BUSINESS SECTORS

Our business concepts demonstrate our commitment to our employees, stakeholders, communities and the future of our planet. Click on the headings below to read more.

The overall planning, co-ordination and control of a project from its inception to required timely completion, and meeting the quality standards within estimated costs, is the primary interest of the owner. This, in essence, is the Professional Project Management on behalf of the owner, and not merely Management of the Construction phase. The aim of Professional Project Management is to produce a completed project, which complies with the owner’s requirements and objectives. Good Professional Project Management ensures widespread agreement on the owner’s objective, and this must be maintained throughout the phases of Design, Construction and finally Commissioning of the project. Resources as Time, Money, Technology, Manpower and Materials are organized into activities, if activated in a logical sequence, culminate in a successful project. The pattern is the same irrespective of the type of construction, whether it is a cottage or a 1000 room Hotel or an Airport.

Nevertheless economic difficulties, incomplete information, frequent revisions, shortage of materials and delays in supplies are the constraints, presently faced by the projects in our country. In this situation unless the construction is properly handled or managed by skilled Engineers and Managers. The projects are often found abandoned, & if not, they become uneconomical to continue. Basically, one of the important objects of the Professional Construction Management is to see that the skills of the Project Engineers and Managers with the better tools and systems provided to them, are able to optimize, the design, planning and control with available resources while coping with challenging realities imposed by various constraints.

The owner at the same time, are kept informed of all the development in schedules and costs at all stages of design and construction phases. 

Benefits of Professional Project Management:

  • Owner focuses more on business than Project
  • Cost Savings in procurement of works & materials
  • Inception till Completion Time Management
  • Design & Construction Alternatives
  • Pre-agreed quality standard compliance
  • Decisions by Owner on an informed basis
  • Completed project in accordance with Owner’s aspirations in terms of Time, Budget & Quality

ALFURQAN’s approach shall be to provide a director-led multi-disciplinary service which we have found is efficient, effective and objective. The whole philosophy of our services is based on the premises that advice on project and construction risks invariably cross the boundaries of professional disciplines. Accordingly, when we undertake assignments it is on the basis of a combination of professional disciplines and our associates are staffed with professionally qualified personnel in a number of disciplines.

Experience has shown us that clients involved in construction and development are best served by a team and not by an individual. This is simply because the correct advice almost inevitably requires expertise from a number of areas which may include:

  • technical expertise – architectural and / or engineering
  • commercial expertise – quantity surveying and / or accountancy
  • programming expertise – planning and / or construction

We therefore, prefer to provide a balanced team to give the Client a complete multi-disciplinary service and are confident that our proposal is unique in its ability to do so. Our approach to staffing a particular assignment is dependent on the nature of the project, as well as its size, complexity and the client’s wishes. However, project team usually comprises:

Assignment Director

An Assignment Director heads each project and has the overall responsibility of ensuring that the assignment is conducted in accordance with the terms of agreement and the needs of the Client. Day-to-day operations are the responsibility of the Assignment Managers. The Assignment Director’s major responsibility is to plan and control, the project in such a way that the goals of the clients are achieved with minimum resource consumption. He also recognizes “danger signals” well in advance so that preventive measures are taken to avoid delays.

Assignment Managers

Assignment managers oversee all personnel working on the assignment, assigning, and work tasks to the Consultants, Programmers, and Technicians. The Assignment Manager works closely with all team members and oversee the development and finalization of all conclusions, opinions, evaluations and reports.

Chief Expeditor

Responsible for timely completion and receipt of all construction drawings, sketches etc. Preparation of samples and their subsequent approvals. Sourcing of equipment and materials. The Chief Expeditor performs fortnightly review of the Master Schedule and distributes a report on which critical items need to be attended on a priority basis. He follows them up subsequently during the following week thus keeping a close eye on orders and delivery schedule of all long-lead items.

Scheduling Engineers

Responsible for Master CPM Schedule. The Scheduling Engineer furnishes required dates for design, equipment and material delivery. While updating the Master Schedule on a regular basis the Scheduling Engineer develops physical reports and informs of potential delays and critical areas for review by the management. Scheduling Engineers are based in our Head Office.

Construction Manager

The Construction Manager deputed at the site is responsible for monitoring and reporting all day to day activities at the site. The Construction Manager works closely with the Project Manager and informs him of potential delays, cost over runs, slack in schedule and as well as standards of quality. He reports to the Home Office on a daily basis. His inputs are essential for preparation of various reports and controls. He participates in weekly meetings at the site and provides information to the Construction Team for various engineering activities. He sends information to the Home Office for expediting of materials, equipment and drawings.

Design Team Associates

Our Associate Partners are responsible for the analysis and evaluation of all technical information and work closely with the assignment manager.

