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t is truly admirable how the construction industry continues to open up its gates to innovative ideas and embraces changes to respond to global challenges. Big companies never fail to provide solutions by upgrading their corporate practices and investing in new technologies. The year 2018 didn’t come as easy as expected but the key players in the field have coped up with the setbacks and difficulties that arose.
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Large steps had been taken amid the risks and economic breakdowns that occurred but the courage and determination of construction leaders have toppled down the hindrances in making this year a notable period in the history of the construction industry. As more and more companies are leaning toward digitization, green revolution, sustainability, and intensified leadership values, the industry will absolutely receive more favor and respect.
To celebrate the success of the construction industry this year, we will give you the run-down of the construction leaders who have made a positive impact and inspired millions of engineers around the world with their leadership stories. We take pride as this generation nests outstanding individuals who committed their heart, spirit, and mind in uplifting the industry that is the backbone of our planet.
For the February issue, we had Gary Adams, president of Parsons Middle East and Africa, who is dedicated to building a brave new age of transportation that is safe, fast, and affordable, and convenient. Meanwhile, the third month of the year unfolded the story of Dr. Shetha Alzubaidi, CEO of Brookson Project Management of Al Fahim Avenue Group, who serves as an inspiration for women engineers and devoted herself in creating sustainable cities.
If this year could be extended, we know that there will be so much more innovations and sustainable projects that will be created.
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Breaking Norms, Building Solutions In April, we are very fortunate to have David King, Managing Director of Manlift, a leading supplier of aerial work platforms (AWP) for sales and rental, as our cover. His revolutionary ideas and leadership style have paved way for the company to experience exponential growth despite being young. On the other hand, Samer Halabi, Regional Managing Director of Kone Middle East and Africa, has moved the company to establish a very strong business with a number of prestigious installations in the Middle East for the elevator and escalator industry.
June is all about women empowerment as Dr. Maria Catalina Cabral, the first-ever woman national president of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineer (PICE) shared an amazing story about her journey from a young student aspiring to be a civil engineer to becoming a woman succeeding in a profession dominated by men. The month after, another woman made it to the front cover as Kristina Swallow, the president of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) talked about her views on women’s roles in the civil engineering industry and ASCE’s leadership as an authoritative source for codes and standards that protect the public.
The months of August and September introduced two amazing construction leaders from the West and the East. They are Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE FREng FICE FRS, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Dr. Osamu Kusakabe, the Chair of Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC). Professor Mair specialized principally in
underground construction, providing advice on numerous projects worldwide. Meanwhile, Dr. Kusakabe is focusing on Asian sustainability to meet the demands of rapid urbanization.
As the year nears its end, we dedicated our October front cover story for Josine Heijmans, the Portfolio Director of the Big 5, wherein she discussed the achievements of the event in upholding new technology to support the construction market’s professionals and leaders with great productivity and affordable solutions to their projects. For November, we tackled the cement and concrete innovations that are eyed as solutions to climate change.
If this year could be extended, we know that there will be so much more innovations and sustainable projects that will be created. However, in a 365-day period, these construction leaders have offered more than enough to the industry and the projects they will carry out in the future will surely be worth anticipating.
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Iraq) for Parsons. Similarly, there are a series of adjacent market lines new for Parsons in MEA region that can be introduced in countries where we are already established. Water/wastewater, oil and gas infrastructure development, buildings, ports & harbors, and defense and security are lines that we plan to introduce in established regions.
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I foresee significant opportunities in smart cities and the smart infrastructure required by them. Parsons has been working with the Smart Dubai Office to enable the Smart City’s stakeholders (citizens, government, commerce, etc.) to continue receiving and providing services with
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We also plan to introduce and grow cyber, defense and security offerings, already strong in North America.
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Parsons MEA: Continuously Evolving As It Embraces New Technologies In this exclusive interview with Gary Adams, the President of Parsons Middle and East Africa (MEA), learn more about the latest trends in the construction industry, the iconic projects of Parsons MEA, their latest innovations, future plans, CSR initiatives and what makes them different from their competitors.
What are the latest trends in the construction industry? The rate of disruptive change across all industries
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due to the development of information & communications technology in the last decade has been phenomenal, and the engineering and construction field has been a part of that. Machine learning, artificial intelligence or AI, cognitive computing, natural language understanding, image recognition, pattern matching and autonomous devices – all of these things are making their way into construction and construction management and, at Parsons, we are embracing them. Several technologies in particular are becoming game changers, including:
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High-Definition Surveying (HDS) scanning systems, capable of performing 360-degree corridor surveys at more than 50 miles per hour. Combining HDS and unmanned aerial vehicle systems will certainly impact the engineering and construction industries. Think of how drones equipped with high resolution digital cameras and advanced software will take surveying to new heights. Parsons has deployed similar technologies in Dubai for one of the largest developments in the area. 3-D Concrete Printing, which slashes the time required to produce a critical construction component from weeks to mere hours. Dubai was one of the first cities to execute a project with this technology in early 2016. The development of Building Information Modeling (BIM), Augmented Reality and AI, drones and cyber-driven Internet of Things technologies will revolutionize the design, development, construction and operations of new, “smart� districts and cities. Parsons has been engaged in several projects in the GCC with BIM and other smart initiatives in their scopes. Government agencies and private developers are realizing the benefits of these technologies and are now asking vendors to deliver them. We believe that such technologies will also further encourage new commercial approaches, such as design/build and construction management at-risk. Several transportation-related technologies that will change the way our industry operates in the near future. All the technologies that have emerged may take us to a brave new age of transportation that is safe, fast, and affordable, and convenient. They are likely to revolutionize an industry that has remained relatively unchanged for decades. We have recently explored several new solutions such as traffic videography, traffic counting and analysis with object/car classification, and speed analysis for traffic impact studies, reality modeling, city mapping, land survey, inspection of structures, as-built surveys and intelligent asset management, crisis response, thermal imaging, construction progress reporting using unmanned aerial vehicles technology, among other exciting developments. The Hyperloop system, with its promise of vastly more rapid point-to-point passenger and freight delivery, could have major implications for urban planning and port development.
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Learn more about Gary Adams Currently President of Parsons’ MEA business unit – one of three reporting units of the $3B Parsons Corporation headquartered in Pasadena, California. In his 26-year career with Parsons, he has held positions with increasing responsibility, most recently EVP and Global Operations Director of Parsons Transportation Group 37-year career engaged in civil engineering, traffic engineering, highway design, transportation planning, construction, project/program management and company management. Extensive experience in alternative project delivery for major heavy civil projects as design manager, owners engineer, and design-build JV sponsor Spent four years lecturing on transportation topics at California State University, Long Beach, and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; and a master’s degree in transportation engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Innovation is one of our core values and we always seek ways to be ahead of the curve and to support cutting-edge technologies/concepts. Parsons is actually a member company of Hyperloop One’s Technical Advisory Board, which is designed to facilitate a close dialogue between Hyperloop One and a small number of key partners.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area Spent the first half of his career in Southern California. While engaged in his career there, he also served as a planning commissioner and elected city councilman in Newport Beach (including one term as mayor), and on several regional boards including a toll road authority and regional airport authority Lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife of 20 years, Birgitt, and high school-aged son Max. His oldest son Nick is attending Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain Is an avid sailor and has a sailboat in Abu Dhabi
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We are fortunate to have a strong presence in such a forward-looking country such as the UAE. An agreement has been signed between the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) and Hyperloop One to work through the Dubai Future Accelerators program and develop a prototype of self-driving cars powered by Hyperloop technology. The company will also test the feasibility of connecting Dubai with a number cities and destinations, and determine the economic viability of the project. Autonomous vehicles will also likely change the way we think about traffic. Statements made by several car companies last year indicate that fleets of self-driving cars will emerge early and have the potential to capture
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What is Gary’s leadership style? “My leadership style reflects the culture of our corporation, which emphasizes open communication, a collaborative decision-making process, establishing clear roles, missions, and metrics, and holding all of us – including myself – accountable for the successful achievement of our objectives. I try and surround myself with great people and make sure they have what they need to succeed.”
a significant share of individual motorized mobility. This introduces a crucial difference: Fleet vehicles no longer pursue their local or narrow interests; rather than completing the individual trip as quickly as possible, fleet management will seek to maximize throughput for all of its vehicles – for the fleet as a whole. The operational goals of fleet management are therefore very much aligned with the traffic flow goals of a city as a whole. Like all major innovations, autonomous vehicles also come with certain costs. Removing professional commercial drivers and replacing
them with autonomous vehicles would eliminate jobs. Making driving easier also has the potential to hurt public transit and change how traffic operates because of lower speeds, so governments need to start thinking about policy for driverless cars. We have so many talented employees that will undoubtedly come up with brilliant ideas when our clients seek support and partnership opportunities for all these technology-driven changes.
What are the “iconic” projects or notable achievements of Parsons? We have been fortunate to work on the region’s most unique projects. If we take transportation as an example, we have contributed to several iconic projects: • Dubai Metro, which made it to the Guinness Book of World Records, as the longest driverless metro network in the world. • We are also currently working on Riyadh Metro, the largest design-build metro program initiated at one time.
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Dubai Metro, UAE Dubai Water Canal, UAE Abu Dhabi International Airport – Midfield Terminal, UAE 4. Sorbonne and Zayed Universities, UAE 5. Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE 6. Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia 7. Riyadh Metro, Saudi Arabia 8. Abu Dhabi Corniche, UAE 9. Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi, UAE 10. Floating Bridge Dubai, UAE
Trivia There are probably more Parsons projects signs on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai than any other products or service advertisements.
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• Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, probably one of the most well-known roads in the world, has Parsons’ name all over it; we designed numerous interchanges, as well as some of the bridges that connect Sheikh Zayed Road with key neighborhoods in Dubai. Several of the projects we’ve managed have won multiple awards as well, including: i. The Dubai Water Canal project received multiple recognitions at the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) Quality Awards for Projects 2017: Innovation Project of the Year, Leisure & Tourism Project of the Year, and Mega Project of the Year. The project also won the GCC Leisure and Tourism Project of the Year award. A challenging aspect of this project—owned by the RTA— was designing and arranging the detours, capacity, and speed limit for Sheikh Zayed Road to ensure it functioned without any traffic-congestion issues during the canal construction. Parsons’ joint venture 42
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provided infrastructure design and construction supervision services for the project. ii. The Dubai City Walk project won the United Arab Emirates and GCC Mixed-Use Project of the Year award at the MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2017. City Walk (owned by UAE developer Meraas) was conceptualized to become a city within a city, and is meticulously arranged to create a well-appointed residential and commercial development that stands apart. Parsons provided infrastructure design and construction supervision services for City Walk. iii. As part of the Middle East Economic Digest’s Quality Awards for Projects 2016, the IRENA Headquarters won the UAE Sustainable Project of the Year Award. iv. The Etihad Rail Stage 1 project won the GCC Project of the Year award and was also
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named UAE Mega Project of the Year as part of the MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2016. Engineering News-Record recognized the Etihad Rail Stage 1 project with the Award of Merit in the rail category in 2015. v. Abu Dhabi International Airport has won multiple awards over the years, the latest being the Airport of the Year award in the 10- to 30-million-passengers category at the Air Transport News Awards held in Salzburg, Austria, in March 2016.
