 company-owned and bution strategy and channel manage- tensive business. The business con- Pakistan namely, SANA SAFINAZ, independent distributor facilities and ment. Capitalizing on synergies in sists of 17 company-owned China Machinery Engineering Co, more than 7,200 dealer locations in parts services, this business helps distributors and 10 joint ventures, Hardees, Sindh Irrigation Dept, Pak- over 190 countries and territories. Cummins by providing outstanding covering 90 countries and territories istan Army, China East Resource Im- Cummins distribution Business support to our customers, while grow- through 233 locations. Through this port & Export Co. to name a few. 06

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Integrated Energy Plan formulated Engineering Post Report ported LNG has increased from 0.7 per cent in FY 2015 to 8.7 per cent in FY 2018. The share of The energy side bottlenecks have hampered renewable energy was only 1.1 per cent in FY 2018 the economic growth of the country in the and that of the nuclear energy had increased to past. In order to address the energy sector 2.7 per cent in FY 2018. shortage , massive projects were planned and As far as the share of different sources of elec- launched by the previous governments between tricity generation is concerned, as per information 2013-18 adding a cumulative capacity of 12230 available from the official sources, it can be ob- megawatt of power to the power generation capac- served that the share of hydel generated energy ity. in overall electricity has decreased over the past However , the transmission and distribution few decades. Availability of water is one of the sides of the power system congestion and ineffi- main reason for reduced power generation from and industrial and transport sectors in the coun- ciencies somehow have hampered the sustained hydel power plants. Presently, thermal has the try. delivery of energy services to the domestic, com- largest share in electricity generation. Share of The federal government is also on record to have mercial and industrial consumers throughout the RLNG has also shown a tremendous growth in shown its commitment for generating electricity country resulting in power outages and load shed- energy mix as it served the demand of various through renewable energy sources. Though ini- ding of varying durations in the urban and domes- power plants i.e. Bhikki, Haveli Bahadur Shah, tially, the increase in the renewable in electricity tic areas. Additionally, the higher energy prices Balloki, Halmore, Orient, Rousch , KAPCO , Saif was very nominal but it is expected that this share were also a by-product of such aggressive capacity and Sapphire as well as that of fertilizer plants with further increase in the coming years. additions during 2013-18. Keeping in view the historical variability for each energy mix source in the country over the years the federal government formulated the Inte- grated Energy Plan which is not only helping in estimating the energy demands and respective supply paths for the future but also in formulating the evidence based long term energy policy. Statistically speaking, in terms of energy-mix, during FY 2018 Pakistan’s reliance on oil has been reduced to 31.2 per cent while reliance on gas has also been reduced to 34.6 per cent while the share of hydel energy stood at just 7.7 per cent. According to the official sources, though the de- clining share of oil is a welcoming sign, the dimin- ishing share of hydro represents the shortsightedness of policy as well the inability of successive governments to undertake large capi- tal-intensive projects in a timely manner. The reduction of natural gas share is somewhat attributed to declining natural gas reserves as well as restricted consumption of gas in the trans- port industry as well as the induction of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG )since 2015. The share of im- Largest container vessel in the history of Pakistan serviced at Hutchison port Hutchison Ports Pakistan created history in Pakistan by welcoming maiden call of CV COSCOBELGIUM. It is the largest con- tainer vessel to ever call at any port of Pakistan with length over all of 366 meters and a capacity of 13,386 TEUs. CV COSCO BELGIUM is deployed in the EPC 2 service and berthed at 2000 hours on 18th De- cember 2019. The vessel sailed at 1400 hours on 19th December 2019 after handling 1537 moves during her stay. “The arrival of the CV COSCO BELGIUM to Pakistanis a matter of great pride for us as we are the only terminal in the country with the capacity and the state-of-the-art equipment required to berth and handle a vessel of this size,” said Cap- tain Syed Rashid Jamil, General Manager and Head of Business Unit, Hutchison Ports Pakistan. Hutchison Ports Pakistan is the only container terminal in Pakistan with a depth alongside of 16.5 metres, able to accommodate large size mega ships. The terminal is equipped with 11 remote controlled quay cranes and 31 rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGCs) being operated by nGen, Hutchi- son Ports’ proven terminal control system. nGen controls operations with the highest level of effi- ciency including yard and quay operations. 07

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Another feather in the cap Bilal Switchgear launches Type Tested Panels in Pakistan BI L A L transfer with SWITCHGEAR ABB and will ENGINEER- manufacture ING (PVT) LTD Pak- the product istan’s leading under the um- Engineering Com- brella of ABB. pany in design and ABB is a manufacturing of technology Medium Voltage & leader that is Low Voltage driving the Switchgears has digital trans- launched one of the formation of in- best type tested switchgear mony. Market leaders, tion was given by Mr. Luigi provide switchgear panels of dustries and has a history of panel in Pakistan. BSE is the renowned consultants, lead- Sana, Global Product Man- international standard to the innovation spanning more licensed manufacturer for ing clients and professionals ager from ABB followed by a local market. “We are the li- than 130 year. It is among ABB. from all over the country at- keen question answer ses- censed manufacturers for the world largest companies A launching ceremony was tended the ceremony and ap- sion. ABB. We will make sure that in the electrical equipment held in this regard at the fac- preciated the state of the art Mr. Ahmad Salman, Direc- the same quality of product is industry. ABB operates in tory of Bilal switchgear. The product launched by Bilal tor, Bilal Switchgear while produced in Pakistan which more than 100 countries product was also displayed switchgear in the Pakistani addressing the event told is available in Europe.” BSE with about 147,000 employ- during the launching cere- Market. A detailed presenta- that BSE will now be able to has initiated technology ees. 08

