Rawabi Holding Magazine Issue 31

QUARTERLY magazine 

Issue 31 Oct-Dec 2012 

IN THIS ISSUE 

01 Making a Difference 

05 RAWABI HOLDING EVENTS 

14 Business newS 

20 TEAM CONTRIBUTIONS 

24 Powered by PEOPLE 

26 Events 

31 EXIBITIONS & 

CONFERENCES 

‏ MAKING ‏ A DIFFERENCE 

Rawabi Holding employees 

donate 30,600ML of blood 

this year 

Rawabi Holding organized its fifth blood 

donation campaign which was held on 

Sunday and Monday, December 9 th and 

10 th at the Rawabi Holding head office 

in the Saudi Cancer Foundation. This 

year’s theme for the campaign was to 

present each donor as a “hero.” After 

giving blood each donor would receive 

a sticker mentioning that they “Saved 

a Life Today”. The campaign is part 

of Rawabi Holding’s Corporate Social 

Responsibility “Corporate Community 

Service” program wherein the company 

provides opportunities for employees to 

volunteer and support various causes 

in the community. Rawabi Holding’s 

Mr. Sami AlBouri, Group Personnel 

Unit Head has led the initiative since 

Continued on Page 2...

Making A Difference 

“Leadership is 

the capacity to 

translate vision 

into reality.” 

- Warren Gamaliel Bennis (1925--), 

American scholar 

Rawabi Holding 

employees donate... 

(Continued from page 1) 

its first year in 2008, coordinating with 

the Dammam Blood Bank to set-up a 

collection station in our offices. Over the 

years Rawabi Holding employees have 

shown commitment and dedication to the 

cause. This year a total of 68 employees 

successfully donated 450ML of blood 

each for a total of 30,600ML. 

Over the past five years, 

Rawabi Holding employees 

have donated a total of 

132,710ML of blood — that’s 

enough to save the lives of 

over 1150 people. ‎ 

The transfusion of blood helps save 

millions of lives every year — each donation 

can help up to four different patients. It 

can help improve life expectancy and the 

quality of life for patients. Donated blood 

حياة 

أنقذ البطل 

كن و BE A HERO. 

SAVE A LIFE. 

is utilized for premature and pre-term 

babies, newborns with severe jaundice, 

patients with leukemia, thalassemia and 

anemia, road traffic accident victims, 

and other patients suffering from lifethreatening 

conditions. It also supports 

the successful completion of complex 

medical and surgical procedures. Healthy 

adults between 18-65 weighing more 

than 50Kg can safely donate blood. Each 

donor is given a quick medical checkup 

to determine their eligibility and fitness 

to donate, and once given the green light, 

around 450 ML of blood is drawn. This 

consists of less than 8% of one’s total 

blood volume and the body replaces it 

in a short amount of time. Donors can 

give blood every 2-3 months, which can 

actually be beneficial to donor’s health as 

it stimulates bone marrow cell production 

and decreases blood viscosity. 

Cover page photo: Rawabi Holding employees 

donate their blood at Saudi Cancer Foundation 

in Rawabi Holding head office 

Photos (right): Proud look of the Rawabi 

Holding employees who were heroes of the day 

بالدم 

للتبرع الخامسة روابي حملة RAWABI HOLDING 5 th BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN 

ظهرا ً 

2 الساعة إلى صباحا ً 9 الساعة من ديسمبر 10-9 : التاريخ القابضة 

روابي شركة مقر في الرابع الدور السعودية،‏ السرطان جمعية : المكان When: 9-10 December, 2012 @ 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM 

Where: Saudi Cancer Foundation, 4 th Floor of Rawabi Holding Building 

2 Rawabi News Issue 31 Oct-Dec 2012 

Rawabi News Issue 31 Oct-Dec 2012 

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Making A Difference 

Saudis pledge to donate 

their organs 

“Fortune favors the 

brave.”‎ 

‎- Publius Terentius (195/185–159 BC), 

Romanian playwright‎ 

November 18, 2012 - One thousand 

Saudis sign ‘organ donor’ form at 

“Together We Give Hope” ‎campaign 

in Dhahran Mall, organized by the 

Saudi Foundation for Promoting Organ 

Donation ‎(Eithar) in coordination with the 

Saudi Center for Organ Donation and the 

Health Awareness ‎Division of the King 

Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, 

sponsored by the Annual Charity ‎Run.‎ 

Rawabi 

Holding 

Events 

Youth 

Empowerment 


Internship 

Program 

succeeds in 

equipping 

KFUPM 

engineering 

students 

KFUPM engineering interns Fawzi Muhammad Mudawar (right) and Mohammad Tammam Hussain (left) 

October 15, 2012 - Two KFUPM 

engineering interns were recruited to 

work on a unique product ‎development 

project at Rawabi United Safety 

Services, Limited (RUSS), a joint venture 

between ‎Rawabi Holding and United 

Safety International, a leading provider 

of H2S Safety Equipment, ‎Breathing 

Air Safety Systems and H2S Safety 

Specialist expertise in the regional Oil 

& Gas ‎Industry. Supervised by Eng. Ihab 

Khayat, Business Advisor of Rawabi 

Holding, the project ‎involved configuring 

a second-generation gas detection system 

(the Guardian II) that had been ‎originally 

designed in Canada.‎ 

Rawabi Holding’s Service 

Appreciation Awards 2012‎ 

Rawabi Holding’s Service Appreciation Awards Ceremony for the year 

2012 took place at ‎Holiday Inn Al Khobar Corniche, last 

December 27, 2012. Three hundred eighty four ‎(384) employees were 

honored for their years of service at Rawabi Holding Group of Companies. 

Event presenters: 

Nada Badgaish, 

Misha Mahboob 

and Waseem Shabana 



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Rawabi Holding Events 


Rawabi Chairman Opening Speech 

I am honored to open the 

ceremony today in recognition of your 

efforts during the year 2012—a ‎strong 

motivator for you to continue to give 

and overcome obstacles to success. One 

year ago ‎we stressed the importance of 

transparency in order to strengthen our 

bonds and respect our ‎relationships. ‎ 

Rawabi Holding was recognized 

this year for being one of 

the “Best Saudi Companies 

to Work ‎For” by AlIqtisadia 

Newspaper and Team One 

Consultancy. This competition 

allowed us to ‎streamline our 

ongoing efforts under the 

umbrella of “enhancing our work 

environment”. 

Day in and day out our employees 

report to work and give their all to 

making our company what ‎it is today—a 

company that strives to be better with 

every step we take. Better with our 

‎customers, better for our partners, better 

in our industries and better for our 

communities.‎ 

Today I have the opportunity to thank you 

for being part of the thirty some years of 

growth, ‎putting Rawabi Holding on the 

map as one of the leading conglomerates 

and fastest growing ‎companies in the 

region. As we grow, we continue to move 

forward in our approach, and ‎recognize 

that we must remain dynamic in order to 

attract and retain the most valuable of 

our ‎assets: our employees.‎ 

Today I would like to touch upon three 

main components that set Rawabi 

Holding apart from our ‎competitors: our 

focus on people; on people development 

and corporate social responsibility. ‎The 

Internal Communications Department 

plays an active role in organizing a 

variety of different ‎activities. This 

year, we continue to prioritize internal 

communications to maximize employee 

‎comfort and satisfaction, while also 

introducing a range of different initiatives 

to continuously ‎move this effort forward. ‎ 

This year’s newly launched Lunch with 

CEO initiative has made it possible 

for employees across ‎the company 

to attend an informal meeting with 

top management, allowing for the 

free-flowing ‎of information and ideas. 

Another effort to ensure that voices 

are heard and employees of ‎different 

levels are given a chance to experience 

decision making and strategy setting is 

the ‎establishment of the Shadow Board 

of Directors. Other measures are ongoing, 

such as ‎mandatory orientation sessions 

for all employees and a company-wide 

re-orientation session, ‎conducting various 

visits to all business units near and far, 

and continuing with our employee ‎events 

such as this one today, as well as the 

Open Days for employees and beyond. ‎ 

May I just take one moment here to 

remind you that your opinions and 

suggestions are the root ‎of company 

activities. The work environment is only 

as comfortable as you find it, so I urge 

you ‎to communicate your concerns and 

ideas to those who are responsible for 

executing them. 

