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Page 1: 45 Years and growing

45 Years and growing

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Burgan Equipment Co. was establ ished in 1976 wi th an object ive of serv-

ing then anew nat ional ized oi l industry star t ing wi th Kuwai t Oi l Company

and Kuwait Nat ional Petroleum Co. and eventual ly became leader as

equipment suppl ier in the f ie ld.

Af ter L iberat ion of Kuwait , we d ivers i f ied into Mater ia l Test ing & Labora-

tory Equipment supply. The f ie ld was fast recover ing wi th soar ing de-

mand. We ef fect ive ly met demands of our government and pr ivate cus-

tomers al ike and provided prompt af ter sales services garner ing thei r

fa i th and long-term business in course.

With our expert ise and success achieved in Kuwait af ter 23 years of oper-

at ion, we expanded our act iv i t ies and operat ions into other countr ies in

GCC.; Qatar was our f i rs t s top in the year 1999 fo l lowed by UAE in 2003.

We have local sa les fac i l i t ies in Oman and Bahrain as wel l .

 

Burgan Equipment, today, is one of the largest established group in mate-

rial testing sector in GCC with stock worth over 10 million USD in our

warehouses throughout the region.

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO. P.O. BOX 4148, Safat 13042 Saleh Abdul Latif Al-Othman Bldg. 1st Floor, Flat # 1-2 Al Soor Street, Salhiya, Kuwait. Tel : (+965) 22437670, : (+965) 22428730 : (+965) 22450929 : (+965) 22402294 Email [email protected] Store Location Burgan Equipment Co. Canada dry street Near Hyath marble Shuwaik Tel : (+965) 24846731

QATAR Hisham Hussain Al-Essa And Sons Equipment Co. Ali Bin Jabor & Sons Building No. 4, 2nd Floor, Apartment No. 7, Near Gulf Cinema Signal, Doha State Of Qatar Tel : (+974) 44987832 Email [email protected]

DUBAI-UAE Burgan Equipment Co. (Dubai Branch) P.O. Box 47817 C-3, Behind Sun Engineering Near Galadari Driving School, Industrial Area 4, Damascus Street, Al Qusais Dubai - U A E Tel : (+971) 42724759 : (+971) 50 8708303 : (+971) 50 9033564 Email [email protected]

BRANCHES

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE

www.burganequipment.com

Our mission and vision is to become a leading sci-entific equipment trading company achieving prof-itable growth, operational and organizational ex-cellence without compromising from our values and business ethics.

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WE ARE PROUD OF :  

45 years of customer

satisfaction

5 GCC nations

Largest inventory in

the country with over

3500 units

Wide range of prod-

ucts

Represent principals

from USA, Italy, Ger-

many, UK, and more

Regular and eminent

customers

Shortest order-to-

delivery period

Reputed after sales

follow ups and tech-

nical support.

 

Our expertise lies in supply and maintenance of Ma-

terials Testing equipment, Civil Lab Equipment and

Scientific Laboratory Supplies. With over 3500 units

in our inventory, we are biggest stockist in Kuwait of

equipment for Material Testing, Quality Control, La-

boratory supplies including products for environ-

mental monitoring, products used in fields of re-

search, medicine, pharmaceutical, agriculture, water

analysis, and education.

We are the largest distributors for quality control/

research equipment for construction industry in Ku-

wait. We have been regular supplier to the Govern-

ment Centre for Testing and Research (Ministry of

Public Works), the authority responsible for testing

the materials used in construction projects in Ku-

wait.

Material Testing Equipment

Superpave Asphalt Lab and

Field Equipment

Environmental Equipment

Marine Stations &

Navigational Aids

Laboratory Furniture & Supplies

Meteorological, Oceano-

graphic, Hydrographic moni-

toring Solutions.