What are the latest innovations of Parsons? How will your clients benefit from them? • The Dubai Water Canal is a testimonial of outstanding innovative solutions implemented by our team, such as: - Expeditious completion of south bound Sheikh Zayed Road Bridge in a record time of 5.5
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months by enabling simultaneous construction of foundation and superstructure, and re-arranging the bridge stressing sequence to achieve the condensed schedule. - Construction of bridge foundation along with canal quay wall to expedite the canal works following bridge construction. - Changing the method of non-disruptive crossing for relocation of dry services from microtunneling to horizontal directional drilling to save time and cost. - Reducing the number of micro-tunneling bores by providing one higher size bore in place of two bores. - Using LED lights for the first time on a Dubai road project. - Executing a waterfall feature from bridge deck to canal – a first in the GCC.
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The Dubai Design District is the first project in the GCC to implement comprehensive Smart City features. Parsons is bringing its experience in Smart Cities to assist in the development of the final project criteria. The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) has also asked Parsons to support them with developing an actionable strategy to develop a Resilient Dubai City. Parsons has engaged with the client over the last several months to shape the scope of this strategy over four phases. For the Aramco Energy Industrial City – Smart City solution, during the scoping phase of the project we introduced the concept of smart city to the client, quantified the cost of the development, quantified the cost savings and revenue from the smart city services, and developed the ROI. We have also suggested the development of a comprehensive Operational Readiness Plan (ORP) to define the requirements for the city’s operations organization to be ready to operate and manage the city at the handover of ownership from the Project Team to the Operations team. This is similar to steps that we are taking at the Industrial City of Yanbu, KSA, recognizing an effective city infrastructure has effective operations and management services designed into it from the start. For the first time in the UAE, Parsons implemented Monte Carlo Simulations – a broad class of computational algorithms relying on repeated random sampling -- to optimize land use for the Jebel Ali Development, considering transportation constraints for the client (Investment Corporation of Dubai - ICD). Understanding each client’s specific objective and accordingly responding to their request and following best practice is imperative. Parsons has conducted a transportation study for the Wave (Al Mouj) development in Muscat, which is very unique. The Al Mouj Development, is set to become a unique development for both itself and the greater Oman and GCC region. Al Mouj is a unique development which has applied and implemented the principals of New Urbanism very carefully. The vision, image and quality of Al Mouj as it relates to traffic is based
on developing a community for people and not cars. Therefore, the transportation system of the development is multi-modal with an emphasis on non-motorized and pedestrian activity. Parsons reviewed the transportation plan of the East Village section in the development and found ways to enhance its objectives and functions. The Doha Expressway incorporated a series of innovative techniques, including centralized automatic dimming technology for the road lighting; irrigation design approaches that saved water; proposed radar-based incident detection system for the first time in Qatar; cut-and-cover tunnel designed to allow top-down construction in order to facilitate expeditious reinstatement of traffic in a very tight urban corridor. The Miraah Solar Enhanced Oil Recovery Steam Plant in Oman, for which Parsons provided front end engineering services, recently won the Best Oil and Gas Innovation or Technology award at ADIPEC. Parsons worked with GlassPoint Solar, the leader in solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR), to spearhead the region’s first solar EOR steam plant using enclosed trough technology. We performed the conceptual engineering, front-end engineering, and detailed design for the solar steam pilot, which uses concentrating sunlight to produce an average of 50 tons of steam a day. This is one of the largest solar energy ventures globally. Parsons has been using 3D/4D/5D, BIM, and computer automated design modeling systems in the design of numerous complex facilities. Our facility designs incorporate safety and security requirements to address physical, cyber, and human threat areas.
What are the future plans of Parsons? The company itself is evolving and indeed transforming from a services-based entity to a full-fledged solutions delivery provider. We are embracing new technologies and tailoring our culture in ways that will dramatically enhance our value proposition as well as our commercial returns to shareholders.
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Parsons has a strong market position in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, where we have delivered landmark projects for aviation, roads and highways, bridge and tunnel, and land development. There is an opportunity to deliver core portfolio services (aviation, roads and highways, bridges and tunnels, etc.) to some of the relatively under-developed countries (such as Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait and Iraq) for Parsons. Similarly, there are a series of adjacent market lines new for Parsons in MEA region that can be introduced in countries where we are already established. Water/wastewater, oil and gas infrastructure development, buildings, ports & harbors, and defense and security are lines that we plan to introduce in established regions. I foresee significant opportunities in smart cities and the smart infrastructure required by them. Parsons has been working with the Smart Dubai Office to enable the Smart City’s stakeholders (citizens, government, commerce, etc.) to continue receiving and providing services with
no, or minimal, disruption and the ability to recover from disruption. The process requires a review of the adequacy of established physical security policies and processes and the ability to seamlessly integrate them with new policies and processes associated with security and resilience. Parsons has the expertise to develop actionable resiliency strategies that can support the stakeholders of Smart Cities to advance their cities from smart cities to smart, secure, safe, and resilient cities. We also plan to introduce and grow cyber, defense and security offerings, already strong in North America.
What makes you different from the rest of your competitors? Parsons’ commitment to its core values – Safety, Quality, Integrity, Innovation, Sustainability, and Diversity. There are not just buzzwords at Parsons. We track and measure
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our performance to these values systematically and continually. Our quality processes and procedures, for example, are recognized by the International Software Organization as exceptional. Presence in the MEA region - We have the scale to take on large projects and to be very responsive when the need arises. Not many engineering consultants in the region can pride themselves with having the ability to undertake large scale projects by using the staff located in MEA. We can do that – with nearly 4,500 employees based in the region, we have the ability and the talent to be successful in delivering large programs. Responsiveness - Parsons has been working in the region for more than 60 years and has a reputation for being immediately responsive to changing customer needs. That cultural commitment is unrivaled in the region. Customer Relationships – in a region where personal relationships matter a great deal, we 46
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have developed robust relationships with most of the major key client leaders that, combined with our other competencies, offer a competitive advantage.
Describe your CSR initiatives. Parsons fulfills its corporate citizenship by applying its six core values. Each value fuels our approach toward corporate responsibility. We continue to demonstrate social responsibility in our workplace by reducing our energy/water consumption and by using recycled and planetfriendly materials. As a company—and because we rely heavily on documentation—we remain focused on reducing our need for printing by increasing our use of electronic documents and paperless transfer/communications, including the use of video- and web-enabled conferencing tools. And because we continue to review and improve our recycling programs for materials (such as paper and drink containers), we recently instituted
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battery-recycling programs as well. We are even committed to purchasing environmentally preferable (green) janitorial cleaning supplies with low/no volatile organic compounds. In addition, we recycle and donate eWaste (such as computers, monitors, and printers) in a safe, secure, and socially responsible manner. As part of our social responsibility efforts, we continue to maintain a strong community presence through our Parsons Gives Back Program, which supports educational, cultural, and civic organizations as well as sponsors various nonprofits, programs, and events. Using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, we measure our impact in accordance with several key environmental, human rights, labor, societal, and economic indicators, and we share them in this report in the spirit of transparency. Some examples of CSR initiatives we have constantly implemented in the MEA countries are: i. Parsons Abu Dhabi and Dubai Offices organize market days regularly for Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs. Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs provides quality and effective training to children who have Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, and other challenges. The stall is set up to sell products from “Smiles n’ Stuff” - Al Noor’s very own vocational training gift shop, the only one of its kind in the Gulf Cooperation Council, where all the products are handcrafted by children with special needs. This initiative helps raise awareness and funds for Al Noor.
ii. We have supported Emirates Foundation for several programs, including scholarships, career orientation, internship and schools sustainability education seminars. iii. For two consecutive years, Parsons served as a Gold Sponsor of the Saadiyat Beach Classic held at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi. Hosted by Gary Player, golfing legend and course designer, the first charity event in 2010 marked the opening of Saadiyat Island’s first tourist attraction. Parsons was pleased to sponsor the Saadiyat Beach Classic, especially since it raised funds for charities that support underprivileged children regionally and worldwide. iv. Parsons Oman donated central processing units and monitors (which would have otherwise been disposed) to schools and social centers. v. We constantly have blood donation campaigns in several countries in the GCC, in close cooperation with the relevant health authorities. vi. Our Saudi Arabia operations work closely with King Saud and Princess Nourah Universities, for which we provide orientations and internship opportunities. vii. Our office in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has organized yearly beach cleanup activities to help raise awareness and protect the environment.
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The Success Story of Brookson THE COMPANY Past Achievements Brookson is a diversified consultancy specializing in Strategic Planning, Project Management, Cost Planning, Master Planning, Construction Management and Engineering for a wide variety of projects in UK and the Middle East. The success Brookson has achieved is based on a leadership-driven management strategy that empowers high-caliber, experienced professionals to leverage their potential, skills and capabilities. Brookson applies leading practices that differentiate the company in the marketplace. Over the past 30+ years, the Brookson team has successfully executed 50+ projects, served clients in 15+ countries in the Middle East, Europe and Asia with the total value in excess of USD $ 184 Billion. We seek clients and strategic partners who share the same commitment to performance, quality, and success. Brookson prides itself on acquiring and attaining recognized experts and high achievers in their professional disciplines.
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create better and faster informed decisions in selecting, delivering, governing and auditing projects, programs and portfolios by using Project Management Information Systems. PMIS will enforce the automation of every-day project management processes by enforcing the use of pre-defined templates for capturing needed data to manage each process. We have provided our clients with the knowledge, tools, techniques and resources to capture, view and understand projects’ big data with regard to schedule, cost, quality, risk, contracts and communications. We have enabled our clients to transform their data into valuable sources of information to visualize, analyze and share a single version of the truth on a project’s status, health and performance. Future Goals Our plan to open offices in three main cities in Iraq (Baghdad, Basra & Mosul). Also we have a plan to open offices in Jordan as we are having number of retail project in Amman and Al Aqaba.
