The Federation of Kuwaiti Engineering Offices & Consultant Houses (KFEOCH) announced in a press release on Saturday that the “3rd Consulting Services for the Development Plan Forum (ENCON3)” will convene on 10 – 12 January 2023 at Al-Baraka Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Abzulaziz Al-Mujel will patronize the event.

The motto and main themes

ENCON3 convenes under the motto “Completing the plans of the electronic portal for licenses and addressing the challenges of building and housing plans.” It will address the challenges facing Kuwait’s plans to implement construction projects in general and housing in particular, starting from the first preparatory stage, which includes obtaining the necessary permits from the concerned government agencies to the subsequent execution stages.

In preparation for ENCON3, Abdulaziz Al-Mujel received last Tuesday a delegation from KFEOCH, which included the President of KFEOCH, Eng Badr Al-Salman, the Treasurer Eng Jaber Abu Al-Hassan, the Secretary, Eng Hamoud Al-Zoubi, and the members of the board of directors, Dr Adel Al-Meshri and Eng Saadoun Al-Issa.The delegation presented to Al-Mujel an invitation to sponsor the ENCON3 and deliver his speech at its opening ceremony. Al-Mujil commended the efforts of KFEOCH for organizing the Forum, which raises issues of interest to the Kuwait Municipality in particular and the State of Kuwait in general. In turn, Eng Al-Salman praised the Minister for his approval to support and sponsor the Forum.

Welcome to the official sponsorship

KFEOCH expressed happiness at the patronage of Minister Mujel. “His Excellency’s support for ENCON3 is in line with the responsibility entrusted to His Excellency. Kuwait Municipality is the main agency entrusted with the preparatory stages for the planning and implementation of construction and housing projects, as well as the entity responsible for the electronic portal project for the Permits system for construction projects,” the press release stated.

Practical solutions

Eng Bader Al-Salman, President of KFEOCH, said on this occasion, “Construction and housing projects in the State of Kuwait, as in many countries of the world, face real challenges. Some are local and require an effort from the responsible authorities in the State. Others are globally related to the repercussions of COVID-19. The security events that hit the world after the Russian-Ukrainian war exacerbated the severity of those challenges. Global logistics services were greatly affected, among other difficulties.

Construction materials, equipment, and workforce have also experienced severe global shortages that have affected their availability and prices. At the internal level, we urgently need to raise the level of cooperation between all concerned parties to facilitate procedures for bringing the necessary foreign workforce, ease procedures for foreign trade, and provision of budgets. We also have to shorten the tendering procedures, contracts, and the automatic issuance of Permits from all concerned parties without any human intervention except minimally.”