It's not just humans who are aging prematurely, even our buildings are affected by this disease! They are only a few years old and then they suffer from sagging, cracks and leaks here and there.

We wonder what makes a building age prematurely. We wonder what makes our buildings age so early in life? What makes them deteriorate in a short time? Why do we constantly maintain our buildings non-stop, consuming a large budget from our savings?"

What makes our buildings age?

We find that the first of these reasons is poor design and incomplete engineering plans and technical specifications that must be available in the documents provided to the contractor before the construction stages, and this will make the contractor work with unprofessional diligence to implement the precise details that should have been included in the documents.

We find that the first of these reasons is poor design and incomplete engineering plans and technical specifications that must be available in the documents provided to the contractor before the construction stages.

This can all be achieved if there is a unified reference for engineering design and its details, and this has already been achieved with the existence of the "Saudi Building Code" and despite the existence of such a reference that guarantees the quality of buildings, as well as saving many of the exorbitant costs that may occur as a result of exaggeration in quantities or specifications or those additional costs for maintenance and operation due to poor quality, it is still experimental for years, although the Council of Ministers decision specified two years to try it and then adopt it officially and mandatory for all buildings.

Such a reference is in the form of administrative and technical requirements and requirements to ensure minimum quality, thus increasing the life span of buildings and saving their maintenance and operation costs, its importance is known to many specialists, but the question remains whether this code will continue to be experimental until our future buildings are affected by senility?