The Department of Planning and Follow-up / Division of Training and Development in the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, organized a course entitled (furnishing streets and sidewalks for residential complexes)
The course curriculum was lectured by Eng. (Zeinah Habeeb Nasser), Senior Chief Engineer in the Certification and Engineering Consultation Department, Architectural Designs Division, at the Directorate of Housing headquarters on Thursday morning 3/2/2023, with the participation of a number of the Directorate’s employees, including road engineers, architects, structural and civil engineers.
The lecture touched on several topics, including (basic shapes and patterns of urban streets – definition of pavement and its purpose – elements of fixing sidewalks (greening – columns – traffic lights – advertising, paving sidewalks and width of sidewalks) and design requirements for streets and sidewalks for people with disabilities.
The aim of the course was to know the standards that should be applied to the streets and sidewalks of residential complexes, including bicycle paths and special paths for people with disabilities, in order to upgrade and improve the housing reality of urban streets within residential complexes.