Rawabi Holding’s Human Resources 

policies rely heavily on measuring 

employee ‎responsiveness to training and 

development programs. These efforts 

aim to improve the ‎performance of all 

employees and offer compensation to 

employees based on merit, eliminating 

‎all discrimination based on gender or 

nationality. Rawabi Holding encourages 

employees to ‎pursue higher education 

and offers scholarships to outstanding 

performers.‎ 

This year, our training program has 

expanded to offer a ‎total of 370 

training hours. We recently launched 

the company’s Health, Safety and 

Environment ‎committee which will 

further the amount of training and 

knowhow employees have across the 

‎group. We strive to ensure that our 

employees are given opportunities to grow 

within a safe and ‎secure environment and 

continue to move forward in areas that 

allow us to do so. ‎ 

Last January we were placed in the 

top 20 of 115 companies in the 

Saudi General Investment ‎Authority’s 

Responsible Competitiveness Index 

(SARCI) and it secured the #1 spot in 

the ‎category of Building a Nationally 

Competitive Workforce in the prestigious 

King Khalid Award for ‎Responsible 

Competitiveness. This award was in 

recognition of our efforts to empower 

both our ‎employees and youth as a 

whole. ‎ 

Finally, I want to touch on one of the 

company’s core values: corporate social 

responsibility. ‎Rawabi Holding is unique 

in its encouragement of employees 

to participate in corporate social 

‎responsibility activities empowering 

them to become active and responsible 

members of the ‎communities in which 

they operate. 2012 has seen much 

advancement in this realm. We ‎continue 

to encourage and support employeeled 

initiatives such as the Annual 

Blood Donation Campaign ‎and various 

environmental initiatives such as the 

National Day “Pick It Up” Event this 

year. We ‎are also proud to continue to 

support the empowerment of youth in our 

community.‎ 

CSR in Rawabi Holding has gone beyond 

pure philanthropy towards contributing 

to sustainable ‎development. We have 

cooperated with the HRDF to train many 

young Saudis and participated ‎in the 

Second Annual CSR Forum in Riyadh. ‎ 

Our sustainable community contributions 

focus on youth programs that help them 

discover their ‎passions and focuses on 

youth between 16-24 years old through 

various activities and programs. ‎Since 

its inception, our Annual Talent Exhibit 

has reached over 21000 students across 

the ‎country—bringing youth a few steps 

closer to making more informed decisions 

about their future ‎through career storytelling 

and exposure.‎ 

Our internship program has expanded 

and evolved to be one of the most 

competitive and ‎exciting for youth in the 

region. The experience of two students 

is particularly important to be ‎shared. 

It is no secret that the successes of 

our CSR efforts are dependent on our 

employee ‎contributions. Our CSR team 

continuously monitors, measures, and 

enhances the program in ‎order to focus 

on making a sustainable difference and 

this also plays an essential role in the 

‎success of the internship program.‎ 

This year’s 2012 Summer Internship 

Program witnessed a 48% increase in 

the number of interns ‎hosted across the 

Rawabi Holding Group, over last year. 

Furthermore, 90% of the Group was 

‎involved in the training and development 

of the summer interns - 37 young men 

and women. ‎From day one, the interns 

worked at the company over a two month 

period as if they were ‎‘employees’ as 

opposed to ‘interns’. ‎ 

Two KFUPM engineering interns were 

recruited to work on a unique product 

development ‎project at Rawabi United 

Safety Services, Limited (RUSS). The 

project involved configuring a ‎secondgeneration 

gas detection system (the 

Guardian II) that had been originally 

designed in ‎Canada. The set-up was 

complicated as it involved 3 electrochemical 

sensors, a ‎microcontroller, 

wind monitor and sensor, lights and siren 

alarms, and GSM and Radio ‎Frequency 

communications.‎ 

The majority of the parts were imported 

from Canada, and the interns were 

required to assemble ‎8 systems, 

debug integration and communications 

problems, add features, install a 

fully ‎functional system per client 

requirements, and produce all 

engineering documents, all in a time 

‎span of 2 months. One computer 

engineering intern proudly remarked “this 

was such an ‎important and rewarding 

exercise for me personally, knowing that 

this Guardian II gas-detection ‎system 

is a more sophisticated system than its 

predecessor, the Guardian I and will be 

placed ‎near the Saudi Aramco residential 

compound at drilling sites to identify and 

alert a response unit ‎in the unlikely event 

of a gas leak; it’s an experience I will 

never forget”.‎ 

Thank you to our employees for sharing 

your know how and experiences with 

the employees of ‎our future. It is by 

harnessing our collective strength, 

experiences and know-how that we 

can ‎build momentum and capture 

this moment in our history. You have 

represented the opportunity ‎that 

our company has to create unique 

opportunities for development and 

progress for years, ‎and I am proud 

to be part of this family. Thank 

you for your dedication, and I truly 

look forward ‎to working with you to 

shape our future success.‎ 



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Rawabi Service Honorees 2012 

