Powering Up Lusail Ultra Smart City Along With FIFA 2022 World Cup Stadium In Qatar

  Energy and Utilities   Government   Lessons Learned   Risk Management   Scope Management   Strategy  

Lusail City extends across an area of 38 square kilometres and includes four exclusive islands and 19 multi-purpose residential, mixed use, entertainment and commercial districts. It is a comprehensive arena with leisure spots, residential buildings, commercial towers, avenues and public ports. Lusail, a true city of the future, will eventually accommodate 450,000 people. City includes 22 hotels with different international star ratings, making it an element of attraction for investment in Qatar. Lusail city also boasts of having the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the FIFA 2022 games to be held in Doha, this stadium will have a seating capacity of up to 87,000 spectators.  Just off the coast of Lusail City, luxurious Qetaifan Islands will offer waterfront residential properties specially contoured to create the best views to natural beaches and Lusail Marinas. For developing and then sustaining any new smart city, one of the first infrastructure to be established is –Electrical Power Network. This webinar will discuss the Planning and execution for installation of Transmission network capable of handling more than 1300MVA of power, detailing following aspects:

1. The calculation of load in Lusail including District Cooling Plant (DCP) loads, FIFA 2022 Stadium Loads and Residential and commercial Load.
2. THE CHALLEGES faced in achieving AESTHETIC yet RELIABLE Infrastructure.
3. Strategic decision making pertaining to Design and Execution of Underground Substations.
4. Reasons for multiple design changes to execute LONGEST Horizontal Directional drilling (HDD) for supplying power to QUTAIFAN ISLAND:

The webinar will attempt to conclude by analysing lessons learned in certain Knowledge areas as to which stakeholder should Manage such niche infrastructure development project: Government Utility or Smart City developers?

Lusail City extends across an area of 38 square kilometres and includes four exclusive islands and 19 multi-purpose residential, mixed use, entertainment and commercial districts. It is a comprehensive arena with leisure spots, residential buildings, commercial towers, avenues and public ports. Lusail, a true city of the future, will eventually accommodate 450,000 people. City includes 22 hotels with different international star ratings, making it an element of attraction for investment in Qatar.