The Millennium Challenge Account-Jordan (MCA-Jordan), responsible for implementing a $275 million Compact financed by the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), conducted a two day health and safety workshop aimed at elevating the skills and experiences in this field among MCA-Jordan’s stakeholders.
MCA-Jordan CEO Eng. Kamal Zoubi welcomed the participants and placed high emphasis on the importance of the health and safety in the Compact. “In accordance with MCC guidelines, we have been applying in Jordan unprecedented international health, safety, environment, and social measures in all our projects, as the safety of the citizens and the workers comprise an essential component of our success,” he added.
For her part, MCA-Jordan Health and Safety Director Eng. Mai Abu Tarbush said that despite all the concerns raised around health and safety at MCA-Jordan’s projects, the company has exceeded 10 million man hours with zero fatality and minor accidents that is considered a great achievement in any construction sector.
The training, which was a certified Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training, helped to educate construction employees, foremen, site supervisors, project managers, safety coordinators, and safety officers. The workshop highlighted the health and safety requirements, polices, and roles and responsibilities of the supervisory engineer and contractors.
Throughout this 5 year funded program public health and safety is given priority in the planning and implementation of the program’s projects which MCA-Jordan is managing the execution of and summarized as follows:
1.Water Network Project which includes the extension of 800 km of new pipelines along with 50,000 new water meter and a new Al Basateen pump and tank station to reduce water leakage, and aimed water project to reduce wastage of 50% of the amount - 35% and increase the rate of water supply to citizens from 36 hours to 72 hours per week. MCA-Jordan has been able to implement approximately 90 % of the project until this moment.
2.Wastewater Network Project, which includes the extension of 300 km of wastewater pipes in Zarqa Governorate. Extending wastewater sewer systems will dramatically reduce sewage overflows into city streets and improve the living and business environment. Adding to that increase the beneficiary areas of the wastewater network will from 72% to 82 %. The company was able to implement 93 % of the project to this day.
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The expansion of As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant that was delivered in October, 19th 2015, will continue to use the industry’s most modern methods to handle 70% of the country’s entire sewage, including Amman, and provide 133 MCM annually of high quality treated water for irrigation in the Jordan Valley- over 10% of Jordan’s entire annual water.
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MCC-MCA Jordan_ Introduction |
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MCC-MCA Jordan_ Data Quality |
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MCC-MCA Jordan_M&E Presentation |
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IE Design Pres March 2016 Amman |
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C1 Baseline Report presentation Mar 2016 Amman |
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