The ACI-Kuwait Chapter has organized its Eight Annual Award Ceremony. The Chapter recognizes outstanding contribution by offering two yearly awards: The Award of Excellence and the Award of Achievement. The year 2008 ceremony took place on May 22nd, 2009 and was hosted in the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Kuwait.

It was held under the patronage and presence of His Excellency Dr. Fadhel Safar, Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Municipality Affairs. The event was attended by more than three hundreds persons with interest in the concrete construction. The Master of the Ceremony was ACI Director and Past President Khaldoun Rahal, Professor of Civil Engineering at Kuwait University. The ceremony started by the address of the year 2008 President of the Chapter Dr. Hassan Kamal, who is a Research Scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. It was followed by the address of his Excellency Dr. Fadhel Safar, Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Municipality Affairs.

Then, Dr. Rahal presented to the audience a brief introduction on the activities and achievements of the Chapter, followed by a summary of the projects and individuals who have been recognized since the initiation of the Awards in the year 2001. Then the year 2008 awards were presented.

The Award of Excellence is presented to a local project to Recognize outstanding work in concrete construction and practices in the State of Kuwait, draw attention to recent developments and state-of-the-art applications of concrete in both design and construction and Increase public awareness of the importance of quality in construction work. The year 2008 Award of Excellence was presented to the SALHIA Real Estate Company for the "Arraya Office Tower" project.

The Tower was the tallest completed building in Kuwait, earned the award for "pushing the limits to new record heights". Parties involved in the construction and design of this project were also recognized with Certificates of Excellence. For this project, the certificates were presented to:

The Architect and Engineer:
Pan Arab Consulting Engineers. The General Contractor:
Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company. The concrete supplier:
Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company.

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The Award of Achievement is presented to an individual to recognize outstanding contribution in the field of concrete in Kuwait.

The year 2008 Award was presented to Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Rohman, Professor of Civil Engineering at Kuwait University.

He earned the Award "for 30 years of devotion to teaching and research in structural engineering."

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