INTRODUCTION
The Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO) has developed a Technical Regulation for Building Materials, which is part of the current Saudi Building Code. The SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course focuses on introducing an overview about regulation that provides the characteristics of building materials and their production methods, including the applicable associated administrative provisions. Besides, assessments and practical examples shall be promoted in an interactive manner to let all attendees realize how to better adopt such standards properly to enhance the building performance and durability in an economical design basis.
This GLOMACS SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course will highlight:
- Sectors of metals and their alloys for buildings and constructions; SASO technical regulation for building materials
- Insulation and building cladding materials; SASO technical regulation for building materials
- Hydraulic links and related products; SASO technical regulation for building materials
- Bricks, tiles, ceramics, sanitary ware and related products; SASO technical regulation for building materials
- Pipes used in water, electricity and gas networks
Objectives
By the end of this SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course, participants will learn to:
- Understand overview of the technical regulation for building materials developed by SASO
- Enhance the building performance and durability in an economical design basis
- Control work methods, resources and systems to meet technical regulation of materials
- Mitigate potential threats and risks associated with incompliance with mandatory regulations
- Contribute to controlling work quality, progress and cost at construction site
- Develop detailed concise precise item specification and metrics to avoid any ambiguity
Training Methodology
Participants to this SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course will receive a thorough training by the Tutor promoting a variety of proven adult highly interactive training and facilitation techniques. Training course methodology includes group discussions and team exercises to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. Discussion of the goals of each participant to ensure their needs are fulfilled. Questions are encouraged throughout which provides opportunities for participants to discuss specific issues and, if possible, find appropriate solutions.
Organisational Impact
Organization will be able to expand and enhance their capacity and improve quality behavior in the construction and building materials, by:
- Reduce maintenance cost by enhancing quality control for new projects
- Improve quality by knowing up-to-date technology of quality and its practically in real project
- Enlarge the organization investment by have a durable structure along its life time
- Avoid any incompliance with the technical regulation for building materials, which is part of the current Saudi building code
- Mitigating and navigating potential threats, rejection, penalties and challenges associated with the incompliance with mandatory regulations
- Describe clear complete scope with minimum PDRI and reduce risk
- Recognizing the characteristics of building materials and their production methods including the applicable associated administrative provisions
- Enhance the building performance and durability in an economical design basis
- Upgrade high quality site supervision to ensure seamless coordination and full compliance among technical documents (drawings, BOQ and specification) by various construction parties
- Effective management of complex changes claims and counter claims at construction site
Personal Impact
By attending this SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course, delegates will be able to increase their skill sets and competencies in:
- Understating and applying properly the technical regulation for building materials developed by the Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO)
- Effective site progress reporting and ensuring successful compliance with technical regulation for building materials
- Increase knowledge of up to date of the characteristics of building materials and their production methods, including the applicable associated administrative provisions
- Enhance the capabilities to estimate the cost of each items to a realistic estimate and reduce contingency ratio
- Increase the skill for maintenance approach and quality of all phases of wide scatter of products and projects
- Effective supervision and quality control of various construction site scenarios
- Communicating and dealing with challenging material specifications and difficult stakeholders
- Controlling the Milestones management - planning, scheduling and resourcing at various stages
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This GLOMACS SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials training course is fitting a wide range of professionals who desire to understand SASO Technical Regulation for Building Materials, but will greatly benefit:
- Construction Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers
- Cost Engineers
- Project Management Engineers
- Architectural and Civil Engineers
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control Professionals
- Specification and Bidding Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors
- Construction Managers
- Project Managers