Opening Ceremony of two-day international workshop "Construction Industry in Pakistan: Issues & Practices" was held at NUST - NIT (SCEE) seminar Hall the other day, said a press release issued here on Thursday. The workshop was designed to promote state-of -the-art construction management techniques and practices.
Engineer Senator, Rukhsana Zuberi, Chairperson Pakistan Engineering Council was the Chief Guest. Dr Syed Mahmood Ahmed (Florida International University) was the keynote speaker. Rector NUST, Lieutenant General Muhammad Asghar chaired the event. Rector NUST in his opening address welcomed the participants to the workshop and thanked the efforts of the chief guest Senator Rukhsana due to which Pakistan has entered the Washington Accord. He stressed on the need for effective planning in construction industry to enable projects to be completed on time.
Senator Rukhsana praised the efforts of NUST for organising such an event and providing a forum to discuss common issues in construction industry. She stressed that the state of affairs of construction Industry in Pakistan are getting better and concrete steps are been taken to make considerable change.-PR