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 35th IEEEP All Pakistan Students’ Seminar on 29 January 2020 Karachi: The In- domain of Electrical, stitution of Computer, & Software Electrical & E n g i n e e r i n g / C o m - Electronics Engineers puter Science/ICT Pakistan (IEEEP) with majors in Elec- Karachi Centre in col- tronics, Power, En- laboration with DHA e r g y , Suffa Telecom- Univer- munica- sity is or- tions, ganizing Industrial 2020 Electron- 35th edi- ics, Bio- tion of an Medical, annual Avionics technical & Mecha- and re- t r o n i c s skills. This vital plat- logical specialists, and nar will be awarded Prizes. Moreover search event for all Engineering for ener- form also provides eminent academi- Gold Medals & Cash IEEEP Running Tro- HEIs/DAIs in Pak- getic and talented stu- participants to meet cians. Prizes and further top phy shall be awarded istan running under- dents to showcase and learn from engi- As per the tradition 3 papers will be to the HEI/DAI that graduate/postgraduat their technical knowl- neering professionals, of this event, the Best awarded Silver would secure top posi- e programmes in the edge and research industrial & techno- 3 papers of the semi- Medals & Cash tions. 09

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 The culture at Multiline is the reason for its success Engr. Muhammad Ahmad Habib Qureshi, Deputy Manager of Solar Sales, Multiline Engineering Co talks to Engineering Post Q1. Please tell us about sibilities? yourself, your education There is a growing demand for and experience? renewable energy, and since it is a This is Muhammad Ahmad new and trending technology, Habib Qureshi. I am an Electrical there is a lot of misinformation Engineer, graduated from The amongst the masses. It takes a lot University of Sheffield, UK. I have of time and effort in educating po- worked in Pakistan, the UK and tential customers. Being the man- Australia for more than 5 years in ager, my core responsibilities various Electrical Engineering range from Sales & Marketing to fronts. Engineering and Design of PV sys- I am currently heading Solar Di- tems. I also have to look into the vision in Multiline Engineering operations and sourcing issues. Company as a Deputy Manager. I Given that the Grid-Tied Solutions have been very passionate about involve a lot of government de- renewable energy for years, partic- partments for net metering, I have ularly Solar Energy and its capac- to focus my concentration on the ity to bring abundant, clean and details of Net Metering filing sustainable energy to meet our process to avoid delays. growing electricity needs. My responsibilities also include Q 2. For how long you are work- “Electric vehicle” chargers. We ing with Multiline Engineering have successfully installed the EV and what makes it a great organi- Charger infrastructure for several zation? renowned German automobile I have been working with Mul- companies who are rolling out tiline for a year now. It is an excel- their EV models in Pakistan. We lent organization for professional are also providing a whole range of growth and a place to enhance my swing, sliding and bi-folding“Gate technical knowledge. Multiline reason for its success story. It con- make life less difficult for our Automation” Solutions. has a history of 45 years in suc- sists of a group of motivated and clients. Multiline Engineering believes cessfully deploying power solu- driven professionals who are al- We at Multiline are striving to that Customer service is not a de- tions in numerous industrial, ways willing to contribute towards make Pakistan Greener, Better partment. It is the entire company. commercial &residential avenues. the growth of the organization.The and Energy independent. Q 4. What excites you most The culture at Multiline is the sole reason we are in business is to Q 3. What are your core respon- about this position? 10

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 about this position? Pakistane.g. LESCO, electricity bills.The ex- This position aligns to purchase excess cess Energy produces perfectly with my nat- units of electricity pro- by the system during ural temperament. It duced by the cus- the daytime can be ex- is a blend of Technical tomers who have ported to the National and Sales skills. It installeda Grid-Tied Grid and the customer provides me with the PV system and net will buy back the en- opportunity to meet them off against the ergy from the grid new people and dis- units consumed from when it is needed. At cuss ideas. The most the grid. the end of the month, exciting part is to see Q 8. Who is the fi- both export and im- my ideas taking shape nancial beneficiary of port Energy will be and eventually coming Solar Energy? calculated. The bill to life. The Grid-TiedSolar will be prepared on Q 5. How would you Solution’s most obvi- the basis of Net En- describe your own ous benefit is to the ergy purchased by the working style? consumers. It is also customer. If you install As per the working possible to practically net metering in your style, my strongest minimize your annual facility, you can reduce trait is the attention to bills to zero.You can the amount of money detail, I totally believe even make money if you spend each year in planning and execu- you produce more than on your electricity bill. tion. However some- you consume and your Another benefit of times I become way DISCO pays you for On-GridSolar system too detail-oriented and that excess Energy at is the exclusion of Bat- recurring liable and comes with counterparts. try to accomplish the off-peak retail rate. tery Banks, which is a ofhefty everything, but then I We have a very tal- liability, in terms costs. On-Grid Sys- a longer service life tems are also more re- compared to its hybrid realise I am losing up ented team of engi- on time. I try to main- neers, who design and tain a fine balance of customize it according productivity and per- to your requirements. sonal satisfaction We can produce amongst all individu- enough units from als of my team.I be- Solar Power System, lieve that human that can meet your happiness has a large total annual electricity and positive effect on consumption. How- productivity. ever, in certain cases, Q 6. How technol- rooftop space can be a ogy has influenced limiting factor. your workplace? Q 9. How does Solar Technology is play- Energy benefit our ing a vital role in our country and the envi- line of work. Business ronment? communications have According to the gradually shifted to studies, Pakistan has mobile devices. New 2.9 million MW of and emerging commu- Solar Energy poten- nications tools like tial. But we are using WhatsApp Business only 400-500 MW of are making it a lot eas- this huge ier to work and stay in potential.However, re- touch with colleagues, newable friendly poli- team members as well cies from the as customers. We are government are in- now embracing text, creasing our reliance chat, video, file shar- on SolarEnergy.If we ing, and screen shar- are serious about mov- ing in addition to ing toward energy in- email and phone com- dependence in a munications at the cost-effective way, also workplace. if we are serious about In regards to Solar, cutting air & water most of the designing pollution together is based on some form with reducing green- of technology. From house gas emissions, surveys to Engineer- Solar Solution is the ing to the Net Meter- only answer. ing Application, the SolarEnergy is envi- digital world makes ronment-friendly, it the work a lot easy and adds to the total in- accurate. stalled power genera- Q 7. How do Photo- tion capacity of any voltaic panels actually country, and since the work? What is Net Me- Sun cannot be taxed, tering? it provides free Energy Photovoltaic is a to the consumer. It is a process of converting clear winner when it light into electricity comes to boosting the using a photovoltaic economy and creating effect. A typical PV jobs. system consists of a Q 10. How number of PV panels, does switching to On- an inverter and some Grid PV System helps other hardware that to animproved converts light into budget? electricity. On-Grid Solar sys- In September 2015, tems are by far the NEPRA issued its net- most advanced form of metering regulations the Solar power sys- that allow the “Distri- tem. These systems bution Companies” in significantly reduce 11

