Empire Cinema Arar
Project Summary
The cinema sector in Saudi Arabia has started attracting international brands following a call by the Development Investment Entertainment Company (DIEC) to develop the cinema sector in Saudi Arabia. The Empire Cinema decided to expand to Arar by constructing a new venue comprising 7 Theaters, 790 seats, and over the area of 1,800sqm.
PROJECT BRIEF:
Location
Saudi Arabia, Arar
Sector
Construction – Entertainment
Procuring Authority
Empire Cinema
Main Contractor
NESMA-IMAR JV
Project Company Obligations
MEP Works- supply, Install and Testing
Financial Close
Between 2020 and 2022
Project Value
3,760,000 SR
Contract Duration
December 2020 - June 2022
Key Events
Delay in the construction of steel structures due to re-design
Project Brief:
EMPIRE Cinema at Arar Mall - (2020-2021).............998,100$
Client
Empire Cinema
Area & Capacity:
1081 ㎡ with 790 Total Seats and 7 Theaters
Main Contractor
M/s. Nesma / Imar JV
Consultant
DNA International S.A.L. (Offshore)
Total electro-mechanical completion works
PROJECT DETAILS
Planning & management
AREAS OF FOCUS
Electrical & Mechanical works
- Supply & Installation of first, and second fix Materials
- Installation of Main equipment delivered by the Main contractor
- Testing & commissioning the whole systems.
Engineering
- Issuance of shop drawing when required. The shop drawing production was part of Nesma-IMAR
- Submission and approval of material submittals.
- Submission of As-built drawings and close-out documents
Project deliverables
Main Contractor
- Development and submission of Shop drawings
- Material Submission (Main equipment)
- Engineer approval of submittals.
- Purchase and delivery of (Main Equipment)
- Handover of the MEP systems.
ALWedad
- Material Submission (first & second fix)
- Procurement (order of material).
- First Fix Installations for HVAC, firefighting, plumbing, electrical and Low current systems.
- Second Fix Installations for HVAC, firefighting, plumbing, electrical and Low current systems.
- Final Fix Installations for HVAC, firefighting, plumbing, electrical and Low current systems.
- Final Testing and commission of the MEP systems.
Project requirements analysis
Planning
Develop the project plan; scope statement, WBS, schedule, resources, cost, risks, communication, and quality plans as per the following sections
Engineering
Perform the project design and execution method statement in order to plan the project.
Procurement
As per the project management plan, and the design, the materials procurement should start to provide the materials required to start installation
Execution & Testing
After installation is completed the systems shall be tested in presence of the suppliers, consultant and contractor
After installation is completed the systems shall be tested in presence of the suppliers, consultant and contractor
Testing, Snag-list, Close-out
After completion of the works, the client will issue a Snag-list items for items to be modified before the final handing over of the project
Close the project by handing over the required documents by the client.
Performance Monitoring and KPIS
The project manager has monitored the project performance through the relevant KPIs. We have adopted the following KPIs to monitor the performance of Empire cinema, Arar:
- # Earned man-hours: measures the total man-hours corresponding to the completed work. We have achieved a threshold of 150%, which falls into the green category >100%
- % Delivery deadlines met: Measures the percentage of service delivery requests that AlWedad met on time out of the total delivery requests. The delivery deadline met ratio is 85% which falls into the Green category >80%
- % Project resource utilization: Measures the percentage of resources dedicated for the project, expressed in man-hours, that are used out of the total resources allocated.
- # Schedule performance index (SPI): Measures the value of work accomplished for each monetary unit of work performed, expressed as the budget cost of work completed to the budget cost of work scheduled. Our SPI for this project is 1.02 (Yellow: 1-1.2)
- # Cost schedule index (CSI): Measures the likelihood of recovery for late and over-budget projects. Our CSI for this project falls into Red zone. The project overruns have incurred additional costs.
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