Business & Money | Thursday 12 March, 2015 2:45 pm |

At today’s MEED Conference, Qatar Projects 2015, Daruna Development, the leading provider of advanced workers’ accommodations in the State of Qatar, announced the signature of a management agreement with Wasita Qatar (ISNAD), a subsidiary of the Wasita Group of Companies.

The agreement covers the development of 12,000 workers’ accommodations over the next 36 months. Daruna will maintain ownership of the accommodations, while Wasita will operate and manage the workers’ housing to include: housekeeping, catering, laundry and maintenance functions.

“Wasita Group” is a Shari’ah compliant service provider. It holds a leadership position in remote logistics and life support services with extensive experience in catering services, laundry, housekeeping, materials management and services for staff, military and labor camps (BOO, BOT) for the military/defense sector,infrastructure construction sector, oil & gas (On-shore & Off-shore)and healthcare sectors.

Wasita Group operates in UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Turkey. The company operates labor sites inremote on-shore and off-shore locations & Wasita is HACCP & ISO 22000:2005 certified operator. Wasita is committed to delivering its services safely and efficiently to the satisfaction of its clients.

Through their agreement with Wasita, Daruna Development will be able to rapidly market the permanent workers’ accommodations in full compliance with all international and Qatari legal standards. The Daruna designs are the first in Qatar to be certified as compliant by Qatar Foundation according to their Standards for Workers’ Welfare guide published in 2013.

“The coordination from the compliant design and world class certified management, including catering and laundry, gives us tremendous advantages in controlling costs and value driven services which can not be achieved in any other manner. This combination, along with the value for money is the reason Daruna chose to partner with Wasita on its first project”, said Ambassador Joe LeBaron, Daruna Vice Chairman

Wasita Group President Basel Yagnham commented, “our extensive regional experience in managing and operating such facilities along with our HACCP, ISO 22000 and other certifications will allow us to operate the Daruna sites at the highest levels of welfare, safety and international compliance. We are proud to be associated with Daruna in delivering high standard, cost effective workers’ accommodations to the Qatari marketplace. This will hopefully be one of many Daruna sites in Qatar.”