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Ministry of Environment Organizes Qatar Specifications Conference and Exhibition

Doha, September 22 (QNA) - Qatar General Organization for Standardization - Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Public Works Authority (Asghal), has officially announced the organization of the conference and exhibition of Qatar Construction Specifications and the launching of the Fifth Edition: QSC 2014 on Sunday and Monday, 26-27 October, 2014. The conference and exhibition will be held at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) under the patronage of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani as well as the support and follow- up of HE the Minister of Environment Engineer Ahmad bin Amer Al Hamidi . The Qatar Construction, Specifications, QCS 2014, comes to comply with the Qatar National Vision 2030 which states "transforming Qatar into an advanced country by 2030, capable of sustaining its own development '', and with the Standardization strategy 2010-2020, which aims to spread the culture of commitment to implement the criteria of standards and quality in building and construction projects in order to conform with the overall urban revival taking places in the State of Qatar in all areas. The Fifth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications, QCS 2014 will be launched . The first edition was launched in 2000, as experimental voluntary standards, Theses specifications were then developed in 2002 to be mandatory for government projects only. In 2007 , the edition of QCS was issued to be mandatory for all public and private projects in a pioneering precedent in the Gulf and Middle East area. These specifications have be further developed in the Fourth Edition in 2010. The new Fifth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications QCS 23014 has been updated and developed to achieve harmonization and integration with all national, regional and international legislations in the field of sustainable building and the quality of construction, as well as to promote applied result based scientific research. QCS 20014 is rightly considered as the first step toward the issuance of the international edition of "Qatar International Construction Specifications 2017 " in the tropic where we hope, with the help and guidance of Allah, that Qatar standards will be regional and international reference for building and construction in hot, humid, and saline regions.(QNA)

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