Housing & Building National Research Center HBRC

1. Housing & Building National Research Center HBRC Urban Training & Studies Institute UTI Ass. Prof. Dr. Doaa M. El-Sherif UTI Executive Director 1997 ـــ 2010

2. 1- About HBRC & UTI

3. Housing & Building National Research Center HBRC • Housing & Building National Research Centre– (HBRC) is a national governmental research establishment which was founded in 1954. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities. • HBRC performs a leading role in enhancing the performance of housing & building sector through scientific research, consultations and training for the purpose of improving the living and environmental conditions of cities in Egypt & Middle East. • It has more than 300 Academic staff in different fields related to urban development.

4. Housing & Building National Research Center HBRC • HBRC Mission Statement is to carry out all urban policy studies and researches, conducting applied researches for the construction field and capacity building. • Development of Building Codes & Technical Specifications is one of the main responsibilities of HBRC. • Building Codes include: • Building Service Codes • Building & Safety Codes • Specialized Building Codes • Technical Specifications

5. Building Service Codes • Using treated wastewater in different purposes • • Design & installation of potable water & sewage pipelines • • Executing conditions of potable water, sanitary wastewater and lifting plants • • Executing conditions of sanitary plumbing engineering inside buildings • • Moisture & water insulation in buildings • • Interior Electrical installation • • Hydraulic and electrical elevators • • Air conditioning and cooling systems, and • • Operating and maintenance of potable water • purification & wastewater treatment plants

6. Building & Safety Codes • Soil mechanics and foundations • • RC structures • • Steel structures (buildings and bridges) • • Masonry buildings • • Loads & forces on structures & buildings • • Fire protection • • Specifications of multi utilities structures safety • • Housing design and planning criteria • • Construction project management

7. Specialized Building Codes • Building Requirements for Disabled • • Founding on Rocks • • Urban and Rural Highways & Bridges • • Structural Composite Materials, • • Energy Efficiency in Residential and Commercial Buildings • • Plastering (internal- external- special)

8. Focus of session • UTI as the training institute of HBRC • UTI Foundation • UTI Activities • Training • National Researches • Workshops & Seminars • Consultancy • UTI Partners • UTI Available Resources • The establishment of the Egyptian Green Building Council (EGBC)

9. 2- UTI Foundation

10. National Policy of the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Capacity Building For Local Government Decentralization of Managing Urban and Socio-economic Projects in Cities Capacity Building for Local government to manage and implement urban development projects Istanbul Summit 1996 Urban Training& Studies Institute (UTI) Establishment of a Regional and National Training Institute for Capacity Building of Experts working in the field of housing and urban development

11. Aiming at achieving Sustainable Development for Egyptian Cities through capacity building Netherlands ُEgypt Dutch Government Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities IHS HBRC Training and Research in Housing and Urban Development Project (TRHUD) Urban Training & Studies Institute UTI

12. 3- UTI Activities

13. Training Consultancy Research Green Construction Publications Analyzing Egyptian case studies and local context Regular training programs Upgrading Informal and urban Deteriorated Areas Participatory Urban Planning & Management Comparative studies with international cases Tailor-made training Project Management UTI

14. Training Workshops and Expert Group Meetings Regular Training Courses Tailor-made Training Courses on both National and Regional Levels Institutionalization and Sustainability of Training and Capacity Building!!

15. Training Around 7000 participants were trained at UTI over the period 1997 – 2010 in different fields of training Imposing the Different aspects of Urban Development

16. Training Main Training Regular Programs Urban Development. Heritage Areas Preservation. Environmental management Green Construction. Project Management. Management of Infrastructure Projects. Geographic information system.

17. 3- UTI Partners

18. International Partners International partnerships including: • Netherlands institutes (IHS, ITC), • German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), • United Nations Program for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat), • University of Vienna and the University of Stuttgart; Helps to build a good combination of local and international expertise in different disciplines and to work in a multicultural context.

19. National Partners At the National level; UTI works in close cooperation with a number of Egyptian partners: • Egyptian Green Building Council (EGBC), • General organization for Physical Planning (GOPP), • Egyptian Environmental Agency Affairs (EEAA), • Centre of Environment & Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), • Social Fund for Development (SFD) and • Cairo & Ain Shams Universities.

20. 4- UTI Resources

21. UTI Available Resources UTI is occupying a full floor of 600m2 with 20 permanent technical and administrative staff 3 major training classrooms GIS lab and facilities Specialized library Office spaces and facilities

22. UTI Available Resources

23. EGBC The establishment of the Egyptian Green Building Council (EGBC) Prof. Manal El-Batran