Present Accomplishments, Breakthrough Projects and Innovations
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2018 is a very good year for Brookson as we have secured three mega structure projects in Oman, Baghdad and Sharjah. We have empowered our clients with the insight to
The Projects
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The project in Baghdad is a 4 million square meter sustainable city. The city will have five districts Commercial District, Medical
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District, Education District, Leisure District and Residential District. The city name, theme and design of the buildings is based on Iraqi heritages. The land use distributions are Leisure & Theme Park District is located at the area near Commercial District for easier accessibility for tourist. While the Mall / Shopping Center & Attraction District serves as an immediate destination for transient population within the proposed Baghdad Airport City. Industrial Districts are located along the Flight Path Runway considering height restrictions. Also it serves as buffer for the airport & the Commercial Area which can cater high rise structures. Industrial Districts are proposed to accommodate the future demand for warehousing & growth of
Industrial Sector of Baghdad onwards 2030. Airport City is proposed within the immediate surrounding of Baghdad International Airport to support the growing demands of transient population facility requirements. This may include offices, hotels, conference centers & other facilities supporting the transient users. Main connectivity linkage connecting the two Master Plans accommodates Medical City is expected to support both having less impact on the area. The project in Oman is an environmentally sustainable design, and an eco-friendly development Residence and Hotel Beach Resort and is a source of inspiration for leisure and work covering one million square meters.
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A third of which over water, providing guests with a multitude of residential, leisure and work options. There are suites in the grand 5 star hotel or dispersed throughout the complex, detached villas on land or over water, culminating in the supreme grand villas, bungalows with their own private pools. There are many entertainment such as Aqua Park, the Wellness SPA, dining spots spread out across the resort or concentrated in the Marine Mall. The development will have Hi-tech Congress Centre which will cater for all business needs. While the project in Sharjah is an island where it will be turn into a unique destination. A mix of high-end luxury and it will captures the region’s vibrancy and cultural heritage in its architecture and offerings. The project area of is 4 km in diameter, the predominantly uninhabited island is characterized by its natural scenery and beautiful beaches. Creating Innovative Solutions Our methodology is to delivers distinctive architecture and defines value parameters through the Project Idea. The more specific and
consistent the relationship between the projects attributes and the idea, the stronger the idea can impact on sales. I believe project success can be improved by first creating the right environment for success. Achieving success in the highly competitive consulting marketplace requires talented and motivated people, a willingness to take risks, and a passion and commitment to client satisfaction. We are dedicated to managing and providing solutions for our clients’ highest priorities. From an operational perspective, our professionals are well grounded in their subject matter expertise, prepared to be successful and productive on day-one of any engagement, and motivated to provide innovative solutions. Our Clients benefit from the strength and experience of our capabilities. Most important of all, our commitment to client success begins at the top and threads through the entire organization. From a corporate vantage, we treats each client engagement as a stakeholder relationship. Our corporate objective is to establish an enduring and successful relationship with each and every client. Construction Leaders • March 2018
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THE PERSON I am the CEO and partner of Brookson Project Management LLC and have 27+ years of international experience in UK and the Middle East for full range of mega structure projects. From 1990 to August 2004 I worked for leading consultancies in UK participating in different projects. From August 2004 to August 2007 I worked for UAE leading real estate master developer, Nakheel, participating in different mega structure project such as Palm Jumeirah, Arabian Canal and Palm Deira. From August 2007 to February 2015 I worked with Al-Rajhi Group in two real estate companies in UAE, Tatweer UAQ and Tameer Holding Investment. From February 2015 to June 2017 I worked with Damac Properties leading international and national projects. I am British engineer, originally from Baghdad / Iraq and holding BSc in Civil Engineering, MSc in Environmental Geo-technology and PhD in Civil Engineering from UK. I am a mother of two where my son, Dr Mustafa Rashid, is an Orthopedic Surgeon in London and just finish his PhD from Oxford University in UK. While my daughter, Ayia Rashid, is a Senior Digital Marketing Manager in London and holding an MSc from Manchester University. I am over the moon because recently I have a granddaughter called Sophie.
Leadership Style Becoming a leader involves much more than being put in a leadership role. It involves a fundamental identity shift. My leadership style is to starts with the right people in the right role and making sure that I bring on people that have values that are aligned to
the values of Brookson as an organization. I strongly believes in increasing employee engagement by creating an open, honest culture
Women In Engineering Women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering in modern and historical times. Women are often under-represented in the fields of engineering, both in academia and in the profession of engineering. The presence and status of women in engineering has improved dramatically over the last half century. However, the progression of professional women into positions of leadership has been slow. Many women have worked hard to take gender out of the equation to simply be recognized for their skills and talents. Integrating leadership into one’s core identity is particularly challenging for women, who must establish credibility in a culture that is deeply conflicted about whether, when, and how they should exercise authority. But powerful women are scarce. Women working in construction is on the increase. 37% of new entrants into the industry that came from higher education are women, proving that this industry quickly becoming one for the girls, not just the boys! Engineering still needs more women and I will encourage my granddaughter Sophie to pursue a career in engineering when she is older. Today, women have a lot of opportunities within the world of engineering, but I still think we have some way to go before both sexes are equally represented in construction leadership positions.
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TRIVIA We are the Champions, our mission is to optimize real estate projects by delivering exceptional value added solutions that aims to monetize execution. This can be achieved by careful technical analysis coupled with deep routed market understanding that insure all projects will stand among the crowd.
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Top 10 Iconic Projects that Dr. Shetha Personally Worked 1)
Palm Deira & Deira Corniche projects, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 55 billion
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Palm Jumeirah project, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 20 billion
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New Surah City, Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 5 billion
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Eye Park Residential Towers, Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 1.2 billion
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Podium Office Tower, Dubailand Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 560 million
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Yesil Horizon Community, Yalova, Turkey. Value: USD 541 million
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Aykon London 1, Branded Residential Units & Offices, London, United Kingdom, Value: GBP 300 Million
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Emirates Canadian University, Umm al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 150 million
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Regal Tower, Business Bay Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 118 million
10) Silver Tower, Business Bay Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Value: USD 97 million
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How KONE Revolutionized The Elevator and Escalator Industry
Urbanisation in a Beijing Construction Site
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USK (Kansas City/1954)
A Brief History of KONE As a company, we have over 100 years of heritage and our history has taught us the importance of renewing ourselves through innovation and transforming our business according to the changing environment. KONE’s business grew during the 1920’s and 1930’s. However, it was in the 1940’s and 1950’s when the company produced a great volume of elevators, electric hoists and cranes. This helped spark industrialization in Finland, and led to KONE expanding capacity and developing new production processes. Following a series of acquisitions, KONE became a player on the world stage. The 1990’s however, brought a new political landscape and a time of deep recession. In 1994, KONE bought the fourth largest elevator
group in the United States, Montgomery Elevator Company, and made plans to move decisively into China and expand operations in India. Long-term investments into R&D paid off in 1996, when KONE revolutionized the elevator industry by introducing the world’s first machine-room-less elevator, the KONE MonoSpace®. The innovation quickly became the industry standard, and KONE later adapted the low-rise technology to mid- and high-rise elevators as well. Early investments in China also paid off with KONE at the forefront of developments which made China the biggest elevator and escalator market in the world. Further innovations followed in 2013, including KONE UltraRope® technology. The superlight hoisting cable has a carbon fiber core and eliminates many of the disadvantages of conventional steel rope, enabling elevator travel of up to 1 kilometer while providing unparalleled elevator eco-efficiency, reliability and durability.
Service Department (1935)
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KONE MonoSpace Elevator Shaft
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The Company’s Latest Technologies and Product Innovations Today, we have a clear mission, which is to improve the flow of urban life. We make cities better places to live by understanding People Flow in and between buildings and making people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. We service more than 1.2 million elevators and escalators and in 2017 we delivered 141,000 units. KONE moves more than 1 billion people every day, serving over 450,000 customers, like architects, construction companies, builders, developers, building owners and facility managers. Urbanization continues around the world, as well as rapid changes in technology. We think these developments provide good opportunities, especially as our starting point is to always consider what is best for our customers. A good example of recent product innovation is KONE 24/7 Connected Services, which uses KONE UltraRope
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Tailored Services
the IBM Watson IoT (Internet of Things) platform and other technologies to bring safety, transparency and intelligence to services for elevators and escalators. It means a completely new experience for KONE’s customers, because faults can be predicted before they happen and where equipment can be monitored in real time. The Company’s Future Expansion Plans and Goals Ever since our foundation in 1910, KONE’s journey has seen us experience times of disruption and change, followed by times of success. As we look towards the future, we will continue to shape tomorrow’s cities for the better. The trend for the building industry and especially for the elevator & escalator industry continues to be driven by urbanization, with the need for broader living and working environments, in combination with excellent public transportation infrastructure. Above all, technologies will enable us to bring different services and equipment to better serve individual customers – and KONE is well placed to lead the way for the industry.
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KONE’s Methodologies in Creating Innovative Solutions for Its Clients
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To succeed and differentiate in our industry, we need to serve our customers in much better ways – better than before. We need to ask “can technology help our customers business, or will technology give insights into areas that can improve service quality and safety?” Or: “how can digital services improve consumers’ lives when they use KONE solutions?” And we need to be able to do this for the entire lifecycle of a building, which is especially important for the design of our services and experiences. Product design alone is not enough. The whole people flow experience needs to be flexible to accommodate changes over several years, while meeting the user’s and customer’s needs. Whether developing new services from scratch or improving old ones, it means taking inspiration from our surroundings. It means getting out of the lab or studio and working together with customers and end-users. At KONE, our strategy is to help our customers succeed, which means helping their buildings to become more functional and as user friendly as possible for their users. However, every one of our customers is different. To succeed in this environment, we need to deliver better value and meet those individual needs. Urbanisation
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After the second world war, KONE made ice-skates, coffee makers, carbide lamps.
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The Company’s Top Iconic Projects KONE has a very strong business with a number of prestigious installations in the Middle East. For example: • • • • • •
ICD Brookfield Place WOW Hotel Riyad’s metro Bahrain airport expansion Qatar metro Al Argan projects
Read and visit KONE’s website for more details.
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About Samer Halabi Samer Halabi is the Regional Managing Director at KONE Middle East and Africa. Samer leads KONE’s regional business strategy, and is in charge of the business development, budget planning and alignment of all operational activities within KONE’s guidelines and objectives. Samer has been living in Dubai since 1998 and over the years he has learnt a great deal through the wide international exposure and the pleasure of working with stakeholders from all over the world. Samer believes that transparency and humbleness are keys for success, in addition to being close to both colleagues and customers and always working towards adding value to their business and delivering what has been promised. He has an open door policy and welcomes a challenger mindset. Samer is living in Dubai with his family since 1998, he is married with 2 children of 14 years old. Samer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aleppo University in Syria, and has also received various trainings in leadership and innovation from the UK and Switzerland.
