Interviews

Shapour Mehrkar

Shapour Mehrkar

Kling Consult

If elements of the building can be built earlier in a factory and provided their weight and size are such that the transportation of them is not too costly plus placement of these elements in the building is possible, then significant time can be saved and to some extent cost

Have over thirty years of experience in the analysis and design of structures. I started working in 1976 in Iran on the design of steel and concrete buildings against earthquake until 1984. After further education in UK, I jointed Gifford in 1988.

Marco Cau

Marco Cau

Vice President

Novasina Switzerland

Our long-term strategy and mission is to provide high-end products, which excel in quality and longevity and always having a clear focus on customer's needs

Since its establishment more than 50 years ago, the company Novasina has specialized in the accurate measuring of air and material humidity. The basis was the world?s first, self-developed electronic measuring sensor for humidity measurement.

Amr Mohamed Elsayed Metwally

Amr Mohamed Elsayed Metwally

Head of Architecture Division PMC

Hamad Medical Corporation

Modular construction must come with well-developed Building Information Modeling (BIM) as this will minimize the risk of design errors during the manufacturing process and will allow for a design to be properly tested for clashes and clearance zones

Amr Metwally as Lead Architect Designer for the MENA Region has been a key figure in the region for the past 12 years in developing both sustainable and visionary architectural award winning healthcare.

Jayakumar

Mr. Jayakumar V

Director

Autosys Engineering Pvt Ltd

Labor cost reduction is no longer the key deliverable of Automation. It has been replaced by consistency, accountability repeatability and measurability

Director at Autosys Engineering, Autosys Control Systems, Kore Mechatronics - Project Management Process Control and Automation Operational Excellence Personnel Ethics.

Nader Elhajj

Nader Elhajj

Director

Framecad Solutions

Greater use of prefabrication, preassembly, modularization, and off-site fabrication techniques and processes has led to widespread deployment and use of interoperable technology applications.

Nader Elhajj ? Director of Middle East and Africa, FrameCad Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD - Prior to his current position he was a project manager at the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, overseeing the research and development of alternative building materials and emerging technologies.

Mr. Charles Wemyss

Mr. Charles Wemyss

CEO

Litre Meter

Accuracy is always specified by suppliers but, surprisingly, is of less importance to users. The customer wants to know the reading will be correct day after day, year after year, so long term repeatability is the key metric

Specialties: Oil & Gas flow measurement and especially chemical injection measurement over the last twenty five years; positive displacement meters and coriolis mass meters.

Captain Hung Nguyen

Captain Hung Nguyen

Former U.S. Coast Guard Captain Co-chair

Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team

The most significant lessons learned from the oil-spill incident applied to the casualties ? as well as increased compliance with the International Safety Management Code

Since his retirement from the Coast Guard, Captain Nguyen has served as a Transportation Security Executive and Director, Global HSE Programs. In these capacities, Captain Nguyen successfully developed and implemented many process safety management tools that enhanced his organizations' performance excellence.

Kaila Haines

Ms. Kaila Haines

Marketing and PR Director

Nidec ASI