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	Chapter President
	Events
	Gulf Chapter Board Members
	Chapter's Activities
	VE in Gulf Region
	Web Site

Chapter President

Ali M. Al-Khuwaiter, CVS-Life
Al-Khuwaiter Value Engineering
P.O. Box 85206
Riyadh 11691 Saudi Arabia
+966-1-455-7600
Fax +966-1-453-6050
value@khuwaiter.com

Events

The Fifth Value Engineering Conference in the Arabian Gulf Region in October, 2010 .The conference will be held in Al-Khobar city in Saudi Arabia. For more information about this conference and VE in Gulf region, please visit the Gulf Chapter web site below.

Gulf Chapter Board Members

1. Ali M. Al-khuwaiter, CVS-Life, President

2. Issam Al-Momen, CVS, VP-Saudi Arabia

3. Ali Al-Anazi, AVS, VP-Kuwait

4. Nasser Al-Qassabi, AVS, VP-Oman

5. Jassim Telefat, AVS, VP-Qatar

6. Salman Shehab, AVS, VP-Bahrain

7. Nasser Saeed, AVS, VP- UAE

8. Saleh Al-Eshaish, CVS-Life, Member

9. Saleh Al-Hudaif, CVS, Member

10. Issam Gabbani, PhD., Member

11. Abdullah Khojah, AVS, Member

12. Ali Al-Swat, AVS, Member

Chapter's Activities

• Spread the concept and application of VE in the Gulf region. 

• Train and qualify individuals to attain accredited certificates in VE

• Offer services and consultation in VE

• Conduct VE approved Courses (Mod-I & Mod-II) and  other  VE related courses

• Hold VE Conferences and Public meetings

• Issue the  Gulf Value Magazine     

• Published a  booklet "Guide Lines for VE Studies"

• Provide VE library including books, references, periodicals and video tapes.

VE in Gulf Region

• The Saudi government mandated VE applications on all government projects that are more that $5 million. Other Gulf countries will follow.

• All government contracts and lots of private sector contracts have included VE clauses.

• Four Arabic VE books have been written by Gulf CVSs

• The certified people in the Gulf has reached around 1000 (CVSs and AVSs) and growing.

• VE Training workshops (Module 1 & Module 2) are held at the rate of 40-50 per year.

• VE studies are conducted at the rate of 80-100 per year.

• Four regional VE conferences were held (2001, 2003, 2005 & 2008). And planning for the fifth one in year 2010.

Web Site

www.sgve.org