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Issue 36 Jan-Mar 2014
Making A Difference
IN THIS ISSUE
01 Making a Difference
06 Business newS
13 Team Contributions
16 Powered by PEOPLE
22 Events
24 Exhibitions & Conferences
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Rawabi Holding
UK Awards
As part of the Saudi British Society’s
annual dinner in London held February, 5th
2014, Rawabi Holding awarded two prizes
to British individuals who have made an
outstanding contribution to furthering
Saudi–British relations: Sir James Craig
and Mr. Michael Field. The Rawabi
UK Awards (part of Rawabi Holding’s
Community Investment Program) were
presented by Sheikh Abdulaziz AlTurki,
Chairman of Rawabi Holding Group with
the esteemed presence of Group President
and CEO Mr. Osman Ibrahim, Mr. Darren
Yeo, Executive Director and CEO of
Vallianz Holdings Limited, Mr. Ahmed
Al Qadeeb, General Manager Rawabi
Trading & Contracting and a group of
Rawabi Holding’s guests, as well as those
attending the Saudi British Society’s
annual dinner.
Rawabi UK Award winners are chosen
annually by a committee selected by the
Saudi British Society representing a wide
range of fields in which they have made
a contribution, including education,
literature, journalism, sport, women’s
affairs, welfare and medicine.
Photo: (Form left) Mr. Osman Ibrahim,
Sheikh Abdulrahman AlTurki, Sir James Craig,
Mr. Michael Field, Sheikh Abdulaziz AlTurki
and Dr. Osama Khouri
Making A Difference
Making A Difference
Global
Shapers
AlKhobar – KSA, March 2014:
Rawabi Holding signed an agreement
with Global Shapers Community, part
of the World Economic Forum, in
AlKhobar. This agreement aims to unify
the efforts produced by and between
Rawabi Holding and the campaign “Set
Your Direction” led by Global Shapers as
one of their community initiatives, which
both work for the benefit of students to
support them in determining a career
future corresponding to their talents and
supporting the activities presented at the
annual Rawabi Talent Exhibit (RTE), led
by Rawabi Holding.
With the support of the Ministry of
Education, Global Shapers will visit
students at schools based in the Eastern
Province to present them with a variety
of job professions and encourage them
to visit the exhibit to ask their questions
during the open dialogue sessions. They
will also lend their support during the
Talent Exhibit to represent the careers
in the booths throughout the duration of
RTE.
Local Global Shapers Community
Founding Curator Turki Al Theyeb pointed
out that “there are no limits to serving our
communities and our society, we believe
in the positive effects of our initiative
on the long run: it will help decrease
unemployment and the turnover rate
across all sectors. It will also increase
each individual’s knowledge to better
evaluate their skills and build a brighter
future for themselves and their children.
We also aim to produce a year-end final
report with the results of our work and
present it to the Ministry of Education to
further build on our initiative.”
More than a 100 professionals already
volunteered with the Global Shapers
initiative since the launch of their “Set
Your Direction” campaign online, and
they have shown a very enthusiastic
response to help answer the youth’s
questions via a customized e-mail. The
questions sent by the students or young
males and females are categorized and
sent to the adequate professional whose
answers are then filtered, verified and
sent back to the students.
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Employee Rewards Program
Volunteer Categories
Category
Committee Membership
(such as a monthly recycling committee)
Company Sponsored Visits
(such as the juvenile detention center)
Company Sponsored Campaigns
Volunteer
Rewards
Program
Mrs. Hanaa Almoaibed, Group
Corporate
Social
Responsibility
Manager,
presented
a
CSR
presentation
introducing
the
Corporate
Community
Service
Employee
Rewards
Program
highlighting ways employees will be
rewarded for their participation in
social events organized by Rawabi
Holding. The presentation was
attended by the Group President
& CEO Mr. Osman Ibrahim, The
VP, Corporate Services Ms. Noaf
Corporate Community Service
(such as the Annual Blood Donation Campaign or Pick it Up)
4-8 points
Training Courses
4 points
Corporate Event Committee
2-4 points
Salary Donations
2-4 points
(such as Open Day for employees)
(such as Together to Save Jeddah)
Suggesting a New Initiative
“If your actions
inspire others to
dream more, learn
more, do more and
become more; you
are a leader.”
– John Adams (17671848), Sixth President of
the United States, American
diplomat and congressional
representative
4-8 points
2 points
(such as an effective communication course)
Mrs. Farah Alghamdi and a number of
Rawabi Holding employees from within
the Group.
4 points/month
Internal Campaign Coordination
(such as collecting used computers to donate)
AlTurki, Group HR Manager Mr.
Nawaf Dhubaib, Retail Advisor
Mr. Abdulaziz Alzohairi, Acting
Corporate Communications Manager
Points
2 points
Employees are given the chance to gain up to 84 points by participating in the CSR
Department’s offered programs each year. Points are reset at the beginning of the new year.