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Dr. Maria Catalina E. Cabral: Breaking Stereotypes in the Philippines’ Civil Engineering Community Through PICE and the DPWH
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When Maria Catalina, or Cathy as she is fondly called, was a little girl, her mother used to take her in the then Bureau of Public Works, the Philippine government’s engineering and construction arm. As a widow with a brood of three children growing up, her mother could not afford hiring someone to look after them while working. So she had no option but to bring her children to work. Fortunately, her bosses understood her plight. Cathy is grateful
to God for loaning her Mommy Linda, and although she knows that her pain is over and she is at rest, her children, her siblings and grandchildren miss her all the same. It was then that Cathy’s fascination for the craft of civil engineering grew. At a tender age, she was exposed to the environment where engineers do their work - from planning to implementing government infrastructure Construction Leaders • June 2018
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projects. She felt the satisfaction the employees derive from doing something for the country. From then on she aspired to become a civil engineer. As a student, it was not far different from the usual college life, and she was not the only woman working her way in the engineering field. For her, the real battle began when she was already preparing for the actual world. Not all women who graduated in the same course became successful engineers. Perhaps, it was a blessing that God made some provisions to grant her dream come true. It was never easy. It was not a walk in the park. Yet through her perseverance she triumphantly endured and surpassed numerous challenges being a lady engineer. The challenge was that from time to time she had to prove herself worthy of her stature. She had held several positions from an Engineering Aide, an entrylevel Civil Engineer, Senior Civil Engineer, Division Chief, Project Manager, Assistant Project Director, Project Director, Service Director, Assistant Secretary, up to her current post as an Undersecretary. All possible positions a government civil engineer has to go through before reaching the top, name it and she has experienced it. Yet one thing she learned throughout her years in public service is that no matter how big or small a position, it is vital in the efficiency of an agency. So she told herself to neither quit nor feel tired
because she knows that work CO NSTR U Cher TIO N Lmakes E A D E aR S difference in the lives of others. Being a female leader is equally a challenge to her as it is a victory. She is a living example that a woman can succeed in a profession mostly dominated by men. Engr. Cabral is pleased that time and again, her agency, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has always recognized the equal role of women in governance. It is not to say that DPWH favors women more than men, but rather, gender equality is leveling the playing field as to give men and women similar positions and receive the same treatment, considering their differences in strength. She has made it both her personal and professional advocacy to actively involve herself in the good practices of gender mainstreaming and other gender and development related activities. Engr. Cabral encourages all female aspiring leaders to become an advocate of change and to never fear to walk the talk of women empowerment. She believes that women should strive for equality, strive for recognition, and strive to fight for their endeavors, especially now that the barbaric time has ended and the modern time is more supportive of women. Breaking the stereotype in the engineering profession is no easy feat and perhaps, it was one of the major challenges she braved.
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People are usually resistant when they see that things are deviating from what they were used to. As a woman who pursued the realm of change, there are positive and negative consequences that she had to face. Remarkably, the positive consequence is that Filipino culture respects women. However, though women are highly respected in their societies, in the past they were ideally confined to the role of a home builder – someone who is just left at home to tend to the children, while men are often expected to be the house builder – someone who works to make ends meet for the family. But the times have changed and more women are now emerging to excel in their respective fields, even in the professions that were once dominated by men.
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The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) is a professional organization of civil engineers duly accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission in the Philippines. Its mission is to “advance the welfare of its members and the development and prestige of the civil engineering profession and to be a dynamic force in nation building.” PICE has been active in facilitating Continuing Professional Development by staging various conventions and technical conferences that enrich the knowledge and technical knowhow of its members and promote camaraderie within the organization. But apart from upgrading the competencies of its members, PICE has also been keen in nation-building through its Community Extension Program, Housing Program, Project Green Engineering Philippines, Disaster Management Program, Gender Development Program, among others.
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Under her helm as the PICE’s 1st female National President, the organization continues to expand with new chapters, here and abroad. As of this date, PICE has a total of 99 local professional chapters and 11 international professional chapters for its 87,298 members. On November 28, 2017, PICE became the first and the only Accredited Professional Organization in the country to be certified under ISO 9001:2015 Standards. She also led the successful staging of the 43rd PICE National Convention, in which a significant increase in the number of attendees has been seen with a total of 12, 846 delegates. This is 85% or 5,910 higher than the 6, 936 delegates in the 2016 National Convention. The said event is the first national convention that used a full online registration system, attendance monitoring system and certificate verification.
In October 2017, the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to facilitate the enhancement of the efforts of each organization to better serve the public and engineering profession in its own country. Another achievement the organization has accomplished under her tutelage is the PICE Community Extension Program, in which a total of 20 patients with cleft lip and palate condition where successfully operated under the Summer Smile 2017 charity program. The organization has also extended its helping hands to the Internally Displaced Persons affected by the armed conflict in Marawi City through the provision of ₱1.7 million cash assistance. PICE also continued the agreement of helping their countrymen at Tacloban on a housing
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program, which they called Tacloban PICE Village. As of June 2017, twenty-two (22) units were already turned over to the families affected by Typhoon Yolanda while the remaining 10 units are under planning stage.
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country under the Project Green Engineering Philippines. And lastly, in her term, the PICE Total Net Worth for CY 2017 increased by 163% or ₱92.51 million from ₱56.61 million in 2016 to ₱149.13 million in 2017. Engr. Cabral believes that being a person of
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH): DPWH’s mission is to “provide and manage quality infrastructure facilities and services responsive to the needs of the Filipino people in the pursuit of national development objectives.” It is one of the leading agencies tasked to manage the infrastructure development in the country. As Undersecretary of DPWH, she is assigned to handle the Planning & Public Private Partnership (PPP) services of the Department. In terms of planning, she oversees the preparation of the Department’s Annual Infrastructure Budget for presentation and approval of the Congress. On the other hand, for the Public-Private Partnership service, she oversees the reviewing, negotiating, and monitoring of proposed projects that will be funded, constructed or maintained by the Private Sector, most of which are big-ticket projects that will have huge benefits in the lives of Filipinos. At the peak of her career, she became the first female rank-and-file employee who has attained the rank of an Undersecretary in the DPWH. She is also the current chairperson of the Performance Governance System (PGS) Committee and led the Department in the attainment of the Proficiency Stage on the PGS pathway. Lastly, as a staunch advocate of women empowerment, she is the Chairperson of the DPWH Committee on Gender and Development (GAD) that has devised and strictly implemented a set of tools known as the GAD Toolkit, which promotes gender responsiveness in the development and implementation of road infrastructure projects in the Department. Under her watch, the Department was among the Top 4 most Gender-Responsive Government Agencies named by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) for their GADtimpala program.
PICE will not only widen one’s horizon in the civil engineering field, it also gives one the opportunity to meet the key players in the industry that can further widen his/her network.
Engr. Cabral believes that everything happens for a reason and that every opportunity afforded to someone entails a higher responsibility. It all started with a childhood dream and never did she imagine that she will someday reach the pedestal. She is a woman with many faces: a daughter, a mother, a lowly employee, a female leader and a public servant. Yet at the end of the day, she is just an instrument to serve for a higher purpose.
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DPWH MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS: As Undersecretary for Public-Private Partnership in the Department, several bigticket projects in the country have been implemented including: • NAIA Expressway (Completed) 14.85 km – 4 lane elevated expressway from the end point of NAIA Expressway Phase I to PAGCOR Entertainment City. • Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway, TPLEX (Ongoing) 89.31-km expressway from Tarlac City to Rosario, La Union. • Cavite-Laguna Expressway (Ongoing) * 45.29 km – four lane expressway with 8 interchanges and 12,207 lm bridges (inclusive of 4,618 lm viaduct) • NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project (Detailed Engineering Design on-going) 8 km- four lane expressway from C3 Road in Caloocan City to PUP, Sta. Mesa, Manila and will connect to common alignment of Skyway Stage 3. DPWH ATTAINMENT OF PROFICIENCY STAGE IN PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM (PGS): The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has attained its Proficiency Stage on the Performance Governance System (PGS) pathway on November 27, 2017. During the Public Revalida, DPWH Chairperson for PGS Committee, Undersecretary Maria Catalina E. Cabral, presented the DPWH vision or long term direction and governance reform accomplishments in achieving sustainable development before a panel of governance advocates both from the government and private sectors and the public audience.
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Conferred as PGS Proficient, DPWH was also handed the Silver Governance Trailblazer Award by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) during its participation at Dream Philippines Fair, an annual event that presents significant advancements in public sector governance, held recently at Bayanihan Center – Unilab Compound, Pasig City. DPWH AS GENDER-RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCY: DPWH was hailed as Top 4 most GenderResponsive Government Agencies named by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) for their GADtimpala program. On July 14, 2014, the Department has received a citation from the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) for being chosen as one (1) of the four (4) top gender responsive agencies in the Search for the Most Outstanding Gender Responsive Agency under GADtimpala 2013. The award aims to recognize the outstanding achievement and/or performance of government agencies in upholding the rights of women and maximizing the implementation of gender- responsive programs. The execution of DPWH gender equality actions at the planning, design, reconstruction, construction and maintenance stages is guided by “Toolkit for Making Road Infrastructure Projects Gender Responsive.” PLANNING PROCESS To enable DPWH to have an efficient planning, objective programming and project selection, the agency is continuously enhancing and innovating its planning process through the use of Advanced Planning Tools and Systems such as Road and Bridge Information Applications (RBIA); Bridge Management System (BMS); Pavement Management System (PMS), Multi Year Programming and Scheduling Application (MYPS), among others.
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ABOUT PICE PICE has 99 local professional chapters and 11 international professional chapters with a total of 87,298 members. Moreover, PICE has total of 12,679 student members and 1,903 associate members (non licensed civil engineering graduates).
1ST WOMAN PICE NATIONAL PRESIDENT • The 2017 PICE National Officers and Board of Directors inducted last January 14, 2017 at Fairmont Hotel in Makati City with Hon. Aquilino Pimentel III. • The 2018 PICE National Officers and Board of Directors inducted last January 13, 2018 at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila Hotel with Hon. Teofilo S. Pilando Jr., Chairman, Professional Regulation Commission.
