Doha: MEED yesterday announced this year’s winners of the MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2014, in association with Mashreq, the only awards programme to recognise completed projects in the Gulf region.
Qatar’s Baytna — Qatar’s First Passivhaus Project, jointly owned by Qatar Green Building Council, Barwa Real Estate Group and Kahramaa, and nominated by ETA Star Engineering & Contracting, received the Award for Innovation, a category introduced only this year.
The UAE led all winners with four awards, followed by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with three regional winners apiece. Oman and Qatar had one award-winning project each. “We received a record number of entrants this year, and expected a stiffer competition from completed projects across the GCC. This is a clear affirmation that the projects industry throughout the region has regained its robustness, completing projects at a much faster pace following the slowdown in recent years,” said Edmund O’ Sullivan, Chairman, MEED. The Peninsula