5 

Infrastructure 

Development 

Company 

Ahmed Khan Masam 

Ajantha Udayakumar 

Aminur Hossain Ali 

Babul Rajdhar Miah 

Chhutahar Das 

Fawij Ahmed Deen 

Hasim Uddin Ali 

Kamal Bazlr Rhman 

Mahfooj Mohammed 

Mohammad Reza 

Mohammed Naeem 

Mohammed Nawaz Assi 

Mohammed Sali Maira 

Shohid Mondal Jahangir 

Suneer Khalid Khalid 

Upali Andegoda 

Uthaya Kumar 

Rawabi Specialized 

Contracting 

Abdul Hamid Chohan 

Abdulaziz Ateeq 

Abdulrahman Al Sofyani 

Adel Al Mehmadi 

Adrian Faraon 

Ahmed Hamed Al Hazmi 

Ahmed Hussain Shaik 

Alexander Abustan 

Anwar Hossan Malisin 

Anwer Al Sobhi 

Arnulf Gala 

Arshad Ali Ajmed 

Bajara Abdul Sathar 

Basanta Kumar Lenka 

Bilal M. Ashraf 

Cirilo Vr Casil Cagata 

Cresenciano Reyes 

Dario Plata 

Edwin Navarro 

Efren Buisan 

Eliseo Balisong 

Faiyaz Ahmad 

Genie Gardiola 

Gerardo Paningabatan 

Herman Casas 

Jammil Ahmed 

Jerome Dela Cruz 

Jerry Mercado Ilgan 

Kadir Alam 

Kashimshab Shaik 

Kavppiah Vasu 

Limwel Padilla 

Maksood Ansari 

Marlon Ramirez 

Mohammed Abdul Mubeen 

Mohammed Mansuri 

Mohammed Ismail 

Mohammed Jahid 

Muhiu Ddin Shehab 

Murtaza Alam 

Naimul Haque Ansari 

Nazar Hamed M. Khalaf 

Noushad Ali 

Obaid Allah Al Subhi 

Ramon De Chavez 

Remar Escarez 

Romeo Pacifico 

Ronald Sagario 

Ronilo Arnaez 

Roy Fadriquelan 

Sahid Haque 

Salvador Bacatan 

Salvador Borabo Jr.‎ 

Samdar Lal Jangir 

Sanjay Prasad 

Shaikh Faizur Rahman 

Thomas Lunar 

Valeriano Higum 

Victor Ramos 

Wasim Raza Khan 

Zia Ur Rehman 

Gregorio Alcantara ‎ 

‎ 


Noaf Abdulaziz Ali AlTurki 

Mohammed Zaheeruddin 

Ayman El Ghattas 

Yaseen Al Hashim 

Ali Hassan Al Basha 

Basma Bakhsh 

Burt Pereda 

Fadel Al-Manasif 

Fahad Al Faihany 

Hamad Al Marri 

Hassan Ahbail 

Hassan M. Alsakkaf 

Khaled Al Khateeb 

Mohammed Ali Hussain 

Mohammed Al Atiyah 

Mohammed Alhezam 

Mohammed Abdulraza 

Nolito Arranguez 

Omar Al Qashqish 

Rabie Al Dawood 

Redah Al Saegh 

Rico Bautista 

Sajid Ali Khan 

Salah Uddin Muslem Uddin 

Rawabi Electric 

Abdur Rahman 

Abdullah Al Rababi 

Abdullah Al Hamoud 

Allan Oliver Villanueva 

Alvin Nasayao 

Arnold Baculo 

Ashok Basel 

Cyril Gerale 

Dharm Raj Ray 

Dilip Kumar Ray 

Dipendra Kumar Dhanuk 

Gir Bahadur Sarki 

Gore Dammay 

Harendra Kumar Pasman 

Joseph Philip Kannamkulam 

Kannam Philip 

Lal Bahadur Mandal Kewat 

Mathai David Kattunilathu 

Roberto Gantuangco 

Rudra Bahadur Thapa 

Santos Katuwal 

Sultan Al Ruwaid 

Sunil Kumar Majhi Tharu 

Syed Mohammed Alam 

Tulasi Prasad Mishra 

Willie Aradanas 

Rawabi Trading 

and Contracting 

Adel Al Naser 

Jhahar Darji 

Masood Irshad Kazi 

Mutalaq Al-Ruwaily 

Ram Babu Yadav 

Sudhesh Kumar Kapad 


Enclosures 

Ajay Kumar Yadav 

Ajim Shekh 

Asad Hafeez Raja 

Babu Latif Shek 

Binod Kumar Mandal 

Dev Raj Kapar 

Freddie Celestial 

Ful Abdul Kashem 

Havez Ahammad Rahman 

Ibrahim Bhuiyan 

Ibrahim Alhashem 

Jasawanta Mandal 

Jayson Nitura 

Mohammed Sabur 

Nagendar Mandal 

Ram Nath Thakur Barhi 

Ram Pukar Mandal 

Shiv Kumar Mahato 

Shyam Kumar Yadav 

Sonny Elcano Cardosa 

Taleb Al Oufi 

Emec 

Abdel Hamid Shahin 

Abdullah Mahmoud 

Ahmed Asy 

Ahmed El-Ghabarawy 

Ahmed Ahmed Aly 

Ali Abdel Selim 

Hany Attia 

Hasaan Ali Eid 

Ibrahim El Gharabwy 

Jamil Ahmed Bashir Ahmed 

Khalid Farrag Gad Mohamed 

Maged El Hawary 

Mahmoud Farrag 

Mashaal l Mehsen 

Mohamed Mohamed 

Mohamed Elzayeit 

Mohamed Sabry Azab 

Mohamed El Falah 

Reda Mohamed Tohfa 

Sherif Mohamed Hassan 

Rawabi United 

Safety Services 

Alfread Daison Louis 

Ali Al Nasser Almatrook 

Anthony Lawrence Rebello 

Cecedinio Foyo Jr.‎ 

Dave Brian A.Palanca 

Hari Bahadur Nepali 

Jerico Padrones 

Maxim Sunil Sequeira 

Misfer Abdullah Shadi 

Mohammed Al Matrook 

Mohammed Iqbal 

Mohammed Kashif Ali Malik 

Muhammad Imran Sattar 

Nazal Latif Islam 

Prem Chhiri Sherpa 

Rajeshkumar R. Balakrishnan 

Rehan Ghouri 

Renen Gemillan 

Suvarna Narayana 

Rawabi Industrial 

Support Services 

Samer Khaleel Al Basha 

Yazeed Fadel Qundos 

Abdulaziz Al-Nishama 

Abdullah Hijji Al-Matawah 

Ahamed Sheriff Zafurulla 

Ala Hassan Raja Hamdan 

Amal Kumar Roy 

Arif Yousef Al Khalifah 

Ashoka Narayana Mogaveera 

Ayman Okleh Migdadi 

Balakrishnan Rengasamy 

Charleeh Bon L. Felicitas 

Efren Flores 

Elmer N. Gache 

Felipe Hitgano 


Hussain Ali Al Mohaimeed 

Joel Reroma 

Julius Sabangan 

Kallu Yadav Jogi Yadav 

Khan Mohammad Nafees 

Leo Mandapat 

Madubalan Rengaraju 

Maitham Abdullah Hokro 

Mark Francis Baguio 

Mohammad Al Hazmi 

Muayed Al-Mogarrab 

Naidubabu Kasireddy 

Narayana Singapuram 

Noel Camo Osorio 

Othman Hekmat Alodat 

Rajnish Mahindurabhai Ghandi 

Ram Pyare Singh 

Ramchandra Deshmukh 

Richard Romulo Ramos 

Rolando A. Cabading 

Saed Mohammad Al Awadat 

Sriniwash Rao Kudupudi 

Younis Ahmad Al-Hashem 

Younis Hossain Al-Jeerani 

Rawabi Corossion 

Technology 

Alan Valenciano 

Eric Quines 

Hashem S. Al Shakhory 

Ramil Ocampo 

Rodrigo Ramos 

Rawabi Hot-hed 

Ali Rajab 

Belgacem Benzidane 

Khalid Al Milad 

Muhamad Al Mubarak 

Rawabi Frank’s 

Syed Imran Alam Shah 

Khalil Tahsin Al Khif ‎ 

Rawabi NGNS 

Milan Jovancic 

‎“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a 

tragedy.” 

– Robert Half ‎(1918-2001), American businessman 



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Contracting 

Abdul Awal Sheikh 

Abdul Aziz Abdul Hai 

Abdulwahed Khowaher 

Anowar Abdul Samad 

Arif Mugbul Hossain 

Asir Bahadur Rai 

Aynal Hossain Antaz Ali 

Bake Sonar 

Bala Ram Ghimire 

Bham Bahadur K.C.‎ 

Bisnu Sarki Bal Bahadur 

Dhal Bahadur Khahtri Man 

Dukhjya Yadav 

Erwin Velasco Cama 

Faruk Hossain 

Hazrat Ali Jahirul Islam 

Jashim Uddin 

Khagendra Budhathoki 

Meshal Al-Juwairah 

Minhaz Ghbaruddin 

Mofizul Islam Bari Mondl 

Mohammad Jangsher 

Mohammed Ripon Joj Miah 

Mohammed Abdulkareem 

Monir Hossain Rahis Miah 

Montaj Laheri Matijani 

Motalef Sakimudding 

Murshid Miah Abul Motalib 

Nazim Joyenuddin 

Netra Prasad Panthi 

Perfecto Alvarez Umblas 

Raghu Bir Sha Kalawar 

Rajeshwar Thakur Barhi 

Ram Bahadur Pariyar 

Ram Phulas Yadav 

Ratna Bahadur Magar 

Rekha Bahadur Thapa Magar 

Riyasat Ali 

Romulo Corporal Dianela 

Salim Bhiuyan Bhuiyan 

Salvador Belleza Borabo 

Samad Miah Late Montaz Miah 

Shah Alam Ramjanmiah 

Shahjahan Farid Miah 

Shankar Bhujel 

Shansulhaque Mohar Ali 

Sikendra Yadav 

Siya Ram Dashtatma 

Solaman Shamsuddin Mollan 

Tajul Islam Mannan 

Yam Bahadur Mahatarao 

Yousef Ali Al Yaseen 


Abdul Khader Parambil 

Nestor Obing Lovendino 

Tej Bahadur Thapa Chheri 


Badr Al Sandl 

Berwyn Magura 

Hisham Hussain Al Suruj 

Hussein Ali Bu Sendah 

Ronaldo Aton Pio 

Varghese Aleyamma 

EMEC 

Abdulkader Al Shamrani 

Hassan Ali Aburashed 

Ehab Mahmoud Sharara ‎ 

Ali Badawi Ahmed ‎ 


Enclosures 

Roy Nicolas Nasrallah 

Om Prasad Damai 



Densil Mark D’costa 

Mark Albert D’souza 

Mathai K.G. Mathai 

Rajan Pillai 

Rawabi Corossion 

Technology 

Armando J. Logronio 

Francisco M. Cruz 

Mohammed Akbar Ahmed 

Sheikh’s Villa 

Erlinda Manio Quiambao 



Haitham Bou Harfouche 

Infrastructure 

Development 

Company 

Kunjumon Kal Parakavum 


Contracting 

Abdul Hafiz 

Abdulbasheer Kayilan 

Abdulnasir Mirayan Khan 

Alavi Kutty Vally 

Alfredo Bagiolod Caratay 

Ali Asgar Ansari 

Am Bahadur Pun 

Bhupinder Singh Jamwal 

Ceasar David Macapagal 

Charinjayathu Divakaran Sini 

Easo John 

Eppala Narsaiah 

Gregorio Gonzales Decena 

Ghulam Toheed Abdulrahman 

Ishityaq Ahmad 

Jaganathan Sarangapani 

Joshua Abraham 

Juancho Espena 

Khaleel Nahaboob 

Mahavir Prasad 

Maria Michael Lalitus 

Md Sakur Rain 

Mohammad Zakir Ansari 

Mohammad. Kafil 

Mohammed Gufran Ansari 

Mohanan Balakrishnan 

Nazakat Ali Khan 

Nestor Bautista Payumo 

Rajendar Kumar 

Saidalavi P. Chankat 

Samir Regk Ayoub 

Shakir Ali 

Shekha Nasar 

Shuja Ur Rahman Khan 

Surendran Mpil Nanoo 

Thomas Mathai Easo 

Udaya Chandra Paudel 


Contracting 

Venunaida Naidu Natuamuni 

Vinancio San Pedro 


Abdullah Al Sayed 

Mohammed Ali Al Marri 

Antony Thomas 

Mathew Thomas 

Muneer Abdul Gafoor Cp Palat 

Shaik Zahid Hussain 


Ali Abdul Baqi Al Sadeq 

Jaladharan Dasan 

Jayaprakash Rajappan 

Joseph Mannaruparampil 

Kochukunju Sasi Kumar 

Munishamappa Amaresha 

Raju Jacob Arakkal 



Manoj Meprathu Cherian 

Rawabi Archer 

Nadeem Shahzad Khan 

Sheikh’s Villa 

Gurudev Mandal 

Rawabi Franks 

Ali Saeed A. Shali 

Hussain Al Bahrani 

EMEC 

Mohamed Abd El Sabrin 



Munawar Aziz Uddin ‎ 

Danilo V. Sumalabe 

Bank Relationship Senior 

Officer of Rawabi Holding 

Danilo “Danny” Sumalabe, 

who joined Rawabi Holding on 

June 22, 1992, is known to be 

kind ‎hearted and humble. He 

is always quick to participate 

in social activities and is very 

passionate ‎about serving the 

community. Very well-liked by 

his peers, he is always standing 

ready to take ‎photos.‎ 

Ali Hussein Ahmed 

Purchaser 

of Rawabi Electric 

Ali Hussein Ahmed joined 

Rawabi Electric in March 

7, 1987 in the Electrical 

Department. He ‎now works in 

the Procurement Department 

and is described as a 

dependable, positive and well- 

‎liked colleague. He is known to 

always go out of his way to make 

things happen.‎ 

‎“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”‎ 

‎– Zig Ziglar (1926-2012), American speaker 



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Guest Speaker 

We were pleased to host our guest speaker, Mr. Jamal K. 

