Muscat, The 1st National Conference on Civil &
Architectural Engineering, 2018 (1st NCCAE 2018) organized by the
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering of the College of
Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) commenced today at
the University under the patronage of Eng. Mohsen bin Mohammed
al-Shaikh, Chairman of Muscat Municipality.
This conference is an initiative of the Civil and Architectural
Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos
University, in response to the development that the Sultanate is
witnessing in the building and construction sector, either in
infrastructure or in urban development, and in line with the college and
university plans for community engagement.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Prof. Hadj
Bourdoucen, Dean of the College of Engineering at SQU, said that the
conference, related to research and applications in Civil and
Architectural Engineering, would help create a scientific space for the
exchange of experiences and presenting research and sharing the
current and expected challenges. The College of Engineering is keen
to provide all means of success to such events. The organizing
committee and all university cooperating units have worked diligently to
prepare for this event with one thing in mind, achieving the objectives
of the conference, he said.
Dr. Ali al-Nuaimi, Head of the Department of Civil & Architectural
Engineering, said that the conference has been named national in an
attempt to provide a forum for discussion of all subjects related to the
plans and development projects undertaken in the Sultanate. Due to
the importance of this kind of gathering for the exchange of ideas and
experiences, the department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
would like to hold this kind of conference periodically, he said.
The conference would discuss the contribution of different civil and
architectural engineering disciplines in the national development needs
in different construction projects and explore how to benefit from
previous projects and experiences in the design and construction of
projects.
Other topics include sustainability in construction projects;
construction efficiency and energy savings; and environmental
preservation and material recycling. These themes are being discussed
over three days with more than 70 papers, peer-reviewed by a scientific
committee, in addition to five presentations by keynote speakers.
The accompanying exhibition is divided into two parts: One by the
participants with more than 35 displays, and another by the civil and
architectural engineering society with more than 15 architectural
displays.
Source:Oman News Agency