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• PICE is the first and the only Accredited Professional Organization in the country which is ISO 9001:2015 certified. • The ISO 9001:2015 certificate was officially awarded to the PICE by TUV Rheinland Philippines during the PICE 43rd National Convention on November 28, 2017 at the
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Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City. And to maintain its certification, PICE will continuously assess its quality management systems and processes and undergo follow-up audits annually.
43RD PICE NATIONAL CONVENTION • 1st National Convention of a Professional Organization held at Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena. • A total of 12,846 delegates have attended the 3-day National Convention held last November 28-30, 2017 with a theme “Build! Build! Build! for a Smart, Strong and Sustainable Societies”. • The 12,846 delegates is 85% or 5,910 higher than the 6,936 delegates in the 2016 National Convention.
1st Full Online Registration System • Delegates can complete the registration to any event in less than 5 minutes, anytime 24/7 using any mobile or desktop device. • All payments go directly to PICE’s payment gateway that links to PICE’s bank accounts with no human intervention.
• The system has full integration with PICE’s cloud accounting system that can issue BIR authorized official receipts online.
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• Upon registration, all delegates will receive their own ID with their name and unique QR code and Official receipt in less than 5 minutes in their own email account. • The attendance checkers then use any mobile android device to check the attendance by scanning the QR codes in the ID’s. And uploads it to individual CPD database.
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• At the close of the event, the system automatically generates and emails the certificate of participation with the participants name and the total hours of attendance and unique QR code for each delegate. • PRC can verify attendance and contents of the certificates by scanning the QR codes in the certificates using any mobile android devices.
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Betty Modelo 75 years old beneficiary Tacloban PICE Village
PICE COMMUNITY EXTENSION PROGRAM Summer Smile 2017
In May 2017, the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers in partnership with College of the Holy Spirit Tarlac Batch 78, Rotary Club of Metro Tarlac, Philippine Band of Mercy, Provincial Government of Tarlac and the Tarlac Provincial Hospital conducted a Cleft Lip and Palate Surgical Mission (Summer Smile 2017) in Tarlac Provincial Hospital, wherein 20 patients with cleft lip and palate condition where successfully operated. Marawi Support
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care of internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the raging Marawi City armed conflict. This is in response to the call of President Duterte to rebuild Marawi after six weeks of intense gunfight and air strikes against the invasion that already affected hundreds of thousands of IDPs. The donation is part of the members’ collective commitment to the PICE’s vision and mission that is above all social responsibility and to be a key player and a dynamic force in nation building. To likewise respond to the call of service, the PICE Davao City Chapter on its part acted with promptness of adding P200 thousand more to the fund for assistance to IDPs of Marawi. PICE Housing Program
Tacloban PICE Village In November 2013, the Philippines was struck
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Abegail Siador, 2 years old Summer Smile 2017 Beneficiary Victoria, Tarlac
by typhoon Haiyan which was regarded as one of the strongest typhoons to ever make landfall particularly, the Province of Leyte. Haiyan or Super Typhoon “Yolanda” affected 1.47 Million families and damaged over 1.1 million houses and recorded fatalities of 6,300 persons.
Adaptation Programs to address adverse effects of climate change. The top beneficiaries for this project are public schools without access to potable water facilities. As of to date, 41 Rainwater Collectors have been installed in Public Schools across the country.
As part of the organization’s commitment to sustain its social responsibility, PICE built and turned over twenty-two (22) housing units to the families affected by Typhoon Yolanda while, the ten (10) housing units is under planning stage.
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The construction of Rainwater Collection System is one of PICE’s Climate Change
As of 2017, PICE Total (Current and Non Current) Assets, which includes Cash & Cash Equivalent, Receivables, Inventories, Property & Equipment, Investment Properties, Construction-in-Progress, Deferred Tax Assets and other assets, reached P162.12 Million. While, the PICE Total Net Worth increased by 163% or P92.51 Million, from P56.6 Million in 2016 to P149.13 Million in 2017.
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Making Civil Engineering Accessible To Women The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment. Through the expertise of its active membership, ASCE is a leading provider of technical and professional conferences and continuing education, the world’s largest publisher of civil engineering content, and an authoritative source for codes and standards that protect the public. The Society advances civil engineering technical specialties through nine dynamic Institutes and leads with its many professional- and publicfocused programs.
The objectives of the organization ASCE is dedicated to serving the public health, safety, and welfare of the public while advancing the civil engineering profession.
The CSR activities the organization is currently doing ASCE’s core mission is about protecting health, safety, and welfare of the public – we recognize that the projects that we work on, from bridges to water systems to electric grid – are critically important to the quality of life in a community.
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The premier of Dream Big: Engineering Our World at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
But beyond our professional duties, ASCE member groups volunteer their time in the community in different ways, including K-12 outreach, advocacy efforts like authoring an Infrastructure Report Card, or serving on a technical team that evaluates infrastructure after a natural disaster like an earthquake or hurricane.
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What are the latest trends in civil engineering? Like so many areas of our lives, the profession of civil engineering is changing rapidly thanks to new technologies that help us do our work more efficiently and make more informed decisions. For example, drones, sensors, and robots aid infrastructure inspections. Drone
these technologies are also necessitating that engineers become even more well-rounded employees. To be successful, civil engineers need to engage across multiple disciplines, interacting with technology professionals and understanding the implications of new gamechangers such as autonomous vehicles and how we need to change the design of our transportation network to fully benefit from their potential, for example. Similarly, having access to better real-time data on infrastructure assets is allowing engineers to make the most of limited funding dollars and prioritize projects. ASCE’s Grand Challenge initiative is pushing our industry to embrace life cycle cost analysis, which evaluates an infrastructure asset throughout its whole life, including operation and maintenance, two key expenses that are often left out of the budgeting process and therefore never fully funded. An emphasis on resilience is also transforming how we plan and design projects. Engineers recognize that we are building infrastructure assets that will most likely outlive us. We’re envisioning what challenges that infrastructure might face, like a growing population or sea level rise, and designing it to be fit for the future.
What are the challenges and obstacles in making civil engineering accessible to women? How can we solve these problems?
use allows for faster, more comprehensive inspections at a lower cost, and often with less risk. Sensors and robots can monitor and evaluate infrastructure better than the human eye; sensors placed on water pipes can alert engineers to a crack underground before it becomes a bigger problem to address like a ruptured water main. While many would argue that the field of engineering is becoming more specialized,
The challenges are in many ways similar to the ones facing professional women in any career path, such as balancing personal and professional goals and responsibilities. As one of only a few female presidents the Society has had, I’m also part of a larger, watershed moment as all three of ASCE’s presidential officers (past president, president, and president-elect) are women. As an organization, we’re exploring women’s experiences in civil engineering, including through our salary survey. Similar to the national average, the survey found a pay gap between men and women. We’re diving further into that data to better understand why the pay gap persists and find some ways to close it. Our student chapters are 30 to 50 percent female, which is a huge change from when I was in school. I think this shows that the industry is going to change dramatically to become even
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Kristina Swallow speaking on the “Infrastructure in Critical Condition” panel at The Atlantic Summit on Infrastructure + Transportation.
ASCE Past President, Norma Jean Mattei, introducing Kristina Swallow as the 2018 ASCE President ASCE Convention , Jason Dixson Photography
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more accessible to women in the future, as more women enter the profession with a desire to solve our infrastructure challenges. We’re working to address the profession to ensure those women are embraced as they graduate and find a profession ready to diversify and solve our global challenges in an inclusive way.
What are the latest technologies that are disrupting the Construction industry? The Internet of Things is influencing the industry just as much, if not more, as it is others. 3D planning, design, and printing are helping visualize projects earlier in the process. While the digital tools are changing and improving
the way we understand and design our projects enabling us to be more efficient and sustainable, the ever-increasing use of big data is also helping us better manage and utilize our infrastructure. In many cases, this is improving quality of life while reducing costs. An example is using data to better manage the transportation network – whether through providing alternate route options for a commute in real time, essentially better distributing the traffic across all of our assets, or using similar data as well as weather, ticket sales, and more to better predict potential delays and proactively adjust the network to mitigate delay before it happens. These are both ways in which we may improve the utility of the existing infrastructure.
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About Kristina Swallow
Kristina Swallow is the current president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Kristina is a civil engineering leader with more than 20 years of professional practice in water resources, transportation, and land development. Kristina has a diverse professional background that includes serving as a program manager in the capital improvements division for the City of Las Vegas, as a transportation policy advisor for a U.S. Senator in Washington, D.C., and working as a land development consultant in the fastest growing city in the United States, including five years as a small business owner. She is passionate about civil engineering and the benefits of infrastructure for communities, especially transportation systems. She is married to a civil engineer, Dave, and has three dogs. In her spare time, she enjoys running, aerial acrobatics, exploring new cities, and just trying new things.
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2017 Women Leaders Walking Robin Kemper, ASCE President-Elect; Kristina Swallow, ASCE President; and Norma Jean Mattei, ASCE Past President
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Developing ASCE 7 Standards, an integral part of the building code in the United States
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Bringing big vision to engineering with Dream Big IMax film
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Becoming the go-to source on infrastructure conditions – ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card
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Engaging students through integrative learning competitions like Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge
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Answering vital questions and sharing lessons learned through global Disaster Study Teams, which report findings to larger audience to strengthen professional practice
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Growing a global community that’s o ver 150k members strong serving members in 177 countries
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Promoting sustainability and resiliency in the industry; founding the Envision rating system
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Promoting inclusion through the adoption of Canon 8 into Code of Ethics, which states “treat all persons fairly and encourage equitable participation”
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Celebrating iconic structures by dedicating more than 200 historic civil engineering landmarks around the world
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Forging a new partnership model between engineering and public television, first with the limited series Building Big, and later through Curious George, Fetch! and Design Squad on PBS Kids
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Civil Engineers Can Transform Lives Around The World
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At its heart, civil engineering seeks to provide solutions to people’s needs and enable them to live better, healthier and safer lives. For centuries, civil engineers have enabled social and economic progress, helping to shape the world in which we live. They provide many of the things we need and take for granted every day, such as clean water and transport. They design and build flood defences, ensure stable energy supplies and provide the foundations for Construction Leaders • August 2018
development throughout the world. Through this vital work, they directly transform people’s lives and safeguard the future for their families. I believe this is the key to attracting more people into the profession and growing future civil engineering leaders. Many of today’s professionals will tell you that they became civil engineers because they wanted to make a positive difference in the world. Many young
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people, from all backgrounds, will identify with this sentiment. If they understood civil engineering on these terms, a career in civil engineering might have broader appeal. However, the unfortunate truth is that civil engineering is not widely understood. Our research in the UK – a country with a rich engineering heritage – has found that more than half of all adults and more than two-thirds of young people have no idea what a civil engineer does. More than 60% of both adults and young people cannot identify a single civil engineering project.
