Nasser Rashid Sraiya Al Kaabi caught the entrepreneurial bug in 1975, setting up Al Sraiya Contracting. That company was founded in order to provide construction services to the Gulf state’s steadily growing infrastructure programme. Since then, the company has grown to provide a series of other services, including engineering consultancy, building materials manufacturing, electrical products and water management. Among the projects the firm has worked on are Barwa Commercial Avenue, Hamad Medical City, the American School of Doha, and the Millenium Hotel in Al Sadd. Al Kaabi is joined at the group by his son, Rashid Nasser Sraiya Al Kaabi, who is vice chairman.