For Immediate Release
MPC Consulting Ltd. Signs Three-year Deal with Qatar Foundation in Doha, Qatar.
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada (January 20, 2012) – SCADA and Control Systems Engineering firm, MPC Consulting Ltd. continues to win projects on an international level. MPC’s Chief Administrative Officer, Lori Fitzgerald, announced today that they have signed a three year contract with their client, Qatar Foundation in Doha, Qatar. The scope of work is to provide consultancy services for the design of a SCADA system for Education City in Qatar. According to Fitzgerald, “this is the largest contract that MPC has taken on to date. It gives us great pride working side by side with contractors from around the world on this very high profile and exciting project.”
Education City is the flagship project for the Qatar Foundation. It consists of a 14 square kilometer multi-university campus providing education from grade one up to the PhD level, housing branch campuses of some of the world’s leading universities – currently six from the US, one from the UK, and one from France.
MPC will be providing a world-class sized SCADA system, estimated to be one million points in size, which will be used to monitor all the facilities at Education City.
In response to being awarded this contract, MPC Consulting has increased their staff and hired specialists with Building Automation System expertise.
About Qatar Foundation
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) aims to support Qatar on its journey from a carbon economy to a knowledge economy by unlocking human potential. It was established in 1995 by His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. His wife, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, is the organization’s chairperson and driving force.
About MPC Consulting Ltd.
Founded in 1991, MPC Consulting Ltd. is a British Columbia-based company with a focus on providing Engineering and Systems Integration of Control Systems, Instrumentation, and SCADA systems. They have delivered a variety of projects and services for customers in Western Canada, the USA, and with high-profile international customers. MPC has the expertise and capability to execute all aspects of typical Control Systems projects, including engineering consultancy, detailed design, system programming and configuration, as well as panel fabrication. Their unique end-to-end competency allows them to offer customers a complete “design build” option to meet all project needs from a single source.
For more information, contact:
Lori Fitzgerald
Chief Administrative Officer
MPC Consulting Ltd.
[email protected]