Therefore, it is vital to promote the positive work that civil engineers do and the contribution we make to society. By raising awareness of the diversity of civil engineering projects and the range of creative and rewarding roles that bring these projects to life, we can increase the diversity of people who might consider civil engineering as a career. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is celebrating a rare milestone in 2018 – its bicentenary. We have used this unique opportunity to reach out to the wider world, focusing our celebrations on raising public awareness of all the ways that civil engineering
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directly impacts people’s lives. Our intention is to spark the imaginations of young people and encourage them to consider civil engineering as a way to help shape the world. At our One Great George Street headquarters in London, we are hosting the Invisible Superheroes exhibition, designed to appeal particularly to children, young people and their families. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology – from augmented reality to virtual tours – to bring to life projects that span the globe and demonstrate the real world benefits of civil engineering.
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Real-life engineers, both past and present, appear throughout the exhibition as their cartoon superhero alter-egos, keeping the world running and society safe. Joseph Bazalgette is reimagined as Captain Sanitation, whose ground-breaking sewer system saved thousands of lives in Victorian England in real life by preventing the spread of cholera through Construction Leaders • August 2018
unclean water. Today, 80% of illnesses in the developing world are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions. Modern-day civil engineers are continuing the fight to improve people’s quality of life, including Metro Man, Parthajit Patra, who helped deliver the Guwhati water supply project in India. Some of the exhibition projects also feature in our 200 People and Projects initiative. Over the course of 2018, we are unveiling 200 inspirational and world-changing projects from around the globe and the people behind them. These include projects as wide-ranging as water infrastructure in the Middle East, Hong Kong International Airport, and the London Underground. The projects are being published throughout the year on the What Is Civil Engineering? pages of the ICE website, which provides comprehensive advice and guidance for those hoping to pursue a career in civil engineering. With written profiles and video content, the 200 projects join a growing library
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of case studies to provide inspiration for the next generation of budding civil engineers. The need for imaginative, creative and passionate civil engineers has never been greater given the scale of the challenges we encounter in the world today. And there has never been a more important time to showcase the scale of civil engineering’s impact, delivering a better quality of life for people all around the world. We face a changing climate that brings more extreme weather events and a global population that continues to grow exponentially. Billions of people live in slum accommodation and go every day without clean water and sanitation. Nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger while one in eight people live in extreme poverty. In the 21st century, this is simply unacceptable. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were created and adopted to
try to address these social needs and promote prosperity for all while protecting the planet. These are the same goals that civil engineers should be, and are, working towards and we should not limit the scale of our ambitions. Our work can give people the water and sanitation services they so badly need. We can take action on waste and carbon emissions. We can build infrastructure that leads to better health, education and employment outcomes. Civil engineers are ideally placed to answer these global challenges and the work we do can truly make a difference. This is why ICE, working with the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, is convening the Global Engineering Congress in London in October. We are bringing together the world’s civil engineering organisations for the first time in a generation, gathering the most able engineers from over 150 countries across the world.
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Uniting in an ambitious, combined and coordinated effort, civil engineers will tackle the five UN SDGs where we can make the most impact: clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy; industry, innovation and infrastructure; sustainable cities and communities; and climate action. Together, they will meet to determine how the global engineering profession can make the delivery of the UN SDGs a reality and improve the lives of billions of people around the world.
at the World Bank; Danielle Gaillard Picher, Director of Policy and Programmes at the World Water Council; and Michèle Blom, Director General at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands. An extensive programme of roundtable discussions and workshops will tackle topics including how digital innovation can enable sustainability, and how infrastructure can unlock the growth potential of developing countries.
Senior leaders due to address the Congress and share their expertise include Hartwig Schaefer, Vice President – Global Themes
There is already much detailed and informed research setting out the nature of the problem. Over the next two years, ICE will
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build a practical plan that allows the global engineering profession collectively to turn words into action. ICE has a duty to lead this global debate. In 1818, three young engineers met in a London coffee house and founded ICE as the world’s first professional engineering body. Since then, we have grown to over 90,000 members in more than 150 countries around the world and gained a Royal Charter, which outlines our commitment to promoting civil engineering around the world. We take this responsibility seriously. By supporting the role
of civil engineering in meeting the UN SDGs, we are staying true to our mission to help civil engineers and engineering technicians to excel at what they do. Civil engineers have always excelled at problem-solving, using their passion and imagination to tackle the issues of the day. The problems we face today are not small. The challenges for the world are direct challenges for our profession and unprecedented challenges require unprecedented action.
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Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE FREng FICE FRS, President of ICE Robert was appointed Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Cambridge University in 1998, following 27 years in industry. In 1983, he founded the Geotechnical Consulting Group, an international consulting company based in London. Throughout his career, he has specialised principally in underground construction, providing advice on numerous projects world-wide. Recent international projects have included railway tunnels in the cities of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Singapore and Warsaw, and motorway tunnels in Turkey. In the UK, he has been closely involved with the design and construction of the Jubilee Line Extension for London Underground, and with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (now HS1) and Crossrail projects. Robert is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (its Senior Vice-President 20082011), and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was awarded the CBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours list for services to engineering. More recently, he became Chairman of the newly formed Science Advisory Council of the UK Department for Transport. In r 2015 he was appointed to the UK House of Lords as an independent crossbencher, and is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology.
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Became home to many of history’s greatest engineers, including Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Prof. Kusakabe’s speech at the 2nd International Symposium: “Scientific Knowledge-Based Decision-Making Schemes for Disaster Risk Reduction” by ACECC TC21 in Nepal
Latest Trends and Technologies in Civil Engineering within Asia Distinctive features in Asia Asia can be viewed from three distinctive features which are closely interrelated. (1) The Asian region has the biggest population in the world, nearly 60% of the world’s population is found in Asia with a large portion of those being members of the younger generations. Rapid urbanization is taking place and will be accelerating in near future due to these younger generations.
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(2) The Asian region is prone to natural disasters. More than 50 % of natural disasters occur in Asia, and 90% of those affected by natural disasters over the last 25 years lived in Asia. Rapid urbanization has been a major factor for mitigating the vulnerability of natural disasters in the built environment. (3) The Asia has tremendous diversity from developed countries to developing countries, from aging societies to societies with an expanding population, and from aging infrastructure to brand new infrastructure development.
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Opening Ceremony of the 4th CECAR in Taipei in June, 2007
Latest trends Rapid urbanization urgently requires sufficiently advanced energy, water, sewer and transportation systems. A tremendous volume of infrastructure development and the concurrent development of job opportunities for civil engineers are expected in near future. Many big cities in East and South East Asia have a long list of ‘underground space’ development projects to improve the capacity of transportation in sprawling and congested urban areas. Tunneling technologies in urban areas form an essential technical element of the success of these projects. A high-speed railway system is also the common choice for upgrading of transportation systems, connecting large cities. The proper implementation and technology transfer of the latest railway technology is of vital importance in Asia.
Prof. Kusakabe’s visit to IESL (Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka) with the president Professor Niranjanie Ratnayake nee Kodikara (Left person, ACECC Secretary General, Dr. Horikoshi)
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The construction industry in aging countries in Asia faces a rapid decrease in the volume of the workforce. This recent trend and challenge of shifting the characteristics within the construction industry from a labor-intensive industry to a cutting edge, high-tech industry, with high productivity, combining automated remote-controlled construction machinery and AI technology is noteworthy. Aging countries also face aging infrastructure to maintain and repair. Proper diagnosis of aging existing structures and the development of measures for extending their service life are a common concern. There is a recent remarkable trend of development for the implementation of innovative maintenance management systems, which extensively adopt three-dimensional cloud data systems based on a GIS platform. The recent unprecedented climate change compels engineers and scientists to completely revise the traditional concepts of suitable countermeasures. The frequent occurrence of torrential rain, typhoons and cyclones causes severe flooding in every corner in Asia. There are mega cities in Asia, which have an elevation that is below sea level. Although great efforts of hardware countermeasures have been instituted, such as the upgrading of coastal infrastructure and river levees, including construction of underground rivers, have continued, these require a considerable construction time and cost. The recent trend is more and more focused on implementation and improvement of software countermeasures. The awareness and preparedness for natural disasters in local communities is key. Community based activities including evacuation drills prevail throughout Asia, stemming from lessons learnt from previous bitter experiences. Accurate forecasts with early warning systems are essential for both earthquake and climate-related disasters, to urge residents in specific local communities of timely evacuation orders to reduce the number of casualties. Making full use of mobile phones for these systems is widespread in Asian countries.
Prof. Kusakabe at the presidential meeting at the time of the 2nd CECAR in Tokyo in April, 2001
Overview of the 34th Executive Committee Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2018
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In front of the venue of the 33rd Executive Committee Meeting in Mongolia with the Secretary General of ACECC, Dr. Kenichi Horikoshi
Closing ceremony of the 7th CECAR in Hawaii. ACECC flag is handed over from American Society of Civil Engineers to Japan Society of Civil Engineers
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Opening Ceremony of the 5th CECAR in Sydney in August, 2010, Prof. Kusakabe is introducing “Her Excellency the Governor of NSW, Professor Marie Bashir”
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Prof. Kusakabe’s visit to IES (Institute of Engineers, Singapore) with board members
expected to play a central role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Some countries in Asia are expanding the capacity of student enrollment in civil related departments in higher education institutions to meet the social demands for infrastructure development in the regions. However, other countries in Asia face great difficulty in recruiting the young generation to the construction industry. These generations in most developed countries see the civil engineering profession as less attractive when compared to other industrial sectors such as information technology. Even if the younger generation select the construction industry, there are a limited number of opportunities for them to engage in exciting construction projects in their countries. Engineering education has ushered in a period of rapid change to meet the changing social expectations of higher education, associated with the incredible speed of changes in technology. The majority of higher education institutions in Asia however, still stick to the traditional class-room education on-campus and teach students the traditional disciplines. A real construction site at present needs various skills and attitudes that the traditional higher education does not offer during their student training. The content and education methods need to be changed. Students need life-long study attitudes, off campus experiences and teamwork skills across the world. Another aspect of the education problem stems from the fact that there is a widening gap between engineers in a design office and operators at a construction site. It becomes more serious when sophisticated construction machinery is introduced. At a construction site in Asia, operators on job site are often overseas workers with a limited length of time to their work permits. The performance of operators does control the quality of structures as a final product. Regular dialog between engineers and operators needs to be introduced, together with a proper education and a training system for operators.
