A VISION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN EGYPT

M. O. Mokhtar, Eman

A VISION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN EGYPT

Document Type : Scientific and technological

Author

Eman M. O. Mokhtar

Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture Faculty of Engineering - Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

The building and construction (BC) industry is a fundamental economic sector which is highly linked with other industrial sectors. Although there is a great deal of attention has been paid to building and construction processes as a part of BC industry, little consideration has been given to how can we enhance and develop BC sector and benefit from the expanding demands for building and construction projects to develop national economy.
The objective of this research is to give a glimpse of building construction future in Egypt. A great development in this sector is needed to promote socio-economic development objectives and improve industry performance and competitiveness in international market. This paper addresses some of the challenges facing the building and construction industry and related industrial sectors and shows the possible future prospects of developments which help in contributing to national economy development.
It has been concluded and recommended that encouraging the application of advanced technologies and developing innovative ideas, the building and construction industry together with related and interconnected industrial and economic sectors will help in pushing ahead national economy.

Keywords

References

1- Ofori, G. (2015), " Nature of the Construction Industry, Its Needs and Its Development: A 2015Review of Four Decades of Research", Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 20(2), 115–135.

2- Hillebrandt, P.M. (2000)."Economic Theory and the Construction Industry" Basingstoke, Macmillan.,UK.

3- Lopes, J. (2011),"Construction in the economy and its role in socio-economic development." In G. Ofori (ed.). "New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries"Abingdon, UK: Spon Press, 40–71.

4- Castagnino, S., Gelbert, P., and Rothballer, C. (2016) "What's The Future of the Construction industry?" World Economic Forum, April 4, 2016.

5 -"BC Housing Design Guidelines and Construction Standards", British Columbia, Nov 2014.

6 - Mills, C. (2001) "Home Building Industry and Workforce Investment System, Workforce Development", Home Builders Institute, Washington, DC

7- Ofori, G. (2001), " Challenges of Construction Industries in Developing Countries: Lessons from Various Countries ", Department of Building, National University of Singapore ' CIB 8937'

8- Fernández-Solís, José L. (2007),"How the Construction Industry does differ from manufacturing?" Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

9- Koen, B.V., (2003), Discussion of THE Method: Conducting the Engineer’s Approach to Problem Solving, Oxford University Press, New York, 260p.

10- Erboz, G.," How To Define Industry 4.0: Main Pillars Of Industry 4.0", 7th International Conference on Management (ICoM 2017) · November 2017, Nitra, Slovakia.

11- El Ehwany, N. (2009), "The construction and related engineering services in Egypt: challenges and policies", paper no. 146 April 2009.

12- Reda, L. (2018) "2018 Accomplishments: Building new fourth-generation cities", Egypt today, Dec. 28, 2018.

13- Alashwal, B. H.P.A.,(2016) " Mixed Use Development - The future of lifework in Egypt,The basics and practices", International Journal of Environment, V.05, issue 04, Oct.-Dec.,2016, pp.56-65.

14- El-Megharbel, N. (2015)," Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt's vision 2030 And Planning Reform", the Ministery of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Planning and Implementation (New York) - May 27, 2015.

15- Saracco, R. (2017),"The reshaping of construction industry", IEEE future directions, May3, 2017 http://cmte.ieee.org/futurediretions/2017.

16- Jones, K. (2018, December 5), How Technology Is Reshaping the Construction Industry Construct-connect Inc. December 5, 2018.

17- Nitesh Dogne, N., & Ashish Choudhary, A. (2014, August),"Smart construction materials & techniques", National Conference on “Alternative & Innovative Construction Materials &Techniques” (AICMT), At Gwalior, India.

18- UN Report, (2008)." International Standard Classification of All Economic Activities", (ISIC), Series M, No.4, Rev.4.United Nations, N.Y. p.172.

19- World Bank, Construction & Civil Engineering: Operational Aspects. Operational Material. A7-world Bank ICP2011 www. siteresources.worldbank.org.

20- Kim, J., (1998),"Sustainable Architecture Module: Qualities, Use, and Examples of Sustainable Building Materials", Edited by Jonathan Graves, Published by National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education, The University of Michigan, December 1998.

21- "Guide to Standards - Building and Construction ", Australian Standards® 28 January 2011.

22- Peiffer, E.," 10 construction industry trends to watch in 2016", Dive, Jan. 4, 2016 (www.constructiondive.com).

23- Navaratnam, S., Ngo, T., Gunawardena, T. and Henderson, D., (2019)," Performance Review of Prefabricated Building Systems and Future Research in Australia", Buildings, Vol.9, 38.

24- Lawson, R.M., Ogden, R.G. and Bergin, R. (2012)," Application of modular construction in high-rise buildings". J. Archit. Eng., Vol. 18, 148–154.

25- Kamali, M.; Hewage, K. (2016)," Life cycle performance of modular buildings: A critical review". Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2016, 62, 1171–1183.

26- Nematollahia, B., Xiab, M. and Sanjayanc, J. (2011)," Current Progress of 3D Concrete Printing Technologies ", 34thInternational Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC2017), 28 June - 2 July 2011, Seoul, Korea.

27- Sakin, M., (2017),"3D Printing of Buildings: Construction of the Sustainable Houses of the Future by BIM", Energy Procedia 134, 702-711 · October 2017, Also, 9th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB-17, 5-7 July 2017, Chania, Crete, Greece