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Rewards
Points
Reward
Recognition
12
—
Name included in Rawabi News CSR section
24
—
Photo and name included in Rawabi News
CSR section
36
—
Photo and name included in Rawabi News
CSR section with brief write up
48
SR 300 toward end of year donation toward
organization of RHC’s choice with a certificate
from the organization
60
—
1
72
—
1
84
SR 500 toward end of year donation toward
organization of RHC’s choice with a certificate
from the organization
⁄8 page coverage photo and name included in
Rawabi News CSR section with write up
1
Diabetes
Screening
When:24th February, 4th March,
2014
Where:RHC, RE, RSE, RISS,
RSC, Rawabi Archer
⁄4 page coverage in Rawabi News with write up
⁄2 page coverage in Rawabi News with write up
Picture on front page of Rawabi News with full
write up and photos
In addition to a certificate that is awarded by company management at a special awards ceremony and a nomination for
the Corporate Community Service Awards that is distributed during the annual Rawabi Awards Ceremony
Career Guidance
Workshop
Rawabi Holding Chair
at KAUST
Rawabi Holding’s CSR Unit organized a Color Q Test
and Career Guidance Workshop on Monday, 3rd of February
2014, for 24 students from Mecca High School in Dammam
in cooperation with Dr. Mubarak Al-Dossary, Career Guidance
Specialist. Students were introduced to various disciplines
and majors that they can pursue at university later on.
Additionally the panelists who were volunteers from the Saudi
Aramco Professional Development Academy- presented their
own stories of success to show them that through goodwill and
strength any goal can be achieved.
It gives us great pleasure to announce
that Professor Jean-Luc Bredas has
recently been appointed as the Rawabi
Holding Research Chair to lead research
in solar and voltaic engineering, with
a focus on chemistry and solar energy
programs in King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Professor Bredas is a world renowned and highly recognized
scholar in his field and has co-authored over 950 scientific
papers and several books. He has chaired more than 15
international conferences around the world and is considered
a leading expert in his field.
Annual Appraisal
4
# of volunteer points
Addition to appraisal score
12
.05
24
.10
36
.15
48
.20
60
.25
72
.30
More
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Business News
Business‫ ‏‬News
RAWABI HOLDING
Shadow Board of Directors
A new term has begun for the Rawabi
Shadow Board of Directors in which new
members were selected and the purpose
of the Board was restated. It is worth
noting that the purpose of the Shadow
Board of Directors is to prepare future
leaders within the group and discuss
ideas relating to business at Rawabi
Holding at the strategic level.
During the first Board meeting,
Chaired by Mr. Osman Ibrahim, the
Group President & CEO, all present new
members elected the Board Chairperson
and discussed plans to move forward.
Mrs. Hanaa Almoaibed, Group
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
was elected as the Chairperson for the
second term. Congratulations to Mrs.
Almoaibed and to the new members:
Renewed membership for second term:
Ghaleb AlGoutani (RHC)
Primar Asuncion (RHC)
Mostafa Alsharief (RHC)
Newly selected members:
Dheya Alshahabya (RE)
Abdulla Ezzat (RSOS)
Basma Bakhsh (RHC)
Saleh AlTowaileb (RHC-RSC)
Nada Tahir (RE)
Lina AlTamimi (RTC)
HSE Committee Meeting
The Health, Safety & Environment
(HSE) Committee Meeting was held on
February 2, 2014 at Nesma Auditorium.
The HSE achievements for 2013 were
highlighted and HSE plans for 2014
were discussed. The quarterly meeting,
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spearheaded by Mr. Yousef Bayabi,
Group HSE Advisor, was attended by Mr.
Osman Ibrahim, Group President & CEO
and the chairperson of the committee,
and the HSE committee members.
Congratulations to Mrs.
Hanaa Almoaibed
for
becoming
the
Group
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Manager, as the
CSR Unit has been reestablished as an
independent department.
Mrs. Almoaibed joined Rawabi
Holding in 2010 as the Head of the
Corporate Social Responsibility Unit
and since joining Rawabi Holding;
Mrs. Hanaa has been leading Rawabi
Holding’s Self Discovery Program, which
falls under the broader umbrella of
Youth Empowerment, the cause chosen
by Rawabi Holding’s stakeholders as
a pressing social issue to pioneer. In
December 2011, she was appointed
as Deputy Corporate Communications
Manager and later promoted to Group
Corporate Communications Manager in
addition to her role as CSR Unit Head.
Shortly thereafter Mrs. Almoaibed was
promoted to Group Corporate Social
Responsibility Manager.
Wishing her all the success with her
new challenges.
Congratulations to Mrs.
Farah Alghamdi
for becoming the
Acting Corporate
Communications
Manager.
M r s .
Alghamdi joined Rawabi Holding in
September 2011 in the CSR team. In
January 2014 Farah was promoted to be
the Acting Corporate Communications
Manager, in which she is responsible
for the Group’s internal and external
communications as well as managing
the Rawabi Holding Brand. Prior to
that, she was working in the Food and
Beverage company Yareem Arabia as
Administration Manager, overseeing
HR, Logistics and Legal aspects of
the company and supporting the daily
operations.
We wish her all the success with her
new challenges.
