SCM highlights importance of improving standards of construction

Commenting on this, Thabet Al Tarifi, Director General of Sharjah Municipality stressed that the Municipality is among the oldest pioneering municipalities established in all the emirates of the country, as it dates back to 1927 AD, underscoring the importance of its long-standing database.

He pointed out that the Municipality has taken many measures to modernise and develop the engineering work system.

For his part, Eng. Khalifa bin Hada Al Suwaidi, Assistant Director General of the Engineering and Buildings Sector, explained that the second Sharjah Engineering Forum was organised last year during which a group of SCM’s publications for the engineering and buildings sector was launched on the specifications of the sustainability of buildings in the city of Sharjah, models of heritage buildings and procedures for supervising construction projects in the emirate of Sharjah.

He has further highlighted the Municipality’s various achievements in the constructional area, shedding light on the significance of the structural designs while implementing several buildings.