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  • Organizational restructuring was introduced in the occasion of issuing the Presidential Decree number 63 for the year 2005 where the institute was known as the Housing and Building Research Center, formulated as a Housing and Building National Research Center.





Year 2007

  • International Conference "Towards Low Cost Housing"
    HBRC, Cairo, Egypt
    May 29-31, 2007

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  • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
    (Statement of Intent)
    Between
    Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC)
    ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
    and
    Carleton University, Canada

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Year 2006

  • “Appropriate Home”
    Can we design ‘appropriate’ residential environments?
    iaps International Joint Symposium
    September 11-16, 2006 Alexandria, Egypt
    By : HBRC & CSBE
    ISBN : 977-17-4798-3 DEP: 17822/2006
    Editors : Dina Shehayeb - Hulya Turgut Yildiz - Peter Kellett
    Order Information : To order the book please send an email to journal@hbrc.edu.eg or hbrc@hbrc.edu.eg
    The price is : USD 20 for orders from outside Egypt and L.E.80 for sale in Egypt; available on site from HBRC headquarters 87 Tahrir St. Dokki.

    Payment by credit card via internet will be available soon.


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  • One day seminar: date: 20-9-2006
    "Egyptian Code of Practice for Reinforced Concrete Structures " under the auspices of his excellencies Eng. Ahmed El-Maghraby, the minister of the Housing, Utilities and Urban Development.





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  • A Funding Agreement was signed by the HBRC’s Chairman, Amr Ezzat Salama and Mr. Helmy Abou Elish , Managing Council Member, The Industrial Modernization Center.







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  • The presedintial decree #52 was issued on 13/2/2006 for the appointment of Prof. Dr Amr Ezzat Salama as the chairman of the Housing & Building National Research Center.



  • One day seminar on the "Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Urban Planning" held at HBRC on 29, March 2006



  • Signing of Memorandum of Agreement between HBRC and The Arab Contractors Compnay (ACC) for the supervision of HBRC on the ACC concrete patch plants.







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  • One day workshop: date: 2-1-2006
    "Proposed Alternatives to Face the Increase in Prices for the Steel Reinforcement Used in Reinforced Concrete Structures in Egypt" under the auspices of his excellencies Eng. Ahmed El-Maghraby, the minister of the Housing, Utilities and Urban Development.





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  • One day Seminar: date: 4-1-2006
    "Proposed Project for Youth Production", by General Osama H. Abou-El Soud.


  • International Conference: date: 21-23 March 2006
    "International Conference on Bridge Management Systems – Monitoring Assessment and Rehabilitations"

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Year 2005

  • Speech of Prof. Ali Sherif Abdel Faiad in the occasion of the opening ceremony of the International workshop "Innovations in Materials and Design in Civil Infrastructures" date 28-29 December 2005.

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  • International Cooperation between Egypt and Iraq through the visit of Eng. Thaer El Faialy , Chief Consultant of Housing and Building Authority in Iraq Date: 19-12-2005.

  • International Cooperation between Egypt and Cheq through the visit of Michela Stinrova, The Expert from Cheq in the field of " Technology of Repair using Geo-Polymers" Date: 22-11-2005.

  • The Issue of the ministerial decree No. 482 – 2005 for the code of practice "The Enhancement Of The Energy Consumption In The Residential Sector".

  • The Issue of the ministerial decree No. 492 – 2005 for the code of practice "The Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers in the Construction Field".

  • Symposium on the Egyptian code of practice "The Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers in the Construction Field", Date: 24-9-2005.

  • Symposium on "the Role of the Egyptian codes in the Field of the Energy Enhancement and Safety of Elevators in Buildings", Date: 16-7-2005.

  • Speech of Prof. Mohamed Abdel Razik, the vice president of HBRC to the press about "the Energy Consumption in Egypt".

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Year 2004

  • Symposium on the Egyptian Code "Use of treated sewage water in various fields", Date: 26-09-2004

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  • Symposium on the "Future horizons for housing co-operation in Egypt for serving the low-income people", Date: 02-10-2004

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  • - HBRC celebrates its 50th anniversary 1954 - 2004 ”International Conference on Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development”, 20-22 December 2004. Under the auspices of Prof. Ahmed Mahmoud Nazif, Prime Minister.

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  • "The Opening ceremony of the Laboratories and the Conference Halls at the Housing and Building Research Center" Date: 23rd of June 2003.

Year 2003

  • Symposium on Arab Codes and their Influence on the Arab Economy Integration in Engineering Fields", Date: 20-22 September 2003 Cairo-Egypt

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  • Official Signing of Memorandum of understanding between International Code Council and Housing and Building Research Center ( USA September 2003 )

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  • "HBRC Role in the Housing and Building Sector in Egypt"
  • The Second International Workshop ON Structural Composites For Infrastructure Applications

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  • An Indian High Officials Scientific Visit to the Ministry of Housing Utilities & Urban Communities

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