Business News
Training & Certifications
Oilfield Services
• Naveed
Ahmed,
Specialist has been
NEBOSH-IGC
• Nagendra Prasad,
Specialist has been
NEBOSH-IGC
Rawabi Trading &
Contracting (RTC)
of Saudi Arabia. Sichuan Honghua
Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd, is a
high-tech enterprise specialized in
petroleum drilling, production, design,
manufacturing, equipment assembling
and services.
H2S
Safety
certified with
H2S Safety
certified with
Rawabi Swiber
Offshore Services
(RSOS)
Rawabi United
safety services
(RUSS)
With high level safety performance
and zero accidents reported, Rawabi
Trading & Contracting (RTC) together with
Sichuan Honghua Petroleum Equipment
Co. Ltd have successfully completed
the installation and commissioning
of the donated training rig by Saudi
Aramco to the Saud Petroleum Services
Polytechnic (SPSP). The project
completion was followed by an official
opening ceremony on February 27th,
2014 under the patronage and in the
presence of His Royal Highness Prince
Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
Governor of KSA’s Eastern Province,
accompanied by his Excellency Ali
Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum
& Mineral Resources and the President
& CEO of Saudi Aramco Mr. Khalid AlFalih and other Saudi Aramco Senior
Executives.
In correlation, RTC has recently
signed a new agreement with Sichuan
Honghua Petroleum Equipment Co.
Ltd to establish a rig and rig equipment
manufacturing,
fabrication
and
refurbishment facility in the Kingdom
Rawabi Swiber Offshore Services
(RSOS), is increasing its cooperation
with Saudi Aramco by adding more
vessels as well as expanding its
operations within the GCC.
RSOS Open Day
Latest Projects
• Rawabi United Safety Services
Company Limited (RUSS) has been
awarded a two year contract from
EXPRo for their turn key project of
Saudi Aramco Completion Sites.
RUSS will be providing HSE Officers
with the other normal package of Site
H2S Safety Specialist and Wireless
Gas Detection Systems.
• RUSS has been awarded an
extension in its contract with Baker
Hughes Underbalanced Drilling
Project (XTD) for another two years.
• RUSS has successfully completed
Saudi Aramco Mobile Refinery
Company (SAMREF) plant shutdown
safety watch job.
RSOS held its Open Day on February
27, 2014 at the Aziza- Halfmoon
Beach.
RSOS plans to hold an open day
for employees every two months in
an effort to motivate employees and
strengthen the relationships between
team members.
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Business News
Productivity Committee
RSOS is establishing a Productivity
Committee in an effort to share ideas to
improve the work flow. Each idea will be
discussed individually, rewarding those
who’s suggestions are successful and
increase efficiency.
Business News
Contracting & Industrial Services
Rawabi Specialized
Contracting (RSC)
IHC. To maneuver this dredger, RSC
bought a multi-craft made by IHC too.
The value of both assets is around SR
40,000,000.00.
RSC acquired these assets as it
is targeting to increase its business
activities in dredging and reclamation.
RSC has submitted a separate bid for
two major projects in Dammam and
Ras Al Khair Ports and is hoping to win
the bids soon.
Farewell Gathering
of Mohammed Abdul
Quadeer
“One right and honest
definition of business
is mutual helpfulness.”
‎‎- William Feather (1889 - 1981),
American publisher and author
RCS’ Most
Expensive Fixed
Asset
Rawabi Electric (RE) recently
successfully underwent the DEKRA
surveillance audit successfully with
zero non-compliance in the below
certifications:
Congratulations to the entire Rawabi
Electric team for this outstanding
achievement!
“Every adversity,
every failure, every
heartache carries with
it the seed on an equal
or greater benefit.”
‎‎- Napoleon Hill (1883- 1970),
American author
Rawabi Specialized Contracting
Company (RSC) bought its most
expensive fixed asset, BEAVER 65
DDSP. It is a dismountable non
propelled cutter suction dredger,
manufactured by the giant Dutch
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Quality Assurance
• ISO 9001:2008
• OHSAS 18001:2007
• ISO 14001:2004
...
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Rawabi
Electric (RE)
“I wish everyone and the company
future success and hope that the
company grows to be the topmost in
the Kingdom. Thank you for making my
“work” a real pleasure.”
These were the touching words of Mr.
Mohammed Abdul Quadeer (SAMREF,
Yanbu Project Manager) as he said his
goodbyes during his farewell gathering
last March 18, 2014. With the presence
of Rawabi Group President and CEO Mr.
Osman Ibrahim, the management team
of RSC organized a retirement/farewell
gathering for Mr. Quadeer and honored
him for completing 18 years of hard
work and dedication in service of the
company.
We thank Mr. Quadeer for his
devotion and loyalty and wish him a
happy life.
Business News
• Rawabi Electric won an offer to
supply 60 ea Shelters to Saudi
Aramco.
• After tough competition with
Chinese, American and European
suppliers, RE was selected by
General Electric to supply Rawabi
Electric’s flagship Portable Control
Centers to Power Plant 13 and
14 in Riyadh. This order marks a
great start to a lucrative business
relationship with General Electric
and Rawabi Electric aspires to not
only meet their expectations but to
surpass them.