Aldabal, who shed ‎light on the importance of employee 

volunteerism within an organization. ‎ 

Mr. Al-Dabal is a Senior Consultant of the Saudi Aramco Educational Partnerships 

and Advisor ‎to all major contributions of Saudi Aramco to the community. He is 

member of several national ‎organizations and is a big supporter of volunteer 

organizations. He has been a motivator of youth ‎in the Kingdom through various 

community initiatives and organizations such as the King Khalid ‎Foundation, the 

Dammam Corniche Social Development Organization, the International Science 

‎and Engineering Fair and the Saudi Mathematical, Physics and Chemistry 

Olympiads. His ‎recent focus has included a mission to spread awareness about 

the need for improvement in the ‎Saudi general and technical education systems.‎ 

Volunteers who 

helped organize 

the event 

1. Abdullah Al Sayed 

2. Abdullah Izzat 

3. Ashfaq Siddiqi 

4. Blas Dalumpines 

5. Carlo Crisostomo 

6. Dayana Teodocio 

7. Emad Ghussaini 

8. EV Nazeer 

9. Fadel Manasif 

10. Faizullah Baig 

11. Farah AlGhamdi 

12. Farouq Qayoom 

13. Fatima Manasif 

14. Ghaleb Ghoutani 

15. Hassan Al Ahbail 

16. Hassan Al Hakim 

17. Hassan Jaroudi 

18. Hussain Al Hakim 

19. Hussain Shurafa 

20. Jeffrey Aquino 

21. Jessie Cacafranca 

22. Joey Anatalio 

23. Julio Cacho 

24. Mario Foster 

25. Misha Mahboob 

26. Mohamed Shablaq 

27. Mohammad Bagdadi 

28. Mohsin Al Salim 

29. Nada Badgaish 

30. Raymond Teodocio 

31. Rex Noblejas 

32. Rey Gindap 

33. Sami AlBouri 

34. Waseem Shabana 

Lunch with the 

Group President 

& CEO 

When: Monday, Oct 15, 2012 ‎ 

Where: Mercure Hotel, Al Khobar 

He holds a degree in Computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts, 

Amherst and ‎an MBA from the University of Hull in the UK and is currently 

pursuing his PhD in HR ‎Development from Texas A&M University. He has 

published several papers and spoken in ‎many forums about IT, Energy, Strategy, 

Leadership and Education.‎ 



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‏ Business News 

Business News 

RAWABI HOLDING 

Contracting 

& Industrial 

Services Division 

Management Team Visits Yanbu 

Promotion 

Rawabi Holding’s joint 

venture with Haytak FZE 

Mr. Abdullah AlSayed was 

promoted to Deputy General 

Manager on October 20, 2012. 

Rawabi Holding and Haytak FZE, Dubai 

UAE, have signed a joint venture (JV) 

agreement to set up a manufacturing 

facility for starch and starch derivatives 

in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 

With over 30 years of accumulated knowhow 

in extrusion manufacturing and 

product development gained in Germany 

and the US, Haytak FZE established 

the first and largest drilling starch 

manufacturing facility in 2003 in the 

Middle East, specifically for supplying to 

the Oil and Gas Industry. 

Traditional starch modification 

processes have been replaced with 

modern computerized extrusion 

technologies resulting in high quality 

products, allowing for greater flexibility, 

consistency and variety. The proprietary 

system is designed to be able to adapt 

to all types of starches and product 

requirements, as per customer need. 

The plant will be operational early 2013 

and will be supplying the Saudi and 

regional markets. 

The JV has resulted from a successful 

relationship over the past four years, 

where they have been supplying Saudi 

Aramco with drilling starch. 


Contracting 

New Projects 

• RSC has been awarded by Nesma 

& Partners a value of SR 5.4M. 

Project Title: Epoxy Coating 

Work for King Abdulaziz Finance 

District. 

• RSC has been awarded by Marafiq, 

Yanbu a project with the value 

of SR 28.2M. Project Title: 

Concrete Corrosion Repair and 

Rehabilitation Works. The scope 

of work: Three years (3) Contract 

for Concrete Corrosion Repair and 

Rehabilitation. 

Our GP & CEO Mr. Osman A. Ibrahim 

together with Mr. Hassan Ramady – VP 

for Contracting and Industrial Services 

and Mr. Abdullah AlSayed – Rawabi 

Specialized Contracting (RSC) Deputy 

General Manager paid visit to Yanbu last 

December 14-15, 2012. They exemplified 

the company’s slogan “Powered by 

People” as they engaged in dialogue with 

RSC employees . 

The Yanbu team gathered in the Movenpick 

Hotel, where Mr. Osman Ibrahim strongly 

expressed that Rawabi Holding will fully 

support the Yanbu Team in developing 

business in Yanbu Area. HSE Officer – 

Mr. Crisologo Bibat presented measures 

on improving safety procedures. Budget 

presentations for 2013 were done 

successively by Engr. Mohammad Abdul 

Quadeer – Saudi Aramco Mobile Refinery 

(SAMREF), followed by Engr. Mustafa 

Kolothumthodika – Aramco and Engr. 

Khaled Khan for MARAFIQ. 

The management team later visited the 

RSC employee camp and recognized the 

“Employee of the Month” Abdul Basheer 

Kuyilan and Marlon Britanico for their 

exemplary safety awareness. They later 

visited the president and CEO of Samref 

Mr. Suleman AlBargan. 

Congratulations 

Congratulations to Mr. Ibrahim 

Ghannam, Project/Planning 

Engineer in RSC for successfully 

completing the requirements of 

Project Management Professional 

and PMP Exam Preparation 

(CERTCC02) from 4-15 November 

2012 at the CHANGE Consulting 

& Training Center, Jordan. 

Photos: Rawabi Holding Group President & CEO Osman Ibrahim with Peter Mekailian, Haytak FZE 

Vice President - Sales 

• RSC has been awarded by King 

Abdulaziz Port Authority at 

Dammam a project with the value 

of SR8.9M. Project Title: 

Rehabilitation and Re-installing of 

3 Gates at Dammam Port. 

• RSC has been awarded by National 

Guard Health Affairs – a Government 

awarded project having a value of 

SR 349,000. Project Title: 

Water Proofing Works for Raw and 

Portable Water Reservoir. 

Top photo: Group President and CEO, Osman 

Ibrahim with Yanbu Projects Team presenting 

the Budget and Project Plan for 2013 

Photos to the left: Rawabi Holding Group 

President and CEO Osman Ibrahim, Group 

Vice President Hassan Ramady and RSC 

Deputy General Manager Abdullah AlSayed 

in an open discussion with employees from 

RSC Camp 



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Business News 

Business News 


Support Services 

RISS has recently added Advanced 

Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) to our line of 

business activities, in ‎addition to the NDT, 

PWHT and CP/Corrosion Control activities.‎ 

Rawabi Industrial Support Services’ latest 

projects include several different projects 

including:‎ 

1. Advanced Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) 

works for Arabiah Hasbah On-shore 

Project.‎ 

2. Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Works 

for several different clients including 

Saudi Yanpet ‎Refinery Project 

Hydrocracker Package, Saudi Aramco 

projects in Shaybah, Sadara, Saudi 

‎Kayan and Wassit, several Yanbu 

Tanks Projects ‎ 

3. Post Weld Heat Treating (PWHT) works 

for Jubail Export Refinery Project, 

Ghazlan Power ‎Plant and Qurayyah 

Power Plant 

4. Cathodic Protection (CP) system 

maintenance projects at Sabic and 

Saudi Aramco, in ‎addition to supplying 

CP personnel to Sabic/Sadaf 

5. Other services such as Radiographic 

Testing (RT) services in Yanbu; 

X-Ray inspection of ‎Box-End Annular 

Connectors, the supply of Aluminum 

Anodes of various sizes to Marafiq 

‎and a project involving rectifying 

underground pipelines at Sabic/Sharq.‎ 

Supply of Aluminum 

Anodes 

Rawabi Industrial Support Services 

Cathodic Protection division, formally 

known as “Rawabi ‎Corrosion Technology 

(RCT)” won and supplied 57 metric tons 

of aluminum anodes of various ‎sizes to 

one of our valued customers in less than 

one month for seawater application. Since 

‎merging RCT with RISS, RISS now has 

full-fledged resourcing capacity including 

Cathodic ‎Protection system surveys, 

design, material storage and supply, 

installation, supervision of ‎installation, 

QA/QC, testing and commissioning 

capabilities including equipments, 

preparation ‎and reports submission. 

