About HBRC

The President

Mohamed Hosny Mubarak

The Minister of Housing, Utilities & Urban Development

Eng. Ahmed El-Maghrabi

Housing and building national research center (HBRC) is under the supervision of engineer Ahmed El Maghrabi, minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development. The center's board of directors is formulated in accordance with the republican decree number 46 for the year 1977 as follows:
Chairman of the board
Prof. Mostafa El-Demerdash,

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

• Co-chairman's of HBRC :
  Prof. Mohamed Abdel Razik
  Prof. Heba hamed Bahnasawy
• Secretary General of HBRC :
  Mrs. Fayeka El Shammaa
• Heads of research institutes

  Prof. Sayed Mohamed Abdel Baki	Head of Building materials and quality control research institute
  Prof. Suzette Michel Aziz	Head of Architectural and housing research institute
  Prof. Hatem Hamdy Ghaith	Head of Concrete construction research institute
  Prof. Suzan Saad Mahmoud	Head of Soil mechanics and geo-technical engineering research institute
  Prof. Aly Sharara	Head of Raw materials and technological processing research institute
  Dr. Mohamed Nabeel Abdel Salam	Head of Structures and metallic construction research institute
  Prof. Mohamed Saad	Head of Building Physics and environment research institute
  Prof. Nadia Mahmoud Nofal	Head of Construction engineering and Management institute
  Prof. Maha El Shafei	Head of Sanitary and environmental engineering research institute

• From other institutes:
  • Eng. Ibrahim Roshdy Mahalb – chairman of the Arab Contractors Company
  • Prof. Moustafa Madbouli – chairman of general organization for urban planning
  • Eng. Mahmoud Maghawry Mohamed – chairman of the central construction agency
  • Prof. Abdalla Abu Zaid – Professor, college of engineering, Ain-Shams University
  • Prof. Aly Abdel Rahman Yousef – Head of Cairo University
  • Eng. Gamal Fahmy Mohamed – Deputy minister, Ministry of Al-Awkaf
  • Prof. Mohamed Tarek Housain – chairman of the Academy of the Scientific Research and Technology
  • Dr. Ahmed Samir - Ministry of Administration development
  • Mr. Moafak Saeed Al Ashqar – Ministry of finance
  • Eng. Hamdy Ramadan El-Saadany- Ministry of economic development
  • Law Consultant Yehia Ahmed Ragheb Dakrory – Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Development
  • Eng. Hanaa Mohamed Abdel Monem – Ministry of Local development

From our Board of Directors

	Chairman of the Board
	Prof. Mostafa El-Demerdash

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Previous Chairmen of HBRC

Prof.Dr./William Selim Hanna	Prof.Dr./Mohamad Mahmoud Ibrahim	Prof.Dr./Aziz Ahmed Yaseen 23/9/1954-17/7/1957	Prof.Dr./Abdel Aziz Abdel Khalek 18/7/1957-4/2/1964

Prof.Dr./Abdel Moneim Abul Azm 20/7/1968-13/9/1971	Prof.Dr./Ahmed Kamal Labib 14/9/1971-15/7/1973	Prof.Dr./Abdel Rahman Hasanin 16/7/1973-26/5/1975	Prof.Dr./Mustafa Metwaly El Hefnawy 26/5/1975-5/10/1978

Prof.Dr./Mohamad Mostafa El Saied 26/11/1978-10/4/1980	Prof.Dr./Mohamad Metwally Shaheen 19/5/1980-25/7/1982	Prof.Dr./Abu Zied Hasan Rageh 1/8/1982-1/1/1986	Eng./Ahmed Mohamed Hamido 1/3/1986-3/3/1989

Prof.Dr./Hamid Fahmy El Sayed 6/3/1989-11/5/1992	Prof.Dr./Mohamed Ramez Hussien 14/11/1992-13/2/1996	Prof.Dr./Mohammed Nabil El-Atrouzy	Prof.Dr./Omaima Ahmed Salah El-Din 25/9/1996-15/7/2005

Prof.Dr./Ali Sherif Abdel Faiad 16/7/2005-12/2/2006	Prof.Dr./Amr Ezzat Salama 13/2/2006-31/1/2008