Visiting French minister Hélène Conway-Mouret, ambassador Jean-Christophe Peaucelle, QDVC CEO Yanick Garillon and French employees of QDVC at the Sheraton Park Project site yesterday.By Salman Siddiqui/Staff ReporterThe Sheraton Park Project (SPP), scheduled for a December 31, 2014 launch, will meet two of Qatar’s most pressing needs - a huge parking lot in West Bay and a world-class recreational centre.Work is progressing as per schedule to meet the deadline, Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC) CEO Yanick Garillon told Gulf Times yesterday. QDVC is tasked with executing the project.Garillon was speaking on the sidelines of a presentation about the project given to Hélène Conway-Mouret, minister delegate for French nationals abroad, who arrived in Doha yesterday. Senior French embassy officials, including ambassador Jean-Christophe Peaucelle, accompanied the minister to the project site.According to the QDVC’s 2012 annual report, the contract for the SPP has designs for construction of a landscaped park, an underground four-level car park for an estimated 2,800 cars, a 66 kV sub-station for Qatar’s electric power generation utility Kahramaa; two 11kV sub-stations and a tunnel located under the Corniche road that will provide access to the Convention Center.The minister was told in the presentation that the SPP would consist of 73,000 square metres “of public parks of exceptional quality”, including basins, fountains, children’s playgrounds, cafes and at least two restaurants.She was also informed about other QDVC projects, including four car parks and the Light Railway Transit System in the upcoming Lusail city.Speaking to Gulf Times after her site visit, the minister said that she felt “very proud” that French companies were working on mega projects in the region and making their mark in Qatar’s development.“This project is very good because it is creating a common space, where people would be able to meet and have a good time with their families,” she said.About the purpose of her visit, she said she was in Doha to assess the needs of the French community in Qatar. “I am here to see what needs we have and how we can best support the development of education here through our schools,” she said.“I think we are bringing in our expertise here; a lot of young and well-educated people from France come to work (in Qatar and) we have a growth of the French community.“We have this duty to school their children so that there is continuity in their education,” she said, adding that French schools welcomed all nationalities. She is expected to visit the Lycée Voltaire school in West Bay today.The minister inaugurated the new campus of a French school in Dubai which she visited before coming to Doha.