By John Lee. Iraq's Building Research Directorate, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Iraqi Engineers Union (IEU) to strengthen collaboration across the engineering sector. The agreement was signed by Director General Hussein Faraj Al-Hassnawi and Engineers Union President Dhulfiqar Houshi, focusing on expanding joint work in research, training, and knowledge exchange. Key areas of […]
By John Lee. Dr. Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi, the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, has met with the company responsible for executing the Ur tourist city project to discuss progress. Emphasizing the city's potential as a global tourist attraction, the Secretary-General highlighted the planned facilities, including a theater, interfaith dialogue center, cultural center, museum, […]
By Simon Kent. Basra provincial council has reportedly hired international consultancy firm Mott MacDonald to finalise plans for a 3500ft, 240 floor building which would be host to business communities, residents and public entertainment. According to designers AMBS Architects, the "city in the sky" is designed to be an "antidote" to modern super towers in […]
By John Lee. The Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Yahya Al-e Es'haq [Yahya Ale-Eshaq] (pictured), has said that Iran exported technical and engineering services valued at almost $6 billion (7.2 trillion Iraqi dinars) to Iraq in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2014-February 19, 2015). Fars News Agency […]
By John Lee. The Al Kindi Society for Engineers have announced they will be hosting a forum on the role of engineering in Iraq's current crisis. The event will be held at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in North London on the 10th of January. Anyone who wishes to attend must register here. For those not […]
