09:00 Chairman’s welcome and opening address

David Ball
President
The Concrete Society

Enhancing quality and sustainability while optimising costs

09:10 Adopting green building principles for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainability

• Implementing green building policies and regulations that promote sustainable practices
• Adopting an appropriate rating system to measure performance
• Facilitating collaborative solutions to ensure efficient implementation of green building principles

Dr. Sadek Owainati
Co-Founder
Emirates Green Building Council and Founding Chairman
World Green Building Council MENA Network

09:40 Case study: Assessing the benefits of sustainable, high-durability, corrosion-resistant concrete structures - 11 years of high exposure concrete structures in The Arabian Peninsula

• Analysing the chemistry and microscopy of sustainable concrete
• Identifying the unique design parameters
• Understanding why asset owners specify and the deciding factor

David Ball
President
The Concrete Society

10:10 Panel discussion: Green Building practices - Seeking innovative building solutions to support effective sustainable infrastructure development

• Understanding the importance of balancing a country’s economy development needs and environment protection
• Adopting sustainable design techniques to limit environmental impacts and extend construction project life-cycle
• Identifying the role of contractors in implementing Green Building requirements
• Reducing the environmental impact of building materials

Panelists include:

11:30 Selecting strategic material resources to design sustainable and cost-efficient construction

• Sourcing, procuring and installing sustainable materials
• Using sustainable materials during the planning and design phase to enable effective construction
• Anticipating and addressing potential issues related to sustainable materials

Dr. Otakar Vacin
Associate Professor, Faculty of Transportation Sciences
Czech Technical University

12:00 Case study: Addressing design and construction challenges faced during the development of OMRAN’s tourism infrastructure

• Providing an update on OMRAN’s major on-going and planned projects to highlight business opportunities
• Assessing key technical and commercial aspects in designing tourism infrastructure while limiting impacts on the environment
• Enhancing quality while optimising costs by using innovative design and construction technologies

Nasser Al Maqbali
VP Construction
OMRAN

13:30 Master planning consultation clinic

At this unique networking and idea sharing forum, key decision makers in Oman’s infrastructure and construction industry will receive the opportunity to sit with leading planning and design consultants for a free one–to–one consultation. Use this opportunity to get the heart of your project challenges and build potential new working relationships with experts in the field.

15:00 Roundtable discussion: Enhancing the capacity of Oman’s construction industry to match clients’ needs in line with global trends and international best practices

Meet each participant at your table and exchange your experience of construction project procurement process and management. Discuss the key challenges related to material and human resources supply and exchange best practices to develop local construction industry skills and build capacity

Discussion topics include:

• Assessing the impact of growing demand in material supply and workforce availability
• Overcoming the issues related to project funding and procurement strategy
• Reviewing legal and financial considerations when importing materials and workforce supply
• Embedding effectively advanced skills in local organisation for supplying state-of-the art solutions
• Developing strategies for building capacities and integrating future leaders within the industry

16:00 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of summit day three