It was definitely an honor having Eng. Hisham Wagdy, Managing Director of TEA Computers, Eng. Hazem Nabil, Autodesk Country Manager and Eng. Moheb Marcos, Architecture Business Unit Director in ECG, as speakers in the event along with Mr. Saad Abu Zahra, Account Manager at Autodesk.

The closing speech was by Eng. Mohamed Hashim Khater, BIM Management Department Manager at ECG, presenting his recommendations and aspirations to facilitate ECG leading role for further success and evolution in the AEC industry.

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The event was organized by Lean Construction Institute Qatar (LCIQ) and attended by a number of organizations, professionals and industry leaders in the field of construction.

It was a pleasure having Mr. Mohamed Mohsen, BIM Department Head at ECG Qatar, recognized and awarded for his exceptional contributions as a BIM Expert and Instructor.

On the other hand, ECG was also awarded for its unwavering support for lean transformation in the construction industry. The award was received by Mr. Omar Bahgat, Regional Manager (Qatar and Oman). This recognition speaks volumes about ECG commitment to continuously improve and drive innovation in the construction field in Qatar. Our team is dedicated to finding new and better ways to deliver projects more efficiently, safely, and sustainably.

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Mr. Omar Bahgat, Vice President and Regional Manager (Qatar and Oman), was awarded a recognition of ECG sponsorship and contribution to Engineers Australia Qatar Chapter.

Mr. Ahmed Ossama, Senior Business Development Manager at ECG, was a speaker and gave a presentation about ECG projects and achievements.

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The award was announced during CM-Lean Champions Event which took place in May 2022 at Grand Hyatt Doha.

The award was presented by:

His Excellency Dr. Eng. Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Sabaie, the Minister of Municipality in Qatar

Dr. Abdulla Yaqoub Alsayed, Chief Project Delivery Officer- Asia & Africa at Qatari Diar/ President Lean Construction Institute in Qatar

Mr. Stephen Sandherr, the Chief Executive Officer of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

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Informative keynotes were delivered by ECG team:

“Beyond BIM discussion” by Eng. Mohamed Mohsen; ECG BIM Department Head

“BIM digital Transformation skills and Techniques required in Qatar” by Eng. Alaa Radwan, BIM Manager at ECG and Hossam Raafat, Site Mechanical Engineer at ECG.

The event was organized by the Architects’ Hub Global Network.

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The award received by Mr. Omar Bahgat, Vice president and Regional Manager (Qatar and Oman), aimed at extending support towards Ashghal’s Project Management Development Program.

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Mr. Omar Bahgat, Vice President and Regional Manager (Qatar and Oman), was invited as a main speaker and member of Engineers Australia Qatar Chapter.

The event was organized by Engineers Australia Qatar Chapter at the Australian Embassy premises and presided by the Australian Ambassador to Qatar, Mr. Jonathan Muir and Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Lachlan McLeod.

During the event, Mr. Omar Bahgat was awarded a recognition of ECG sponsorship and contribution to Engineers Australia Qatar Chapter.

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This year, Egypt we will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm Al­Shiekh and all Egyptian Ministries are working towards implementing Sustainable Development Goals.

As ECG is leading market transformation in the material of sustainable products our Sustainability Consultant, Hoda Ibrahim speech was about the Environmental Product Declaration and its impact on construction sector and Egypt’s contribution to the Climate Action Plan 2050. This adds to discussing Circular Economy, Net Zero Concept, and the reduction of CO2 emissions in buildings and industrial facilities.

ECG has worked on LEED V4/V4.1 projects and has a database covering all LEED V4/V4.1 material credits, which require specific certificates like EPD, HPD, C2C, REACH, Declare and more.

ECG has a record for environment-friendly products of local and international manufacturers in the MENA region and Africa. That is performed to easily manage and retrieve a wide variety of manufacturers’ references.

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The MOU asserts that all concerned parties should develop technology and business systems and accelerate the transformation of smart cities structure and service solutions to achieve sustainable success in all sectors that work inside and outside these cities. In addition, the parties should facilitate and support the digital transformation system to implement joint innovations and expand the ecosystem through industrial and commercial alliances, developers’ platforms, and open communities.

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“This comes within the framework of the final steps to establish the largest fiber optic cable factory in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East; and in line with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s directives to transfer and localize modern technology whilst working to reduce imports. Contributing to increasing the added value of Egyptian products and achieving smart digitization in giant digital projects”, as AOI Arab Organization for Industrialization’s President Abdel Moneim El-Terras said.

The signature of the contract was announced in Benya’s booth in Cairo ICT 2020.

