Two Qatar-based projects were among the winners at the recently concluded ‘2016 MEED Quality Awards for Projects’ in association with Mashreq.
The two winners from Qatar are Qatar Foundation’s headquarter project and Al Rayyan Hospitality’s Banana Island Resort.
Qatar Foundation’s HQ project won the ‘GCC Building Project of the Year’. The project is located within the Education City campus in Doha. 
From the first conceptual design, the Qatar Foundation Headquarters building was created to embody a sense of integrity and provide a strong presence, while at the same time conveying openness and sincerity. Internally, the building is designed to provide a feeling of intimacy shared between all the daily users, and at the same time be open to the outside.
Qatar’s other winner; Al Rayyan Hospitality’s Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara Project (nominated by UrbaCon Trading & Contracting) won the ‘GCC Leisure & Tourism Project of the Year’ award. 
Banana Island Resort Doha is a five-star, 141-key, 13-hectare, Maldivian-style island resort situated five kilometres off the coast of Doha. The project involved a diverse range of civil, building and marine engineering work, including reclamation, rock revetment protection, breakwaters, quay walls, jetties and marina pontoons for 30 vessels, an expansive sheltered beach and an array of building works. 
John Iossifidis, Mashreq executive vice-president and head (Corporate & Investment Banking Group) said, “We are proud to support the awards programme for the past four years now. The awards have definitely shed the spotlight not just on excellence and quality, but also on the award-winning projects’ valuable contribution to the economic development of the region; and the long-term viability of the projects sector by sending a clear message to the market, that quality is essential in all parts of the project management process; from design planning to engineering and construction. We wish all participants all the very best.” 
The MEED Quality Awards for Projects are held in association with Mashreq. 
Part of the MEED Construction Leadership Summit, the awards not only recognise the construction element of project delivery but also consider the value and quality of a project throughout its entire life-cycle, from the design concept through to engineering and construction and its wider contribution to society and the environment.