Five-day workshop on Construction Project Management
News Issue Date: 29.01.2009
In collaboration with FATA Development Authority, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar inaugurated a five-day workshop on Construction Project Management for capacity building of in-service engineers of FATA, at the Continuing Engineering Education Center (CEEC), Hayatabad, Peshawar.
The vice chancellor highlighted the significance of continuing engineering education for professionals, and said that while universities are producing graduates, it is equally important that these graduates enhance their skills while working in the field. He said UET is closely working with FATA Development Authority, in training engineers in various fields. He argued for a change in mindsets, to get in step with the 6 billion people on earth. Adopting new practices are necessary for development of FATA, our province and country, he added.
Dr. Zeeshan Aziz, a civil engineer and resource-person said that the growth rate of construction industry in Pakistan is 10% of the GDP, which shows its importance. The growth in this industry is slow due to poor planning and estimation, therefore targets and goals are not met, which results in a blame-game. Project management, he said, is an emerging and rapidly growing field, which acquaints professionals with modern practices and technology, to improve efficiency by proper planning.
He urged the participants to adopt digital designing processes, and building information modeling, such as 3D and n-D modeling. After getting training they will understand the benefits of these models which help an integrated design, and also to look into the what-if analysis at a very early stage of projects.
Project Director, Prof. Dr. Mansoor Khan, informed the audience that centers like this have been established in three other engineering universities of Pakistan. In NWFP it is the state-of-the-art facility to retrain engineers and related professionals in various marketable fields of engineering. He said that similar capacity building workshops will be a continuing process at the CEEC.