• Rawabi Electric won a contract
from Mohamed A. Al Swailem
Group for 112 Mounting Racks for
their installation of leak detection
and corrosion monitoring systems
project.
• Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd
awarded RE a contract to supply
448 Junction boxes for their Jeddah
South Thermal Power Plant Project
whilst Petrofac Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd.
signed a contract for the provision
of Panelboards and Lighting
Control Panels for their Rabigh II
Petrochemical project this quarter.
Being chosen to provide products
for such prestigious companies is
not only a great achievement for
the entire team of RE but also for
the larger Rawabi Holding family.
Congratulations!
• RE concluded the supply of their
flagship Portable Power Center
(Remote Motor Control Center) to
Yanbu export refineries.
AlTurki. Lunch was preceded by
presenting appreciation awards to a
number of RE employees as not all
achievers could be recognized at the
Rawabi Holding Appreciation Awards
2013. The employees honored for
their outstanding contribution in the
year 2013 were:
1. Rajeev Nair
2. Abdulkarim Jaffer Al Zaher
3. Kamal Ahmed
4. Rony Chakkalakkal
5. Arunraj Assariparambil
6. Manas Saha
7. Berwyn Magura
8. Dheya Alshehabeya
9. Puthenkudy Rajan Varghese
10. Senthil Kumar Nagarajan
Recreational News
Rawabi Electric (RE)
Annual Lunch
Rawabi Electric held its Annual
Lunch on the 19th of January 2014.
The event was attended by the
GroupPresident & CEO, Mr. Osman
Ibrahim who was awarded plaques
of appreciation by the management
which he accepted on behalf of the
Group Chairman, Sheikh Abdulaziz
Rawabi
Electric
won
the
championship title against Bitumat
with the score of 118–114 from
the prestigious Philipino Basketball
Association (PBA) which was held
at SADIP Megadome Dammam, 2nd
Industrial City on the 27th of December
2013. We congratulate the entire RE
team for their dedication to the sport
and the company management for
encouraging their participation and
ensuring their full support.
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Business News
Rawabi Industrial
Support Services
(RISS)
Business News
These loading lines were inspected
from the shore towards the end
configuration close to the SeaIslands off-shore facility.
The
Applus RTD- PIT systems deploy an
ultrasonic inspection to establish
the condition of unscrapable
(submarine) pipelines. Pipelines
are
regarded
‘unscrapable’
when they do not hold facilities
such
as
scraper-launch-andreceive facilities or when other
circumstances prevent the use of
intelligent scrapers.
• Yanbu Refinery (Saudi
Aramco) for a Total Refinery
Shut-Down Job (TRS)
Latest Projects
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) –
Fourteen medium and short form
contracts were signed with various
major clients such as SADARA,
PETROKEMYA, PETROJET, YERP,
YASREF, SAFCO, amongst others.
• Postweld Heat Treatment (PWHT)
– Three contracts with different
clients such as SAFAMI, DAELIM,
SAFCO, etc.
• Cathodic Protection (CP) – Three
contracts with different clients
such as YASREF, AMT, APC for
complete CP systems and CP
material supply.
Other News from RISS
RISS has successfully completed
the following prestigious projects with
Saudi Aramco/Yanbu Refinery:
• Advanced NDT Inspection
(Sub Sea Lines Umbilical
Scraping) with Saudi
Aramco
RISS executed an Advanced
NDT (ANDT) inspection job for
Saudi Aramco together with our
Technical Partner Applus RTD for
several crude loading lines with
diameters ranging from 6” to
56” for an internal inspection to
establish the condition of these
pipelines. The lines run between
the north and south terminal at
Ras Tanura and the Sea Islands.
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RISS has successfully executed
a shutdown contract with Aramco
Yanbu Refinery where we supplied
a total of 26 API certified
mechanical plant and equipment
inspectors to carry on all inspection
activities related to Yanbu Refinery
Equipment during the 2014 Total
Refinery Shut-down.
Due to the critical nature of the
task, each plant and equipment
inspector must have the following:
• As a minimum valid API 510
and API 570 certifications
• A valid API 936 certification
• At least 10 years of experience
as a pressure vessel equipment
inspector
• At least 15 years of experience as
plant and equipment inspector
• Knowledgeable of the American
Society
of
Mechanical
Engineers’ (ASME) Section VIII,
V, IX pressure vessel and (ASME)
B31.3 for process piping
• Experienced with the API
standard implementation and
application such as API 510,
API 570, API 572, API 574, API
577, CWI, and API 571
• Other special qualifications
Retail
Rawabi Travel &
Tourism (RTT)
• Cathodic Protection System
Assessment-Saudi Aramco,
AMT
RISS is currently undertaking
this project and the objective
is to restore and integrate Al
Mu’ajjiz Terminal (AMT) for AL
and ASL crude oil for importation,
exportation and supply to local
refineries. Our scope is to provide
an inspection and assessment to
evaluate the condition of existing
AMT cathodic protection systems
with the guidelines of Saudi
Aramco Standards.
We are pleased to announce that
Rawabi Travel & Tourism (RTT) has
signed its first agreement with Rawabi
Wireless Solutions Company.