Latest technologies disrupting the construction industry
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A drastic change of technology emerges when peripheral technology has changed. The construction industry is no exception.
Applications of the latest ICT technologies have changed the construction industry. Autonomous unmanned construction machines equipped with the latest sensors are one of the most advanced technologies in the construction industry. They are used especially at dangerous sites or in difficult situations such as disaster-relief work. These technologies also allow the construction industry to save on the number of machine operators required, and yet achieve higher productivity. The latest AI technologies are also to be equipped on these machines. The use of drones for any observations and survey works has dramatically improved efficiency in the construction industry. 3D printing technologies, BIM (building information modeling) technologies, and VR (virtual reality) technologies also provide the sources of changes in design and construction processes in the construction industry. Another source of drastic change in industry is driven by human challenge; challenges to create much higher, much longer, much larger, and much deeper structures. The accumulation of construction technologies and knowledge enables us to construct much higher, much longer, much larger, and much deeper structures, such as Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de Millau) (2004) in France, Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (1998) in Japan, Taipei 101 (2004) in Taiwan, Hong Kong–Zhuhai– Macau Bridge (2017) in Hong Kong, Jinping-I Dam (2013) in China and Jeddah Tower (under construction) in Saudi Arabia. The majority of these structures have been constructed in Asia. These construction technologies have contributed to the creation of a network throughout the world, to provide an engineering solution for rapid urbanization, to the creation of more energy and the protection of our lives from disasters. The human challenge continues to develop technologies used for the construction in new areas such as cosmic space and in the ocean, some of which have already started. Advanced 3D printing technologies will enable us to construct structures on other planets.
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The 32nd Executive Committee Meeting in April 201
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Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) is an umbrella organization of civil engineers’ societies/institutions in the Asian regions. Our motto is to create a better quality of life. ACECC was established on September
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Prof. Kusakabe with Dr. Nghiem Vu Khai (4th person from right) outside the venue of the 34th Executive Committee Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2018, Dr. Nghiem Vu Khai is vice president of Vietnam Union of Science & Technology Associations
27, 1999 in Tokyo, with 5 civil engineering societies/institutes present, namely American Society of Civil Engineers (United States), Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (Taiwan), Japan Society of Civil Engineers (Japan), Korean Society of Civil Engineers (Korea), and Philippines Institute of Civil Engineers (Philippines), to promote collaborative work towards sustainable development of infrastructure within the Asian region. ACECC covers all areas of civil engineering, which is unique, compared to other learned societies. The membership of ACECC is open to worldwide societies/institutions of civil engineers. Currently ACECC consists of 13 civil engineering societies/institutions whose countries cover the population of about 2.8 billion (about 37 % of the world population).
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objectives of the organization as follows: 1. To promote and advance the science and practice of civil engineering and related professions for sustainable development in the Asian region. 2. To encourage communication between persons in charge of scientific and technical responsibility for any field of civil engineering. 3. To improve, extend and enhance activities such as infrastructure construction and management, preservation of the environment and natural disaster prevention. 4. To foster exchange of ideas among the member societies/institutions. 5. To cooperate with any regional, national and international organizations to support their work, as ACECC deems necessary. 6. To provide advice to member societies/ institutions to strengthen their domestic activities. 7. To achieve the above objectives, an international conference called the Civil
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Group Photos at the time of the ACECC establishment, Prof. Kusakabe is the 1st person from left
Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR) is held on a triennial basis as the main activity of ACECC.
government-academia collaboration must be made and is best generated through CECAR activities.
The governing body of ACECC is the Executive Committee. All the members meet twice a year. There are two major vehicles in ACECC to achieve the goals: the CECAR conference and through Technical Committees (TC’s).
ACECC has created 24 TC’s since its foundation. Current TC’s includes TC14 which deals with “Sustainable Infrastructure” hosted by American Society of Civil Engineers, TC 21 which deals with “Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters” by Japan Society of Civil Engineers and TC 24 which deals with “Gender and Development in Infrastructure” by Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers.
The Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR) which is held on a triennial basis is one of the major activities of ACECC. ACECC has held CECAR seven times in its 20 years history. CECAR provides a unique opportunity to meet academia, professionals and policy-makers in the same place. Problems involving civil engineering cannot be solved only by academia, nor by professionals, nor by policy-makers alone. The industry-
ACECC is a non-profit organization and all the activities towards a better quality of life are supported on a volunteer basis by all the members of ACECC. Considering the objectives of ACECC, all the ACECC activities are highly connected to the concept of the CSR through infrastructure developments.
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Biography of Dr. Osamu Kusakabe Osamu Kusakabe is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (20172019). The creation of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council was largely due to dedicated efforts of Dr. Kusakabe who drafted Constitutions and By-Laws of the Council and successfully coordinated an inauguration ceremony with five founding societies/ institutes in 1999 to formally establish the organization. He served as the Founding Secretary General from the inauguration till 2001.
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He is also the President of Press-in Association since 2016. In April 2011, he became the Emeritus Professor of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and became the Emeritus Professor of the National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College in June 2016, where he was the 9th President (2011-2015). He is currently the Specially Appointed Professor of the University of Tsukuba and Nagaoka University of Technology since 2016. After graduating in 1973 from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, he obtained a Master of Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1975. He became a Research Associate at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1975. He then went to UK and obtained a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University in 1980. He undertook research on the subject of stability of excavations in soft clay and was awarded a Ph.D. for this work from Cambridge University in 1982. After he returned to Japan, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Utsunomiya University in 1984, and a Professor at the Engineering Faculty at Hiroshima University in 1991, where he served as Head of Department. He returned to the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in 1996 and served as the Director of International Student Center as well as Head of Department. During these years, he also served as an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University in 1990, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore in 1998 and a Visiting Scientist in the University of Technology in 2004 at Delft. Throughout his academic career, he continuously engaged in research on geotechnical centrifuge modeling, bearing capacity of foundation and design of geotechnical structures. He launched the International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics in 2001 (presently included in ICE Virtual Library) and served as the
Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal CO N has S T Rplayed UCTIO LEADERS for ten years. He anNimportant role at various organizations including the Founding Secretary General of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (1999 – 2001) , the President of the Japanese Geotechnical Society (2010-2012), the Vice president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (2008- 2010), the President of Japan Section of American Society of Civil Engineers (2009 -2011), a Board member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (20052009), an Associate member of the Science Council of Japan (2005-2013). He was also involved in various committees including a member of the International Advisory Board for the Singapore Land Transport Authority, a member of the technical committee on Honshu-Shikoku Bridges, and on the Gate Bridge construction project at Tokyo Port, the Chair of the editorial committee on the Design Standards for Railway Structures and Commentary (Foundation structures). He was appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to provide judges with a piece of technical advice on lawsuits related to the issues of geotechnical engineering and served this role for several years. He was awarded the Best Research Paper Award (1992) and International Lifetime Contribution Award (2004) both from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Distinguished Service Award (1999) from the Japanese Geotechnical Society. He is presently an Honorary Member of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, an Honorary Member of the Mongolian Association of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, and a Fellow of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers. He loves traveling around the world, covering as many as more than 40 countries and visiting various museums, architectures and civil structures. He enjoys reading history books and novels and goes swimming regularly. Dr. Kusakabe has been married to his wife, Noriko, for over 35 years, who is a university professor of Psychology. They have three children and three grandchildren.
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The 2nd International Symposium: “Scientific Knowledge-Based Decision-Making Schemes for Disaster Risk Reduction� by ACECC TC21 in Nepal
Top 10 Accomplishments of ACECC ACECC is an umbrella organization of civil engineering professions in the Asian regions. Our major achievements over last twenty years can be classified into three categories: Networking, Technology collaboration and transfer, and Recommendations. 1. Expansion of world-wide civil engineer society/institution network among different levels of infrastructure development stage, which allow the members to form mutual understanding of current situations and future collaboration by sharing experiences and knowledges in the field of civil engineering. 2. 34 Executive Committee meetings and 7 CECARs at different venues provided excellent opportunities to establish personal networking across the Asian regions. 3. ACECC Future Leader Forum provided an opportunity for younger generations
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(KSCE) TC10* Life-Cycle Consideration in Civil Engineering (ASCE) TC11* Code of Practice for the Use of Stabilizing Agents in Flexible Pavement (EA) TC12* Railway Technology Renewal and Expansion in Asian region (JSCE & CICHE) TC13 BIM (CICHE & KSCE) TC14 Sustainable Infrastructure (ASCE) TC15* River Environment (JSCE & KSCE) TC16 ITS-based Solutions for Urban Traffic Problems in Asia Pacific Countries (JSCE & KSCE) TC17 Anti-Corruption (ASCE & PICE) TC18 Long Span Bridge (HAKI & KSCE) TC19* Promotion of the Asian Concrete Model Code in the Asian Region (KSCE) TC20 Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and Pacific Countries (KSCE) TC21 Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters (JSCE) TC22 Retrofitting and Strengthening of Existing Infrastructures (IEP & HAKI) TC23 Applications of Geosynthetics for various civil engineering disciplines (CICHE) TC24 Gender and Development in Infrastructure (PICE) *: Corresponding TC activities were completed 5. In line with the global trend of major revision of design code, ACECC TC 8 “Harmonization of Design Codes in the Asian Region” hosted by JSCE contributed to the promotion of mutual understanding of the design codes and related terminologies. Through this activity, ACECC assisted some member countries to create the new design codes. 6. Prevention of natural disasters, disaster mitigations, and restoration from disasters are always urgent and common issues among ACECC
members. ACECC has contributed to solving these disaster related issues O NTC S Tactivities, R U C T I Oin N particular LEADERS throughCthe through TC 21. TCs held symposiums and conferences in various countries which are open to local engineers, as a means for technology transfer. 7. ACECC has supported several international conferences such as the 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Japan (2015), the 5th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum in Indonesia (2015), the IEP International Civil Engineering Congress in Pakistan (2016,2017), ASCE India Conference 2017-Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies in India (2017), and the 1st International Conference on Press-in Engineering in Japan (2018, to be held in September), making the conferences more recognized not only in the Asian regions but also throughout the world. 8. ACECC issued several declarations at the time of CECAR to demonstrate the needs of further infrastructure development for better quality of life and achieve worldwide common goals of sustainable development. The declarations also send the message to the public about the roles of civil engineers. 9. Enhancement of civil engineers’ recognition in the world by disseminating the information on civil engineering technologies and knowledge through the continuous activities such as seminars, conferences, TCs, and the newsletters. 10. ACECC gives awards to the persons who contributed to the infrastructure developments in the Asian Regions, and to the civil engineering projects which had significant influences on the social positive image of civil engineering and civil engineers as well as on the incentive for further developments of Asian infrastructures.
