In order to employ modern construction techniques in buildings of the National Highways and Motorways, the National Highway Authority (NHA)' s Design Section conducted a seminar in collaboration with AutoDesk software developer company and distributor Logicom at the NHA head office here on Tuesday, said a press release.

The NHA's Member Planning, Muhammad Naveed Iqbal Wahlah, Member Coordination Asim Amin, General Manager Design Lt-Col Zulfiqar Ali Janjua (retd), officers and representatives of contractors and consultants participated in the seminar. In his opening remarks, Wahlah said that the NHA was striving to further upgrade its design department and to adopt the latest technology in planning, designing and construction of the National Highway and Motorways in the country. He said that the seminar would help to achieve the objective at large.

Addressing the seminar, the speakers threw light on gradual development in road building during the last five decades. They said that the latest construction techniques had largely facilitated the planning designing and construction stages of roads and infrastructure projects. They were of the view to utilize modern software being developed as per requirement of the present age, which would ultimately improve the level of construction quality.-PR