Hoping that this agreement will bring
satisfactory results to both parties.
Middle East
Corrosion Conference
(MECC-2014)
RISS participated in the Middle
East Corrosion Conference (MECC2014), which was held in Bahrain 2-5
February 2014, where the company
had a great chance to network with
clients and to market its products/
services in the field of NDT, ANDT,
PWHT, Cathodic Protection and
Corrosion Control Services.
RISS’ technical partners Allied
Engineers, India and MetriCorr,
Denmark participated with them
and exhibited their products and
conducted workshops attracting a
large audience.
Pictures of the event are on the
back cover page of the magazine.
“Every great advance
in science has issued
from a new audacity of
imagination.”
‎‎- John Dewey (1859-1952),
American philosopher and
psychologist
News from the
Gymboree Playfloor…‎
Congratulations to Mrs. Rommleigh Abdi for becoming the
Site Manager in Gymboree Play & Learn. Mrs. Abdi joined
Rawabi Holding Group in 2010 as Head Facilitator for the
Business Unit Gymboree Play & Learn. Prior to joining
Rawabi Holding, Mrs. Abdi owned and ran a preschool in
the Aramco Dhahran camp for 10 years which included
many activities and classes for children.
Wishing her all the success in her future.
Contact us at: 013 887 3830, 013 887 3831
Email us on: [email protected]
Visit our website: www.gymboreeclasses-ksa.com where you will also find a link
to our Facebook, Twitter & Instragram accounts.
Hip Hip Hooray, It’s a Gymboree day!!
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Business News
Team Contributions
Internal Auditing:
Welcome to
the World,
Baby!
Key To Improving
Organizational
Governance &
Risk Management
By: Johanna Fowler
Expecting a new baby, or just
welcomed a new arrival into your
family? Knowing how to encourage
your baby’s development will give
them the very best start to life
and their first year of life when
their development will be at the
highest rate of any other time in
their life. A baby’s brain is not
fully formed at birth and will
double in size within their first 12
months so how a parent interacts
with their baby will enhance their
development greatly.
Newborn babies will sleep around
16-17 hours each day and will need
quiet restful places without being
passed around to too many visitors.
Baby will only see as far as around
30cm – just enough to look into the eye
of those who hold them and in black &
white during these early months. Toys
that have faces, strong colors and are
close enough for baby to see will all help
with developing their vision. Mobiles are
an excellent toy. Classical music has
shown to help baby’s brain development
at this stage as well. Smile and talk to
baby as much as you can while they
are awake. The safest sleep position for
baby is on their back with a clear space
free from toys or blankets and always in
smoke free air. Remember all children,
even babies from birth should always be
in infant carseats to keep them safe in
your car.
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At One Month of age baby will be
able to see further and will start to be
able to follow with their eyes. Encourage
baby to track items with their eyes by
holding bright or shinny toys or those
with rattles in front of them and moving
it slowly side to side. A baby’s head is
very large in proportion to the rest of
their body and they will need to have
their head supported until they are able
to hold it up themselves.
At around 8 Weeks your baby will
be starting to smile at faces and turn
to look at noises and sounds around
them. Singing nursery rhymes and
songs, talking and smiling to your baby
will encourage these lovely first smiles.
Help baby to develop head control by
supporting them with pillows when they
are sitting or in their carseat and allow
baby plenty of time on their tummy to
help neck muscles develop. Baby may
now begin to start reaching out and
trying to hit toys in front of them so toys
such as baby gyms are great for this
stage.
Babies of 3 Months are now
developing their hand – eye coordination
as well as the parts of the brain
controlling speech. Baby will now look
at you while ‘gurgling’ or speaking in
their own special way. Talk to baby as
much as you can, read stories and play
funny face games in order to receive the
best giggles and smiles! Babies will now
be able to recognize and remember the
people most special to them. Baby will
need lots of tummy time to develop their
neck muscles further.
From 4-6 Months baby may be
beginning to roll over so avoid placing
baby on beds or couches they may roll
off. Toys will end up in baby’s mouth now
so avoid any items which may have sharp
or loose parts and never anything small
enough to fit fully inside their mouth.
Toys should be cleaned regularly and if
possible not shared with other babies or
children to avoid passing germs. Baby
will be able to see across a room and will
now be seeing more colours but bright
colourful toys are still best. From six
months they may only want to be with
those they know and strange faces may
receive tears and crying. Fun games
of ‘Incy Spider’ and ‘Peek A Boo’ with
scarves or behind your hands will delight
baby now. At around 6 months baby will
be showing signs of being ready to start
solid food – they will watch you eating –
opening their mouth as they watch you
do the same and everything will be put
in their mouth.
The first six months of your baby’s
life will be the most special in their lives.
Enjoy this wonderful time with your new
baby and become fully involved in your
baby’s development to give them the
very best start to their journey of life.
By: Mohammed Zaheeruddin
Group Internal Audit Manager
Competitive pressures demand that
today’s organizations squeeze the most
they can from all their resources — and
as this article indicates, the internal
audit process is clearly among the most
critical. In addition to their responsibility
for assessing and recommending internal
controls, internal auditors’ skills in risk
management and their broad based
perspective of the organization uniquely
position them as a valuable resource for
strong corporate governance.
