The Directorate of Housing organized a training workshop entitled (Earthquakes and their impact on buildings, their sources, measurement, seismic force calculation and recommendations for achieving resistant buildings)

The Planning and Follow-up Department / Training and Development Division in the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, organized a workshop entitled (Earthquakes and their impact on buildings, their sources, measurement, seismic force calculation and recommendations for achieving resistant buildings) in which a number of engineers in the field of structural and architectural design participated.

The lecturer Engineer (Ruwa Abdul Lateef Abdul Hameed) discussed:

– An explanatory explanation of earthquakes, their causes and methods of measuring them.

– Calculating seismic forces according to the Iraqi Earthquake Code and the American Code ASCE 7_16.

– Determining the seismic design category of buildings (SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGOR).

– Defining the different seismic analysis methods with an explanation of some of them such as the equivalent static method and the response spectrum method and providing recommendations on choosing the appropriate structural system.

 

The Directorate of Housing organized a training course entitled (Unified Retirement Law No. (9) of 2014)

The Planning and Follow-up Department / Training and Development Division in the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, organized a course entitled (Unified Retirement Law No. (9) of 2014) in which a number of employees from all specialties participated.

The lecturer (Salama Shawaz Jameel), discussed:

– Definition of the Unified Retirement Law (9) of 2014.

– Clarification and explanation of the retirement salary equation.

– Definition and clarification of all paragraphs of the law regarding retirement deductions.

– How to promote the retirement transaction.

The course concluded with all participants undergoing a test to re-review the information and award evaluation marks.

Northern Taharba Residential Complex

 

Minister of Construction and Housing Mr. Benkin Rikani inaugurated the Northern Taharba Residential Complex, which was completed under the supervision of the Directorate of Housing affiliated to the Ministry. The project includes (112) residential houses, with an area of ​​(152) m2 per house. The complex also includes an elementary school and is equipped with all service networks, in addition to external site works of streets, sidewalks, walkways, parking lots and green spaces.