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Event Review
Amplifying Sustainable Solutions
Big Project ME recaps the events of a successful sixth CSCEC ME Technical Conference, which was held on November 10, 2022 at the Five Hotel in Dubai
China State Construction Engineering Corporation Middle East and the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction at HeriotWatt University in Dubai successfully held the 6th CSCEC ME Technical Conference on 10th November 2022 at the Five Hotel Palm Jumeirah Dubai.
Supported by regionally renowned institutions such as the American Concrete Institute (ACI), SITECH and Big Project Middle East, the event was built around the theme of: ‘Amplifying Sustainable Solutions Through Green Construction’.
The event saw topics around environmentally friendly and greener approaches in construction discussed.
It featured nine notable keynote speakers from highprofile industry and academia organisations such as Emirates Environment Group and ACI, and was co-hosted by Mansour Faried, Chief Engineer at CSCEC ME, and Dr Anas Bataw, director of the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction at HeriotWatt University Dubai.
Yu Tao, president and CEO of CSCEC ME, opened the event by delivering the welcome address. During his speech, Tao highlighted the obligation shouldered by China State Construction as the largest contracting company in the world to build a better future for the earth and for upcoming generations.
“The significance of sustainability is emerging day after day, and it has become a solid belief in China State Middle East Culture,” he said. “Today’s event is an opportunity to learn from each other, and to share our knowledge for the common good. When we collaborate and work together to be more green and less harmful to our environment, no doubt we are all winners.”
The conference centred around core contents concerning the industry trend, tackling
with the digital transformation, decarbonisation, and sustainability, and demonstrated this with presentations based on key business practices and academic expertise.
The establishment of the agenda embraced diversified mindsets and cuttingedge technology, as well as the prevailing sustainable mentality, involving topics such as green concrete, zero waste, decarbonisation technology and more.
The event was able to bring together nearly 120 participants at the physical venue. These attendees came from government sectors, prominent client entities, colleges and academic organisations, media representatives, environment groups and other relevant stakeholders in the industry. The event also featured a live broadcasting platform which also attracted 400 online viewers from the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
Amongst the presentations was a motivating talk from Habiba Al Marashi, founder and president of the Arabia CSR Network and co-founder and chairperson of the Emirates Environmental Group.
During her presentation, she stated that: “Global Environmental Sustainability is not a one country or few entities game. If everyone does not start taking critical actions, climate change related disasters, migrations, insecurities will only rise.
“These discussions are platforms where governments, corporations, academia, and individuals come together.
“This is true by looking into our event targets where we have jointly merged all relevant key players to achieve our theme of this year into a long-term plans and actions,” she asserted.
After six years of development, the CSCEC ME Technical Conference has gradually grown from an internal technical event to a significant annual conference on construction technology in the Gulf region. The rising recognition of the conference has captured extensive attention across the industry and has built it into a socially renowned industrial conference, which convenes relevant government agencies, corporate organisations, and individual experts to come together for a better industry and better world.
The wide extent of the conference arrangements has made it possible to build a highquality conversation platform for regional construction technology development. Furthermore, this has helped consolidate the corporate image of CSCEC ME as one of the leading CSR entities in the Middle East region.