As a result, informed senior managers
and boards are relying on internal auditors
for advice and counsel on everything from
analysis of operations and assessment of
risk to recommendations for improved
corporate governance. Moreover, internal
audit practitioners are increasingly being
challenged to apply their expertise in
much broader ways than ever before —
such as evaluating
At its simplest, internal auditing
involves identifying the risks that could
keep an organization from achieving its
goals, making sure the organization’s
leaders know about these risks and
proactively recommending improvements
to help reduce the risks.
For internal auditing to be effective,
the organization’s leaders must be open
to discussing tough issues and seizing
opportunities to make necessary changes
for improvement. And the internal
auditors must have an independent
reporting line to the highest governing
body, ensuring them the requisite
authority to access all areas of the
organization and know that they will be
supported if and when their views differ
from those of management.
Internal auditors’ independence and
broad perspective of the organization
make them a valuable resource to
executive management and the board
of directors. They ensure that the
organization is held accountable to its
stakeholders, whether those stakeholders
are investors (as in the case of a publicly
traded company) or the general public,
served by a government organization.
Ultimately,
internal
auditors
add value to their organizations by
providing assurance, insight, and
objectivity. Internal auditors can save
their organization substantial amounts
of money and protect its reputation
in the marketplace by identifying
operating
inefficiencies,
wasteful
spending, employee theft, fraud, and
cases of noncompliance with laws or
regulations, for example. They keep
an eye on the corporate climate and
perform a variety of activities such as
assessing risks, analyzing opportunities,
suggesting improvements, promoting
ethics, ensuring accuracy of records
and financial statements, educating
senior management and the board
on critical issues, investigating fraud,
detecting wasteful spending, raising red
flags, recommending stronger controls,
monitoring compliance with rules and
regulations, and much more!
“Internal Auditors
often add value to the
organization through their
knowledge of controls
& processes and by
highlighting the risks
associated with them.”
– Mohammed Zaheeruddin
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Team Contributions
Team Contributions
Olympics Day
For The United
Colors Of
Rawabi Holding
“Powered
by
People” seemed to be
the most significant
mantra of Rawabi
Holding, the clear
manifestation of it was
the Open Day for male
employees held on a
By: Jeffrey V. Aquino
perfect day of January
Executive Secretary
3, 2014 at one of the
Rawabi Specialized Contracting
most prominent sports
centers in the province
– the Al Nahda Sports Facility in Al Khobar. The event was
initiated by the ever effective Corporate Communications
Department with the aim to not just stimulate an impeccable
harmonious relationship among the entire Rawabi Holding
members but to give leisure to everyone after a year of
dedication and commitment to the company.
Allow me to dub this gathering as the ‘Olympics Day
for the United Colors of Rawabi’. Why? Simply because,
it resembled a parade of nations when we witnessed the
different nationalities gathered in one spectacular arena.
Nepalese, Indians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Lebanese, Filipinos,
Singaporeans and of course the Saudi nationals who lined up
for the sports they love to play. Various sports activities were
the main attraction in the event wherein basketball, volleyball,
football and lawn and table tennis were the most represented
sports.
In a well-lit and smooth volleyball court, the Nepalese
showcased their prowess with meter high jumps to hammer
the volleyball. They were all aggressive on the court; no ball
was allowed to drop on their field. In each opportunity setting,
the yellow and blue Mikasa ball was an attack against the
opponent. Other nationalities played as well but it were the
Nepalese who really made themselves a force to be reckoned
with on that day.
Table tennis and lawn tennis are racket games that
require agility and precision. These two are almost similar;
the only significant difference is size of the court as lawn
tennis requires a bigger and wider field. These events were
dominated by Filipinos who played in the doubles event as
well. In lawn tennis tournaments, they have showcased their
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Safety
Attitude
By: Yousef AlBayabi
Group HSE Advisor
determination amidst the unfamiliar ground and under the
heat of the sun.
The football field was jam-packed with Arab nationals who
tried to best the moves of their idol Ronaldo Messi and Saudi
Arabia’s National Team Captain, Saud Kariri. Though no
official tournament took place, the friendly games still allowed
them to showcase their supremacy in devising offensive and
defensive tactics.
Lastly, there’s the basketball event. It wasn’t a surprise
to us all that this event was dominated by Filipinos. Four
uniformed teams battled for supremacy. The players where of
various builds and heights, some reaching the 6 foot mark and
beyond, yet their composure would have given the professional
basketball superstars a run for their money. They set the hard
court on fire with great chest passes and accurate hook shots.
Defensive man-to-man strategies were seen at the later parts
of the games. It is worth mentioning that those players with
short reach more than made up for it by matching and even
exceeding the momentum of a 6 foot player, making their
presence felt and winning the applause from the spectators.
They were instrumental in getting those hard-earned points
that ensures the teams’ win. The saying, “a ball is round,”
which means everything could happen
in a game, proved that the size of the
players doesn’t matter as luck might be
on any bench.
Above all of this showmanship,
the true essence of solidarity and
oneness was achieved on that very day.