Programmers

Programmers customize and run programs to suit the needs of the project for all areas where computers may assist in document control, data collection and management. 

AL FURQAN’s Approach as a Project Management Consultant
  • Implement the project using latest project management techniques
  • As Owner’s representative, safeguard Owner’s interest during all stages of a project
  • Play a pivotal role in coordinating and managing a project
  • Depute high quality resident team at site which is provided relentless guidance from the CEO, Director Projects and Senior Home Office staff
  • Ensure deliverance of a project as per approved time, cost and quality considerations

Appointment of Architect / Design Consultants

Depending upon the time of our induction on a project, assist the Owner in selection and finalization of qualified Project Architect and other consultants who could deliver the design deliverables as per the aspirations of the Owner.

This may include inviting technical and commercial proposals from the prospective design consultants, evaluating such proposals, carrying out negotiations with them, recommending award of consultancy services and formulating a consultancy agreement between the Owner and the successful consultant.

Investigation & Survey

If required, assist the Owner in carrying out geotechnical investigation and topographical survey of the project site through specialist contractors.

Consultation During Project Development

Schedule and attend regular meetings with Owner during the development of conceptual and preliminary design to advice on the use and improvements, selection of materials, building systems and equipment. Provide recommendations on construction feasibility, availability of materials and labor, time requirements for installation and construction and factors related to cost including costs of alternative designs or materials preliminary budgets, and possible economies.  

Scheduling

Develop a Project Master Schedule that coordinates and integrates with the Engineers design schedules and the Owner’s occupancy requirements showing portions of the Project having occupancy priority. Prepare a tender schedule for the approved work packages identifying their timelines in relation to the Project master Schedule.

Construction Planning

Recommend for purchase and expedite the procurement of long-lead items to ensure their delivery by the required dates. Make recommendations to the Owner regarding the division of work in the Drawings and Specifications to facilitate the bidding and awarding of Trade Contracts, allowing for phased construction taking into consideration such factors as time of performance, availability of labor, overlapping trade jurisdictions and provisions for temporary facilities. Review the Drawings and proposed Specifications to eliminate areas of conflict and overlapping in the work to be performed by the various Trade Contractors.

Project Budget

Prepare a Project budget as soon as major Project requirements have been identified, and update periodically for the Owners approval. Prepare an estimate based on a quantity survey of Drawings and Specifications at the end of the Schematic design phase for approval by the Owner as the Project Construction Budget. Update and refine this estimate for the Owner’s approval as the development of the Drawings and Specifications proceeds, and advise the Owner if it appears that the Project Construction Budget will not be met and make recommendations for corrective action. 

Project Control

Monitor the work of the Trade Contractors and coordinate them with the activities and responsibilities of the Owner and Project Management Consultant to complete the Project in accordance with the Owner’s objectives of Cost, Time and Quality.

  1. Maintain a competent full-time staff at the Project site to coordinate and provide general direction of the work and progress of the Trade Contractors on the Project.
  2. Establish on-site organization and line of authority in order to carry out the overall plans of the Construction Team.
  3. Establish procedures for coordination among the Owner, Engineer, Trade Contractors and Project Management Consultant with respect to all aspects of the project and implement such procedures.
  4. Schedule and conduct progress meetings at which Trade Contractors, Owner, Engineer and Project Management Consultant can discuss jointly, such matters as procedures, progress, problems and scheduling.
  5. Provide regular monitoring of the schedule as construction progresses. Identify potential variances between scheduled and probable completion dates. Review schedule for work not started or incomplete and recommend to the Owner and Trade Contractors adjustments in the schedule to meet the probable completion date. Provide summary reports of each monitoring and document all changes in schedule.
  6. Determine the adequacy of the Trade Contractors’ personnel and equipment and the availability of materials and of supplies to meet the schedule. Recommend courses of action to the Owner when requirements of a Trade Contract are not being met.
Physical Construction

Provide all supervision on labor, materials, construction equipment, tools and Sub-Contract items which are necessary for the completion of the Project. To the extent that the Project Management Consultant performs any work with his own forces, he shall with respect to such work, perform in accordance with the Plans and Specifications and in accordance with the procedure applicable to the Project.

Cost Control

Develop and monitor an effective system of Project cost control. Revise and refine the initially approved Project Construction Budget, incorporate approved changes as they occur, and develop cash flow reports and forecasts needed. Identify variances between actual and budgeted or estimated costs and advice, Owner whenever projected cost exceeds budgets or estimates. Maintain cost accounting records on authorized work performed under unit costs, actual costs for labor and material, or other bases requiring accounting records. Afford the Owner access to these records and preserve them for a period of three (3) years after final payment.

 

ALFURQAN Energy develops and grows through strategic and profitable enterprises to maintain an optimal generation portfolio. In order to maintain the sustainability of the economical, sociological and technological progress.