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 An insight into Automobile Industry Engineering Post Report joining the market with entirely sions due to Rupee depreciation, massively declined by 28.7 per new models. Besides, the existing economic slow down due to cur- cent as their production was The automobile sector contin- players have already made huge tailed domestic demand and price recorded at 37457 units against ues to stand out as one of the investments and a lot more are in -sensitive buyers have somehow re- 52661 units produced in the cor- best performing amongst the waiting, Despite extraneous factors frained from making their pur- responding period of the last year. large-scale manufacturing sectors particularly in terms of tariffs and chases. Additionally, certain Passenger car sector was some- in terms of providing jobs, revenues import and used vehicles, which restrictions on non-filers with re- what resistant to the general re- and bringing in technological ad- still hold about 18 per cent of the spect to purchase of cars have also ceding trend in the industry with vancements in the country. market share, huge expansion of dampened the automobile demand meager growth of 2.4 per cent . The Presently, there may be transient industry volumes take place to to some extent. grow was, however, also impacted deceleration in its growth, but as enact much awaited take off stage There has been sluggishness by repeated policy changes with the Auto Policy 2016-21 is going to as envisioned in the Auto Policy everywhere in the local auto indus- regard to the non-filers like imposi- bear fruits, there would be para- 2016-21. try during the last financial year: tion of ban on purchases , heavy digm shift in the industry when Automobile prices have no doubt except buses where normal growth taxation on registration by the non- many new players would soon be witnessed multiple upward revi- of 17 per cent had taken place dur- filers and the latest 10 per cent levy ing July-March FY 2019. Indeed, of federal excise duty. The imposi- there is enormous potential in de- tion of 10 per cent Federal Excise mand for buses, waiting to unleash Duty (FED) on exceeding 1700cc when serious measures are taken engine capacity cars had also badly regarding formulating and imple- impacted locally produced cars and menting Urban Transport jeeps. The LCV / pick-ups being Schemes in the cities by replacing price sensitive also lost their the old and dilapidated buses, ground with 14 per cent decline in presently plying on the roads of their production. most of metropolitan areas in the The two/three wheelers sector country. has also failed to show normal However, a persistent decline growth., it had dropped off pro- was in evidence in terms of Trucks duction by 5.8 per cent during which registered 27 per cent loss in July-March FY 2019. These vehi- production. The non-filers policy cles cater to lower income group may not have impacted here ; but people and as such are extremely the work at certain government price sensitive. Still this sector projects had been halted so are the continues to offer most preferred supplies of trucks and the respec- and economical means of trans- tive payments , resulting in the dis- portation and the best alternative ruption of the chain of events at the in the absence of public transport trucking industry. in the cities and thus holds a de- According to the available infor- pendable and continued potential mation, during July-March FY for growth in the coming years. 2019, the farm tractor sector also PRODUCTION OF AUTOMO- 12

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 A to Zee Switchgear holds award distribution ceremony Ato Zee Switchgear, a leading efforts of the company to encourage for itself in the market by providing 3. Muhammad Irfan (Production In- switchgear manufacturer the well deserving employees. He quality products which is only possi- charge) under License of Schneider said that initiatives like this inspire ble due to hard working and dedi- Outstanding Supporting Award Electric, arranged the 3rd internal the people to work for the company cated employees. He ended his speech 1. Waqas Ahmed Siddiqui (Sr. Sales Award distribution ceremony at their with all their heart. He admired the with god wishes for the company. Executive) factory located at Korangi Karachi. improvements in the process engaged Mr. Jawed Zaman, CEO, A to Zee The Best Achievement award The activity was arranged to encour- by A to Zee team in their manufactur- Switchgear thanked the guests for 1. Muzammil Ahmed Sheikh (Auto- age the high achieving and well per- ing facility. Mr. Asghar lauded the gracing the event. He Informed that CAD Designer) forming employees of the company. quality production of A to Zee and this is 3rd award event by A to Zee, 2. Zubair Hussain (Sr. Fabricator Mr. Asghar Siddiqui, CEO, Eleken commented that A to Zee’s continu- and every year, this event helps us in R&D Dept.) Associates graced the event as the ous improvement shows the will of its further improvements in all depart- 3. Muhammad Aqib (Technician) Chief guest at the occasion. Guest of management. ments resulting in a better market Good performance award honor was Mr. S.H Aslam, from W.J Mr S.H Aslam was exceedingly im- standing. 1. Muhammad Rashid Zaman Khan Associates. Mr Asghar Siddiqui and pressed by the state of the art facility The categories of awards given (Sr. Fabricator Production Dept.) Mr S.H Aslam distributed the established by A to Z switchgear. He were as follows 2. Muhammad Azeem (Sr. Fitter awards among the top employees of emphasized the importance of appre- Outstanding achievement award Electrical) A to Z Switchgear. ciation in inculcating good work ethic 1. Miza Jibran Baig (Manager Sales) 3. Riaz Masi (Welder) While addressing the ceremony in the employees. He said that the 2. Muhammad Umair Zaman Khan Best Supporting Award Mr. Asghar Siddiqui appreciated the company has made a very good name (Manager Purchase) 1. Umer Gull (Driver & Guard) 13