Medals and trophies were mere addons on their displays but the spirits of
camaraderie, cooperation and teamwork
were cherished after all. To respond to
one of the company’s goals which is
Volunteerism, we must give credit to the
selfless dedication of all the volunteers
who served as event facilitators ensuring
that each Rawabi Holding member
enjoyed the activities of the day.
Whatever your nationality is...
Wherever business unit you are in...
Whatever sport you play... Open Day is
the Olympics Day for the United Colors
of Rawabi Holding!
The HSE Department strives to foster a positive safety attitude among
all Rawabi Holding employees, starting from the top-level management and
ending at the junior base level.
The issue is not a mere application of set procedures, but it is also a desire
of staying on the alert and being prepared to confront all potential hazards
at all times through allotting ample time and using the proper personal
protective equipment (PPE). Attitude also implies a sincere response to
safety instructions by going the extra mile.
You need to abide by the following concepts so that you can acquire a
good safety attitude:
• Focus: A good safety attitude means that you focus on the task and
concentrate on taking proper action. If your mind is preoccupied with
other things, you will get distracted. If you’re bored, an accidental slip
can easily occur.
• Strength: In this context, strength doesn’t at all mean muscular
strength; it’s the ability and know-how to do the right thing and stick to
appropriate set procedures at the spur of the moment, even when you are
under pressure to take shortcuts.
• Time: A good safety attitude means taking the time to do things calmly and
correctly. Doesn’t sparing a few extra minutes save a permanent injury?
If you add up life costs due to injuries, it’s obvious that simultaneously
doing the job the right way, the first time will be the best.
• Responsibility: If you do care about safety for yourself and for your coworkers, you have to take responsibility even when a task “isn’t my job.” A
good safety attitude means thinking of oneself as part of the team.
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Powered‫ ‏‬by People
New
Employees
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.
Powered By People
Rawabi Holding
Rawabi haytak
Zainab Yousef Al-Alawi
Finance Coordinator
Pushpinder Kumar
Operations Supervisor
We welcome all new members and wish them a successful journey with Rawabi Holding.
Rawabi Holding
Rawabi Swiber Offshore Services
Nawaf Aldhubaib
Aloysius Phua
Group HR Manager
Acting General Manager
Mr. AlDhubaib joined Rawabi Holding as
Group HR Manager where he oversees
the Group Personnel and the Group
Recruitment and Training units. With
the objective to move HR to a strategic
function, Mr. Dhubaib brings a wealth of
knowledge and experience after working
in leading companies such as Philips
Healthcare where he was the HR Business
Partner Healthcare in Middle East and Turkey, and HR director
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2012 and 2013. Prior
to that, he worked in Honeywell Saudi Arabia as the Area HR
Manager, Corporate HR Director in Saudi Makamin and HRIS
Specialist in Saudi Aramco earlier in his career.
Mr. Phua joined Rawabi Swiber Offshore
Services as Acting General Manager with
28 years of experience in the Republic
of Singapore Navy (RSN) holding several
senior operational and training positions.
After Retiring from the RSN, Mr. Phua
served as Director of Marketing in ST
Elect-T&S wherein he developed the
marketing strategies for the respective
market segments, both locally and internationally.
His extensive experiences along with his Bachelor’s Degree in
Science in Economics in the University of London has made Mr.
Phua all the more prepared to face the job chanllenges at RSOS.
Rawabi United Safety Services
Raed Alsenan
Abbas Habeeb Hilal Albaiji
Travel Agency Manager
Operations Manager
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Nadeer Al-Hamood
Mud Engineer
Rawabi Specialized Contracting
Shirin Badshah Zada
Safety Officer
Yaser Elsayed Habib
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Arshad Rasool
Senior QA / QC Inspector
Rawabi Swiber Offshore Services
Thaer Rasheed Mohammad
Offshore Project Engineer
Rawabi Travel & Tourism
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Haidar Al-Salman
Mud Engineer
Amr Ismail Hassan
Safety Officer
Mr. Nawaf holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources
Management from the University of Melbourne, Australia and
a Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Information Technology from
Colorado Technical University, USA.
Mr. AlSenan joined Rawabi Travel &
Tourism as Travel Agency Manager with
nearly 25 years of experience wherein
he held various important positions such
as sales, managerial and consultancy
in major travel and airline companies.
This makes him most competent to face
his job challenges at Rawabi Travel &
Tourism.
Rawabi EMEC
Mr. AlBaiji joined Rawabi United Safety
Services with over 17 years of experience
in petrochemical, Oil & Gas industries.
He started his career as operation and
Maintenance
Supervisory
Engineer
and worked his way up to become the
Operations Manager he is at RUSS today.
Mr. AlBaiji holds a Bachelor’s Degree
in Chemical Engineering from Spain and an MBA from the
University of Hull in the United Kingdom.
Rawabi Trading & Contracting
Reynaldo M. Pila, Jr.
