1. Presented by : Ibrahim Mohd Al-Sada GIS Support for Right Decision at Right Time www.km.com.qa Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

2. Introduction - KAHRAMAA CGIS Role GIS Services Benefits Meeting The Challenges Current GIS Technology Future Aspects of Technology Recognitions Conclusion Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

3. KAHRAMAA Core Area of Business: Formulate power & water purchase agreements and provide support to establish generation & desalination ventures Own, construct, operate and develop electricity & water transmission and distribution networks in Qatar Lay out regulations, standards and codes of practices for electricity & water supplies Provide consultancy services Mission Provide our customers with high quality electricity and water services, whilst creating value for our shareholders Objectives Efficiently meet our obligations to supply Qatars needs for electricity and water. Operate on a commercial basis. Comply with local and international health, safety, and environmental standards. Maximize the employment of capable Qatari nationals, and develop them to the competence level of employees in leading international companies. 3 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

4. KAHRAMAA is the sole distributer of Electricity and Water in the State of Qatar. KAHRAMAA maintains a water infrastructure consisting of 6364 Km of Water pipeline networks with 27 Storage Reservoirs having total capacity of 383.4 MG of Water a day. In the Electricity distribution sector KAHRAMAA operates with 220 primary high voltage substations connected by a total of 1,050 Km of Primary Overhead Transmission Lines and 4,500 Km of underground HV cable networks. The network is coupled with 11,500 Medium voltage substations (11 kV) and more than 9,100 kilometres of cable lines. 4 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

5. 5 Ensuring Continues, Secure, and Safe water supply to meet customer demand and expectation 1. Customer Satisfaction Understand and meet customers needs and expectations 2. Supply Efficiency Supply our customer with water at all time on demand 3. Water Quality Meet the overall water quality needs through comprehensive water quality monitoring, analysis and assessment. Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Mission Objectives

6. 6 To provide Safe, Secure, Reliable & Adequate electricity supply to all type of customers in the state of Qatar, in conformance to international and regional standards and in a timely manner with the least possible cost. Mission Objectives 1. Customer Satisfaction Understand and meet customers needs and expectations 2. Supply Efficiency High Quality Power supply Dispatch IPP through a secure and reliable network 3. Quality Meet the overall Electricity quality needs through least number of Power Interruptions & Eliminate Outages Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

7. 7 Committed to Plan and Design Qatars Electrical and Water Network development using efficient technologies, data and materials and strive to satisfy our customers. Coordinate with other utility agencies to have a harmonious expansion of States assets and infrastructure. Review and update Material Specifications. Ascertain the international standard materials are used in KMs Network.

8. 8 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 GIS Support for Right Decision at Right Time Vision Providing the end users with the appropriate GIS services and tools to reduce cost, effort and time Mission Maintain Data. Provide GIS Solutions. Elevate GIS awareness level. Functions Adopt Latest GIS Technology. Manage GIS Database. Implement and Improve GIS Sections Procedures and Standards.

9. 9 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Customer Satisfaction. Maintain GIS Data Quality. Spread GIS Awareness. Automate GIS Related Processes within Sections. Objectives

10. 10 CGIS KAHRAMAA MOIMOEQTELASHGALLICQPQSA Other Agencies The Centre for GIS coordinates a systematic implementation of GIS in Qatar to ensure GIS integration through the following :- Nationwide GIS Data Sharing amongst all agencies. Standardizing GIS Rules and Policies. Leading Inter Agencies GIS Coordination Group Software & Technical Support Technology Updates via GIS Trainings Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

11. 11 GIS Network Planning Emergency Response NWCC & DCC Network Isolation Network Shutdowns Building Permits Approval Road Opening Approval Temporary Supply Load Readings Sampling Program GIS Centric Approach in core Directorates has grown over the years in their key business areas like Planning, Operations, Maintenance, Network Control and field connections. Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

12. 12 GIS benefits to all organizations in every industry and there is increasing significance and consciousness of the economic and strategic value of GIS within KAHRAMAA. Comprehensive Assets Information Better Decision making Greater Productivity and efficiency Continuous Improvement in Service, Reliability Better Infrastructure Management Enhanced Communication Improved Customer Service Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

13. 13 Utilities major challenge is to reduce operating cost and increase their revenue, while maintaining customer satisfaction at the same time. They are always under pressure to cope up with rising service demands with population/urban growth. Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

14. 14 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Centralized GeoDatabase (ORACLE 11g, ArcSDE 9.3.1 ) GIS Solutions WEB Solutions WINFO, Engineering Drawings Archiving and Management Desktop Solutions Water Database Maintenance and Update (WDMU) Survey and As-Built Drawings Verification Application and Positional Accuracy Checking Water Operations Workflow Management SHABAKAT (Water Network Analytical Application) Emergency Response Call Centre Application Tankers Management Application Integration with other enterprise databases (ERP, POLARSUITE)

15. 15 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Centralized GeoDatabase (ORACLE 10g, ArcSDE 9.2 ) GIS Solutions WEB Solutions Explore Qatar Viewer Desktop Solutions Editor Tools Viewing Tools Data Extraction Tools Integration with other enterprise databases (ERP)

16. 16 ArcFM is a powerful extension of ESRI's ArcGIS® platform that provides a complete, enterprise utility solution specially for energy sector. The ArcFM Solution allows utility businesses to make use of a single integrated environment to manage and map multiple assets, leveraging all the power of ArcGISs object- oriented system. Lack of accurate and precise information availability at the work sites leads to more paper work and delayed response of operations. Electricity and Water GIS are exploring Field Technologies with complete GIS solutions to cater Kahramaa field crews. Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Mobile GIS TechnologiesEnterprise Solution

17. 17 GIS System Enterprise Asset Management Water & Electricity SCADA Load Flow Analysis Hydraulic Modeling Polar suite Complaints System Disintegrated systems has disadvantages like redundancy of data which requires manual replication to the different systems which are overheads in terms of Cost and Time. KAHRAMAA is aiming to integrate corporate systems with GIS System. Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012

18. 18 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 International Recognitions for Water GIS Best GIS Map Award – Year1993 Best GIS Map Award – Year 1997 SAG Award – Year 2003 Best GIS Map Award – Year 2004 SAG Award – Year 2011 Best GIS Map Award – Year 2011

19. 19 Middle East Geospatial Forum 2012 Better decisions related to Electricity and Water planning and operations. Plays a key role for KAHRAMAA higher management monitoring their Business objectives and associated Key Performance Indicators (KPI). A GIS centric view of managing KAHRAMAA resources will not only address the aging infrastructure but also the complexities of other challenges like Quality, fast developments of the country and population growth. Therefore as a KAHRAMAA, we have the accountability to address these issues while balancing both cost and risk. The GIS centric approach with full deployment of enterprise-wide GIS functionality helps policy makers for : -

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