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Oil and Gas reserves discovered in Balochistan and Sindh The Pakistan Petroleum Limited says it sees more discoveries in the Kalat Plateau. has discovered gas and crude oil re- Currently PPL is working at 28 to 29 sites serves in Sindh and Balochistan. The [in Kalat], to find more reserves. This is the company has informed the Pakistan Stock first discovery of any hydrocarbon in rural Exchange about the hydrocarbon discovery. Balochistan. Gas is present in abundance in The first discovery is in Sindh’s Khairpur and the region which he believes will raise the the second in Balochistan’s Kalat Plateau. province’s status. PPL Managing Director Moeen Raza while “Corporate and economic activities will in- speaking at a private news channel revealed crease as well as the job opportunities for lo- that only one line has been drilled so far in cals,” the PPL MD said. Kalat and there is strong potential of finding When asked if the discoveries will help re- more hydrocarbons. duce the gas crisis, he advised the citizens to Further testing is underway at the site as be patient. “The process after finding the re- the PPL is working at several wells, he said, will take around two to three years since the source to get it ready for exploitation is long,” adding that the construction of a gas pipeline site’s location is far. He said that Raza fore- Raza said. 14

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 BOLTS to develop Transformer Health Monitoring System in collaboration with NUST BOLTS (Private) at the inauguration of Limited has partnered up Pakistan's first Na- with the National Uni- versity of Sciences & tional Science & Tech- Technology, Islamabad to develop a state-of- nology Park the-art Transformer Health Monitoring established in NUST System. BOLTS spe- cializes in providing Islamabad Campus. electrical switchgear panels and turnkey As per the agree- power solutions. ment NUST shall li- Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Nassar Ikram, Pro cense its intellectual Rector (RIC) NUST and Mr. Usama property to BOLTS Qureshi, Chairman BOLTS (Private) Lim- which has been devel- ited signed the agree- ment in Islamabad, in oped by local academia the presence of H.E Imran Khan, the for commercialization Prime Minister of Pak- istan, Chief of Army and further develop- Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Mr. ment of technology. Fawwad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & On this occasion Technology, and other high level dignitaries, Usama Qureshi re- marked “It is a matter of great pride for Pak- istan that our univer- sities have the capacity to develop high end technology locally; we are very excited to work with NUST on this project. We believe that this technology can prove to be a game changer in maintenance of dis- tribution transform- ers (PMT).” 16

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Engineering Post extending its global reach Media partnership agreements signed with Expotim and Ladin, Africa potim & Ladin Group, the largest vember 2020 (Accra / GHANA) organization in Africa organizing As the decade comes to an end engineering related events. As part Engineering Post is looking towards of this agreement Engineering Post exploring new opportunities pos- will be able to represent the engi- sessing considerable and hitherto In a bid to create a presence in neering sector of Pakistan in the fol- untapped potential. Commenting on the future creating bonds in diversi- every part of the Globe, Engi- lowing events scheduled to be held the occasion Khwaja Zeshan Haider, fied markets” neering Post has been working all across Africa CEO, Engineering Post said “This is It is pertinent to mention here extensively to initiate strategic 1. 11th Addisbuild: 14th - 17th Oc- a momentous achievement not just that Engineering Post is already the media partnerships all around the tober 2020 for Engineering Post but also for official media partner of many inter- world. Alhamdulillah we have been 2. 7th Iraq Build: 9th - 12th June Pakistan. Our team stated this year national events including ISK very successful in this regard. 2020 (Bagdad / IRAQ) with the objective of cultivating SODEX Turkey, Oman Expo, Mid- Engineering Post has strength- 3. Ghana HVAC-R Water & Tech global partnerships and we have dle East Energy-Dubai, EP Shang- ened its foothold in Africa by signing 10th - 12th November 2020 been successful in this initiative. hai- China, Big 5-Dubai, Qatar 4.0 a collaboration agreement with Ex- 4. Ghana Electricity: 10th - 12th No- This venture will only increase in Congress and many others. 18

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Seminar on water systems and applications organized by PSPP T he Pakistan Society of Plumbing the topic of Water systems and applica- Sajjad Ghani delivered the welcome ad- Professionals (PSPP) organized a tions. The event was arranged at IEP dress while the keynote speech was deliv- one day event on 19th December by building, Karachi. President PSPP Mr ered by Chairman IEP Mr. Sohail Bashir. Vice Chancellor, NED University, Dr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi was the chief guest of the event. He highlighted the importance of plumbing and the plumb- ing professionals in the current times and emphasized on high quality products and services for the projects. The event was well attended by the professional community. Seniors of the profession and representatives of differ- ent companies attended the event. Different innovative ideas were dis- cussed during the event. Mr. Ammar Jangbarwala, CEO, MyWater introduced the idea of “Replacing Mineral water with domestic R.O” while Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, CEO, Global Environmental En- gineering Technologies discussed the endless possibilities of domestic and com- mercial application of Waste Water. Mr. Rashid Fayyaz from Pak Arab offered a detailed product presentation. The mechanism and advantages of drip water irrigation were also discussed during the ceremony. According to a re- cent report of World Bank 80% of Pak- istan’s water is wasted due to the prevailing method of flood irrigation. Drip water irrigation can substantially reduce wastage of water. An MoU was also signed between PSPP and IEP for cooperation and coor- dination in future. Mr. Abbas Sajid, General Secretary, PSPP made the closing remarks and thanked the audience for showing up in big number. The ceremony was highly informative and the efforts of the society were exten- sively appreciated by the participants. The attendees requested the PSPP to arrange more informative events like this in the future. 22

