Under the patronage and participation of the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Mr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, the Saudi Council of Engineers concluded the Saudi Building Code forum, held under the title “Code Safety and Sustainability”.
The Saudi Council of Engineers concluded the work of the Saudi Building Code forum.
Participants and Discussants Highlights
Dr. Saad Al-Qasabi, Governor of the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO), Lieutenant General of Civil Defense Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Amro, Assistant Minister of Energy for Development and Excellence, Engineer Ahmed Al-Zahrani, and a group of government and private sectors related to the implementation of the Saudi Building Code."
Important roles of relevant authorities
The forum addressed the definition of the economic advantages of the code, the roles of government agencies and incentivizing engineering offices to apply the Saudi Building Code to buildings and facilities, where the Secretary General of the Authority, Engineer Abdulnasser Al-Abdullatif, emphasized the importance of the Saudi Building Code and the roles it plays, and the achievements it provides to society.In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Council of Engineers pointed out the essential role of the engineering field in the Saudi Building Code, in addition to the contributions of the Commission through its training programs on the areas of the code in order to raise the readiness of engineering cadres in applying the Saudi Building Code.
The Secretary General of the Commission, Engineer Abdul Nasser Al-Abdullatif
Developing the inspection mechanism and investing in the code
The forum sessions focused on the work of the Saudi Building Code Forum, discussing the development of activities that support the inspection mechanism and investment in the Saudi Building Code, in addition to the role of the Authority in enabling the capabilities of national engineering cadres in applying the Saudi Building Code through its specialized and supported training programs for its members.
Objectives of the code
<The sessions addressed the future of the system of engineering offices in the Kingdom and the most prominent objectives of the building code, including: The technical and scientific requirements and standards associated with buildings, the challenges facing the owners of engineering offices in its application and the appropriate professional positive solutions, in addition to their engineering services provided in terms of implementation and supervision of plans, the procedures of the Saudi Building Code, and the importance of engineering program specializations in the construction stages.The sessions addressed the future of the engineering office system in the Kingdom and the most prominent objectives of the building code, including.