ALFURQAN Energy aims for reduction of the foreign energy dependency through utilization of power generation from local energy sources wherever it will be invited to achieve an energy project objective. The company aims to stay abreast of all the developments concerning energy sector, both within UAE and throughout the world. It is responsible for formulating and generating strategies for all energy and infrastructure investments within ALFURQAN. The ultimate goal of this organization is to make sure that the company takes all necessary measures in the energy sector and to create profitable business enterprises.

ALFURQAN is one of the well-known companies in the generation of renewable energy. The company focuses on the continuous improvement of service skills and capabilities in order to provide customers with better plus services. The importance of service transparency and fair trade is central to the Company’s beliefs, and it tries to show this in its activities.

In consideration of any country growing energy dependence; benefiting from domestic and renewable energy sources is of strategic importance for that country. In addition, renewable sources play a key role in supporting endeavors to decrease carbon emission levels. In this regard, hydroelectric energy, which is a domestic, renewable and clean energy source, has begun to assume greater importance in the world. ALFURQAN Energy closely monitors the world’s privatization initiatives in addition to Greenfield and brownfield projects in various regions of the globe in order to optimize its portfolio.

We believe economic progress needs to be sustainable and carry this commitment before all our stakeholders: shareholders, clients, employees, suppliers, regulatory agencies and community. According to our sustainability strategy, we committed to start to gradually understand and identify actual and potential impacts of our activity by incorporating the sustainable development goals (SDG) approved by the United Nations’ member states in September 2015.

Hence, we conducted a first stage to understand how we can make our contribution to sustainable development by analyzing the goals and objectives associated with our business aiming both to minimize the negative and to maximize the positive impacts of our own activities. Moreover, we also gathered all SDGs identified by the Company’s stakeholders as material.

However, the world’s today energy systems also have important environmental impacts. Historical and current energy systems are dominated by fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) which produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases– the fundamental driver of global climate change. If we are to meet our global climate targets and avoid dangerous climate change, the world needs a significant and concerted transition in its energy sources.

We are a privately-owned growing company providing our expertise of oil and gas services as we based in UAE Aiming on various service providing in energy trading, logistics and consulting. Established as on ground oil and gas services and consulting firm, we at ALFURQAN are constantly advancing and progressing in order to meet new challenges, while developing our team to ensure a competitive superiority.

ALFURQAN camping services and solutions and by the assistance and support of our partners and our direct execution is something you can rely on, working in a hostile and red flag and hot zones in an extreme, remote or hostile environment you can go to the limit where you can order a sandwich or a hot pizza. All what we care for is providing our clients with the highest levels of satisfactions. It doesn’t matter how far you are, where you are whether you are, ALFURQAN can provide a full camping and catering service to meet your exact requirements.

We are contractually obliged to adopt our clients systems, we will take the necessary steps to comply. Our company ensures its partners and client’s peace of mind by registering undergone rigorous assessments. Our packages are principally those related to the petroleum industry handled by experienced players who deal from feedstock like crude oil and oil refined products such as fuel oil, gasoil, diesel and jet fuel. We are also braced by shipping and financial set-ups team support our experienced traders. And our commercial partners are crude oil producers, refineries and trading companies from all around the planet.

The mining industry is considered as one of the fastest growing economies all over the world. And the question of “Why does the world need mining?”, the answer will be as it doesn’t only does it play a vital role in the economies of many developing countries, it also generates metals and minerals that are components of everyday life and in particular, the contribution of mining to the country economic portfolio, especially those who export mineral products, are felt intensively. There are some economic benefits of mining which befalls a country, thereby placing emphasis on the economic significance of mining and their impact on both the government and the people. In contrast, many people have now raised the question why is mining important to daily life, given that the impact of this industry is felt less by countries who rely on imported goods.

Similarly, the economic benefits of mining also highlight the economic significance of mining, given that both concepts are subsequent consequences of each other.

With the economic significance of this sector affected by the economic benefits of mining, an economist always considers which significant decisions of the sector can positively impact the economy and highlight the industry’s importance, hence the need for learning what the economic benefits of mining are. Some of these benefits include:

  • Promoting environmental awareness through rehabilitation programs resulting to more renewable sources than ever
  • Providing livelihood to local communities.
  • Promoting a more efficient use of energy, saving people money.
  • Generating income for the local government thereby directly contributing to its economy.

With these benefits being apparent, the contribution of this sector to the economy is sure to be significant.

Our goals are to continue focusing on client satisfaction through excellence in the professional quality of our work and an increased awareness of the global economy and its impact on the mining industry.

