Achieving an advanced work rate in the Al-Jazeerah (2) residential project in Karbala Governorate

The Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, continues to work on Al-Jazeera / 2 housing project in Karbala Governorate, which is being executed by Al-Mansour General Contracting Company, one of the Ministry’s formations, with a completion rate of 70% and the number of housing units amounting to (632) apartments.
The contract cost of the project after the appeal amounted to (74,517,000) billion dinars, as the prices of the unimplemented items in the schedule of quantities according to the original contract were approved, where the project was described as multi-storey residential buildings (four floors) with two models of residential buildings, and they include type (A) = 53 building (424 apartments) as it contains two apartments on each floor, and type (B) = (13) building (208 apartments) as it contains four apartments on each floor.
The residential complex also contains public service buildings (kindergarten, nursery, primary school with a capacity of 18 classrooms, 2 intermediate schools with a capacity of 12 classrooms, markets, health center, administrative building, 2 guard rooms with service networks (pure water and fire, rainwater drainage network, heavy water drainage network with heavy water treatment unit, external and internal electrical networks, telephone, external site works of external fences, streets, sidewalks, walkways, parking lots and landscape works (yards , rest areas , organizing gardens, afforestation and furniture, etc.).

With a completion rate of 87%, work continues on Alghalibiah housing project in Diyala Governorate

The Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, continues to work on Alghalibiah housing project in Diyala Governorate, with a completion rate of 87%, at a cost of (26,400,000) billion dinars, and with a number of housing units amounting to (696) apartments.
The complex consists of (58) residential buildings with three floors, comprising (696) apartments and includes two models: type (A) = (312) apartments, and type (B) = (384) apartments, with (4) apartments on each floor.
The complex contains public service buildings (primary school, 2 high schools, mosque, health center, 2 guard rooms, markets, as well as site works from external networks and roads.

The Directorate of Housing organizes a course entitled (Basics of English Language)

The Department of Planning and Follow-up / 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 (Basics of English Language) The course curriculum was presented by Mr. (Ali Hameed Ali) from the Office of the Director General at the headquarters of the Directorate on Thursday morning 23/2/2023, with the participation of a number of the Directorate’s employees. The lecturer touches on several axes, including (past-present-future verb tenses) and how to formulate sentences for them and sections of speech in English language, which helps to form linguistically correct sentences and the mechanism of linguistic dealing with official correspondence in English.
The aim of the course was to enable the participants to understand the basics of English grammar and to facilitate the process of communication in the language, so that it becomes the most important tool in developing capabilities and skills.

Blood Donation Campaign

Under the auspices of Eng. Sadiq Muhammad Hassan, Director General of the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, the Directorate organized on Sunday 22/1/2023, in coordination with the Medical Center at the Ministry’s headquarters, a blood donation campaign in support of humanitarian cases and hospitalized patients for the public interest.

With a completion rate of 80%, work continues on Al-Dabuni residential project in Wasit Governorate

Under the supervision of the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, work continued on the Al-Dabuni residential project in Wasit Governorate, with an 80% completion rate, as the contract cost of the project after the appeal amounted to (36.177.000) billion dinars, and the number of housing units amounted to (255) houses.
The project was described as having two types of residential houses, type (A), with a number of (155) houses, with an approximate building area of (130) m2, with three bedrooms and services, and type (B), with (100) houses, with an approximate built-up area of (119) m2, with two bedrooms and its services.
The complex also contains public services (primary school with a capacity of 18 classrooms, market, administrative building, guard room, telephone exchange with service networks (pure water and fire, rainwater drainage network, sewerage network, external and internal electrical networks, telephone, external site works from external fences, streets, sidewalks, walkways, parking lots, and landscape works (yards, rest areas, landscaping, afforestation and furniture, etc.)

The Minister of Construction confirms work on drawing up a housing policy consistent with the population increase

The Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, Mr. Bankin Rikani, confirmed the work on drawing up a housing policy supported by accurate data, consistent with the population increase and human density witnessed by Baghdad and the rest of the provinces. This came during his visit to the Directorate of Housing, one of the Ministry’s formations, and his meeting with the management and staff of the Directorate and officials of the resident engineer’s directorates for housing projects.
Mr. Minister stressed during the meeting on addressing previous mistakes, advancing the housing sector, and providing facilities for the discreet and effective private sector to participate in achieving development and increasing the balance of housing units for all segments of society, referring to the Ministry’s progress within the government program with the new residential cities project, as part of its endeavor to support the housing sector.
Mr. Minister directed the officials of the resident engineer directorates to submit a new work progress schedule for projects, and to withdraw work immediately from lagging companies and also from companies that recorded deviation rates of 10%.

Congratulations

In my name and in the name of all employees of the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities I extend my sincere congratulations and blessings to our Christian brothers on the occasion of the glorious Christmas and New Year’s Day, asking God Almighty to restore tranquility and peace to our people.

Engineer
Sadiq Muhammad Al-Fartousi
General Director

Congratulation

Dr. Nabil Ghazi Thajeel, Assistant Director General of the Directorate of Housing, and all its employees, congratulated Engineer Sadiq Muhammad Al-Fartousi, on his assumption of the position of Director General of the Directorate of Housing.
We wish him prosperity, progress and success in serving our beloved country.

The Directorate of Housing: organizes a course entitled (Design of roads according to quantities Civil 3D)

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 on road design and according to quantities on the Civil 3D program, which is specifically related to road and bridge engineers.
The course curriculum was presented by Eng. Israa Lutfi Ibrahim from the Certification and Engineering Consultation Department at the headquarters of the Directorate on Thursday morning 11/10/2022, with the participation of a number of employees of the Directorate of Housing.
The lecture touched on several engineering axes in terms of how to enter the natural land points from the surveyor into the Civil 3D program, and how to create a surface from these points, and then create the horizontal curves of the road and create the longitudinal section of the road according to the American AASHTO specifications, and extract the tables and design drawings for the construction of the road.
The aim of the course was to enable the participants to calculate the quantities, design the road and extract the longitudinal section of the road.

Internal audit of the quality management system (QSM)

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 Internal Audit of the Quality Management System (QSM) according to the requirements of the guiding specification for auditing management systems (19011:2018) for the period (16/10 until 20/10/2022).
Mr. (Ahmed Abdel-Zahra Ali / Senior Director), head of the Quality Management Division at the Directorate, gave a series of lectures that included a definition of the requirements of the international standard (ISO 19011: 2018), as well as the knowledge and skills required in the process of internal auditing of the quality management system according to the requirements of the guiding standard for auditing management systems (ISO 19011:2018).
A number of the Directorate’s employees participated in the course, and the lecturer touched on the benefits of applying the quality management system, especially since the Directorate of Housing holds the international quality certificate from the awarding company (INFINTY).
The lecturer also presented an integrated curriculum related to the basic concepts of the standard and the role of internal audit in addressing deviations and raising the efficiency of performance in general in the Directorate. The course included several training workshops on the application of the system and internal auditing
It is noteworthy that the Directorate of Housing has been organizing training and development courses, workshops and seminars to To improve the job performance of its employees in all specializations.