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 IEP organized the 9th National Seminar on Occupation Health, Safety and Environment mentation of all H & S 3. Electrical utility vide vertical bus bar for meters of high rise related laws. companies should pro- on individual floors buildings. The Institution of vironment issues con- Engineers Pak- fronted by the Pak- istan (IEP) held istani society and its 9th National Sem- workplace. inar on Occupational IEP provided a Safety, Health & En- platform for effective vironment in Karachi & meaningful consul- on Nov. 29th and tation between gov- 30th, 2019 with a ernment officials, theme of “OHSE economic planners, Rules are your Best business leaders, em- Tools” ployee representa- Two days event tives, academia & started with Techni- OSH professionals to cal Visit of SGS Pak- discuss, share & con- istan Pvt Limited, tribute towards pre- where participants venting illnesses & were briefed about injuries in the Pak- the testing and certifi- istani workplaces & cation facilities avail- creating a sustainable able with SGS. Engr. business model based Fa r e e d on effec- Uddin tive legis- Siddique, lation, Deputy compe- Manag- tent en- ing Di- forcement r e c t o r, machin- Pakistan ery, a Petro- commit- leum ted & pro- Limited gressive graced business the occa- leader- sion as ship & the Chief conscious Guest. workforce. Engr. Prof. Dr. At the end the fol- Sarosh Hashmat Lodi lowing recommenda- Vice Chancellor NED tions were presented University of Engi- to be conveyed to gov- neering, Engr. Akhtar ernment and other Qudus Regulatory stake holder for their Chair of American So- guidance and imple- ciety of Safety Profes- mentation, sionals and Ms Ingrid 1. Regulators Christensen , Country should ensue fire Director , Interna- safety & emergency tional Labour Organ- provision as per ization (ILO) building code of Pak- delivered the key note istan ( Fire Safety speech. Provisions) 2016 The event included while approving the two panel discussions building plans , also on “Implementation of ensure post construc- HSE Laws” and “Plas- tion verification be- tics – Hazards – Chal- fore completion lenges & Solutions. 12 approval. presentation and 4 2. Government poster presentations should focus on capac- were given in Techni- ity building of regula- cal Session within two tory bodies & days on various enforcing offices to en- safety, health and en- sure effective imple- 23

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Value Additions of Artificial Intelligence By Muhammad Nawaz Iqbal Typical artificial in- when seeing a guide and Cognitive Capabilities telligence exam- searching for the briefest The cognitive capaci- ines its condition driving course from Den- ties of current designs and takes activities that ver to New York in the are constrained, utilizing boost its risk of progress. East, one can by and just a streamlined vari- An AI's proposed utility large skirt taking a gan- ant of what knowledge is capacity (or objective) can der at any way through extremely prepared to do. be basic if the AI domi- San Francisco or differ- For example, the human nates a match of Go, 0 ent zones far toward the personality has concocted generally or complex Do West; consequently, an AI approaches to reason in- numerically comparable employing a path finding comprehensible and sen- activities to the ones pre- calculation like A* can wardly considered thus. commonly given objec- benchmarked if the non- sible clarifications to vailing before. Objectives maintain a strategic dis- Some AI frameworks, tives, but to the extent objective framework is various events through- can be unequivocally tance from the combina- for example, closest that objectives are cer- confined as a framework out everyday life. What characterized or initi- torial blast that would neighbor, rather than a tain in their preparation whose \"objective\" is to ef- might have been gener- ated. In the event that result if each conceivable reason by relationship, information. Such frame- fectively achieve its lim- ally direct, a proportion- the AI is modified for for- course must be awk- these frameworks are not works can at present be ited order task. ally troublesome issue tification learning, objec- might be trying to settle tives can be verifiably computationally instead instigated by remunerat- of utilizing the human ing a few sorts of conduct personality. This offer as- or rebuffing others. On cends to two classes of the other hand, a devel- models: structuralist and opmental framework can functionalist. The basic prompt objectives by uti- models mean to freely lizing a \"wellness work\" imitate the fundamental to transform and espe- knowledge tasks of the cially recreate high-scor- mind, for example, think- ing AI frameworks, also ing and rationale. The to how creatures ad- practical model alludes to vanced to naturally want the connecting informa- certain objectives, for ex- tion to its processed part- ample, discovering nour- ner. ishment. The general research Numerous AI calcula- objective of man-made tions are equipped for reasoning is to make in- gaining from informa- novation that enables tion; they can upgrade PCs and machines to themselves by adapting work in a smart way. The new heuristics (proce- general issue of reproduc- dures, or \"dependable ing (or making) insight guidelines\", that have has been separated into functioned admirably sub-issues. These com- previously), or would prise of specific attributes themselves be able to or abilities that analysts compose different calcu- anticipate that an astute lations. A portion of the framework should show. \"students\" depicted be- The attributes depicted neath, including beneath have gotten the Bayesian systems, choice most consideration. trees, and closest neigh- Problem Solving bor, could hypothetically, Early scientists cre- (given limitless informa- ated calculations that im- tion, time, and memory) itated bit by bit thinking figure out how to rough that people use when any capacity, including they understand riddles which blend of numerical or make sensible deriva- capacities would best tions. By the late 1980s portray the world. These and 1990s, AI look into students could accord- had created strategies for ingly, infer all conceivable managing unsure or defi- information, by thinking cient data, utilizing ideas about each conceivable from likelihood and fi- speculation and coordi- nancial matters. These nating them against the calculations demon- information. Practically strated to be lacking for speaking, it is never con- tackling huge thinking ceivable to think about issues, since they encoun- each plausibility, due to tered a \"combinatorial the wonder of \"combina- blast\": they turned out to torial blast\", where the be exponentially more measure of time expected slow as the issues devel- to take care of an issue oped larger. Even people develops exponentially. once in a while utilize the Quite a bit of AI investi- bit by bit finding that gate includes making early AI explore had the sense of how to recognize option to show. They take and abstain from consid- care of a large portion of ering expansive scope of their issues utilizing potential outcomes that quick, natural decisions. are probably not going to be gainful. For instance, 24

