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1/10/2019
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ACI has been a global leader in developing resources for the concrete industry since its inception in 1904. With the aim to continue advancing concrete knowledge, ACI recently announced the opening of its regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates—its first physical presence outside of the United States. Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, at the opening of the ACI Middle East Regional office in Dubai, UAE. A grand opening celebration was held on January 6, 2019, at the new office, located in the Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE. The event was celebrated during an evening reception with honored guests including Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and David A. Lange, ACI President. ACI Executive Committee members Khaled Awad (ACI Past President), Jeffrey W. Coleman (ACI Vice President), Randall W. Poston (ACI Vice President), and Ronald G. Burg (ACI Executive Vice President), welcomed guests at the event. L to R: Ahmad Mhanna, ACI Middle East Regional Director; David A. Lange, ACI President; Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry; and Ronald G. Burg, ACI Executive Vice President, welcome guests to the ACI Middle East Regional Office grand opening in Dubai, UAE, on January 6, 2019. The Middle East Regional Office, headed by Ahmad Mhanna, ACI’s newly appointed Middle East Regional Director, will serve as a vehicle for increasing awareness of regional concrete design and construction practices, in addition to strengthening strategic relationships and increasing access to the Institute’s consensus-based technical and educational resources. “This office will lead efforts to establish and nurture a wide range of strategic relationships between ACI members, chapters, companies, governmental bodies, educational institutions, partners, and other construction industry organizations throughout the region and beyond,” stated Mhanna. In 2017, ACI entered into an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization to utilize ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and other ACI resources to develop a Gulf Building Code. ACI has also recently hosted regional seminars, partnered on industry events, and funded a new fellowship specifically for graduate students studying in the Gulf region. Several Middle East construction projects have been recognized through the annual ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards program—an indication of the innovation happening in the region. For more information on ACI’s activities in the Middle East region visit: concrete.org/MiddleEast. Follow @ACI_MiddleEast on Twitter and like @ACIMiddleEast on Facebook. Subscribe to the ACI Concrete SmartBrief Middle East – a free weekly digest of concrete news from in and around the region. View the Middle East Regional Office announcement.
ACI has been a global leader in developing resources for the concrete industry since its inception in 1904. With the aim to continue advancing concrete knowledge, ACI recently announced the opening of its regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates—its first physical presence outside of the United States.
Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, at the opening of the ACI Middle East Regional office in Dubai, UAE.
A grand opening celebration was held on January 6, 2019, at the new office, located in the Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE.
The event was celebrated during an evening reception with honored guests including Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and David A. Lange, ACI President. ACI Executive Committee members Khaled Awad (ACI Past President), Jeffrey W. Coleman (ACI Vice President), Randall W. Poston (ACI Vice President), and Ronald G. Burg (ACI Executive Vice President), welcomed guests at the event.
L to R: Ahmad Mhanna, ACI Middle East Regional Director; David A. Lange, ACI President; Hassan Al Hashemi, Vice President, International Relations, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry; and Ronald G. Burg, ACI Executive Vice President, welcome guests to the ACI Middle East Regional Office grand opening in Dubai, UAE, on January 6, 2019.
The Middle East Regional Office, headed by Ahmad Mhanna, ACI’s newly appointed Middle East Regional Director, will serve as a vehicle for increasing awareness of regional concrete design and construction practices, in addition to strengthening strategic relationships and increasing access to the Institute’s consensus-based technical and educational resources.
“This office will lead efforts to establish and nurture a wide range of strategic relationships between ACI members, chapters, companies, governmental bodies, educational institutions, partners, and other construction industry organizations throughout the region and beyond,” stated Mhanna.
In 2017, ACI entered into an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization to utilize ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and other ACI resources to develop a Gulf Building Code.
ACI has also recently hosted regional seminars, partnered on industry events, and funded a new fellowship specifically for graduate students studying in the Gulf region.
Several Middle East construction projects have been recognized through the annual ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards program—an indication of the innovation happening in the region.
For more information on ACI’s activities in the Middle East region visit: concrete.org/MiddleEast. Follow @ACI_MiddleEast on Twitter and like @ACIMiddleEast on Facebook.
Subscribe to the ACI Concrete SmartBrief Middle East – a free weekly digest of concrete news from in and around the region.
View the Middle East Regional Office announcement.
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