Sharjah, UAE, eleventh February 2025, The Arab Council for Asset, Facility, and Upkeep Administration concluded the twenty second Worldwide Asset, Facility, and Upkeep Administration Convention, in partnership with a number of authorities entities, in addition to native, regional, and worldwide organizations. The convention introduced a number of vital suggestions geared toward creating the asset, facility, and upkeep administration sector.
The convention was attended by consultants from the United Arab Emirates, together with Engineer Ali Al-Suwaidi, Vice President of the American College of Sharjah, and Dr. Asma Al-Nuaimi, Head of the Persevering with Training Heart on the College of Sharjah, together with representatives from the Ministry of Power and Infrastructure and the Sharjah Public Works Division.
Through the opening ceremony, which was held below the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Governor of Makkah Area, Professor Dr. Mufid Al-Samarrai was honored with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition of his excellent contributions to the sector of constructing upkeep and sustainability.
Dr. Mufid Al-Samarrai, a former school member within the Civil Engineering Division on the College of Sharjah and an academic guide for the “Ready” program below the patronage of Sharjah Holding, is a pioneer within the discipline of constructing upkeep and sustainability. He has achieved quite a few milestones, together with a number of patents, the upkeep of over 100 buildings and bridges in Iraq, Jordan, and the UAE, and participation in additional than 240 research papers and workshops within the fields of fabric engineering, constructing restore, sustainability, heritage constructing upkeep, and the applying of synthetic intelligence in these areas.
Dr. Mufid Al-Samarrai said: “I dedicate this honor to His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, who has supported science and scientists and provided them with the appropriate environment and climate. Through his vision and aspirations, education and academic institutions in Sharjah and the UAE have become beacons from which students draw the right principles to embark on new horizons, forming the most important foundation for their educational and professional journeys.”
He added: “I feel immense pride and humility to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from OMAINTEC, and I extend my deepest gratitude to the Council for this recognition. My presence and workshop presentations after more than six decades in this field demonstrate that one should never stop learning and keeping up with developments in their specialty. For example, the advent of artificial intelligence today requires a complete re-evaluation of curricula, standards, and performance indicators.”
Based mostly on the lectures, workshops, discussions, and interventions throughout the convention, a number of suggestions had been made. These included urging varied establishments to concentrate on synthetic intelligence functions and offering the suitable setting and frameworks to activate them in asset, facility, and upkeep administration. This is because of their important affect on bettering efficiency high quality, decreasing prices, and supporting upkeep selections. The suggestions additionally emphasised the necessity to think about cyber safety necessities to guard facility administration methods and undertake upkeep methods that leverage synthetic intelligence, sensible applied sciences, and sensors for inspecting and sustaining service methods and infrastructure.