Overview

This presentation reviews the challenges in the construction of civil engineering infrastructure in the Oil and Gas industry using case studies from Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It will highlight the importance of early studies in optimising infrastructure economy, resilience and sustainability as well as the management of ground risks. Innovative engineering solutions which optimise use of locally available resource demonstrate how infrastructure construction can fulfil local content requirement resulting in socio-economic benefits and environmental sustainability in the host countries.

Speakers

Changiz Roohnavaz - Project Director, Mott MacDonald Ltd

Changiz has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Registered Ground Engineering Adviser with 30 years’ international experience related mainly to energy and transportation infrastructure. He has managed large ground engineering projects in the UK, Central Asia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa and acted as client and contractors’ technical adviser on major oil and gas and transportation projects delivering significant cost, time, safety and sustainability value engineering. Over the past decade and a half, his work focus has been on generic challenges facing oil and gas infrastructure construction in less developed parts of the world. He is a Project Director with Mott MacDonald Ltd.