Presently it operates in KSA and has 

recently finished one of the ‎contracts 

with Kuwait Oil Company for long term 

maintenance and monitoring of GRID 

pipelines ‎within Kuwait. We are optimistic 

about the future of our operations as we 

expand across the ‎GCC.‎ 

oilfield Division 


& Contracting 

Latest projects 

• Rawabi Trading & Contracting a 

Subsidiary of Rawabi Holding, 

signed a trade agency ‎agreement 

with Peach Valves-Korea. RTC will 

promote and develop the Sales 

and after Sales ‎Service for Peach 

Valve products.‎ 

About Peach Valves 

Peach Valve was established in 

1975 as Woon–Yong Enterprises 

and they have been ‎renowned as 

a high quality dual plate check 

valve manufacturer. They were 

renamed in 2005 as ‎Peach Valve 

and since inception they have 

acquired local valve manufacturers 

and broadened ‎the production 

range to Globe, Gate, Swing Check 

Valves along with “New” Cavity 

free half ball ‎valve – the world’s 

first invention which is expected 

to be an added advantage to 

food, ‎cosmetics, drugs and fine 

chemistry industries. 

Peach Valve is an ISO9001, API 

Q1-Spec, API 6D, ISO/TS and CE 

certified manufacturer. ‎ 

• Rawabi Trading & Contracting 

signed an agency agreement ‎with 

QICC (a Nexans company), this 

Month (December 2012). RTC 

will represent them in KSA ‎for 

their product range and anticipate 

great outcomes with this new 

representation.‎ 

About QICC 

QICC (Qatar International Cable 

Company) - is a joint venture 

created by Nexans, in Qatar ‎as 

its first manufacturing plant in an 

Arabic Gulf state. 

Nexans, the worldwide leader in 

the cable industry, has an extensive 

range of cables and cabling 

‎systems. The group player in the 

infrastructure, industry, building 

and local area network ‎markets. 

With an industrial presence in 40 

countries and commercial activities 

worldwide. On ‎June 2, 2008, 

Nexans announced it has signed 

a joint-venture agreement for the 

creation of a company ‎producing 

in Qatar. ‎ 

‎ ‎ 

The related new manufacturing 

plant is Qatar’s first cable plant, 

employing around 200 people, 

‎QICC is fully managed by Nexans 

& its head quarter is located in 

Messaieed.‎ 

‎ ‎ 

QICC production capacity covers 

the following range:‎ 

1. LV underground power cables 

(0.6/1kv)‎ 

2. Service cables 

3. Distribution cables 

4. MV underground power 

cables(18/30kv)‎ 

5. Land High Voltage cables 

(115kv)‎ 

6. XLPE insulated 

7. Other MV power cables 

8. Airport cables 

9. Indoor energy cables 

10. Signal and data transmission 

cables 

11. Special Cables 

12. Systems, Accessories & 

Equipment 

• RTC has signed an agency 

agreement with Meggitt, and RTC 

will promote and develop Sales & 

‎service portfolio for their Vibration 

monitoring system in KSA. ‎ 

About MEGGITT 

A leading supplier from Switzerland 

of sensing and monitoring systems 

measuring physical ‎parameters in 

extreme environments.‎ 

Meggitt Sensing Systems 

have operated since 1927 

under the names of Ferroperm 

‎Piezoceramics, Lodge Ignition, 

Endevco, Sensorex, ECET, Vibro- 

Meter and Wilcoxon ‎Research. 

Today, they are integrated under 

one Meggitt division, providing 

complete systems ‎from a single 

supply base. ‎ 

A leader in producing a wide range 

of extreme temperature vibration, 

dynamic pressure and ‎leading-edge 

microwave sensors and designs 

innovative software and electronics 

monitoring ‎systems for aerospace 

and land-based turbo-machinery. ‎ 

‎“Optimism is the 

path that leads 

to success and 

nothing can be done 

without hope and 

‎confidence.”‎ 

‎- Helen Keller (1880-1968), 

American author 



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Business News 

Business News 

retail 

A Closer Look 

at the Importance 

of Art for Your 

Child’s Emotional 

Development 

By: Vanessa Gallo 

Gymboree Play & Music Program Developer and Trainer 

One day, Cecilia, a toddler in my 

Gymboree Arts class, wanted to 

paint with only the color black. 

‎She also made several large, brisk 

strokes with her brush and went 

through more paper than her 

‎peers. After class, her mother told 

me that Cecilia was very upset 

that morning about something. ‎It 

became evident to both of us that 

Cecilia was expressing her anger 

through her artwork. In ‎fact, it was 

just what Cecilia needed to relieve 

her emotions and get on with her 

day.‎ 

Children, as young as 18 months, begin 

to express “self-conscious emotions” that 

include ‎complex feelings such as pride, 

embarrassment and shame. Regardless of 

age, we all need ‎outlets for the emotions 

we feel. Many adults read or write to 

escape. Some exercise, go for a ‎drive or 

talk with a loved one.‎ 

Young children are limited in how they can 

express their feelings. At the time they 

begin to show ‎more complex emotions, 

they do not have the vocabulary to express 

them. Children primarily ‎showcase 

feelings through facial expressions, 

gestures and movement or, as in Cecilia’s 

case, ‎through painting.‎ 

Art experiences are important for your 

child’s emotional development. Not only 

is art a vehicle ‎for emotional expression, 

children also discover how their actions 

make an impact on their ‎surroundings.‎ 

The process of art provides a great 

channel for you to support your child’s 

emotional ‎development especially when 

you experience art together.‎ 

Look What I Can Do 

Being able to make an impact on your 

surroundings – and know it – is an 

important step toward ‎building confidence 

and independence. Confidence and 

independence contributes to a healthy 

‎self-esteem later in life and the ability to 

make better decisions.‎ 

Stanford University Art Professor, Elliot 

Eisner, has identified several benefits 

children gain from ‎art. The first is the 

realization that one’s actions create 

consequences. He states, “The first 

thing ‎that very young children learn is 

something that we often take for granted... 

they can, in fact, ‎create images with 

material and that the activity of making 

such images can provide intrinsic ‎forms of 

satisfaction.”‎ 

Repeated experiences with the same 

art materials reap new skills. Using a 

paintbrush to apply ‎paint in a new way 

or rolling a ball out of dough for the first 

time is only achieved through ‎experience 

with simple and familiar art materials. 

The more your child freely explores with 

‎crayons, paint, and dough, the more 

competent he will be.‎ 

It is also important that you praise his 

processes, not the end products – say, 

“I like how you ‎move your paint brush” 

instead of “you made a nice picture.” 

This, in turn, will support developing 

‎competence.‎ 

Art activities should also include several 

materials of the same type. For example, 

provide plenty ‎of paper and multiple colors 

of crayons for your child to choose under 

your supervision. Active ‎children may need 

to switch out colors often and use a lot 

of paper. Your flexibility will support ‎your 

child’s need to discover the outcomes of 

her actions. The more materials provided 

during ‎art activities for toddlers, the better 

the experience for expression.‎ 

Saving your child’s art and posting it 

up – not just on the refrigerator, but in 

frames and other ‎important places – will 

indirectly communicate that you value his 

art creations. Using the work to ‎decorate 

cards or gifts will communicate this 

message, too. These simple actions on 

your part ‎will reiterate the importance of 

your child’s ideas and contributions.‎ 

There’s Meaning in Mess 

Let your child explore with paint. It sounds 

easy enough, but for many parents, it’s 

hard to let go ‎and allow for mess. The 

mess factor involved when young children 

create is important and can ‎reveal a lot. 

Messes can teach parents about children’s 

emotions and can be used as a bridge ‎for 

communication.‎ 

Often times, the mess children make 

results from their excitement as they 

engross themselves ‎in the art activity. 

It’s also possible that mess making is an 

indirect sign of frustration or ‎unhappiness. 

By allowing your child to freely explore art 

and observing the methods she uses in ‎the 

process, you can gain useful information 

for opening the doors to communication. 

