UAE enters Guinness for largest 3D printed logo
SHARJAH: The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure aims to expand the use of 3D printing within the construction and building of federal projects that it supervises, which serves as a radical turning point in the construction sector, which in turn will foster speed of building in record time, and reduce construction costs, Eng. Hassan Mohammad Jumaa Al Mansoori, Undersecretary of the Ministry for the Infrastructure and Transportation Sector said.
This was said by Al Mansouri as he was receiving the Guinness Book of World Records certificate for the largest 3D printed logo.
The ceremony organised by the Ministry at its building in the Emirate of Sharjah.
Al Mansouri explained that the trend towards relying on this technology in construction and building comes within the framework of the efforts made by the Ministry to take advantage of the most important technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, in the implementation of infrastructure projects, which supports the UAE’S directions in the field of sustainability.
Al Mansouri pointed out that the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure recorded a new achievement by entering the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest 3D printed logo, which is the first of its kind in the world. The logo is the “UAE Centennial 2071”.
“We follow the vision of the country in promoting a culture of innovation and adopting the latest technologies of the artificial intelligence, which includes 3D printing,” Al Mansouri said.
He also said that some buildings within the Ministry’s projects had been carried out with the 3D printing within the framework of the Ministry’s support for the culture of innovation, which is one of its strategic axes. It is harnessed to strengthen the UAE’S position by achieving its 2071 vision to be the best country in the world.
For his part, Eng. Youssef Abdullah, Assistant Undersecretary for the Federal Infrastructure Projects Sector, said, “The Ministry’s vision of innovation is to follow up, study and employ the relevant available modern technologies to meet challenges and invest in opportunities, in an effort to be among the best, and a practical reference that enables it to lead in the latest of the transport and infrastructure sector.”
The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced earlier that it had started the construction of the first government building using 3D printing technologies. It proceeded with the construction of the Partial Court and Public Prosecution building with this modern technology, which is considered as a radical turning point in the construction.