TEHRAN (Iran News) –On February 23, the conference hall of IRIB in Tehran will host the first Asian congress of engineers, builders, manufacturers, and exporters of construction with emphasis on construction materials and engineers.
Speaking in a press conference on Monday, the secretary of the congress and secretary of Construction Engineering Organization Mr. Omid Reza Riahi revealed more details on this important event I the field of construction in Asia.
He said that in line with materializing the policies of developing sustainable economic development as well as boosting export-centered production and services and concurrent with Engineers Day, the first congress of engineers, builders, manufacturers, and exporters of construction will be held in Tehran on February 23 with presence of activists in the field of construction from more than 15 Asian countries like China, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Syria, the UAE, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan.
Riahi said that the event is aimed at promoting talks and preparing international contracts in exports of products and modern technologies of construction industry as well as exporting technical and engineering exports and commercial insurances and international transportation laws.
He said that while Construction Engineering Organization is 26-year-old, some 604000 engineers in different fields are members of this organization.
He reiterated that this international event will be held with collaboration of Trade Promotion Organization, Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization, Tehran Construction Engineering Organization, Facilities Management Society, Technology Trade Center, International Market Construction System, Association of Mass Builders of Tehran, and National Mass Constructors Association and university centers as well as international economic activists and domestic experts and state officials.
Meanwhile in the presser, the CEO of International Sakht Bazar System Mr Hamed Amjadi speaking in the presser called the event as the biggest Asian gathering of construction industry, adding that potentials of the participating countries in the field of construction industry are to be displayed in this event.
Head of Facilities Management Society Mr Misaq Salmasi also said that they are after identifying ways for developing exports of technical and engineering services to the neighboring countries, adding that Iran can solve problems of those countries in construction and this issue is important in the current recession condition of the country and is important for the engineering community of the country.
Meanwhile a member of board of directors of Tehran Construction Engineering Organization Mr. Gholamreza Khosh Goftar highlighted the tasks of this organization and said that there are over 70,000 engineers with work permits in reengineering but the country is in recession and it has surplus engineers and this event can present capabilities of Iranian engineers and construction activists to Asia and the world.
