The sad thing here is that there are an awful lot of flors in qatar....not qualified electrically but supervising electrical engineers. Now, normally in circumstances like this the supervisor, who remember has only a basic understanding of electrical installations, simply repeats parrot fashion what his engineers have told him. When his engineers have not completed tests or inspections then they lie and say they have. The supervisor then repeats this and informs his client that all is ticketyboo.

Then once the job falls behind (and they allways do) someone picks up the phone and calls the cavalry in the form of western expats to pull the job through. They cost a lot more but guess what, they usually do it right first time. And what do they find when they scratch beneath the surface?? a multitude of non compliant installations, think bare wires above ceilings and behind walls, connector blocks used to join wiring that was too short, and an inept supervisor who can quote the code but wouldnt know a decent electrical installation if his life depended on it.

I`ve been in this electrical game for far too long and I can honestly say the standard in qatar is as bad as it gets. the labour here is 100% unskilled, they are limited to specific tasks and cannot fully complete a single one. Your welcome to qatar, I`m out of here for good this month.....its going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better, and mark my words, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys