MOE holds Sustainable Building Conference
The Ministry of Education (MOE), represented by the Directorate-general of Projects and Services (Projects Department), in cooperation with Azm Digital Marketing Agency Company, organised ‘Sustainable Building Conference - Prefabricated Solutions’, under the patronage of H E Badr bin Salem al Maamari, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Tender Board, in the presence of high-level invitees.
The conference targeted 150 engineers from government and private institutions and was held at the Fraser Switch Hotel Muscat, a press release said.
The conference began with a visual presentation on modern technologies in school buildings. This was followed by an address by Engineer Bassem al Hadi, assistant director of Engineering Affairs, Studies and Estimates in the Projects Department at the Directorate-general of Projects and Services.
“We meet today to discuss the challenges and opportunities available in adopting prefabricated solutions based on the successful experiences of the Ministry of Education, many government agencies and the private sector. Our goal is to build our societies in a way that conserves resources, and achieves sustainable development, as sustainable construction and adopting prefabricated solutions have become an urgent necessity in our time, and we must innovate new ways to build homes and buildings to reduce its impact on the environment and contribute to preserving natural resources for future generations,” he said.
“We are happy to highlight the economic aspects of sustainable construction and adopting local content and we cannot ignore the important role that sustainable construction plays in promoting economic growth, encouraging investment, and providing job opportunities in various sectors,” he further added.
Eight papers were presented in the conference. The first paper was titled ‘Rapid Walls’, the second paper was ‘Adopting Modern Building Systems’, followed by ‘Sustainable Equipment Used in Construction’, ‘The electricity distribution substation using the rapid wall’, ‘Automation of the Largest Sector in the World’, ‘Implementing the Ready Mixed Concrete System in Schools’ ‘Khazaen Central Fruit and Vegetable Market’ and ‘Al-ataa Neighbourhood’. Dialogue and discussion took place in between the presentation of papers.