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 IEEE PES Karachi actively arranging technical seminars IEEE PES Chapter nars in the last two seminar on “FAULT DI- Syed Asim Rashid”. The ducted with a case- Ansari, Mr. Shahid Karachi has been months of 2019. The 9th AGNOSIS USING session was based on based session to create Ahmed, Mr. Farhan very active in ar- activity of this year was RCA” Speaker of the case study activty. a learning opportunity Wazir, Mr Zia Zuberi, ranging technical semi- the one-day Case study seminar was “Engr. The activity was con- regarding Root Cause Mr. Salman Qureshi Analysis (RCA) for and Mr. Tahir Saleem” fault diagnosis. Partic- The session was ipants keenly partici- based on recent issues pated in this event and of electrical power sup- there was overwhelm- ply safety. Technical ing response. Partici- awareness and compli- pants were provided ance of standard were with a case (situation) discussed. IEEE PES along with necessary also offered support for data. They were also model safety areas provided with a tool, among the systems. fishbone diagram to di- Participants keenly agnose the fault. The participated in this session lasted for more event and there was than 60 minutes, and overwhelming response. was attended by a very At the end of the ses- large number of Pro- sion, an IEEE Member- fessionals from Indus- ship Development try. presentation was given The 10th activity of to encourage industry the year was a one-day Fellow to be part of the session of panel discus- IEEE organization and sion by the topic “IEEE vote of thanks by chief E L E C T R I C A L guest “DR Tariq SAFETY REQUIRE- Soomro” & Certificates MENTS IN UTILITY were distributed among DISTRIBUTION” the the Panelist. The ses- panelist of the session sion lasted for more were “Mr. Navid than 60 minutes. 26

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 HVACR Cricket Gala Season 4 From the Lense of Engineering Post Pakistan HVACR Society, Lahore Mr. Azeem Ashraf, Mr. Anwarul Haq, Mr. Chapter successfully conducted Sajjad Haider, Mr. Faheem Shahbaz, Mr. HVACR Cricket gala season 4 at Shahzad Raza, Mr. Amer Abbas, Mr. Adil Khayaban-e-Ameen Ground, Lahore. The Akhtar, Mr. Safdar Ali, Mr. Mukhtaar Ali event, once again was a marvelous net- and Mr. Khalid Saeed Butt also marked working activity and engaged a big no of their active presence. Mr. Mohammad members and visitors from various disci- Amir, Chairman Lahore chapter organized plines. 8 companies participated in the this fantastic event with the help of the or- event includes AGTEK, Smart Climate So- ganizing team. Mr. Ahmad Naeem Chugh- lutions, Haier Pakistan, Green Technolo- tai, General Secretary, PHVACR Society gies, Coolpoint, Engineering Enterprises, graced the event for both days and played DWP and Dynamic Equipment and Con- an active part with Lahore Chapter’s organ- trols. The final was played between Cool- izing team. Mr. Athar Shahzad Amir, Sec- point and Green Technologies. Green retary Lahore chapter conducted the event Technologies won the final match and de- gorgeously and his efforts were lauded by clared Champions for the first time. A all. Mr. Afzaal Malik, Mr. Mahmood friendly match was also played between Ahmad, Mr. Jaffer Raza Haidery, Mr. Agha Faisalabad and Lahore Chapter’s teams Elias Ahmad Khan, Mr. Khurram Malik, won by Faisalabad. Chief Guests of the Mr.Abdul Ghaffar, Mr. Tahir Irfan, Mr. event were Mr. Hamid Mahmood, Mr. Mo- Mehtaab Ali, Mr. Muhammad Hussain, Mr. hammad Ramzan and Mr. Ramzan Sharif. Abdul Qadoos, Mr. Javaid Iqbal, Mr. Muhammad Ali and Mr. Muhammad Rizwan were among the active partici- pants.Society members highly appreciated the event and activities of Lahore chapter. 28

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Planning & Design of LNG & Energy Terminals in Pakistan By Engineer Major Javed Iqbal Rishi This technical paper begins hydrogen. of space for fuel storage trapped in the porous rocks. Shale with an examination of the LNG vs CNG than conventional gaso- is a common form of sedimentary chemical and physical prop- Liquefied natural line-powered vehicles, rock. For producing natural gas, a erties of the methane, which is a gas (LNG) is natural and there were many vertical well is drilled to the for- hydro carbon gas with one carbon gas that has been explosion accidents. mation and then drilled horizon- atom and four hydrogen atoms, cooled into a liquid (at In short, the main dif- tally. This hydraulic fracturing or and is widely distributed in na- a temperature of - ference is that CNG is “fracking” uses water, silica and ture. Naturally occurring 162˚C) at atmospheric stored at ambient tem- chemical compounds piped sev- methane is found both below pressure. Liquefaction perature under high eral feet below the earth’s surface ground and under the seafloor, reduces the volume by pressure, while LNG is creating cracks or fissures in the and is formed by geological and 600 times, which stored at low tempera- shale formation. This allows nat- biological processes. At room tem- makes it economical to transport ture and near ambient pressure. ural gas to be released and flow perature and standard pressure, in specially designed thermos Under these conditions LNG is a into the well. Also buried in the methane is a colourless, odorless flask type sea vessels. The liquid liquid while CNG is supercritical sediments of the ocean floor are and non-toxin gas. It has a boiling is then converted into gas and fluid. Thus CNG has a lower cost methane hydrates. They are crys- point of -164˚C at a pressure of pumped through traditional pipe of production and storage com- tals cement together in the ocean one atmosphere. Its major chemi- lines or by trucks. Natural gas is pared to LNG, as it does not re- sediments. There is more carbon cal reactions are combustion, a mixture of methane and heavier quire expensive cooling process trapped in hydrates then in all steam reforming to syngas and hydrocarbons and other impuri- and cryogenic tanks. However fossil fuels, however the technol- halogenations. This low tempera- ties, which need to be removed be- CNG requires a larger volume to ogy to use this methane has not ture makes it a cryogenic liquid fore the gas is cooled. Thus LNG store the energy equivalent of yet been possible. Finally and need special technology for its Value Chain has four parts: Ex- gasoline and a high pressure methane produced from biogas- handling. Note that the lowest ploration & Production-Liquefac- (3000 to 4000 psi). derived from plant and animal temperature on earth is -89.4˚C tion-Shipping and Regasification waste, is the cheapest source Natural gas is a mixture contain- & Storage. LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS available in Pakistan. ing 75% methane, 15% ethane CNG is methane stored at high EXPLORATION AND In Pakistan, our main source of and 5% other hydrocarbon. Its pressure (3600 psi) in containers PRODUCTION natural gas is Sui and other gas principal use is as a fuel and is that are cylindrical or spherical Natural gas is a non-renewable wells, and unless new discoveries used for heating buildings, gener- shaped, to less than 1% of its vol- fossil fuel. When sea animals and are made and as the present ation of electric power and raw ume at STP. It has been increas- plants die they sink to the bottom usage continues, we will run out material in manufacture of many ingly used in Pakistan until its and get buried in a layer of sedi- of gas. Today we have about industrial products. It is used as shortage from gas fields has re- ment rock. Due to heat and pres- twenty (20) years stocks left and fuel in heat engines, and produces duced its use. CNG volumetric en- sure in the core of the earth it is our domestic gas supply had more heat per mass (55.7 kJ/g) ergy is 42% of liquid natural gas converts into a mixture of differ- fallen thirty (30) percent of our than any other organic molecule and 25% of the diesel fuel. CNG ent hydrocarbon liquid (crude oil) demand. Natural gas is a key con- due to its relative large content of vehicles require a greater amount and gases. Natural gas is usually tributor to economic activity, in- 30

