Officials and guests during the opening session of the World Congress of Engineering and Technology (WCET-2020) yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit/THE PENINSULA
The Minister of Municipality and Environment, H E Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie, has said that the State of Qatar completed infrastructure projects such as Hamad International Airport, Doha Metro, Hamad Port in addition to other infrastructure projects with remarkable success.
Addressing the opening session of the World Congress of Engineering and Technology (WCET) which started yesterday, H E the Minister of Municipality and Environment noted that the successful execution of many infrastructure projects had played an important role in enhancing State’s economic growth.
Qatar University’s (QU) College of Engineering (CENG) launched the four-day WCET at the Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel yesterday, which will continue until Wednesday.
The WCET joins both the IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT’20) and International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC2020).
During opening ceremony, a number of dignitaries spoke including the Minister of Municipality and Environment, H E Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie; Es’hailSat Chairperson, H E Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber; QU President, Dr. Hassan Al Derham, President of Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, Dr. Eng Saad bin Ahmad Al Muhannadi among others.
H E the Minister of Municipality and Environment, who is also the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Qatar Rail, said that the company had succeeded in implementing the first phase of the Doha Metro, consisting of three lines and 37 main stations.
He further said that the company successfully managed to overcome many of the challenges, during construction phase, with the help of advanced technology.
“The tunnels were built using 21 tunnel boring machines that dug a total of 110 kilometers in 3 years. The project was implemented ahead of schedule, in addition to reducing costs and without affecting the quality,” the Minister added.
He further said that the Ministry of Municipality and Environment established a partnership with the Qatar Transportation Center to reduce the environmental impact of the Metro and increase its efficiency by improving safety and reducing fuel consumption.
In his speech at the opening session, Qatar University President Dr. Hassan Rashid Al-Derham said: “The World Congress of Engineering and Technology will include plenary sessions and keynote lectures on various topics related to informatics, e-health, Internet of Things, enabling technologies, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and construction.”
“We expect that the congress will provide a forum for exchanging technical information, disseminating high-quality research results, presenting new policies and scientific progress in this area.”
For her part, H E Chairperson of the Board the Qatar Satellite Company Es’hailSat Dr. Hessa Al Jaber discussed examples of healthcare apps.
International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC2020) is co-organized by Qatar University, the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, and is sponsored by a number of leading organizations and companies. The sponsors on the platinum category are Qatari Diar, AlSarh Holding Group, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar Rail, Qatar National Tourism Council, and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). The sponsors on the gold category are JH Construction and Al-Waha Contracting and Trading Company. On the silver category are Qatar Building Company, AlTawfeeq and Partners Contracting and WSP.
The IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies is sponsored by QNRF, Qatar National Tourism Council, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Ministry of Transport and Communications and Dell.