Comment ‎on how she applies the paint 

or on the pace at which she colors, and 

expand on her reactions – ‎and eventually 

her words.‎ 

You can minimize the “mess stress” you 

feel by ensuring your child has plenty 

of room to move. ‎Cover work areas with 

newspaper and make available wipes or 

towels. Provide child-appropriate ‎utensils 

like chunky paintbrushes, shallow paint 

containers and large sheets of paper that 

support ‎your child’s physical capabilities. 

There are also “ready for mess” art 

programs you can enroll in, ‎like the 

Gymboree Arts program, that provide a 

developmentally appropriate place for you 

and ‎your child to explore art together.‎ 

Sharing in Art 

Children aren’t the only “players” in the 

game of education. They get more out 

of art experiences ‎when interacting with 

others. You can expand on your child’s 

ideas and introduce new tools ‎when it’s 

time for more challenges. By engaging 

in child-parent art programs, you add an 

‎important layer of learning to your child’s 

education.‎ 

Not only is the learning experience 

enhanced when children and adults solve 

problems together, ‎it is also enriched 

when children are actively engaged with 

each other. Many children need to ‎observe 

each other first before feeling comfortable 

enough to try a new art process. It can be 

‎difficult at first when your toddler begins 

to express his newfound independence, 

especially in a ‎group setting with peers. 

However, it is the group setting that allows 

opportunity for your child to ‎“socialize.”‎ 

Art activities provide tangible tools for 

expression. Toddlers enjoy expressing 

their independence ‎and use objects to 

do so when in the presence of others. 

For example, when coloring, the ‎process 

of holding onto a crayon as a personal 

possession is just as enjoyable as 

discovering ‎what it can do. Rest assured 

that even if your toddler decides to hold 

onto a crayon instead of ‎coloring with it, 

he is satisfying an emotional need and 

learning something through observation.‎ 

Learning to leverage independence around 

adults and eventually collaborate with 

peers is critical ‎for toddlers. Art provides 

a perfect arena to build skills needed for 

social competence. Plan ‎opportunities for 

you and your child to create with others 

and make sure there are plenty of ‎supplies 

to go around.‎ 

Whether it’s your child’s need for 

expression to discover the magnitude her 

actions make, or to ‎exert independence 

with the materials she selects, art 

experiences influence a child’s emotional 

‎development in a unique and valuable 

way. In the words of Elliot Eisner, “Art is, 

ultimately, not ‎for art’s sake; it is for the 

sake of all of us.”‎ 

Vanessa Gallo, Program Developer for 

Gymboree Play & Music, holds an M.A. 

in ‎Developmental Psychology. In addition 

to her role at Gymboree Play & Music, 

Vanessa ‎serves as a guest lecturer at 

San Francisco State University and 

has recently published a ‎piece in The 

Macmillan Psychology Reference Series: 

Child Development. As program ‎developer, 

Vanessa led the development of Gymboree 

Arts, in addition to other ‎curriculum.‎ 

Have you tried 

Gymboree yet ‎ 

Contact us today to book a free trial 

in Art or one of our other wonderful 

sessions.‎ 

Phone us at 038686224 

or via our website 

www.gymboreeclasses-ksa.com 

where you will also ‎find a link to our 

Twitter account and Facebook page. 

We are also now on Instagram 

– find us at ‎Gymboree Khobar and 

ask to follow us today.‎ 



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Team ‏ Contributions 



Employees Want 

to Hear From You! 

By: Hanaa Almoaibed 

Group Corporate 

Communications 

Manager 

When we take a moment to reflect on the massive amount of 

information that surrounds us it can be quite overwhelming. 

I got a funny e-mail forward the other day reminding me to 

“respect old people—they graduated college before google!” 

When I think about that statement I actually get a bit nostalgic 

for the pre-Ethernet world of information; people used to have 

longer conversations and really listen to one another. Today, 

there is so much background NOISE that you can hardly get 

your message across. This challenge has never been more real 

to me than in the past year. As a corporate communications 

department it is essential to be the information link in the 

company. We exist to communicate what is going on across the 

company to everyone inside the organization and outside of it. 

However, the problem we are faced with every day is that in 

today’s fast paced world, capturing people’s attention is hard! 

From our experience trying to activate our 

internal communications effectively over 

the past year, and from what we know 

from effective communication strategies, 

there is one kind of news that still 

captures everyone’s attention: news about 

people and places we know, love and 

trust. So in Corporate Communications 

we strive to communicate news that you 

(our employees) share with us to everyone 

else across the group. However, this is a 

bit difficult, because, well, we often feel 

like we are talking to ourselves. 

Our communication covers new business 

news, coverage in the media, social 

initiatives, employee accomplishments, 

and other social news. Employees across 

the group, however, need to tell us when 

these things happen. I cannot express how 

happy we are to receive an e-mail from an 

employee telling us about a certificate he/ 

she got or when one of our business units 

sends us a letter of recognition received 

for outstanding service. We truly thrive on 

the information we get from our people 

across Rawabi Holding because we are 

INSPIRED by how great our people are. 

Do you know what our communications 

inbox looks like Let me show you: 

Rawabi Holding employees: 

this is sad. 

There are only four real e-mails in that 

screenshot. The rest is spam. Please 

give us news to report! Please share 

with us because we love to share your 

accomplishments with others. Our 

campaigns are employee led. Our 

announcements are not about us, they 

are about you. 

How much of the 

following are you 

aware of 

In our effort to enhance our internal 

communications, we have launched 

several campaigns and events; the 

Lunch with the CEO events, groupwide 

re-orientation sessions; the Let’s 

Talk Business campaign (in which we 

consistently reminded all employees of 

different channels of communication). 

We have modified our internal e-mails to 

include all announcements on a weekly 

basis rather than bombard your inboxes 

with announcements and reminders. 

We have made an effort to gather more 

feedback from you that helps us plan 

events and decide on gift items. We are 

making more on-site visits to our business 

units and departments. We are increasing 

our efforts to add more relevant visuals to 

our emails. Are we missing something ‎ 

Please do tell us 

Why does it matter 

As employees of the same company, we 

share a common bond and are working 

toward many common goals. We believe 

that we are strengthened by each other’s 

accomplishments and need to share 

our achievements so that we remain 

motivated, challenged and engaged. We 

have to take the time to get to know our 

company, our visionary management, 

and the efforts that are exerted every day 

to make the company comfortable and 

challenging so we can both appreciate 

where we are and push to get closer to 

where we want to be. 

Rawabi Holding means something a 

little bit different to each and every 

one of us, and as a team, the corporate 

communications department would like 

to represent Rawabi Holding through the 

various lenses that the company is seen 

through. Your colleague’s new baby may 

not be your biggest concern, but since 

he/she spends most of his/her waking 

hours at the office (maybe now only halfawake 

hours ) it would be nice that 

his/her work family congratulate him/her 

on the new joy at home. Perhaps a new 

contract in Yanbu is seemingly irrelevant 

to you, but your colleagues have been 

giving 120% effort to ensure that we won 

over our competitors, and they deserve a 

pat on the back. Your colleagues deliver 

exceptional quality, give blood, clean up 

our environment, inspire youth and act in 

the most professional manner every day. 

We are not an ordinary company, and we 

are not a group of unrelated employees— 

we would like to share your extraordinary 

efforts and achievements so everyone can 

be reminded of how cool it is to be part of 

Rawabi Holding. 

“When people talk, 

listen completely.” 

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), 

American author and journalist 



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Sojourn in Egypt: 

The Land of Pharaohs 

By: Rex N. Noblejas 

Secretary, 

Group HR Department 

Amazing! The exact word to describe our 

feelings seeing the country with wonders 

of the world built during ancient times. 

Egypt is the travel writer’s heaven. The 

material for a destination, human interest 

and information article swarm in at you 

from every direction. 

Honestly, this trip for me was a dream 

that became a reality! Who hasn’t dreamt 

about seeing the Great Pyramids of Giza, 

not to mention the famous Sphinx, I know 

I have! And I blame it all on the movie; 

The Mummy. Ever since the fearless 

Brandon Frasier; I mean O’Connell, raised 

the infamous Imhotep from his grave. 

I knew that one day I would visit this 

magical land filled with adventure, peril 

and romance. Of course, a couple years 

later I unfortunately realized that The 

Mummy was a phony. For starters it wasn’t 

even filmed in Egypt; not one scene! Not 

to mention the story itself, although it was 

believable and very entertaining, came 

nowhere near the actual Egyptian legends. 

