The professional archive of Engineer Mostafa Ragab, the current owner of Z Group, includes a report published by Al Sharq on 5 June 2014 about a construction contract for Barwa Al Baraha in Qatar. The coverage identifies Ragab as Chief Executive Officer of the Engineering Company for Construction and Development at the time.
A contract signed during Cityscape Qatar 2014
According to the report, Barwa Real Estate signed the agreement with Dorra, identified in the article as the Engineering Company for Construction and Development, during its participation in Cityscape Qatar 2014. The contract covered construction of the second package of the second phase of Barwa Al Baraha, a development intended to provide workers’ accommodation.
Ragab signed on behalf of the construction company, while Adel Abdulghani represented Barwa Real Estate. The newspaper photograph shows the exchange of the contract, providing a contemporary visual record of the announcement.
Residential buildings and supporting facilities
The announced package included 32 residential buildings, each with a ground floor and three additional floors and containing 130 rooms. Its stated capacity was approximately 24,000 workers. Planned facilities included four dining halls, two sports fields, two mosques, restaurants and commercial units.
The report stated that construction had begun in early May 2014 and was expected to take 17 months, with completion anticipated in October 2015. These were the schedule and expectations recorded in the original coverage.
A documented stage in Mostafa Ragab’s career
This report records Ragab’s executive role in the contracting company in 2014 and forms part of the historical background of Z Group’s current owner. The project and contract are attributed to Barwa and the construction company named in the newspaper.
Original source: Al Sharq, economic section, 5 June 2014, issue 9485. Read the original newspaper scan.