Sulaiman Al-Batli: It is required to generalize the experience to the rest of the Kingdom's cities and adhere to the required standards
Mamdouh Al-Omar: «Building Inspector» will give the citizen a kind of reassurance to improve business
Engineer Saeed: Whoever has the ingredients for success will stay in the construction market
Engineer Marwan: The program will achieve the desired goals, success and objectives by 100 %
Fahad Al-Qwaidi: We expect a number of contractors to exit the market and reshape the real estate market
Amlak - Survey
The Ministry of Housing recently announced the qualification of 1800 cadres as «Building Inspector» in the Building Sustainability System, to obtain an accredited certificate on the quality of building implementation, and the Ministry revealed that the direct inspection of buildings began at the end of last 2018 in the main cities of the Kingdom, provided that the experience is generalized in the rest of the cities by the middle of this year 2019. The work of the «building inspector» focuses on examining the construction work according to the specified stages, and approving the construction phase if it meets the conditions of the inspection, and rejecting it in the event of violation in implementation, so that sustainable construction is more quality and reliable ... Amlak newspaper anticipated the implementation of the program and questioned a number of specialists and interested parties about the effects of the work and results of the work of the building inspector and the building sustainability certificate on the property and its marketing future, and the side effects of it.
Achieving goals with follow-up
At the beginning of Amlak newspaper's tour, architect Marwan Fawzi from Al-Farea Engineering Consultants Office, who expressed his optimism about this step, stressing that the program will achieve the desired success and the desired goals of sustainable construction by 100% if there is supervision and follow-up by the implementing and concerned authorities to control the specifications.«Fawzi» denied that the inspections will have a negative impact on the building and construction processes, pointing out that the quality and implementation of the requirements reduces the cost of buildings and their periodic maintenance, indicating that the building inspection will create a kind of competition between developers and contractors, as the owner is the main reference in that, and Engineer Fawzi explained that these procedures do not lead to the exit of contractors from the market because the buildings are supervised by the consultant and the contractor supplies the materials according to the specifications.
A new reality of sustainable construction
On the other hand, real estate Sulaiman bin Abdulrahman Al-Batli, from the «Masakena» real estate office, explained that the program ”sustainable construction” will achieve the required quality, especially when the experience is generalized to the rest of the Kingdom's cities and adherence to the required standards, and this trend will create a new reality for the architectural form, in terms of form and content, and we will find many positive results by setting standards in line with the current conditions that are in line with the economic conditions, such as electricity, insulation and green roofs, which will also help create a healthy environment in addition to the required data from the specifications, and regarding costs, Al Batli explained that it will undoubtedly affect the costs.
Exit of contractors
Fahad Al-Qwaidi, (real estate expert), said that developers will be forced to raise the quality of performance for high specifications for houses, and there will be a clear impact on construction and operating costs, of course, as long as the requirements will increase the consumption of materials to ensure quality, but also some will try to exceed the required specifications and practice commercial fraud, and this is normal But we hope that the cities of the Kingdom will be characterized by building according to standards at a time when the real estate market is the largest market in the Kingdom to attract capital, and we also expect a number of contractors to exit the construction market, but all that will happen will reshape the real estate market and create a better reality that is required for real estate for sustainable construction.
.Reassurance
For his part, Mamdouh Abdulrahman Al-Omar (Mlab Trading and Contracting Company) explained that regarding the extent to which the "Sustainable Construction" program will contribute to achieving the required quality and specifications, this will be according to the qualification of the evaluator and the extent of his experience in evaluation, not because it achieves a kind of reassurance to citizens and gives them an incentive to improve the construction work, noting that the cost must be reasonable with quality to control maintenance, and Al-Omar denied that the results of the inspection on buildings will lead a number of contractors out of the market.
Al-Omar denied that the inspection results on buildings will result in the exit of a number of contractors from the market.
Mamdouh Al Ammar added that the building inspection would lead to the creation of competition for quality
This in turn will elevate the building and construction sector, in addition to giving it a more efficient optimization.
Elements of success
Engineer Ahmed Al-Saeed (Kunooz Engineering Consultants Office) praised the Ministry of Housing's launch of the so-called "Building Inspector" and said that it will definitely raise the building and construction sector to be more quality and reliable, noting that the program will work to achieve the required quality and specifications in its first phase...
Engineer Al-Saeed told Amlak about the impact of the program on construction, operation and maintenance costs, indicating that the cost will be lower for maintenance.
As for what some raise that the results of the inspection on buildings will lead to the exit of a number of contractors from the market, Engineer Al-Saeed said that this may happen in the future, adding that those who have the elements of success will remain in the construction market because they will develop their mechanisms.
Reducing costs
Nasser Al-Dosari (Ministry of Defense) spoke to Amlak about the advantages of the "Building Inspector" and sustainable construction that the Ministry of Housing started to implement during the last period, stressing that the program is very important and a step in the right direction if it is implemented in a professional manner and its advantages will be clearly visible when it is generalized in the rest of the regions and cities...
Regarding the fact that the building inspection will create competition for quality between companies, Al-Dosari stressed that the building inspector program is an advanced professional work and will lead to the control of the construction and maintenance sector in a more quality manner, adding that companies operating in the market are all interested in reducing costs but this should not be at the expense of quality, and this program would work to control quality in general.
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About the Sustainability Certification Survey
Architect Marwan Fawzi: Objectives and success are achieved by following up on the supervision of the implementing and concerned authorities to adjust the specifications
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Real estate Sulaiman bin Abdulrahman Al-Batli: Sustainable construction will achieve the required quality by adhering to standards,
This trend will create a new reality for the architectural form
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Fahad Al-Qwaidi, (real estate expert), said that developers will be forced to raise the quality of performance for high specification homes
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Mamdouh Abdulrahman Al-Omar: The "Building Inspector" program will contribute to achieving the required quality and specifications to achieve reassurance
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Nasser Al-Dosari: The program is very important and a step in the right direction if it is implemented in a professional manner
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The benefits will become apparent when it is rolled out to other regions and cities...
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