Under the patronage and presence of Mr. Kamal Hayek, Chairman of the Board and Director General of the Electricit Du Liban (EDL), Khatib & Alami (K&A) hosted an Open House highlighting the theme "GISEL project: for a Knowledge Based EDL", meant for the 10th Anniversary of GISEL (Geographic Information System at Electricit Du Liban) project.
The event was held on January 22, 2004, in the conference room at EDL-TJ floor, and was attended by EDL and K&A directors, in addition to a large group of people representing the GIS community, ministries, and delegates from local and international organizations in Lebanon. The celebration included a Map Gallery illustrating milestones of achievements of the current GISEL Distribution Operation Support (GISEL-DOS) project, demonstrations of GIS and CMS (Customer Management System) applications which are developed and deployed by K&A team at EDL, and a Cocktail Lunch.
Introducing the event, Mr. Kamal Hayek welcomed the audience and stressed on the importance of GISEL project in the modernization process of EDL and reducing the non-technical losses in Municipal Beirut, and expressed his desire for the continuation of the project. K&A President, Mr. Munir El Khatib, saluted the dynamic management of EDL represented by Mr. Kamal Hayek. He also added that this leadership has initiated a well-noticed positive change in the services offered by EDL. At the end, he assured that K&A will be always committed to serve the interests of Lebanon.
Background
Following the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1992, Electricit Du Liban (EDL) initiated an ambitious plan to rebuild its utilities. A part of its reconstruction plan was to implement a new Geographic Information System in Beirut called GISEL to model and manage the electric infrastructure. In December 1993, K&A, in professional association with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), was contracted by EDL to conduct an Automated Mapping/Facility Management/Geographic Information systems (AM/FM/GIS) study to modernize, automate and informate the electric power system of Lebanon utilizing the GIS approach.
From then on, a series of GISEL projects came into being and were executed to fulfill GISEL's mission and vision.
EDL services more than 3.0 million electric customers in a 10,000 square kilometers service territory.
GISEL Projects History
GISEL'95, covered the data conversion of Municipal Beirut and the development of GIS applications. This was the start in implementing the first year plan of the Company-Wide GIS project of Electricity of Lebanon better known as project GISEL.
GISEL'97, covered the data conversion of Greater Metropolitan Beirut and the development of five GIS Applications.
GISEL Collection Management, Covered the field data collection and population of Municipal Beirut, and the development of the Collection Management application.
GISEL Operation & Maintenance (GISELOM), Included the maintenance of Municipal Beirut GIS database and the enhancement of the GISEL applications.
GISEL Distribution Operation Support for Municipal Beirut (GISEL-DOS), dedicated towards providing EDL Beirut division with the support to carry out its operations more efficiently with better performance, reduced cost and higher return.
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