Representatives of engineering consultancy offices attending a meeting organised by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment.
Represented by the Building Permit Complex, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) held its periodic meeting with the engineering consultancy offices in the country to discuss the Building Requirements Guide in the State of Qatar 2020, which was launched recently, in addition to the updates that are still in progress in the electronic building permit system.
During the meeting, Assistant Director of the Building Permits Complex Department at MME, Eng. Saad Abdul Karim Al Qahtani gave a detailed explanation of the recent updates of the procedures in force in the building permit system, as well as the updates in progress, while perspectives of the engineering consultancy offices regarding these improvements were taken into consideration.
At the end of the meeting, Assistant Director of the Building Permits Complex Department at MME stressed the necessity of completing late construction requests and providing all the engineering consultancy offices a deadline up to seven days to work on their status. He also stressed the necessity for engineering consultancy offices to adhere to the planning and design requirements set forth in the Building Requirements Guide in the State of Qatar, as well as the keenness to provide engineering schemes that are compatible with the guide.