Dreaming didn’t stop me from wanting 

to visit this country to experience true 

Egyptian culture and to visit one of the 7 

wonders of the ancient world. ‎ 

My trip began with winning the raffle 

draw at the Rawabi Excellence Awards 

last April 26, 2012. The prize was a trip 

for two to Cairo inclusive of a 5-star hotel 

accommodation. Having the air ticket 

and accommodation would not complete 

our visit in Egypt. Fortunately, a vacation 

during Eid Al-Adha worked for our planned 

trip so I booked a four-day tour for me and 

my friend through Memphis Tours. At first 

I was afraid of becoming a victim of online 

reservation scams, there is no safe place 

anymore as many reviews will warn you. 

Prior to completing an online reservation 

for the tour, others suggested that we just 

“wing it” and visit Egypt and look for our 

own tour guide. When I visit a country, I 

like to learn about the people and their 

culture, and what better way than to have 

an actual citizen be your guide. It was 

“iffy”, but despite all the scam warnings, 

we were accommodated as Kings of the 

Memphis Tours, a company you can trust. ‎ 

Day 1 - Upon arrival in the Cairo 

International Airport, we were fetched 

by our hotel hired chauffeur. In just an 

hour of rest and setting up our room, we 

headed to our first activity, the dinner 

cruise in the Nile, one of the best tours 

we found in Egypt. We floated for 2 

hours and along with people of different 

nationalities enjoyed a tasty meal, 

excellent entertainment featuring Tanoora 

dancers and a belly dancer and an 

unforgettable evening of stargazing along 

the Nile banks. ‎ 

The Great Sphinx stands on the Giza Plateau 

Day 2 - Our second day of touring in Cairo 

began with a drive south to the recently 

rediscovered city of Memphis. Not the one 

with Elvis but the one with Ramses II. It 

was rediscovered recently when a resident 

of the town dug a foundation to build a 

coffee shop and discovered a huge statue. 

He called the authorities who excavated 

the site. That statue of Ramses II is now on 

display in a building that was built around 

it at the place where it was found. Around 

the site are some of the other artifacts 

also found at this site. Most of the objects 

are in remarkably good condition. The 

sphinx in the middle of the site is known 

as the Alabaster Sphinx since it’s made 

from alabaster. There are also two large 

matching statues of Ramses II. 

Our trip included a visit to a trade 

school where girls as young as twelve, 

with flashing fingers, wove carpets and 

tapestries of pure silk. 

Mr. Sherif, our tour guide, stunned us 

with his eagerly shared knowledge of every 

facet of ancient and modern Egyptian life 

while we were visiting every spot. Our last 

stop was to visit the three main pyramids 

Mr. Sherif, our tour guide, with the Great 

Pyramids of Giza standing majestically behind 

us 

of Giza, the pyramid of Khufu (the great 

pyramid), Khafre, and Menkaure. The 

Great Pyramid is awesome and even 

taller and bigger in real life. Our next 

stop was the Sphinx. My friend and I had 

our picture taken and we got a little bit 

of information from our tour guide. We 

made a quick stop at an Egyptian papyrus 

store. It was very educational. They 

walked us through the process in which 

the plant becomes the paper. We and I 

were convinced to buy some of the master 

pieces that has a touch of Egyptian art 

(they were pretty expensive, but I can see 

why! They’re handmade and beautiful! We 

then visited a cotton factory where shirts 

made of 100% Egyptian cotton were on 

sale, and we bought a few pieces. 

Day 3 - The next day was a more relaxed, 

non rushed day, a day of a long drive to 

see the beauty of Alexandria, the secondlargest 

city of Egypt, with a population 

of 4.1 million, extending about 32 km 

along the coast of the Mediterranean 

Sea in the north central part of the 

country. Our first visit was in Catacombs 

(meaning underground tunnels) which 

lie in the district of Karmouz to the east 

of Alexandria. The area was called Kom 

El-Shouqafa or a pile of shards. The 

cemetery dates back to the 1 st century 

A.D. and was used until the 4 th century 

A.D. It was discovered in 1900 when 

by pure chance, a donkey drawn cart 

fell into a pit. The façade of the main 

burial chamber is decorated with some 

Greek elements, such as the shield of 

the Goddess Athena, on top of which is 

the head of Medusa, and as we know, 

according to the ancient Greek myths, 

Medusa was able to petrify anyone who 

looked into her eyes. The representation 

of Medusa here was to protect the tomb. 

Under Medusa is a huge serpent with a 

double crown. Once we enter the burial 

chamber, which was completely cut into 

the rock, we see 3 large recesses, each 

one containing a sarcophagus. The burial 

chamber has a vaulted roof supported by 

4 square pillars whose capitals take the 

shape of Papyrus. ‎ 

Our next stop was Pompey’s Pillar; it is 

the biggest memorial column in Egypt. It 

is made of red granite, its total height is 

about 27 meters, diameter at the base of 

2.7meter and 2.3 on top. The memorial 

column was erected in honor of the Roman 

Emperor, as a sign of gratitude. Of course, 

we didn’t passup on the opportunity to 

take pictures of every historic subject we 

saw in that area. 

Then we headed to the city proper to 

visit Citadel of Qaitbay. The Citadel is 

situated at the entrance of the eastern 

harbor on the eastern point of the Pharos 

Island. It was erected on the exact site 

of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria. 

The lighthouse continued to function 

until the time of the Arab conquest, 

then several disasters occurred and the 

shape of lighthouse was changed to some 

extent, but it still continued to function. 

During the 11 th century an earthquake 

destroyed the top of the lighthouse and 

the bottom was used as a watchtower. A 

small Mosque was built on top and said 

to be the old Mosque in Alexandria. About 

1480 A.D. the place was fortified as part 

of the coastal defensive edifices. At a later 

date, a castle looking citadel was built 

as a prison for princes and state-man. 

Currently, the citadel is now a Maritime 

Museum. ‎ 

After yet another sumptuous lunch (which 

we waited an hour for), we headed to our 

last stop, the Library of Alexandria, known 

as Bibliotheca Alexandrina. No. It is not 

the original Royal Library of Alexandria, 

Citadel of Qaitbay 

but a revival of it. According to our tour 

guide, the Library contains more than 

8 million books and a reading area with 

2000 seats. ‎ 

Day 4 - The Last day of our journey started 

as early as 9:00am to visit the Egyptian 

Museum. This museum is just packed 

full of every Egyptian treasure you can 

imagine. Mr. Sherif gave us a quick basic 

tour of the first floor, then we were left 

on our own to visit exhibits such as King 

Tutankhamun’s golden mask and tomb 

treasures and the mummy room (I bravely 

saw 11 royal mummies preserved ). The 

whole second floor (or almost all of it) is 

dedicated to the treasures found in King 

The giant statue 

of Ramesses II in 

Memphis weighs 

83 tons 

Tutankhamun’s tomb. Its amazing to see 

how much possessions he had and he 

was only Pharaoh for approximately 10 

years, imagine if they found a closed tomb 

for a Pharaoh that lived his whole term; 

40-50 years somehow, they will need 

15 Egyptian museums just to display all 

his possessions. The Egyptian Museum 

is something that is well worth the 

entrance fee and is a must see for every 

tourist, like us! A quick visit to old Cairo 

was made possible like Mohamed Ali 

Alabaster Mosque which was designed by 

the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish 

man who came especially from Istanbul to 

build the great mosque for Mohamed Ali, 

the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled 

over 45 years. ‎ 

Like most of the tourists do in visiting 

the country, shopping should not be 

deleted from the itinerary. We visited the 

1000-year-old bazaar Khan El Khalili of 

Cairo and its staggering array of shops. 

Everything from lamb, herbs, spices and 

shirts to artistically crafted 18k Egyptian 

gold. Egyptians are very friendly, and at no 

time did we feel threatened, in spite of the 

country’s situation. Go, and be enthralled. 

Our amazing and enjoyable sojourn in 

Egypt ended as we boarded the plane at 

5:30 in the afternoon of 28th October 

2012 back to Dammam, Kingdom of 

Saudi Arabia. 

Our tour in the “Land of the Pharaohs” 

was a remarkable one, one should not 

miss. It was more than reading the history 

as written in the books. Being there is 

such a wonder. 



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New Employees 

‏ Powered by People 

The people of Rawabi Holding are at the core of our company. As a united team, we boldly reach for the sky while respecting what 

holds us firmly to the ground. 

It is our people who enable us to tackle new challenges, extend our services and actively add new offerings to our growing portfolio. 

The personal sense of responsibility each employee feels fuels our hard work and determination and helps make us a success each 

and every day. 

We welcome all new members and wish them a successful journey with Rawabi Holding. 

It is our hard work 

and determination 

that creates results. 

We are 

Rawabi Holding. 

Powered by dedicated, 

talented and 

committed people. 


