Category: Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Aspire Park Edutainment Complex – Kidzania

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Aspire Park Edutainment Complex – Kidzania

Description:

The proposed development is a ‘children’s role playing indoor theme park’ located at Aspire park zone in Baaya, Doha, Qatar. The development contains retail land uses (Satellite shops, Food and beverage shops, Anchor shops) and the services facilities; technical areas, prayer rooms, restrooms, concourse mall and management offices. TMC data collection has been conducted with the help of high mounted camera fixed at strategic locations at intersections from where it can cover all the traffic movements.

Scope:

The Traffic Survey was conducted as part of the full TIS; to describe the collection process of the traffic data that has been implemented to understand the existing pattern of traffic demand surrounding the proposed development. These traffic data collection efforts will be utilized in the transport modeling as part of the modeling report. The data collection exercise was carried out for the Turning Movement Counts (TMC) by Seero team at several road sections and traffic intersections surrounding the project plot.

Client

General Authority of Customs

Contractor

UrbaCon Trading & Contracting

Location

Doha, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Survey & Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Survey / Counts
Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Salwa Mall

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Salwa Mall

Description:

The Shopping Center (LB+B+G+1) is located in Ain Khaled, Salwa Road, Doha, Qatar. The project-opening year is 2019 and the horizon year is 2031. The shopping centre mainly has rentable shops, cinemas, entertainment area, food court etc. with common spaces and services. The ground floor of the development is the access for the ground parking areas, drop-off area, and the basement floors. The first and second basements are designed to provide parking spaces for the visitors of the center.

Scope:

Based on the project location and the land use, it was calculated that a total of 2,960 two-way trips will be generated by the project during the PM Peak hour, thus, the scope is to conduct a Full Traffic Impact study (TIS), including Site Development Review, Traffic Surveys, Traffic Strategic Modeling, Traffic Impact Assessment and Micro Simulation.

Client

Shk. Saoud Bin Abdullah Al-Thani

Consultant

Dara Engineering Consultants

Location

Salwa Road, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Tarsheed Schools

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Tarsheed Schools

Description:

The development area includes 3 different schools which are National Boys School, International School and National Girls School that are distributed in three distinct areas in the north of Doha, Al Kheesa, Umm Qarn zone and Jeryan Nejaima.

Each school in the proposed development has 64 regular classrooms, in addition to various laboratories, art rooms, music rooms, science rooms, computer rooms etc. It has been estimated that each school from the proposed development will generate 1,473 two-way trips during the AM peak hour. Therefore, the proposed developments will generate 4,419 two-way trips during the AM peak hour. Thus, a detailed TIS has been conducted.

Scope:

A full TIS has been conducted for this project, covering the study of the internal circulation, accesses points, students’ safety measures and assessment for the impact of the proposed development on Doha network using multiple software such as Vissim, Visum, Synchro and Sidra.

Client

Tarsheed

Consultant

Faris & Faris Architects

Location

Al Shamal, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Philippine School – Doha

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Philippine School – Doha

Description:

The Philippine School, Doha (B+G+2), is located in Mesaimeer area and connected to the industrial area near the F-Ring Road. The school accommodated a total of 3,825 students when fully occupied. The development contains mainly 135 class rooms with ancillary facilities such as play ground, open play area, gymnasium, etc. The school building is designed to have a ground floor, one basement floor and two floors. Basement floor and some portion of ground floor have been considered for parking areas. Around 291 parking spaces have been considered for accommodating all the vehicles that might travel to the project building. The project covers total plot area of 14,374 sqm.

Scope:

A full Traffic Impact Study (TIS) was conducted for the project that generates a total of 1257 incoming trips. Our work was to ensure the adequacy of safety for access points, circulation, connection to adjacent properties and roads for all road users. Site development plans were analyzed and designed to follow Qatar standards and guidelines, with respect to the architectural design. Vehicles’ trips on the surrounding roads have been counted by the traffic surveys. Transport modeling assessment was done for the project to predict and mitigate the traffic issues that might arise when the development is constructed. Therefore, a better roads network with an easy, safe accessibility and circulation.

Client

Philippine School

Consultant

Almana Design Consultants International (ADCI)

Location

Doha, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

JW Marriott Hotel Tower

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JW Marriott Hotel Tower

Description:

JW Marriott Hotel Tower has been designed by M.Z. & Partners. The tower is distributed on (G51+) floors with 3 basement floors. It contains 297 hotel rooms, 121 apartments and approximately 5000 square meters of rentable areas where ballroom, night club, offices & business area, gym & spa, and restaurants are available. The project is located in the Diplomatic Street in the Towers zone, Al Dafna, Doha, Qatar. 

The main objective of the TIS is to evaluate and mitigate the impact of the Tower on the surrounding immediate road network and to evaluate and mitigate various safety issues within the project boundary area. 

Scope:

The total incoming trips for the project and its critical location in the CBD (Tower Zone) defined the type of the study that was conducted to this project. A full study was conducted covering the analysis of the project’s impact on the roads network in the area, the internal circulation, safety considerations and transport modes.

Client

MZ & Partners

Location

Doha, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Burj Al Mana

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Burj Al Mana

Description:

The tower is located in Al Dafna area and is connected to Al Corniche street from the southeast boundary and to one-way local roads from the north and east boundaries. 

