WAPDA awarded consultancy services worth Rs. 116.908 million to Associated Consulting Engineers Limited (ACE) for procurement of unified master planning, engineering design, construction supervision, and contract administration for the WAPDA Hydraulic Model Research and Training Institute at Chichoki Malian, Sheikhupura. The contract is for two and a half years.

The contract signing ceremony was held today at WAPDA House. WAPDA General Manager (Hydro Planning) Dr. Khawar Munir and Regional Head North—ACE Ghulam Arif Khan signed the contract on behalf of their organizations. WAPDA Member Water Jawaid Akhtar Latif, General Manager (C&M) Water Muhammad Azam Joya, and other senior officers were also present.

The scope of the Project includes establishment of a physical hydraulic models construction facility for research/ testing, a geo-tech modeling facility, a hydropower model testing facility, geo-tech, hydraulics, sedimentation, hydropower, and computer laboratories, the establishment of a water resources and hydropower training institute, and the construction of a modern workshop facility, library/ record room, office buildings, hostels, a rest house, and a staff colony.

WAPDA has planned to establish its own state-of-the-art facility for hydraulic model studies of comprehensive and sectional models of different components of dams, canals, barrages etc. to meet international standards. The institute will also be available for model studies of departments other than WAPDA as well. Future extension of this institute will make Pakistan self-sufficient in conducting physical and numerical modeling of the requisite structures.