ECG Executive Director, Omar Elsayed, stated that ECG devotes its expertise to provide the consultancy services in accordance with the international quality standards and fourth industrial revolution criteria; aiming at establishing an integrated factory with smart digital production lines that meets local market needs for optical fiber cables and exports to the MENA region.

Benya CEO, Essam Khafaji, expressed his happiness to cooperate with ECG in launching digital transformation projects in Egypt, especially in light of the major national projects carried out in the fields of new cities, technological infrastructure, and smart applications.

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ECG Vice President Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek explained that the Excellence in Engineering Forum in its seventh edition was organized by UTW Program in collaboration with Next Design Magazine, Tea for Engineering Services (Teaserv), and the Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA), and empowered by ECG. The renowned Architect Dr. Dalia Saadany chaired it.

The seventh Excellence in Engineering Forum stressed that engineering companies in Egypt should cope with the digital transformation and the huge development in the use of technology, when preparing sustainable engineering designs and performing Facility Management and Construction Supervision in a way that improves the quality of the engineering product in the fastest time and at the lowest cost. The forum witnessed a scientific debate between the old school of architectural design, which depends on manual work, and the modern school that depends on the use of the latest technology in architectural design. It also witnessed prominent speakers from Egypt, Italy, and America; Eng. Bassam Khairy of ACUD spoke about Egypt’s “New Administrative Capital” as a model of sustainable, smart, and green cities, while Eng. Mustafa Rashad of Al-Marakby Steel Company spoke about the role of technology in steel manufacturing. Additionally, both of architect Moaz Abu Zaid and architect Islam Al-Mashtooly spoke about technology in engineering design, and highlighted examples of engineering designs for buildings and roads in the UAE. Mr. Mahmoud Farrag, the CEO of the “Smart Parking Co.”, reported on the “Roxy Garage” experience, while Egyptian inventor Eng. Gamil Hassan presented his invention “Gamil CSP”, made for generating cheaper electricity from clean solar power. A preliminary Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Eng. Gamil Hassan and the Italian “Big Investment Co.” This was to finance launching the invention in Egypt and the Middle East. Eng. Mohamed Delaware and Engineer Hossam Harfoush spoke about the role of facility management technology while all of “Teaserv” CEO Eng. Kamal Shawky, “Teaserv” Engineering Director Eng. Ahmed Esawi, “Redcon” BIM Manager Eng. Reham Shahin, Eng. Jared Breidinger of the American “Victaulic”, and Eng. Mouaz Abozaid spoke about the BIM technology used in advanced engineering designs.

Numerous major companies participated in the conference, including “GLC Paints”, “Schneider Electric”, “P-Zone”, “Flowtech”, “Victaulic”, “Redcon Construction”, “El-Marakby Steel”, “Alcobond”, “Swiss Chem”, as well as “Teaserv”.

It is worth mentioning that the seventh Excellence in Engineering Forum is an activity of the University to Work (UTW) Program, which is one of the most important sustainable development programs implemented by ECG, which supports Egypt’s Vision for 2030, and goes in line with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.

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Mr. Omar Bahgat represented ECG as a speaker at the event that took place on Wednesday, January 22 2020 at W Hotel, Doha, and was sponsored exclusively by Qatari Diar.

The main aspirations behind this event are bridging the gap between academia and industry; discussing problems, issues, and challenges facing the construction industry in Qatar; building better connections between researchers and industry stakeholders; and identifying areas of collaboration in future researches and education.

ECG received Qatar University prestigious Employer Recognition Award in appreciation of the company’s contribution in the summer training Program of the university students for 4 years in a row now.

During the event, Mr. Bahgat presented the “University to Work” Program and received a recognition award withholding ECG’s role in supporting the academic sector in Qatar.

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(Tribute to Eng. Amr Allouba)

On Tuesday, September 10^th, 2019, ECG celebrated the graduation of the 11^th Group of UTW Program (the group named after late ECG Chairman Eng. Amr Allouba as a farewell tribute), which included 600 young engineers from different Egyptian Universities and Institutes, as announced by ECG Vice President and UTW Program Founder Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek.

The graduation ceremony held at Intercontinental Citystars under the patronage of H.E. Minister of Housing Dr. Eng. Assem El-Gazzar, H.E. Minister of Social Solidarity Dr. Ghada Waly, H.E. Minister of planning Dr. Hala El-Said and H.E. Minister of Youth & Sports Dr. Ashraf Sobhy. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Youth & Sports General Mohamed Nour, ECG Chairman Eng. Ahmed El-Sayed, ECG Vice and Chairman’s Mr. Ali Allouba and Mr. Hesham Abdelkawy, as well as partners of success from the private sector like Schneider Electric, Siraj Lighting, Sigma Properties, Scib Paints, Ideal standard, CCC, CES, Leica, 3 Brothers, TEA Computers, Handover and Gamma Invest. In addition to NGOS like Rotary District 2451/Egypt, besides other media coverage representatives, including Next Design, Globalstars, and Al-Qarar El-Masry.

Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek added that the top achiever students and best engineering teams were celebrated in the event, including their families to the celebration. Chairman of Siraj Lighting also announced their plans to employ 60 graduates of the electrical department, and send two UTW Graduates to Germany for training on advanced lighting systems. Moreover, and in the presence of representatives of Napoli’s University Dr. Castiglione Carlo and Prof. Dr. Charalambos Charalambos, Dr. Nevine also announced 33 scholarships for UTW graduates, granted by Napoli’s University of Pafos.

In his talk to the graduates, ECG Chairman Eng. Ahmed El-Sayed highlighted the role of Late ECG Chairman Amr Allouba in supporting the UTW Program, as one of ECG’s main efforts for sustainable development, implemented based on ECG’s corporate value system, established by ECG Co-Founders Eng. Mahmoud Samy Abdelkawy and Eng. Ashraf Hassan Allouba. Eng. Ahmed El-Sayed promised to continue supporting the UTW Program in the exact same manner of Eng. Amr Allouba.

It is worth mentioning that so far, more than 6,500 engineering students have graduated the UTW Program since its launch in 2010, all of which were employed at ECG and successfully started their own engineering businesses.

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The conference held at the Hilton Cairo Heliopolis hotel, under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, the Ministry of Electricity & Energy, and the Ministry of Environment. The event drew participation from a large number of speakers, participants, and entrepreneurs renowned corporations, all eying the future of Egypt’s construction industry.

The conference discussed various topics relating to intelligent cities, including smart infrastructure, integrated security systems, energy-efficient buildings, and sustainable industrial zones, as well as advanced transportation, car parking, and traffic management systems.

ECG’s participation was not confined to the conference’s sessions and proceedings, as the company also maintained round-the-clock participation at the exhibition through an ECG booth with representatives available to answer attendees’ queries.

ECG’s speech was delivered by the Communications & Security Systems Department Manager, Ahmed Sorour. In a presentation titled “New Emerging Technologies & their Impact on the Current Enterprise Market,” Mr. Sorour shed light on integrated automation platforms and current market challenges, artificial intelligence penetration into the various ELV/ICT systems [extra-low voltage systems/ information & communication technology], adding AI to smart buildings, smart cities and smart infrastructure, an overview of procedures for incorporate all newly developed technologies into RFPs to meet client and market needs, new emerging technologies, and a reflection on the current enterprise market, including the following technologies:

• AI  – Artificial Intelligence
• IOT
• Edge Computing / Distributed Intelligence
• Analytics
• Deep Learning / Machine Learning
• Data Mining
• Big Data
• Cloud Services
• 5G
• Cyber Security
• SDN / SDN WAN
• Quantum Computing

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The event drew attention to the vital issue of creating more sustainable methods and approaches with respect to how we use the planet’s resources. The Egypt Green Building Council, member of the World Green Building Council, held two sessions on greening the construction sector. The first session under the banner “Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Cities in the Arab World” was held on November 4, and included a panel discussion attended by leading consulting and contracting firms, green buildings consultants, and a representative of the World Green Building Council, to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in constructing ‘green’ buildings. In this panel, Engineering Consultants Group S.A. took part as one of the leading consultants in this field, as ECG has accomplished several green building projects in the MENA region.

Eng. Hoda Ibrahim illustrated ECG’s track record, which draws on substantial experience in the field of ‘Green Building’ in the MENA region since 2007. ECG offers consultancy services for different rating systems, such as LEED, Estidama, and GSAS. Green building awareness has been rising in recent years amongst developers and governmental authorities, which enables Egypt to contribute robustly to achieving sustainable development goals and Egypt’s Vision 2030.

Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek was also a keynote speaker at the panel of Business Partnerships for Sustainable Development, which included other speakers, including Eng. Hoda Dahrouj Acting Chairman of the Central Board for Community Development and Regional Director of the Egyptian Fund for Information Technology, Dr. Yomna El-Shereidy Founder of the Arab Businesswomen Council, Ms. Amna Fazza, Delegate of the African Association, the National Committee of the African Union & President of the African Women Club, and Dr. Corinne Shenouda, Goodwill Ambassador and CEO of the Egyptian Stock Exchange Foundation for Sustainable Development.

