Project Experience
Projects Across Pakistan
Drilling, controlled blasting, rock excavation and explosives work for hydropower, highways, oil and gas and urban development, from Sindh and Balochistan to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and AJK.
Since 1973
Project experience
6
Detailed case studies
4
Sectors served
Sindh to AJK
Projects across Pakistan
01 · Sector
Hydropower & Dams
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Project photo: Mahl Hydropower Exploratory Adits (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Hydropower
Mahl Hydropower Project Exploratory Adits
Client: Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute (SIDRI)
Project sponsor: China Three Gorges Corporation
Location: River Jhelum, AJK (District Bagh) and Punjab (District Rawalpindi)
Year: 2015
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Project photo: Thakot & Mohmand Exploratory Adits (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Hydropower
Thakot & Mohmand Hydropower Exploratory Adits
Client: WAPDA (Hydro Planning / Planning & Investigation)
Projects: Thakot Hydropower (D3) and Mohmand Dam Hydropower
Location: District Kohistan, Hazara Division and Mohmand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Years: 2013 – 2017
Hingol Dam Project
WAPDA · Balochistan
Rock excavation by drilling and blasting for long adits
Mangla Dam
Legacy project
Drilling and blasting
Tarbela Dam
Legacy project
Drilling and blasting
Ghazi-Barotha Power Channel
Legacy project
Drilling and blasting
02 · Sector
Roads & Highways
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Project photo: N-70 Deep Piles Excavation (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Highways
N-70 Road Improvement: Open Cut & Deep Piles Excavation
Main contractor: Taisei Corporation (Japan)
Sub-contract via: Habib Rafiq (Pvt) Ltd
Location: N-70, Rakhi Gajj – Bewata section, D.G. Khan, Punjab
Duration: December 2016 – October 2018
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Project photo: N-50 Zhob Blasting & Rock Support (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Highways
N-50 Zhob – Mughal Kot: Controlled Blasting & Rock Slope Support
Client: Maqbool-Zarghoon JV (MZJV)
Owner: National Highway Authority (NHA)
Location: N-50, Zhob – Mughal Kot section, Balochistan
Year: 2017
N-5 Widening near Taxila (Margalla)
NHA · GT Road
Excavation and cutting of rock for road widening
M-2 Motorway, Salt Range
Lahore – Islamabad
Rock work in the Salt Range sliding area
M-1 Motorway near Burhan
Islamabad – Peshawar
Drilling and blasting
Karakoram Highway
With FWO
Drilling and blasting
Kashmir Highway Extension
Islamabad
Rock excavation
03 · Sector
Oil & Gas Pipelines & Fields
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Project photo: SSGC Gas Pipeline Rock Trenching (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Oil & Gas
SSGC Gas Pipelines: Rock Trenching by Controlled Blasting
Client: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and its contractors
Pipelines: Loonikot, 18" Interlink (Khadeji), 8" Ziarat, Kallat
Location: Sindh and Balochistan
Years: 2003 – 2004
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Project photo: Bhit Oil Field Drilling & Blasting (landscape, about 1600 × 1000 px)
Case study · Oil & Gas
Bhit Oil Field & Kirthar Block: Drilling & Blasting
Operators: Lasmo Oil and ENI Pakistan
Contractors: Zia ul Haq & Sons, Descon Engineering, OGDCL
Location: Bhit Oil Field near Sehwan Sharif, District Dadu, Sindh
Years: 1997 – 2001
Andhar-1 Well Location
Occidental Petroleum · Khuzdar, 1999
Drilling and blasting for well location
Kirthar West Survey
Lasmo Oil · 1999
Defusing undetonated explosives on the survey line
Zarghon-1, Zarghon-2 & Daraji-1
Premier Oil · 2003
Drilling and blasting of rocky areas
Hallel-1
ENI · District Dadu, 2002
Well location and access road
04 · Sector
Urban Development
Bahria Enclave
Islamabad
Rock blasting for open cut excavation
Gulberg Residencia
Islamabad
Rock blasting for open cut excavation
DHA Phase-II, Sector P
Islamabad
Rock blasting for sector development
Clients & Main Contractors
Who We Have Worked With
Letters of intent, performance certificates and completion letters from these organisations are available on request for pre-qualification.
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Logo: WAPDA
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Logo: NHA
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Logo: SSGC
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Logo: Taisei Corporation
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Logo: China Three Gorges / SIDRI
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Logo: ENI Pakistan
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Logo: Habib Rafiq (Pvt) Ltd
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Logo: FWO
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