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 dustrial units and fertilizer coolant without increasing the avoid the explosion risk and then to the grid. plants. As an alternate to domes- size of main heat exchanger. cooled down to be ready to be REGASIFICATION tic natural gas, about ten (10) liq- • Cascade method is sequen- charged by cryogenic liquid. The This is the boiling of LNG and uefied natural gas (LNG) tially using propane, Ethylene cooling down process is made by pumping it to the grid for which terminals should be constructed. and methane as coolants in a cas- spraying the tanks with LNG, two technologies are popular as LIQUEFACTION PROCESS cade configuration. which vaporizes cooling down the under: The liquefaction processes are • Double Mix Refrigerant tech- environment inside the tank. • Open Rack Vaporizer (ORV) as follows: nique uses two kinds of mixed Next LNG is pumped from on site This is a vaporizer in which LNG • C3-MR method in which after coolants (ethane +propane mix storage tanks into the vessel flows inside a tube and is heated the acid gas separation, it is dried and a nitrogen-methane, ethane tanks. Here two vessel technolo- up by seawater, which is fed and pre-cooled to -35˚C using and propane mix) gies are applied: through the shell. The LNG flows propane. Then, it passes through and applied by Shell. The • Floating Storage Unit (FSU) in from the inlet nozzle near the the tubes of a tube-and-shell heat process is able to reduce the oper- where LNG is transported and bottom, passes through the inlet exchanger, fed to a refrigerant to ating cost by 8% compared to C3- pumped to on shore storage tank manifold and is recovered in an shell zone. The final temperature MR configuration. at the receiving port. outlet manifold placed in the is about -162˚C. The LNG transportation • Floating Storage and Regasifi- upper zone. To avoid ice forma- • AP-X method applies to large process is as under: cation Unit (FSRU) in which the tion duplex-pipe structure is used liquefaction plants. It is based on The insulated tanks placed on regasification plant is assembled Continued on page 34 LNG sub-coolers with nitrogen the ship have to be inerted to and regasified LNG is fed directly 31

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Planning & Design of LNG & Energy Terminals in Pakistan Continued from page 31 are accepted world- valve allows the tank nance cost are well multaneously and fa- survey conducted on wide as cryogenic con- to be empted in about catered for, comprises cilitates the system- regular basis is re- on the outer surface. tainment systems, two weeks. Energy a main design calcu- atic exploration for quired for better un- • Fluid-Type Vapor- while the third is the used consumes 10% of lation model which is designs that mini- derstanding of izer (FV) where sea- structural prismatic the plant or about linked to an evolu- mize key objectives marine ecological im- water (the heat design. The spherical 2000 Btu/lb. Today tionary optimization such as capital cost pact during construc- source) vaporizes the independent tank LNG carriers are dou- algorithm, generates and maintenance tion and operational LNG via a heating consists of insulated ble-hulled ships a potential design cost. Finally exten- phases of LNG termi- medium as the single wall spherical specifically designed configuration with re- sive environmental nals. propane. This tech- tank, supported by a to contain the cargo gard to the specified nology is also called vertically built skirt. at or near atmos- objectives. The impor- TRI-X. The skirt is connected pheric pressure and tance of developing • Submerged Com- with the tank around cryogenic tempera- sound initial concepts bustion Vaporizer the periphery of the ture. The carriers are cannot be underesti- (SCV)This is s struc- equator. The cargo a blend of conven- mated as changes be- ture in which a sub- tank material is alu- tional ship design come harder and merged burner burns minum alloy. with specialized ma- more expensive to im- a fuel gas, generating LNG must be kept terials and advanced plement as time pro- the heat needed to va- cold to remain in liq- system for handling gresses. Key porize the LNG flow. uid state by storing cryogenic cargoes. environmental design It comprises a tank, and transporting it in DESIGNING NEW parameters include the burner, a bundle double-walled, vac- LNG TERMINAL extreme waves, near of heat-transfer uum-insulated con- The older technique shore transformed tubes, combustion air tainer. All containers of manual design is waves and sediment fan and a fuel supply let some heat sink in, both time consuming transport. The design control device. causing it to boil off and costly. Instead of LNG terminals en- LNG SHIPS and the pressure to the software system able the engineer to The LNG spherical built up in the vapour where basic objectives consider the impact of and membrane types phase. The relief of capital and mainte- multiple processes si- 34