During the session on effective partnerships between businesses to achieve sustainable development, ECG Vice president explained that “The management element is the most important element that exists in any organization, in addition to the importance of effective partnerships between the government, the private sector and the civil society in achieving SDGs.”

Dr. Abdelkhalek shed light on the programs and activities carried out by ECG to develop the community and contribute to achieving SDGs, as well as the Egypt 2030 vision. She also highlighted how ECG is keen on producing sustainable designs and implementation of buildings in a manner that heeds environmental dimensions, accessibility, and the digital transformation.

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Dr. Neveen Abdelkhalek, ECG Deputy Managing Director, and Dr. Pantelis Sklias, President of the University of Neapolis, signed the agreement. Mrs. Aliki Potonou Founder and CEO of GAMMA INVEST, and NUP representative in Egypt, Mr. Nikolaos Sarlis, Special Project Advisor of “Leptos Group”, owner of the University of Neapolis in Cyprus, in addition to Ambassador Reda Bebars, the ministerial advisor for international cooperation affairs, attended the event.

Dr. Neveen Abdelkhaleq pointed out that, since its start-up in 2010 until now, the number of graduates of the initiative has reached about 5500 students; explaining that the memorandum of understanding allows the exchange of training experiences in a world-class market with constantly changing needs. She said that the establishment of a branch of Cyprus’ University of Neapolis in Egypt was discussed this was to benefit from European expertise in all fields, in addition to inaugurating an initiative to train graduates of other faculties, especially the faculties of commerce.

Dr. Pantelis Sklias, President of the University of Neapolis added that the cooperation between the University and Egypt includes the provision of 33 postgraduate scholarships at the University in Cyprus, fully and partially supported, in engineering-related areas, such as business administration and real estate. He welcomed the idea of expanding cooperation to include other areas such as banking and accounting, to achieve Egypt’s benefit from Cyprus and European expertise in these areas as well.

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The UTW 11’s opening ceremony was also attended by Dr. Sotiris Varelas, representative of Neapolis University Pafos of Cyprus, and Ms. Aliki Botouno, Chairperson of Gamma Invest Co. of Greece, which represents the NUP in Egypt. Dr. Abdelkhalek paid tribute to the UTW program’s major sponsors, including Tea Computers, Schneider Electric, Sigma, Ideal Standard, Siraj Lighting and Scib Paints.

As for the new activities due to be incorporated into this year’s UTW round, she pointed out that ECG plans to cooperate with NUP in this respect. UTW students will perform voluntary working hours to promote eliminating anemia aboard the floating hospital organized by the Rotary District, alongside cooperation with Ahl-Misr Foundation, which will deliver technical sessions on the design of the Burn Care Hospital. Dr. Abdelkhalek added that there would be cooperation with Handover, which will provide sessions on building using environmentally friendly building materials. Furthermore, discussed the progress made hitherto in the ‘Impact’ project with Nile University, and how NU students can register for long life learning courses.

In her brief speech, Dr. Sotiris Varelas mentioned offering scholarships to UTW students to study at NUP, and sending professors from NUP to teach at the UTW program. For her part, Dr. Dalia Al-Saadany, President of the Association of Design Architects in Italy, stressed that ASDA is ready to enable UTW students to participate in an International Design Award competition.

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Dr. Nevine effectively participated in the 2-day workshops focusing on Infrastructure in Egypt on Day 1 and Egypt Country-Focused Workshop on Day 2. She also attends B 2 B meetings with the purpose of networking for promoting ECG portfolio and seeking business opportunities in Africa.

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In her capacity as ECG Vice  President  &  EBA Sustainable Committee Chairperson,  Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek talked on the panel that had speakers representing the different CSR Stakeholders in Egypt; including Mr. Moataz Yakn Advisor the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Eng. Aml Mobadda Resources Development Director at Misr El-Khair, Mr. Mohamed Mostafa the ILO Industrial Relations Program Manager, Mr. Mohamed El-Fouly CEO the UN Global Compact Network /Egypt, Middle East and Eastern Europe.

In her talk, Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek highlighted the importance of CSR activities for sustainability of the business and how companies should move from doing pure charity activities to sustainable development projects .e.g.  ECG implementing the University to Work (UTW) and School to Work (STW) Projects to qualify Egyptian youth for the engineering labor market. She also highlighted the challenges of CSR in Egypt and the need for awareness raising activities.

During the CSR forum, some companies and banks like El-Sweedy Electric, El-Araby Group, El-Qalaa, Vodafone, Nestle, Juhayna Food Industries, L’Oreal, Unilever, Microsoft and Attijariwafa Bank presented their successful CSR projects

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