Fortune 500 Turkey 2019 list (annual ranking of the Turkey’s largest corporations) was released and as GAMA Enerji we have been ranked 146th with our total revenue. We would like to thank GAMA Enerji team for this sustainable achievement which marks our 4th consecutive year in the list.
As GAMA, we are proud to be consistently ranked in the ENR List of Top International Contractors for 21 years. We would like to thank the entire GAMA family for their efforts and contributions.
The Chairman of Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) Gürsel Baran and the Vice Chairman of ATO Halil İbrahim Yılmaz visited GAMA Holding on September 7th 2020. Mr. Baran and Mr. Yılmaz were greeted by GAMA Holding Chairman of the Board Ömer Tunçata, GAMA Holding Deputy Chairman of the Board Hakan Özman, GAMA Holding Board Members Ergil Ersu and Süreyya Yücel Özden, GAMA Power Systems & GAMA Industry Managing Director Ahmet Ligvani and GAMA Energy Managing Director Tamer Çalışır. The meeting was opened by Mr. Özman who spoke about GAMA’s sixty-one year history and achievements in the sector. The meeting continued with a presentation by Mr. Ligvani on GAMA’s completed and ongoing projects. At the end of the presentations Mr. Baran closed the meeting by stating his pride in such a successful company like GAMA with roots in Ankara. He presented Mr. Tunçata with a copy of GAMA Construction Limited’s original registration news in the Turkish Trade Gazette from December 31, 1959. In return two GAMA publications were presented as gifts to Mr. Baran.
RADES-C 450 MW CCPP Project which is executed by GAMA Power Systems Engineering and Contracting, Inc. has successfully achieved 6 Million Man-hours without any Lost Time Incident LTII) on September 30th, 2020. Congratulations to RADES Team. All eyes on safety.
Construction works of 2×150 MW Khabat Combined Cycle Power Plant undertaken by GAMA Power Systems team in Erbil, Northern Iraq, have been completed successfully despite the difficult conditions of the region. Provisional acceptance of the first unit of the power plant, whose owner is the Ministry of Electricity of the Northern Iraq Regional Government, was made in January 2020 and acceptance of the second unit was made in February 2020. Khabat Power Plant, which has been commissioned, makes a significant contribution to the increasing energy needs of Iraq after starting power generation totaling 1,600 GWh annually, which corresponds to about 8,5% of the installed capacity in the Northern Iraq region.
Based on GAMA’s experience in the construction of power plants totaling 30 GW; design and procurement of powerhouses, infrastructure works and all construction and erection works at the site as well as design and procurement of mechanical and electrical BOP systems within the scope of the project have been completed successfully. In the project where the number of active workers at the site has reached 2.035 during the construction, Occupational Health and Safety policies have always been prioritized by GAMA and approximately 16 million man-hours without an accident have been achieved.
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GAMA Enerji Execution & Operations Assistant Managing Director Graham Traynor participated in the 8th Civil Career Event of Boğaziçi University which was organized online for the first time. Traynor presented digitalization in Energy Sector and mentioned change and transformation in the processes of the business. He also gave insights about the technology, opportunities and challenges that awaits students in their upcoming careers in energy sector.
1800 MW ALBA Power Plant has been completed as an investment of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA). GAMA Power Systems, one of the world’s leading EPC companies in the field of power plants, has completed the turnkey construction of 1800 MW ALBA PS5 Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant together with General Electric under the contract signed 4 years ago with Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA) which forms the basis of industry in Bahrain. Within the scope of the project, built for the purpose of fulfilling the electric power demand of ALBA’s sixth aluminum potline and consisting of 3 units in total, acceptance of Unit-1 for commercial operation was made on August 28th 2019, acceptance of Unit-2 for commercial operation was made on October 26th 2019 and acceptance of Unit-3 for commercial operation was made on February 20th 2020.
ALBA Power Plant, which is the largest and regionally the most efficient power plant of Bahrain, is of capital importance also because it is the first power plant having H-Class technology (GE 9HA.01 (three pcs.) gas turbines) established in the Middle East and used in an aluminum plant globally. GE HA gas turbine, built on years of innovation, providing the highest output with the best efficiency, is backed by proven, reliable technology. In the project where occupational health and safety are also prioritized besides technology, 10 million man-hours without a lost-time incident have been achieved. GAMA which has paved the way for Turkish companies both in Bahrain and in the Middle East markets thanks to the great success it has achieved by being selected as “National Winner” for the category of “Power Generation Project of the Year” at the MEED Project Awards with its first project in the country aims at strengthening its position in the region with new projects.
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Congratulations to whole GAMA Power Systems Engineering and Contracting, Inc. Team at Tunisia for commencing HRSG steam blows. Under pandemic and extremely difficult circumstances, it is a remarkable achievement.
Ongoing in Tunisia, our RADES-C Combined Cycle Power Plant Project has been 99.9% completed. The activities of steam admission to the steam turbine and general admission are planned to start in the forthcoming June to be completed in August in order to achieve the most critical milestone of our project which is starting combined cycle commercial operation. The commissioning activities of all systems excluding #steamturbine and steam turbine generator are about to be finished. All rough construction, architectural and landscaping works have been almost finished.