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ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Oman’s construction sector Oman Design & Build Week to offer new market opportunities Oman’s biggest and most spe- Oman’s projects market by value. cialized event for the build- Currently, it is the second largest ing and construction driver of non-oil growth, playing a industry, The BIG Show, was re- key role in Oman’s economy. cently relaunched under the new Tarek Ali, Business Develop- brand ment Man- Oman a g e r, Design & Omanexpo, Build says “We Week in a are excited move to about the engage evolving more in- opportuni- dustry ties result- stake- ing from holders these proj- and pro- ects, as vide they are wider greatly im- commerce and investment opportu- pacting building and construction nities to local and international requirements and fast-tracking companies and individuals relating construction activities. This has to the sector. urged us to tap more vital seg- The launch of Oman Design & ments that will represent all of the Build Week by Omanexpo comes at key sectors within the industry, a propitious time when the sector which will in turn, expand the is gaining stead with the rise in the product and service range and di- number of multi-billion projects on versity of the exhibition offerings.” the back of the recent oil price re- From March 30 to April 1, 2020, covery. Construction projects ac- the Oman Convention & Exhibi- count for the biggest segment of tion Centre will be the center of 36

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Spain, Turkey and the UK. Along- side the exhibition, we have added dedicated free-to-at- tend CPD-, PMI- and AUD- certified seminars and workshops across three days, which will focus on topics such as Effective Leadership in Managing Engineering Projects, Sustainable Green Energy Management, and Building Simulations and Artificial Intelligence Man- agement Systems, among others,” ” Ali adds. To date, Oman Design & Build has in its sponsor and partner roster Bin Hayl Group, Al Khaleel Group, Salem Group and Techno, be- sides the participation of leading companies from Oman. Oman Design & Build about 1,000 new and innova- ditioning (HVAC), construction Week is co-located with the third tive products, services, equipment tools and materials, concrete and Oman Real Estate Expo, which is and technologies representing the concrete-related products and supported by the Ministry of building interiors and finishes, plant, machinery and vehicles Housing and the Oman Real Es- building envelope and special (PMV) sectors. tate Association (ORA). construction, building technology “We are seeing close to 300 ex- For more information, you may and automation, mechanical, hibiting companies with 10 inter- send email to info@omandesig- electrical and plumbing (MEP), national pavilions represented by nandbuildweek.com or call heating, ventilation, and air con- China, Germany, India, Iran, 98217300.

ENGINEERING POST January-2020 NHA expanding road linkage all over Pakistan Engineering Post Report lion including foreign aid of Rs 57371.910 million for their contin- Sustainable economic develop- ued implementation carrying them ment of Pakistan is quite ob- to varying levels of completion viously dependent on a under the Public Sector Develop- robust and low-cost transport and ment Programme (PSDP) 2019-20. logistics sector. The federal gov- Through the great game ernment is fully aware of the vital changer China-Pakistan Economic role the transport and logistics Corridor (CPEC), NHA is connect- sector plays in the national eco- ing Khunjrab to Gwadar . Cur- nomic development and in improv- rently there are number of ongoing ing the competitiveness in CPEC Short, Medium and Long exports from the country to foreign Term projects worth as much as countries across the globe. Rs 700 million which are related to National Highway Authority NHA. (NHA) is playing a vital role in Out of 17 Short Term Projects improving the quality of Pak- (Eastern Alignment), nine proj- istan’s road network, which en- ects have already been completed tails in improving the quality and and are Havelian-Burhan (E- standard of life of the people apart 35),M1-Gojra (M-1,M-2, M-4), from creating employment oppor- Khanewal-Multan (M-4 Exten- tunities. sion) ,Sukkur-Shikarpur (N-65) , Presently the NHA network Ratodero-Quba Saeed Khan (M-8) comprises of 47 national highways, , Khunjrab-Raikot including Atta motorways, expressways and Abad Lake, Quba Saeed Khan- strategic roads. Current length of WanguHills (M-8),Wangu-Hills- this network is 12743 kilometers. khuzdar (M-8) and NHA’s existing portfolio consists of Baasima-Hoshab-Gwadar. as many as 40 ongoing projects in- Other 8 projects which are at ei- volving total estimated cost of Rs ther at planning stage, under con- 1423096.930 million including for- struction and substantially eign aid of Rs 455194.000 million . completed include Raikot-Thakot( An estimated expenditure of Rs N-35), Thakot-Havelian (E-35), 892897.202 million was reported t0 Gojra-Khanewal (M-4, Multan- been incurred on continued imple- Sukkur (M-5),Sukkur-Hyderabad mentation of these projects by (M-6), Shikarpur-Ratodero (N-55) June 2019. Against throw forward and Basasima-Hoshab (N-30).All of 530201.569 million, NHA has these are scheduled to be com- been allocated Rs 117514.835 mil- pleted between 2020 to 2023. 38

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Enhancement of trade with Africa targeted As part of “Look at African Policy\" to Abdul Razak Dawood, the Prime Minister have been concentrating on products; things achieve geographical diversification for Commerce, Textile, Industry & Produc- we produced, we have not concentrated on of exports, Pakistan-Africa Trade de- tion and Investment, declared that he will services. Now, we are looking at services, in- velopment conference scheduled for 30-31 be presenting a strategic export develop- cluding information technology (IT), insur- January in Nairobi, Kenya supported by ment framework which will open new av- ance, consultancy, engineering services, Ministry of Commerce enues for enhancement of Pakistan's trade shipping etc. with Africa. Our trade policy will focus on pursuing an export-led growth strategy, in- cluding facilitating exporters as every coun- try has its own strategy. Incentives must be provided to the value-added sectors and as far as product diversification is concerned, we must diversify our products away from the 5 export sectors. Tariff rationalization is very important if industrial growth is the target. The government is regularly meeting with each sector before a strategy for tariff rationalization will be finalized. The cabi- net has approved the e-commerce policy under which we are placing far greater focus on the services side which includes arrangement of payments, ease of pay- ments through the IT sector and services in general. Once Ministry of Commerce final- izes the strategy, the Ministry of Informa- tion Technology will come up with a plan to implement it together with the State Bank of Pakistan, providing guidance on method- ology. He further added that All this time we