Mohamed Kandil 

Oracle ERP HR Consultant 

Ahmad Elfadeel 

Chief Accountant – Delocalized 

Finance Unit, RSC 

Ezzuldeen AlSaud 

Accountant – Delocalized Finance Unit, 

RE 

Lina AlTamimi 

Administrative Assistant 

Rawabi Swiber 

Offshore Services 

Tikhonov Vadim 

Port Engineer 


Contracting 

Anu Pillai 

Estimation Engineer 

Arun Kangara Mani 

Estimation Engineer 

Lijo Pappachen Thomas 

Design Engineer 

Abdul Haleem Jaffar Ali 

Sales Engineer 

“When people show you who they are, believe 

them the first time.” 

Marriages 

Congratulations 

to Alaa Albakri, 

legal coordinator 

of Group Legal 

Department, who 

“tied the knot” 

with Mr. Wessam 

Al-Shehabi on 27 th Dec 2012. We wish the 

new couple a happy married life. 

Personal News 

We would like to 

congratulate Mr. 

Hassan Ghani, 

Maintenance 

Supervisor at 

Rawabi Holding, on 

the completion of 

his daughter Rahna 

the class of XII at 

International Indian 

School Dammam 

with a very high 

score of 94.2%. 

Powered ‏ By People 

Rawabi United Safety 

Services 

- Maya Angelou, American author 



Nasser Hussein Al-Mahdi 

Mud Engineer 

Mazen Alzahrani 

Warehouse Coordinator 

Muhammad 

Imran Khan 

Site H2S Specialist 

Salman Ahmed 

Khan Ghouri 


Iqbal Mussarat 


Althaf Saheb 

Kota 

H2S Specialist 

Ali Javed 

Assistant H2S 

Specialist 

Malek Ouda Jaza 

Shammary 

Material Planner 

Abdul Rehman 

Saeed 

Service Technician 

Zohaib Ali 

Service Technician 

Imran Muhammad 

Akram 

Administrator 

Newborn Babies 

Abdullah 

Son of 

Saad Awadat, 

Sales Engineer at 


Support Services, 

born on 16 th 

December 

Jori 

Daughter of Isam 

Al Tamari, Support 

Services Officer at 


Support Services, 

born on 22 nd 

October 

Mohammed 

Son of 

Basheer 

Mohammed 

Mahmood, 

HR Coordinator 

at Rawabi RSCC 

Yanbu Area, born 

on 7 th November 

Eilidh 

Reese 

Daughter of 

Rex N. Noblejas, 

HR Secretary in 

Rawabi Holding, 

born on 

9 th November 

An unexpected 

blessing is always 

the best gift! 

Babies are the most 

beautiful gifts from 

God. 

May your small one 

grow strong and 

happy under your 

care and love. 



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Events 

Events 


Open Day 

Where: Fazran Oilwell Area 

When: Thursday, 29 th Nov 2012‎ 

A Day to Remember 

By Nada Tahir 

The Rawabi Holding Open Day held on 

29th November at Sunset Beach promised 

an ‎entire day of fun and relaxation by the 

sea for all female employees. However, 

it turned ‎out to be all that and more as 

the gorgeous weather and scenic locale of 

the AlTurki ‎chalet only accentuated the 

festive atmosphere and mood of the event. 

Since it was my ‎first time attending the 

open day, I went in a little apprehensive 

about the program and ‎whether or not it 

really would be as 

enjoyable as the 

itinerary suggested 

but came out 

‎simultaneously 

delighted and 

touched by the 

day’s activities 

and the warmth of 

those ‎present.‎ 

From an amazing 

beachside lunch 

under a cloud cover 

and conversations marked by ‎laughter to 

plenty of snacks and food to boot, the 

day began on a high note that never ‎once 

dipped with time. My favorite part though 

remains the boat ride that was so fun we 

‎took it twice. Lasting about an hour, the 

experience was made even more charming 

by ‎the absolutely amazing weather that 

we were lucky to have on that particular 

day and ‎needless to add the excitement 

on the dock was contagious. Surprisingly 

though, ‎instead of tiring us out the 

cruise aptly rejuvenated us for what was 

to follow: games! ‎Be it Taboo, Jeopardy 

and Charades or a hilarious ice breaking 

session and bridal ‎dress competition, the 

games had all of us squealing, shouting 

and laughing ‎throughout. Everyone 

participated and had a good time which 

for me, made this the ‎perfect way to 

end a day marked by great company. I 

left the beach incredibly happy ‎that I 

came and extremely touched by everyone 

present there. A special mention for the 

‎Corporate Communications Department 

for organizing the amazing day, Ms. Noaf 

and ‎Ms. Rana for opening their home 

to us, everyone who came and made 

it so enjoyable ‎and Muneera for single 

handedly devising the most fun and 

exciting games ever. It ‎then goes without 

saying, I simply cannot wait for the next 

Open Day and a special ‎note to all those 

who could not make it this year, do NOT 

miss it next time!‎ 


Holding’s 

5 th Annual 

Get-together 

By Rex Noblejas 

In its fifth consecutive year, Rawabi 

Holding’s Filipino employees once again 

gathered last 26 th ‎December 2012 

to celebrate the holiday season. The 

event which took place at Gulf Darbar 

‎Restaurant in Al Khobar gives them a rare 

opportunity to get acquainted with other 

employees ‎across different business units. 

Another objective of the get-together is to 

share a part of the funds with the victims 

of typhoon “Pablo” in the Southern 

Philippines. ‎ 

Continued on Page 28... 



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Events 

Events 

Rawabi Holding’s 5 th 

Annual Get-together 

(Continued from previous page) 

To keep the excitement going, a raffle 

draw was organized giving away tons of 

gifts to the ‎attendees. The winners of the 

major prizes are:‎ 

First prize: 32” LED Backlight TV - Ruben 

Briones 

Second prize: Microwave Oven - Willie 

Aradanas, RE 

Third prize: Electrical Oven - Kyle 

Padcayan, RISS ‎ 

A singing contest highlighted the event 

wherein representatives from different 

business units ‎showcased their singing 

prowess. Judged by Mr. and Mrs. Primar 

Asuncion and Mrs. Maika ‎Galinato, only 

three made it to compete in the finals. The 

winners are:‎ 

First place: Christian Dave Zoleta, RISS 

Second place: Arvee Denuevo, RISS 

Third place: Joe Alfanta, Rawabi Hot-Hed 

The winners received cash as their prize.‎ 

The get-together was organized by 

Primar Asuncion, Acting Chief Financial 

Controller; Jose Rey ‎Gindap II, Accounts 

and Office Coordinator of Rawabi Trading 

and Contracting; Jerry ‎Ravanera, Executive 

Secretary - Office of the Group President 

& CEO; and Raymond ‎Teodocio, Corporate 

Communications Coordinator. Special 

thanks to Mr. Blas Dalumpines for ‎lending 

his MediaCom Videoke Sound System, 

Joey Anatalio for taking photos and Rex 

‎Noblejas for hosting the event. ‎ 

Our deepest gratitude to the Rawabi 

Holding management for the financial and 

moral support ‎they always extend as well 

as to Rawabi Industrial Safety Services 

and Rawabi United Safety ‎Services 

management for the financial support. 

Everyone in the event left with a smile and 

‎wonderful experience to share with their 

loved ones.‎ 

Rawabi Holding Training Sessions 

Recently, several in-house training courses were conducted at Rawabi Holding in order ‎to 

enrich the knowledge, skills and experiences of our employees.‎ 

Time 

Management 

Skills 

Session 1: September 29-30 

Session 2: October 2-3 



Session 5: November 6-7 

Session 6: December 4-5 

Congratulations to Rawabi 

Holding Basketball Team 

October 21, 2012 - Rawabi Holding 

basketball team emerged as champion 

in the concluded ‎12 th UFBF Fahd Alireza 

Engineering Consultants basketball 

tournament held at the Al Qadisia ‎Sports 

Club, Al Khobar. Rawabi Team won their 

final match against Gubat Team (82-79) 

to ‎claim the Junior Division D-B trophy. 

There are 8 participating teams in this 

division. The ‎company sponsored team 

is composed of Rawabi Holding Group’s 

employees.‎ 

Congratulations to each and every team 

member on this success!‎ 

“Don’t ever confuse your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.”‎ 

– Anna Quindlen (1952-present), American author and journalist 



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Events 

Exibitions & Conferences 

Team 

Building 

Skills 

Session 1: November 20-21 

6 th Middle East 

Nondestructive 

Testing Conference 

& Exhibition 2012‎ 

When: October 7-10, 2012‎ 

Where: Gulf International Convention Centre, 

Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain 

Presentation 

Skills 


HSE Training 

Session 1: December 5 

Session 2: December 6 


“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”‎ 

– James Thurber (1894 –1961), American author‎ 



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Exibitions & Conferences 

Abu Dhabi 

International 

Petroleum Exhibition 

and Conference 2012 

‎ 

When: November 11-14, 2012‎ 

Where: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC)‎, 

United Arab Emirates 

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