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Since its launch, The Big 5 has been a strategic point of reference for well-established organisations to reinforce their leadership position, as well as for manufacturing companies from around the world to access the growing Middle East construction market. The event has brought under one roof tens of
thousands of innovative products for the built environment, providing the material and expertise that helped developing the GCC region over the past four decades. Covering an area as big as 16 football fields one next to the other, today The Big 5 showcases the latest construction products and solutions across five dedicated sectors: MEP services, Building Interiors & Finishes, Building Envelope & Special Construction, Construction Tools & Building Materials, and Construction Technology & Innovation. A unique platform to network and do business, the event also offers a wide educational programme delivered by local and international experts across the four days of the show, on hot industry topics. The workshops run in four theaters, as BIM Talks, Architecture Talks, Project Management Talks and Design Talks.
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I feel privileged to have lived in such vibrant, fast-developing and changing cities and have experienced the massive opportunities urban design, planning and construction creates for cities and its people. As portfolio director within dmg events construction division, I now proudly look after dmg events’ flagship exhibition - The Big 5 - as well as our latest new launch in The Big 5 series - The Big 5 Construct Egypt taking place this September in Cairo. Other events in my portfolio include the Urban Design and Landscaping Expo and The Big 5 Solar amongst others, as well our construction publication and online portal for the construction industry The Big 5 Hub. MY LEADERSHIP STYLE Maybe not always visible to the visitor or exhibitor, but organizing exhibitions entails a lot of planning, organizing and liaising with different parties and easily takes up more than a 12-18 month of preparations.
Having worked in the events industry for over 15 years in Asia and the Middle East I joined dmg events first as Event Director for The Big 5 in 2015. My first task was to transform The Big 5’s traditional layout with country pavilions, by the introduction of five dedicated product sectors to help visitors navigate the event better and increase ROI for exhibitors. I started my career in The Netherlands, however I have been living with my husband and two kids in Dubai for nearly 11 years now. Prior to the UAE, I have worked for 3 years in Shanghai, China.
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Similar as in many businesses, a quality product can only be delivered by keeping a close eye on your customers’ needs and requirements. So, in my role I believe it is crucial to be in close contact with our visitors and exhibitors in the markets we operate, understand what they would like to see at the event and how we can make the experience better. Listening skills, adaptability, driving change as well as keeping sight of the bigger picture are therefore crucial skills in my role as leader. Team work is also key in delivering successful events. As a leader I am very much part of the team sales and sponsorship, marketing & PR, operations, admin, conference – as only together we can achieve great things.
THE FUTURE “As the event prepares to turn 40 next year, at dmg events we are working on an edition that is all about the future. Under the theme “Shaping the future of construc-
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technology. Construction industry’s investments in this field are still extremely low compared to other major industries. Yet, now more than ever, technology and innovation are crucial to remain competitive. To cope with tight margins, improve existing standards of living and address a variety of
26 - 29from NOVEMBER 2018 challenges, booming populaTrade to Centre tions andDubai energyWorld consumption 11:00 19:00 climate change, the industry needsDaily a technological push. I am therefore extremely proud of the new features we’re bringing to The Big 5 to drive this much needed change. In 2018, the brightest ideas, minds and initia-
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tives from around the globe will foster innovation and disruption of the status quo of the construction industry at the show.
all of the show’s most innovative and newest products will offer a glimpse of what is shaking up the construction industry today.
For the first time, the event will host a dedicated Live Innovation Zone. This will be an interactive display of the most innovative products and technologies presented in real time throughout the show days.
Next to the Live Innovation Zone, The Big 5 Start-up City will bridge the present to the future. In this dedicated area, selected startups in the construction industry will display the technologies and solutions that will soon shake-up to built environment.
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Big 5 will donate a prize worth USD 25,000 to the most innovative startup selected by a panel of judges through a competition. Technology and future will also be the core of our high-level summit this year. Gathering VIPs, decision makers and leaders in the
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ductivity, greater sustainability and enhanced affordability in their projects with the help of technology.
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Developing the industry also means supporting its work force. Today, empowering women in construction is a priority.
TOP 10 ICONIC ACHIEVEMENTS 1. When dmg events acquired The Big 5 in 2000, the exhibition covered some 12,000m2. This has risen to over 110,000m2 in gross floor space nowadays. 2. Sector specific events developed out of the growth of The Big 5. Some popular spin-off events are The Big 5 Solar, The Big 5 Heavy, Gulf Glass, FM Expo, FM Expo Saudi, HVAC R Expo, HVAC R Expo Saudi, Urban Design & Landscaping Expo, and Windows Doors & Facades. 3. Against a backdrop of over three decades of success, The Big 5 has started expanding its brand across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The show has recently been geo-adapted and launched in other countries, including Saudi Arabia, India, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria. 4. Beyond The Big 5 brand, this year dmg events has expanded its presence in Africa by acquiring various shows, including: Coatings for Africa ACETC – Africa Construction Expo and Totally Concrete Expo KZN Construction Expo Cape Construction Expo African Ports and Rail Evolution West African Ports and Rail Evolution 5. The organization has also acquired Atticus Events, adding HI Design to its existing portfolio of events, while running flagship exhibitions in the energy, interior design, coatings, transport and hospitality sectors (GASTECH, ADIPEC, INDEX, Hotel Show among others), beyond construction. 6. dmg events has recently opened new offices in Jeddah, Cape Town, and Cairo. 7. In 2017, The Big 5 hosted 2,601 exhibitors from 64 countries, hitting the highest international participation in its history. 8. In 2018, five events will be part of The Big 5: HVAC-R Expo, The Big 5 Solar, Urban Design & Landscaping Expo, Middle East Concrete and The Big 5 Heavy. 9. The Big 5 2018 will offer 100+ free and CPD-certified workshops and the “How to Do Business in the UAE” Seminar (this latter in partnership with Dubai South Business Park). Moreover, the show will host the first Future-Tech Construction Summit, the Urban Design & Landscaping Summit, the Global Solar Leaders Summit, and the Innovation in Precast Summit. 10. “Shaping the Future of Construction” is the official theme of 39th edition of The Big 5. The show will introduce for the first time the “Live Innovation Zone”, the “Start-Up City”, the “FutureTech Construction Summit” and the “Women in Construction” features to lead the industry into the future.
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I’m therefore excited to announce the launch of The Big 5’s Women in Construction Seminar and Awards. The Seminar will offer strong, powerful and successful women who are changing the game and setting an example, an international stage where to share their experience and advance the entire industry. At The Big 5’s Women in Construction Awards, we will also celebrate the female workforce already powering the construction industry. Anwaar Al Shimmari, Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Design, Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Cathy Christer, Partner and Head of MEP at Godwin Austen Johnson, and Sumaya Dabbagh, Principal-Dabbagh Architects and President-RIBA Gulf, are some of the incredible women who will speak at the Big 5’s Women in Construction seminar on November 28.
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The list of novelties at the show goes on. To improve the visitors’ experience, we are creating one mega event for the industry to source all products for the construction cycle from concept through to completion, under one roof. The Big 5 Solar, the Urban Design & Landscaping Expo, HVACR Expo, Middle East Concrete and The Big 5 Heavy will all run alongside The Big 5 2018, offering a one stop shop for the built environment. Over 100 educational sessions, including free CPD-certified workshops and high-level summits, will also be on offer across the six co-located events, bringing a wealth of knowledge to the construction community. Beyond the FutureTech Construction Summit, we’re organizing the fourth edition of the Global Solar Leaders Summit, the second Innovation in Precast Summit and the brand new Urban Design & Landscaping Summit. There’s so much more to be done and seen at The Big 5 this year, so I invite all professionals to save the date for the largest and most influential construction event in the region. From 26 to 29 November, join the construction community at the Dubai World Trade Centre, meet with over 2,500 exhibiting companies from around the world, network, learn, discover new products. Most of all, be part of the one event that will shape the future of the construction industry – The Big 5.”
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fields one next to the other! It would take 5 Wimbledon Centre Courts or the entire London Stadium to fit all the visitors The Big 5 welcomed last year! In 2017, 70% of the world countries participated at The Big 5!
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Young people have always been taught that houses made with concrete cannot be crippled down by the ‘Big Bad Wolf.’ But through the years, this story has evolved into a piece of truth, as the said villain in the popular children’s story has taken the shape of one of the scariest nightmare mankind has ever faced— climate change. ement is never an exemption in the narrative of environmental degradation. Because concrete came from sedimentary rocks which are vastly available in Karst landscapes, quarrying processes to extract these materials for concrete production negatively affect biodiversity. In fact, the industry is also included in the list of the world’s major carbon emitters.
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Unfortunately, this target is a very challenging one as it is also projected that rapid urbanization and economic developments all over the world will increase in the next few more years. In other words, as they demand more buildings and other infrastructures, the demand for cement will surely increase. As a matter of fact, business trajectory over the next 30 years is expected to escalate at 5 billion tons each year. Reconstructing Cement and Concrete A lot of researches have been made to reconstruct ce-
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er for market consumption and efficient for investors and those in the construction business. Another breakthrough was recorded when a new report from Chatham House made experiments to measure innovation in reducing carbon emissions associated with cement and concrete through technology. They actually did a ninemonth-long patent landscaping exercise to explore novel cement and alternative clinkers. It is also the group’s intention to encourage more technology companies to patent for
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clinker reduction and outnumber the patents for novel cement. Solidia Technologies was noted one as it showcased a comprehensive innovative patent portfolio for a low-carbon option. Also, Solidia has issued about 14 patents in the US and 75 worldwide for technology that reduces carbon emissions.
All of the above-mentioned innovations hope for only one goal and that is to reconstruct cement and reduce the negative environmental impact brought by cement and concrete production.
One of Solidia’s patented technology is the use of energy and carbon saving cement to concrete which makes reaction with another carbon dioxide instead with water. The mixtures are said to be able to reduce the carbon footprint of cement and concrete by up to 70% while recycling a huge percentage of water in concrete production.
In the era of global urbanization, shifting gears to resolve carbon emissions and moving on all available solutions should be faster and efficient today. Four mitigation levers were established by IEA and CSI’s 2018 Technology Roadmap for the total decarbonization globally. This will also answer the action to consistent and long-term carbon reduction.
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been humanity’s dream to forge the tallest and most formidable structure in the entire world. And this wish has turned to reality when great minds worked together to cement this vision. But what good is a perfect building if it was built at the expense of our only planet and home. Deep decarbonization in cement and concrete production will surely go a long way, but if
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