Meinhardt Singapore, a multi-disciplinary engineering and project management consultancy, and Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a collaborative platform to assist SEWA in its mission to provide world-class strategic planning, design, operations and management of its water supply infrastructure. Held at Meinhardt’s headquarters in Singapore, the signatories are His Excellency Dr Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of SEWA and Dr Shahzad Nasim, Group Executive Chairman of Meinhardt. This ceremony is also graced by the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Singapore, His Excellency Dr Mohamed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh.
To kickstart this partnership, Meinhardt has identified six initiatives to modernise the water storage infrastructure in Sharjah; these include planning and engineering design consultancy services for the Strategic Water Storage Reservoirs for Water Crisis Management and the capacity building for SEWA. Through these training programmes held in Meinhardt Singapore Water Training Centre, Meinhardt will share their global expertise for efficacious implementation and management of Sharjah’s water infrastructure.
His Excellency Dr Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of SEWA said: “SEWA is pleased to sign this cooperation MOU with Meinhardt. Meinhardt’s breadth and depth of expertise in utilities infrastructure development and manpower training will be an additional strength for SEWA. We also hope to leverage on Meinhardt’s project management to have our projects delivered expeditiously and within budget”.