Housing & Building National Research Center
HBRC
Urban Training & Studies Institute
UTI
Ass. Prof. Dr. Doaa M. El-Sherif
UTI Executive Director
1997 ‫ ـــ‬2010
1- About HBRC & UTI
Housing & Building National Research Center
HBRC
• Housing & Building National Research Centre– (HBRC)
is a national governmental research establishment which
was founded in 1954. It is subordinated to the Ministry of
Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities.
• HBRC performs a leading role in enhancing the
performance of housing & building sector through
scientific research, consultations and training for the
purpose of improving the living and environmental
conditions of cities in Egypt & Middle East.
• It has more than 300 Academic staff in different fields
related to urban development.
Housing & Building National Research Center
HBRC
• HBRC Mission Statement is to
carry out all urban policy studies
and researches, conducting applied
researches for the construction field
and capacity building.
• Development of Building Codes &
Technical Specifications is one of
the main responsibilities of HBRC.
• Building Codes include:
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Building Service Codes
Building & Safety Codes
Specialized Building Codes
Technical Specifications
Building Service Codes
• Using treated wastewater in different purposes
• Design & installation of potable water & sewage pipelines
• Executing conditions of potable water, sanitary wastewater and
lifting plants
• Executing conditions of sanitary plumbing engineering inside
buildings
• Moisture & water insulation in buildings
• Interior Electrical installation
• Hydraulic and electrical elevators
• Air conditioning and cooling systems, and
• Operating and maintenance of potable water
purification & wastewater treatment plants
Building & Safety Codes
• Soil mechanics and foundations
• RC structures
• Steel structures (buildings and bridges)
• Masonry buildings
• Loads & forces on structures & buildings
• Fire protection
• Specifications of multi utilities structures safety
• Housing design and planning criteria
• Construction project management
Specialized Building Codes
• Building Requirements for Disabled
• Founding on Rocks
• Urban and Rural Highways & Bridges
• Structural Composite Materials,
• Energy Efficiency in Residential and
Commercial Buildings
• Plastering (internal- external- special)
Focus of session
1. UTI as the training institute of HBRC
2. UTI Foundation
3. UTI Activities
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Training
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National Researches
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Workshops & Seminars
Consultancy
4. UTI Partners
5. UTI Available Resources
6. The establishment of the Egyptian
Green Building Council (EGBC)
2- UTI Foundation
Istanbul Summit 1996
Capacity Building For Local Government
Decentralization of Managing Urban and
Socio-economic Projects in Cities
National Policy of the
Ministry of Housing, Utilities
and Urban Communities
Capacity Building for Local
government to manage and
implement urban development
projects
Urban Training& Studies Institute (UTI)
Establishment of a Regional and National Training
Institute for Capacity Building of Experts working in
the field of housing and urban development
ُEgypt
Netherlands
Dutch Government
Aiming at achieving
Sustainable
Development for
Egyptian Cities
through capacity
building
Ministry of Housing,
Utilities and Urban
Communities
IHS
HBRC
Training and Research in Housing and Urban Development Project
(TRHUD)
Urban Training & Studies Institute UTI
3- UTI Activities
UTI
Consultancy
Green
Construction
Upgrading Informal
and urban
Deteriorated Areas
Participatory Urban
Planning &
Management
Project
Management
Research
Analyzing
Egyptian case
studies and local
context
Comparative
studies with
international
cases
Publications
Training
Regular
training
programs
Tailor-made
training
Training
Workshops and Expert Group Meetings
Regular Training Courses
Tailor-made Training Courses on both
National and Regional Levels
Institutionalization and Sustainability of
Training and Capacity Building!!
Training
Around 7000 participants were
trained at UTI over the period
1997 – 2010 in different fields of
training
Imposing the Different aspects
of Urban Development
Training
Main Training Regular Programs
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Urban Development.
Heritage Areas Preservation.
Environmental management
Green Construction.
Project Management.
Management of Infrastructure Projects.
Geographic information system.
3- UTI Partners
International Partners
International partnerships including:
• Netherlands institutes (IHS, ITC),
• German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),
• United Nations Program for Human Settlements
(UN-Habitat),
• University of Vienna and the University of
Stuttgart;
Helps to build a good combination of local and
international expertise in different disciplines and
to work in a multicultural context.
National Partners
At the National level; UTI works in close cooperation
with a number of Egyptian partners:
• Egyptian Green Building Council (EGBC),
• General organization for Physical Planning (GOPP),
• Egyptian Environmental Agency Affairs (EEAA),
• Centre of Environment & Development for the Arab
Region and Europe (CEDARE),
• Social Fund for Development (SFD) and
• Cairo & Ain Shams Universities.
4- UTI Resources
UTI Available Resources
UTI is occupying a full floor of 600m2 with 20
permanent technical and administrative staff
3 major training classrooms
GIS lab and facilities
Specialized library
Office spaces and facilities
UTI Available Resources
EGBC
The establishment of the
Egyptian Green Building
Council (EGBC)
Prof. Manal El-Batran