May 1, 2012. India-based Lanco Group has selected SGS to provide equipment and material inspection services and to manage on-site quality control for the construction of its new gas power plant, AKAZ, in Al-Anbar province, Iraq. SGS has started performing quality assurance and quality control services which will continue through the three-year agreement to reduce the construction risk. The AKAZ power plant will have a capacity of 2x125MW, and construction is expected to be complete in three years.