The project is designed to have offices, residential, and retail spaces. It includes 173 residential units, 32,504 sqm of office spaces and 4,774 sqm of retail spaces. 

Scope:

The estimated trips for the project is more than 500 trips which required a full TIS covering all traffic aspects within the plot limit along with analyzing its impact on the surrounding junctions and roads using multiple software such as Sidra and Synchro. Seero enhanced the project accessibility and connectivity with the surrounding road network.

Client

Al Mana Design Consultants International (ADCI)

Location

Al Dafna, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

The Boulevard Mall

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The Boulevard Mall

Description:

The proposed development, Boulevard Mall (B+G+M) & 2 Palaces (B+G) is located beside Al-Shamal Road in Jeryan Jenaihat in Doha, Qatar. The development contains the Shopping Mall building which mainly has retail spaces, and the two palaces. The mall building is designed to have a ground floor, one basement and mezzanine floor. Parking areas are considered to be in the basement and some portions of the ground floor.

Scope:

A Full Traffic Impact Study (TIS) was conducted for the project as it generates more than 500 two way trips in the PM peak hour period. The work on this project aimed to ensure the adequacy and the safety of access, egresses, circulations and connections of the development with the adjacent road links.
In addition, the study was performed with VISUM Modeling and VISSIM micro-simulation in order to perform a detailed assessment of the access points to the project as well as the project circulation/assignment on the surrounding road network. The model also has been checked with Synchro for signalized junctions and Sidra for roundabouts and priority junctions.

Client

Shk. Saoud Bin Abdullah Al-Thani

Consultant

Dara Engineering Consultants

Location

Doha, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Mixed Use Complex

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Mixed Use Complex

Description:

Mix Use Complex Composed Hotel/Residential Apartment + 13 Residential And Commercial Buildings with a total land area of 122,643 m2, and Hyper Market & 4 Residential Buildings and will be established on plot PIN No. 71390009 with total land area of 77,846 m2.

Scope:

Seero Scope of work carrying out Full Traffic Impact Study for the Proposed Mix Use Complex (Plot A And Plot B), Umm Salal-Umm Salal Mohammed, Qatar.as per the Guidelines & Procedures of Transport Studies at Land Transport Planning Department
(LTPD) in the Ministry of Transport & Communications (MOTC) in the State of Qatar and all requirements of MME. Seero delivered the following:

  1. Methodology Report
  2. Development Review Report and Plans
    • Road Safety Audit report
  3. Traffic Survey Report
  4. Transport Modelling Report
  5. Traffic Impact Assessment (Analysis) report (Synchro, Sidra, & HCS assessment)
  6. Final Traffic Impact Study Report including Traffic Mitigation layout plans (sketch/concept level)

Client

Adnan Saffarini Office

Location

Umm Salal - Umm Salal Mohammed, Qatar.

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)

La Plage South – The Pearl

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La Plage South – The Pearl

Description:

Seero Engineering Consulting LLC conducted the civil design works for “La Plage South” which consists of residential buildings and villas in The Pearl, Qatar, in addition to traffic related requirements. The project has been located on a plot area of almost 175,000 sqm, where the total built-up area is around 280,000 sqm.

Scope:

Seero was assigned to prepare the civil design of roads and some related facilities, in addition to the traffic related requirements. The scope of work is as follows:

  • Civil & Road Design
    1. Roads Geometric Design
    2. Roads Pavement Design

  • Wet Utilities
    1. Storm water Drainage
    2. System Design

  • Traffic related Requirements & Urban Facilities
    1. Road Lighting Layouts
    2. Site Development Plans for Ground Floor and Basement Floors that includes:
      a. Cyclist Tracks
      b. Sidewalks and Curbs Design
      c. Roads Marking Design
      d. Roads Signage

Client

H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani

Contractor

MZ & Partners

Location

The Pearl, Qatar.

Services

Civil Design Work, StormWater, Drainage, & Pavement Design, Limited TIS

Services

Civil 3D Modeling
Pavement Design
Road Design
Traffic Impact Study (TIS)
Underground Utilities Design

PHCC Health Centers

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PHCC Health Centers

Description:

The project is a combination of 14 health care centers, which are located in various geographical locations in
Qatar. The main aim of the project is to improve the existing traffic condition and improve the pedestrian facilities
by proposing major or minor adjustments depending on the project’s existing conditions. The adjustments
include traffic circulations, entry and exit points, road kerbs, parking area, street lighting and traffic signals.

Scope:

The scope of the project is as follows:

Milestone [1]:

  • Site visits for all components of the project.
  • Coordination with health centers managements to collect data related to visitors and
  • Topographical survey for the as-built layout plans.
  • Traffic survey to collect traffic data
  • Site investigation, gap analysis and recommendations report for review and upgrade of traffic signs, road marking, vehicular flow, pedestrian paths, and accessibility for the disabled

Milestone [2]:

  • Site Development Review Plans include complete set of updated as-built drawings and a report that includes site survey findings, recommendations and modifications.
  • Detailed Design Drawings for construction
  • Complete tender package and BOQ for the construction works of the designed modifications for contractor selection.

Client

Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC)

Location

14 health centers in Multiple locations in Qatar

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS) & Traffic Survey

Services

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)
Traffic Survey