Consultancy, GIS, EIA, Envi-

ronment Data Collection So-

lution

Gas and Flame Detectors

Oil Testing Equipment

Preventative maintenance

Prompt service

Periodic visit to customer

site in GCC countries

On demand online assis-

tance and training

Warranty replacement,

update

Factory trained engi-

neers and technicians

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4 II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO. شركة البرقان للمعدات

We deliver complete solutions in Material Testing from laboratory engineering to supply of equip-

ment for testing soil, aggregate, concrete, cement, asphalt, bitumen, mortar pavement and more. We

also provide equipment and complete site laboratories to construction contractors for destructive

and non-destructive testing on building structure, roads and pavements. We provide material testing

equipment from: 

ENDECOTTS LTD., U.K

Manufacturers of Sieves, Sieve Shakers

and Sample Splitters. They offer finest

particle analysis equipment designed and

produced to meet international standards

and are supplied globally. The levels of

certification meet international standard

and every industrial specification, includ-

ing ISO 3310 and ASTM E-11, around

the world. [CIVIL LAB]

GENLAB LTD., U.K.

Manufacturer of Ovens, Incubators & Dry-

ing Cabinets from 6 ltr up to 1250 ltr. Dry-

ing ovens are purpose built for large quan-

tities of soils and aggregates and meet the

requirements of both BS and ASTM. Loss

on heat/Thin Film oven is designed for

Bitumen & Asphaltic materials and com-

plies with BS, ASTM & AASHTO [CIVIL

LAB]

CONTROLS S.R.L, ITALY

Controls is leading manufacturers of Test-

ing Equipment for construction industry.

They supply equipment for testing soil,

rock, aggregates, concrete, aggregates,

cement, steel, asphalt, bitumen etc.

CONTROLS Group has, for many years,

been an active member of all the main

international standard organizations, in-

cluding ISO, EN, ASTM, AASHTO and

AWRG.

[CIVIL LAB]

Endecotts Standard Woven Wire Mesh Sieves are available in these sizes

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BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO.  5 شركة البرقان للمعدات II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

Range of advance pavement testing equipment from Controls Group

PROCEQ, SWITZERLAND

Manufacturer of Non-destructive Testing Equipment such as Schmidt Hammer, Equotip

Hardness Tester, Resistivity Meter to test resistivity of concrete, Rebar Locator

(Profometer), Canin Corrosion Analysis Instrument, Torrent Permeability Tester, Dyna Ex-

traction Tester to measure pull-out force on anchored bolts, TICO Ultrasonic Instrument for

Testing Concrete Components

HUMBOLDT MFG. CO., U.S.A.

Humboldt is leading manufacturer and

supplier of construction materials test-

ing equipment used extensively

throughout the world for testing soil,

concrete, cement, asphalt and aggre-

gate in construction projects. Humboldt

is known for manufacturing high-

quality, competitively-priced equipment

designed to comply with ASTM and

AASHTO testing standards.

[CIVIL LAB]

Manufacturer of Mechanical Scales, Electronic Balances and Stand-

ard Weights. A wide range of products is available including portable

electronic balances, Heavy Duty Balances, Moisture Determination

Balances, Industrial Balances, Analytical Balances, etc. The Discov-

ery, Analytical, Voyager, Explorer and Adventurer Series Balances

are high precision top loading with interchangeable display/key pad

controllers. A range of certified calibration weights are available from Ohaus.

OHAUS EU, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Products from OHAUS

Marshall Com-pactor, Auto, Rotat-ing Mold Configura-tion, Heavy Duty from Humboldt Mrg. Co.

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We provide equipment for each stage of testing for Superpave asphalt mixture and provide lab installation service

along with necessary training. With our agency agreement with organizations like Controls Group Italy, Humboldt

Mfg USA and Rheotest we assure our customer original spare parts supply. In addition, our engineers are trained

and certified by the principal themselves.

