Under the patronage of the President of the University, Prof. Amin Douai Thamer, Building and Construction Department has established seminar titled (Geomatics Engineering in the management of earthquakes and their effects) On Sunday, 25-3-2018 and the presence of the General Hadi Zamili, Advisor to the Minister of Defense and Major General Dr. Abdul-Hassan Nassif Dujail and the President of the University of Technology Professor Dr. Amin Dway Thamer and the head of the Department of Construction and Construction Engineering Dr. Hassan Hamoudi Johnny and a number of teachers and students section.

The seminar started with the speech of the university president, where he thanked the Department of Construction and Construction Engineering for his stay for this course because of its importance for the purpose of learning how earthquakes occur and how to manage the earthquake.

The University of Technology and through the Department of Building and Construction Engineering opened the remote sensing unit and then opened the geometrical engineering branch which deals with such matters and took upon itself the adoption of technological development in this aspect and cooperation to reach a prediction that benefits the community fully.

The head of the Department of Building and Construction Engineering, Dr. Hassan Hamoudi Jouni, welcomed the guests and the distinguished attendance. He said that the department is interested in holding specialized seminars and providing studies on important topics for the community such as

The Geomatics Engineering Branch is interested in these studies and managing the results of the earthquake. This seminar was proposed for the purpose of sharing the scientific information in the various specialties between the concerned departments and ministries.

And how to research the benefit of geomatics engineering in this field.

The seminar included two axes in which the researchers dealt with applied scientific research.

Building and Construction Engineering Department held a new course for laboratory examiners in cooperation with the American Concrete

Institute (ACI) During the period from 4-8 / 3/2018

where participants after passing the theoretical and practical examination of the international leave valid for laboratory work inside and outside Iraq.

Building and Construction Engineering Department held a workshop in cooperation with the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities and the American Institute of Concrete Branch of Iraq (ACI Iraq Chapter) about quality control in construction projects under international standards

Title of the lecture: Requirements for quality control under American standard ACI 318-14M for the ACI Certification Program (ACI) and problems of cracks: their causes, types and procedures to address them.

Seminar title: ACI 318-14M QC requirements for people and laboratories working in the concrete testing and evaluation.

Lecturers:

Prof. Dr. Nabil Abdel-Magid El-Bayati / Consultant of Structural Engineering

Assistant Professor Dr. Maan Salman Hassan / Consultant of Concrete Technology and Quality Control.

The aim of the lecture is to introduce the requirements for quality control in construction projects under the American Global Code (ACI) and compare it with the recent Iraqi code issued by the Central Agency for standardization and quality control. And to specify the steps required by the supervisor in case of ensuring that there is no defect in quality rather than treating the situation after it occurs.
The workshop was held on Tuesday, 5 December 2017, which lasted an hour and a half in the Hall of Housing Under the patronage and attendance of the Director General of the Department of Works and General Maintenance Professor (Mohammad Jaber Abboud) Department managers and design and implementation engineers from the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities as well as elite of the professors of engineering faculties of civil engineering in various Iraqi universities, where participants added an air of discussion and questions about the subject of the lecture with the introduction of some proposals and the possibility of repeating the lecture at the site Basmaya housing and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tikrit.
The lecturer is of great importance in civil engineering and as this is accompanied by an update in the international standards which is supposed to be reflected on the efficiency and evolution of the nature of the design and implementation of concrete structures in Iraq.

A ceremony for the program and recommendations of the Third International Conference held in October in Egypt / Sharm El-Sheikh was held in the

Department of Building and Construction Engineering on Monday 27/11/2017.

The ceremony was attended by the President of the University, Dr. Amin Douai Thamer, Administrative Assistant Dr. Sami Abu Al-Nun, Scientific Assistant

Alaa Abdel-Hassan Attia, Head of Construction and Construction Engineering Department Dr. Riad Hassan Al-Anbari, Scientific Assistant, Dr. Mahmoud

Rashid and the administrative assistant Dr. Hassan Hamoudi Jouni, who reviewed the course and seminars of the conference. Also, Dr. Abdel Razzaq

Tarash presented the recommendations for the conference.

At the end of the ceremony, the President of the University honored the members of the Preparatory Committee for the conference with honorary certificate.