As a mining business concept company, ALFURQAN mining experts have achieved these goals in a number of ways. We hire and retain the best people relative to the mining industry, invest in advanced technologies and information resources, and concentrate only on our business as an independent mining company. And finally, we as a mining sector experienced company, we treat our clients with respect, fairness, and honesty. This is reflected in the amount of repeat business from legal, financial, utility, production, and consumer clients with unsolicited requests.

ALFURQAN’s business relationships relative to the mining industry are based on mutual respect, realistic budget estimates of project costs, and timely completion of scheduled tasks.

As a pioneer mining business company, the quality of our work-every expert witness testimony, mining evaluation, expert appraisal, mining analysis, mining plan, forecast, estimate, mining assessment, investigation, expert legal service, and engineering design-is the de facto standard in the mining industry. ALFURQAN reports meet the standards of major financial institutions and government agencies.

As you navigate through our website, consider ALFURQAN’s mining savvy-our ability as a consultant’s level to understand your problems and find practical, common sense solutions.

We are available to address your needs in a proactive manner while adhering to professional engineering ethical practices. To our many long standing repeat clients, we appreciate your loyalty. If you are looking for a mining consultancy aspect or a business collaboration concept, we welcome the opportunity to discuss your needs & proposals.

Our Vision and Mission are synchronized in delivering the best real estate services and property development. Our Vision is to keep developing the best portfolio of real estate developments in Athens while we strive for the satisfaction or our clients, partners and colleagues. Our corporate Mission is “to keep making homes”. Having such a clear concept of business approach, our property development ensures our clients get a home, not just a construction.

With a focus on location and comfort, we offer our clients a combination of an ideal environment for property investment suitable both for income generation and self-living. We are constantly developing our organization faithfully to the core values we have since our early days. Trust has been a key reason for our long-term presence and success. Quality in our property developments, in the real estate services we provide and in our team. Unity with our clients and Variety of investment options. We concentrate on developing residential and mixed use properties. We adapt to changes in market demand by responding to feedback from our extensive sales network and tailoring future projects to match. We maintain a vertically integrated business model to control timing, quality and costs.

We intend to remain the leading property developer in the MENA, as we have firmly established in the past our collaborative presence in China, USA and Canada, where we maintain and increase our foothold. We continue to grow our national sales network to expand our customer base across the MENA and internationally, to fuel sustainable and constant growth. We keep a constant inflow of project acquisition and minimize the time between acquisition and development. We reinvest capital efficiently and quickly, to deliver projects on time, on budget and on targets, achieving highest profit margins possible.

We continue to expand our brand recognition by investing in our sales and marketing operations as well as construction. We constantly grow our property management team to act on behalf of owners and preserve the value of the properties while generating income. We generate sales in large part thanks to our reputation for efficient bespoke customer service, rental guarantee benefits and immigration procedure assistance. Offering the whole range of real estate services, gives our partners and clients the ability to design their next step in that state with a peace of mind. Thus, other than the property development of luxury living apartments, we offer a variety of after sales services adding value to the choice of our clients.

Many of our investors interested in a specific country combine their investment property with the acquisition of that country citizenship program. Along with our recommended corporate lawyers we provide a full package of immigration services to our clients and full support in their application procedure. Real estate management is something very demanding and in certain cases, it is what makes the real difference between investment and property purchase. Our comprehensive property management is another one of the services we provide, adding great value to the choice of our property owners as we keep in perfect condition our property developments and offering a single point of contact to cater in the most efficient way our clients’ real estate investment.

Our property management services include property rental services and proper to each property development, we also offer a guaranteed rent scheme. At ALFURQAN we have an answer and a solution to all of the questions a real estate investor has. Contact us and find out how we shall cater your request.

Al Furqan Group Trading activities range from international logistics and overall turn key sourcing solution. Our partners/ associates ranging from logistics firms to variety of trading houses / suppliers of different goods and services. We have a range of firms which our team work closely with, which have access to a wide range of connection that would offer a solution to our end business users without the pain of having to deal with new sourcing avenues and risk the quality control /delivering issue. Our international procurements team is available around the world which gives strength to our business access and souring power.

Measuring the similarity in the capability requirements of different products is not simple. In order to identify the precise technical and institutional requirements of each product, we would have to collect a mindboggling volume of information. Instead, we measure similarity using a simple trick. If shirts require knowledge that is similar to that required by blouses, but different from that required by jet engines, then the probability that a country exporting shirts will also export blouses will be higher than the prob ability that it will also export jet engines. So the probability that a pair of products is co – exported carries information about how similar these products are. We use this idea to measure the proximity between all pairs of products in our dataset. The collection of all proximities is a network connecting pairs of products that are significantly likely to be co – exported by many countries. This network is what we call the product space. We use the product space to study the productive structure of countries. We care about the structure of the product space because it affects how easily countries can increase their complexity.