IPC GLOBAL CONTROLS GROUP

 

 

Advanced pavements testing division of

Controls Group. The result of a powerful

union between CONTROLS Group and

IPC Global, the newly formed division

continues to lead the industry as the only

one-stop supplier of advanced, static,

dynamic and binder testing systems con-

forming to International Standards, and

deliver first-class pre-sales and post-

sales technical services. Reliable perfor-

mance-based testing of asphalt and bitu-

men are key factors for optimal design

and construction of durable roads. IPC

Global Controls Group provides a com-

plete one-stop range of advanced static

and dynamic bitumen/asphalt/pavement

testing systems.

SWECO DANMARK A/S

Falling Weight Deflectometers from

Sweco Pavement Consultants (PMC)

are developed by pavement experts and

are based on more than 50 years of

experience. Reliable and accurate

equipment allows pavement engineers

worldwide to measure road and airport

pavements with state-of-the-art quality

equipment and to get reliable data to

form the basis of their work with design-

ing new structures and calculating

maintenance PRIMAX-seires solutions.

APPLIED TEST SYSTEMS, USA

Manufacturers of Bending Beam Rhe-

ometer, various material testing equip-

ment, ovens, environmental chambers

etc. ATS offers custom solutions that

are reliable, accurate and user friendly.

The ATS calibration laboratory is ac-

credited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 by the

American Association for Laboratory

Accreditation (A2LA). Applied Test Sys-

tems is a ISO 9001:2015 Certified Com-

pany .

6 II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO. شركة البرقان للمعدات

RHEOTEST MEDINGEN GMBH,

GERMANY

Manufactur-

ers of instruments and appliances for

measuring, testing and nacigation. Prod-

ucts include elasticity measuring instru-

ments, viscosity measuring instruments;

component and accessories for precision

measuring instruments.

ARRB SYSTEMS, AUSTRALIA

ARRB Systems is the global market

leader in providing equipment and ser-

vices for road assessment survey. Our

modular systems are designed to enable

multiple data collection sensors to meet

and exceed the toughest pavement and

asset management specifications.

FUNGILAB, SPAIN

With more than 30 years of experience in

the viscosity world, Fungilab has become

a leading manufacturer and supplier of

quality control equipment for viscosity

measurement.

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CASELLA CEL LTD., U.K.

Manufacturer of highly specialized equip-

ment to monitor pollutants like asbestos,

dusts & particulate, gases & a pours,

noise & vibrations, toxic metals & radon,

FRITSCH GMBH, GERMANY

Manufacturer of laboratory equipment for

milling, particle sizing and sample divid-

ing a range of Fritsch Mills can process

99% of all samples in any laboratory –

whether hard, brittle or soft elastic - down

to analytical fineness.

By supplying consumables, glassware, reagent chemicals and various scientific – laboratory

equipment, we have proudly supported educational laboratory needs of major universities in the

country. Our clientele includes Kuwait University, College of Technology, Kuwait Institute for Sci-

ence and Research, etc. We have supplied experimental models of educational/training equipment

of various engineering faculties to various engineering colleges.

ARALAB, PORTUGAL

Aralab has a range of climatic test

chambers that are fully user-oriented.

testchambers; Metrology - temperature

and humidity calibration; Solar panels

testing .etc..

BIBBY SCIENTIFIC., U.K

Manufacturer of Stuart, Techne, Jen-

way and Electrothermal brand of prod-

ucts. Applications for the products are

diverse and include areas such as

medical, pharmaceutical, food manu-

facturing, agricultural, water related

ASCOTT ANALYTICAL.

Specialist manufacturer of corrosion

test cabinets. Today we’re one of the

leading suppliers of salt spray cabi-

nets and cyclic corrosion cabinets in

the World

SATO KEIRYOKI MFG. CO. LTD. JAPAN

Manufactures of anemometers, thermo

hygrographs, barographs, max.-min. Ther-

mometers, altimeters, psychrometers,

sensors for wind speed and direction, air

temp., humidity, barometric pressure,

rainfall, insolation, rainfall intensity, etc.

