With the participation of Amlak Real Estate Newspaper, His Excellency the Minister of Housing Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail yesterday sponsored the activities of the Construction Technology Conference in Riyadh, with the participation of a number of relevant authorities, in addition to a group of international and local real estate development and financing companies and companies concerned with housing, real estate, construction and construction affairs, in light of the existence of some technologies that save approximately 30% of the current construction value.

Million housing units in the next five years

Million housing units in the next five years

Million housing units in the next five years

<In his opening speech, Al-Haqeel renewed the ministry's determination to continue to achieve the ministry's strategy to build nearly one million housing units in the next five years, and this requires us to work on several axes to achieve this, firstly, the price, as it will be reduced by using construction techniques at prices starting from 250 thousand to 700 thousand riyals per housing unit, and the time axis, as we expect the housing unit to be completed within 35 days to 6 months depending on the area and design, and quality and diversity is the third axis that we adopt to target in the construction techniques project, taking into account full supervision of the workshops of the Ministry.

Applying the fourth generation of modern building technologies

<The General Supervisor of the Innovation and Building Technologies Program and CEO of the National Housing Services Company, Engineer Mohammed bin Faisal bin Muammar, stressed that the Kingdom has a wide range of building technologies, but we are still in the first generation of these technologies, while the world is now studying the application of the fourth generation of modern building technologies, and that the Ministry seeks, if the quality of these technologies is proven scientifically, to apply them and create a culture that accepts new technologies among the beneficiary citizens, whose residences are built so far with old technology in at least 90% of housing units

New Exhibition for Building Technology and Innovation

<Bin Muammar emphasized the presence of international technologies used in construction in the Kingdom, noting that they are waiting for future technologies to ensure their quality and then use them in at least 50% of the ministry's upcoming projects. SABIC and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) also made presentations on modern building technologies used globally and the challenges they face, followed by interventions from international and local companies.

The conference revealed the efforts of the Ministry's efforts in the field of construction in the Kingdom. The conference revealed the ministry's efforts in building new cities and plans in the coming years through public-private partnership, explaining that it will host the Building Technology and Innovation Exhibition as a platform for local and international companies to understand these opportunities and present their solutions.

Companying Building Technologies Exhibition

The Ministry of Housing participated with an integrated pavilion on the details of the housing projects distributed in all regions of the Kingdom, which include ready-made housing units of villas, apartments and developed lands ready for construction, in addition to reviewing the programs launched by the Ministry to support and regulate the housing sector, raise supply rates and achieve optimal balance in the local market, including the Developer Services Center (Completion), white land fees system, and the Housing Data and Monitoring Center that provides accurate information on the reality of housing in the Kingdom.

The accompanying exhibition includes the Housing Technology Exhibition.

The accompanying exhibition includes models of modern building technologies that focus on how advanced building technology and innovation in construction methods are increasingly important for the Kingdom, as modern technology such as prefabricated buildings, volumetric concrete construction methods such as 3D models, steel structures, lightweight modular foam concrete, 3D printing, robotic construction, and other technologies.

Minister of Housing honors Amlak

On the other hand, Majid Al-Haqeel, Minister of Housing, honored Amlak Real Estate Newspaper with a commemorative shield, which was received by Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Issa, Editor-in-Chief, for its media sponsorship of the Construction Technology Conference and Exhibition.

During his visit to the newspaper's booth at the exhibition, Al-Hogail praised the newspaper's team, praising their coverage of the Ministry of Housing and real estate events, and their permanent presence for a distinguished media work, noting the newspaper's enlightenment of businessmen and reflecting the reality of the market to them with high professionalism, in turn, Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Issa, editor-in-chief, commented that Amlak newspaper has a professional, media and national duty to the real estate sector with complete impartiality so that the public interest in development, building and construction processes is achieved.

Al-Hogail commented that the newspaper has a professional, informative and national duty to provide a tribe to the real estate sector in full impartiality.