Naval Anchorage Gwadar

Promag was engaged on this project when the general location for land acquisition had been selected and the process was in progress. The project conception and master planning was undertaken based around a comprehensive financial plan and viability assessment of this major suburban development. Promag provided financial & technical restructuring of the project in order to achieve the desired ROI’s for various stakeholders and also offered advice on product placement as well as an inventory release plan (in line with the project’s financial scheme). The advice included strategies for staged development of the proposed master plan. Key challenges associated at advisory, planning and design included the following;

• Identifying and Planning for a diverse socio-economic spectrum of population – Featuring a diverse product range Product range from low-income housing (125 sqyds) to high-income products (1000 sqyds Plots).
• Basic Financial + Scenario Analysis/Sensitivity Analysis undertaken to understand possible variations of feasibility parameters (cost, revenue, timelines) and their impact on the viability and cash flow aspects of the project.
• A Welfare Component of the project had to be accommodated within the project’s financial plan.
• Determination of a minimum project size – to achieve viability and delivery goals.
• Setting up planning density and sustainability standards to achieve a balance between quality of lifestyle and corresponding loss of inventory.
• Preparing design standards & specifications – commensurate to the expected recovery from development charges consistent with the cash flow plan.
• Staged planning of the masterplan and infrastructure implementation consistent with the expected gradual habitation of the development.
• Development strategy to accommodate and manage investor perception and confidence.
• Inventory Release & Cashflow Mobilization Plan – Determining the schedule for inventory release to achieve development cash flow requirements.
• Identifying ideal contract sizes in terms of discipline and value, based on markets resource capacity.
• Management of Multiple Multidisciplinary Contracts – Integration of infrastructure development works to result in a composite development.
• Existing Roads running through the development – existing roads planned and built by GDA were incorporated into the masterplan to establish a framework for the entire development, rendering a linear segmentation of the sectors.
• Low-lying basin within project area vulnerable to flash floods. Channeling of high-volume stormwater from the terrain along the Makran Coastal Highway through culverts to the main drainage channels and ultimately to the Arabian Sea.
• Training Works for a seasonal meandering water channel running through site. Training Works were designed based on detailed hydrological studies for the area.
• Reduction of water channel width from 2,300 ft to 820 ft – 226 acres land recovered for development in the process, creating a positive impact on the project’s viability.
• Temporary embankments developed to protect against stormwater overflow from Akra Kaur Dam during the rainy season

All these aspects and issues were addressed and a Masterplan along with its technical and financial parameters was prepared to create a base plan for the implementation of the project.