NEURTEK INSTRUMENTS, SPAIN

Manufacturers and distributors

of equipment for Quality Control and

R&D&I. like utomotive, aerospace, linings,

research centres and many more. Spectrophotometer 6305 supplied by Bibby Scientific

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO.  7 شركة البرقان للمعدات

II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

Testo Smart Probes

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ZEBALABS

Designing, Manufacturing and Instal-

lation of Laboratory furniture & Fume

hoods. Completed More than 500

projects spread over 25 Nations.

Specialists in supply of Fixed and

Portable Gas Detectors, Flame

Detectors and Fire and Gas sys-

tems that Protect from Combus-

tible, Toxic and Flammable envi-

ronment.

3M GAS & FLAME DETECTION

Manufacturers of fixed Gas and Flame

detectors. Oldham Gas Detectors Sys-

tems. 

AMETEK INC SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC

USA

Suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed-water

analysis instrumentation and software.

Spectro Scientific manufacturers elemental

OES analyzers for fuel testing, Particle/

Ferrous wear analysis, Kinematic viscosi-

ty, Soot, TOG/TPG analyzers for various

Oil/Lubricant industries

XEBEX INTERNATIONAL LTD.,

JAPAN

Supplier specializing in export sales of

laboratory, analytical, scientific, measur-

ing and testing equipment, etc.

Laboratory Furniture by Zeba Labs

TESTO AG., GERMANY

Testo offers full range of measuring in-

struments to measure temperature, hu-

midity, pressure, air velocity, Rpm, Lux,

Sound, Thermal Imaging Cameras, Fuel

gas analyzers etc.

TINTOMETER GMBH., GERMANY

The Lovibond range from the Tintometer

Group offers a single source of instru-

ments, reference materials and reagents

for water testing and colour quality.

SENTEK LTD., U.K

Manufacturer of PH Electrodes, Conduc-

tivity Cells, PH Buffer Solutions and Con-

ductivity Standards. The electrodes are

available for a wide range of applications.

8 II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO. شركة البرقان للمعدات

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We deliver Buoys and equipment for early warning systems, AtoNs, ODAS, Sampling and Survey.

We collaborate with illustrated suppliers and manufactures:

MICROSTEP-MIS

Develops, manufactures and markets monitoring and infor-mation systems. key f ields of act iv i t ies are meteorology, avi-at ion, environmental sc iences, seismology, tourism, power engineering and civ i l defense.

We designed, suppl ied for and commissioned three-year long instal la-t ion and maintenance of buoy network for Kuwait EPA that started in 2015. The system consists of :

Oceanographic Buoy System

Data Col lect ion, communicat ion and processing units (Data logger)

Software

Power system and management uni ts

Sensors

Types of Sensors

Wind Speed and direct ion

Atmospheric Temperature

Relat ive Humidi-ty

Solar Radiat ion

Pressure

Current Direc-t ion and veloci ty

Water Tempera-ture

Salini ty

pH level

Heave

Turbidi ty

Oil Spi l l

Heavy Metals

Dissolved Oxy-gen

Algae Brown

Chlorophyl l

Nutrient con-centrat ions

BUOY NETWORK FOR MARINE POLLUTION MONITOR AND EARLY WARNING APPLICATIONS IN ARABIAN GULF

HYDROBIOS GMBH

Hydro-Bios - Smart sampling! High Quali ty Instruments for Sea and Ocean Technology Appl icat ions since 1960

TRIDAL TECHNOLOGIES

 

Environmental  solu ons  with 

integrated competences of envi-

ronmental  science,  engineering, 

and technology. 

BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO.  9 شركة البرقان للمعدات

II P O BO 4148, SAFAT II 13042 KUWAIT II www.burganequipment.com

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BURGAN EQUIPMENT CO. شركة البرقان للمعدات

MARWAN H AL-ESSA

MANAGING DIRECTOR

MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERS

NADER H. H. AL-ESSA

PARTNER

ABDULWAHAB H. H. AL-ESSA

PARTNER

HEYAM H. H. AL-ESSA

PARTNER

SHAFIQAH A A AL-MATAWA

PARTNER

STORE/ SHOWROOM

ANWARDEEN ALI

STORES IN CHARGE

BINU O PILLAI

STORE KEEPER / DELIVERY

MARINE DIVISION

ANTHONY FERNANDEZ RENJITH PILLAI

PUBLIC RELATION TEAM

FUAD AL NAIMI YOUSEF AL NAIMI

CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

MOHAMMED JABBAR

SALES TEAM

RAJESH KUMAR

SALES EXECUTIVE

SUNIL KRISHNAN

SALES ENGINEER

SAJITH KUMAR

SALES EXECUTIVE

MOHAMMED IQBAL

SHOWROOM

SERVICE TEAM

ANTHONY FERNANDEZ

SALES & SERVICE

ENGINEER

PEER MOHAMED

TECHNICIAN

AVINASH NAIR

SALES & SERVICE

ENGINEER

SURESH KUMAR

SENIOR SERVICE TECHNICIAN

ANOOP PILLAI

SENIOR SERVICE

ENGINEER

MOHAMMED HILAL

SENIOR SERVICE

ENGINEER

AJITH KUMAR

GENERAL MANAGER

STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT

ACCOUNTS / FINANCE

KRISHNA KUMAR

ACCOUNTANT

PRATIMA R. TIMALSINA

ACCOUNT ASSISTANT

ADMINISTRATION

GRETTA DMELLO KHAWLA AL-NEAIMI MD. IETHRIS ALIM NAVEEN G NAIR

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INDEX

SUPPLIER BY CATEGORY

MATERIAL TESTING EQUIPMENT CONTROLS SRL ITALY ENDECOTTS LTD. UK GENLAB LTD. UK GLENAMMER, UK HUMBOLDT MFG. CO. USA OHAUS EU, ME & AFRICA PROCEP, SWITZERLAND SHEEN INSTRUMENTS LTD. UK

CIVIL LAB EQUIPMENT CONTROLS SRL ITALY GENLAB LTD. UK HUMBOLDT MFG. CO. USA

SUPERPAVE LAB EQUIPMENT APPLIED TEST SYSTEMS, USA ARRB SYSTEMS, AUSTRALIA IPC GLOBAL CONTROLS GROUP RHEOTEST MEDIGEN, GMBH SWECO DANMARK A/S TRANSTECH, USA FUNGILAB, SPAIN

LABORATORY AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT A.J. COPE AND SONS LTD. UK ARALAB, PORTUGAL BIBBY SCIENTIFIC UK CASELLA CEL LTD. UK FRITSCH GMBH, GERMANY FUNGILABM SPAIN SATO KEIRYOKI MFG CO LTD JAPAN SENTEK LTD. UK SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC USA TESTO AG, GERMANY TINTOMETER GMBH, GERMANY TRANSTECH USA

REAGENTS AND CHEMICALS SURECHEM PRODUCTS LTD. UK REAGECON, IRELAND

LABORATORY FURNITURE ZEBA LABS

GAS AND FLAME DETECTORS 3M GAS AND FLAME - OLDHAM GAS DETECTORS GAS MEASUREMENT INSTRU-MENTS, UK GMI

GLASSWARE & CONSUMABLES

SCILABWARE LTD. UK

OIL TESTING EQUIPMENT SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC USA TINTOMETER GMBH, GERMANY XEBEX, JAPAN

MARINE DIVISION MICROSTEP - MIS HYDROBIOS GMBH TRIDEL ENGINEEING UAE

SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS

CIVIL LAB AND MATERIAL TESTING SYSTEM

EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION

OF MATERIAL TESTING, CIVIL LABS (A-TYPE & C-TYPE) ACCORDING TO MPW (LOCAL) SPECIFICATION.