Secretary
Mohammed Abdul Samad
Abid
Sales & Oracle Coordinator
Shaik Mustafa Ali
Asst. Office Coordinator
Rawabi Travel & Tourism
Hasan Al-Hindi
Travel Advisor – Leisure
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Powered By People
Powered By People
Rawabi United Safety Services
Khalid Abdulgaffar
Aziz Alayyash
Business Development
Representative
Natan Navarro Oyao
Site H2S Specialist
Joseph Jerico Lanzanas
Site H2S Specialist
Rakan Abdulraheem
Abdulhameed Asghar
Test Engineer
Safeer Abdul Salam
Assist. Site H2S Specialist
Farah Khaled Almouzain
Facilitator
– Virginia Woolf (1882- 1941),
English writer
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Muhammad Rizwan
Maqbool
QA/QC Engineer
Son of Mr. Nahri Syed Ahmaduddin,
Oracle Data Base Administrator at
Rawabi Holding, born on the 23rd of
December 2013.
Jhunly Quevedo
H2S Specialist
Abdulrahman
Salam
Son of Mr. Fahad Alfaihany,
Public Relations Officer at Rawabi
Industrial Support Services,
born on the 4th of January 2014.
Son of Mr. Yousef Bayabi,
Group HSE Advisor at Rawabi
Holding, born on the 10th of
January 2014.
Dana
Waleed
Daughter of Mr. Sami Al-Bouri,
Personnel Unit Head at Rawabi
Holding, born on the 14th of
January 2014.
Son of Mr. Usman Ghafour, Key
Account Supervisor at Rawabi
United Safety Services, born on the
17th of January 2014.
Zaid
Huzaifa
Son of Mr. Misfer Al Ajmi, Riyadh
Area Manager at Rawabi Holding,
born on the 27th of February 2014.
Son of Mr. Rehan A. Ghouri, HR
Administrator at Rawabi United
Safety Services, born on the 27th
February 2014.
It is our hard work and
determination that creates results.
We are Rawabi Holding.
Powered by dedicated, talented
and committed people.
“Do not ask your years to be better,
rather better yourself. You change and
improve whilst years merely increase in
number.”
– - Abu Nawwas, one of the greatest Arabic poets
...
“Small opportunities are often the
beginning of great enterprises.”‎
“Experience is a hard teacher because
it gives the test first, the lesson
afterwards.”
Rawabi News Issue 36 Jan-Mar 2014
Daughter of Mr. Arjun Nepal,
Clerk at Rawabi Industrial Support
Services, born on the 26th of
November 2013.
Syed
...
- Demosthenes, prominent Greek statesman and orator of
ancient Athens
Ayushma
Son of Mr. Salem AlQahtani,
Government Relations
Representative – Riyadh Office,
born on the 22nd of December
2013.
Inspirational Quotes
“If you do not tell the truth about
yourself you cannot tell it about other
people.”
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.‎
Mohammed
Omar Al-Blali
HR Operation Officer
Gymboree Play
& Learn
Newborn Babies
“In order to promote justice;
acknowledge it, and in order to kill
oppression; abandon it.”
“The struggle you’re in today is
developing the strength you need for
tomorrow.”
– Umar Bin Alkhattab,
second Rashid of the Rashidun Caliphate
– Robert Tew (1885),
Chairman at Newcastle Knights Limited
– Vernon Law (1930-Present), Major League baseball pitcher
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Powered By People
Powered By People
Rawabi Swiber Offshore Services
Tug Boat in Saudi Aramco’s Weekly
Newsletter (Alqafilah)
Rawabi Bombers,
Rawabi Holding
Volleyball Team Wins
Best Uniform Award
When:7th March, 2014
Where:Al Gosaibi Sports Center
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.
Emotional
Intelligence
February 12–13, 2014
Mercure Hotel, Al Khobar
Business
Writing Skills
“The two most powerful things in
existence: a kind word and a thoughtful
gesture.”
– Kenneth Langone (1935- Present),
American businessman
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“The deepest human need is the need
to be appreciated.”
February, 26-27, 2014
Mercure Hotel, Al Khobar
– William James (1842 –1910),
American philosopher
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Events
Rawabi
Holding Open
Day (Male)
When:3rd January, 2014
Where:Al Nahda Sports Club
Events
Lunch with
the Group
President & CEO
Group President & CEO Mr. Osman
Ibrahim invited all Rawabi Holding
Excellence Awardees for Year 2012 to
attend a lunch with him in appreciation
of their outstanding performance and
to share their thoughts, suggestions
and ideas. Sheikh Abdulaziz AlTurki,
Group Chairman, was the guest of
honor.
When:2nd February, 2014
Where:Mercure Hotel
Technical
College Career
Day
When: 31st March 2014
Where:Sheraton Hotel, Dammam
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ExHibitions & Conferences
Rawabi Industrial Support
Services (RISS) at the
15th Middle East Corrosion
Conference & Exhibition
(MECCE 2014)
‎
Where:Gulf International Convention Center,
Gulf Hotel, Bahrain
When: 2-5 February, 2014
Rawabi News brought to you by
Rawabi Holding Corporate
Communications Department
Please email your articles and/or suggestions to
[email protected]
P.O. Box 79800, Al Khobar 31952, KSA
Tel: +966 13 864 9909 Fax: +966 13 894 1943
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