TESTING SOLUTIONS FOR CONCRETE,

SOIL, ASPHALT, STEEL AND AGGREGATES.

SUPERPAVE ASPHALT TESTING SYSTEM

DEFLECTION TESTING SYSTEMS

FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER

DYNAFLECT TESTING OF ASPHALT CON-

CRETE LAYERS.

ROAD SURVEY SYSTEM IRI/RUTTING/

CRACKING MEASUREMENT

LABORATORY SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS

COMPLETE LABORATORY ENGINEERING

DESIGN, EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND INSTAL-LATION

EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND SUPPORT FOR

SETTING CALIBRATION LABORATORY FOR VALVE TESTING, VELOCITY, PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, MULTIFUNC-TION MULTIVARIABLE CALIBRATION RACKS FOR CURRENT, FREQUENCY, RPM TEST-ING

SUPPLY AND SUPPORT STACK MONITOR-

ING, FLUE GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS AND INDOORS-OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING INSTRUMENTS

SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION

SERVICES FOR GAS AND FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIES, FACTORIES, LABORATORIES, CAR PARKING SYSTEMS

SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF PAINT

TESTING LABORATORY EQUIPMENT THOUGH OUR PRINCIPLES, SHEEN INSTRU-MENTS LTD., U.K.

TEMPERATURE MAPPING SOLUTIONS

FOOD TESTING

OIL TESTING

WATER TESTING

MARINE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL & MET-OCEAN MONITOR-

ING SYSTEMS

MODELING & FORECASTING SYSTEMS

MULTI HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS

MARINE NAVIGATION MODULES

GIS MAPPING SOLUTIONS

COASTAL AND HABITAT MAPPING SOLU-

TIONS

SURVEY AND OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION

MONITORING SOLUTIONS.

SUPERPAVE LABORATORY PROJECTS IN KUWAIT

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

UNITED GULF CONSTRUCTION CO(UGCC)

KOLLINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

ARAB CONTRACTING COMPANY

GULFAR CONSTRUCTION CO ANDASPHALT PLANT

IKK KABANI GROUP SALMI AIR BASE

CHINA GEZHOUBA CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY

HOT ENGINEERING & CONSTRUC-TION CO.

ARAB CENTER FOR ENGINEERINGSTUDIES

ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FORGENRAL TRADING AND CONTRACT-ING CO.

INCO LAB

TAROOF ASPHALT MANUFACTURINGCO.

AL SAYER ASPHALT PLANT

JUMBO INTERNATIONAL CO

ALGHANIAM GENERAL TRADING ANDCONTRACTING COMPANY

ALHAJRAF CONTRACTING CO

MAJOR AND UNIQUE PROJECTS IN GCC

GEOSCIENCE TECHNICAL LABORA-TORY - CONCRETE SOIL LABORATO-RY UAE

BASE GENERAL CONTRACTING COLLC UAE

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY UAE

REDX INDUSTRIES BAHRAIN

MENA ENERGY DMCC BAHRAIN

AL-HOTY ANALYTICAL SERVICESBAHRAIN/UAE

UNIVERSAL LABORATORIES BAHRAIN

ELEMENTS MATERIALS TECHNOLO-GY, UAE

SHARJAH UNIVERSITY

ACTS SAUDI

ATLAS COMMERCE AND ENERGYOMAN

COMPLETED PROJECTS IN QATAR

PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY(ASHGAL) QATAR

LONESTAR ALPHA LABORATORIESQATAR

QATAR UNIVERSITY QATAR

FUGRO PENINSULAR SERVICES COQATAR

ANAS S.P.A QATAR BRANCH(ASHGAL) QATAR

QATAR GEOTECHNICAL & ENVIRON-MENTAL CO. QATAR

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL LABOR-ATORY QATAR