The Council of Ministers recently approved a parliamentary recommendation obliging the implementing companies of the infrastructure projects in the State to recycle their waste from these projects in a manner that ensures the safety of the environment and does not harm human health, and the development of a guide to evaluating green buildings, While the government directed the Ministry of Infrastructure Development to study the increase in allocations in the budget of the Ministry of preventive maintenance programs for roads, in order to ensure the preservation of the classification of the world state in the road quality index.
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Abdul Rahman Al Owais sent an official letter to the Federal National Council informing the Council of Ministers of the parliamentary recommendations issued by the National Council on the subject of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, in which he confirmed the government's approval of four recommendations Of the eight adopted by the National Council, the first of which is the preparation of a plan of action that includes a specific program on special systems and manuals to ensure the implementation of projects in accordance with international standards, and to evaluate the standards and practices of buildings to achieve the use of environmentally friendly materials. Environmental impact, especially in relation to the impact of recycling of building materials waste on the environment.
The second recommendation approved by the government included the development of a green building assessment guide to contribute to the provision of energy and water consumption and urged the "third" to develop joint work plans and programs to cooperate and coordinate with the concerned ministries to facilitate the completion and timely completion of projects. "The plans and programs should also take into account the rationalization of government expenditure, while achieving the best return from the projects implemented."
While the fourth recommendation, approved by the government on the «necessity to oblige companies implementing infrastructure projects, recycling their waste from these projects, so as to ensure the safety of the environment, and not to harm human health».
According to the government letter, the Cabinet directed the Ministry of Infrastructure Development to consider four other recommendations in light of the government's approved plans. First, the effective application of Federal Law No. 8 of 1986 on central weights, which aims to manage weights and dimensions of heavy vehicles, The second is to increase budgetary allocations in favor of preventive maintenance programs, to provide the highest standards of quality and protection during the implementation of the Ministry's projects, and after completion, in addition to instilling a culture of innovation in the environment Institutional's.
It also directed the government to recommend the increase of funds allocated to the budget of the ministry to coordinate with the private sector and community and local institutions in order to provide the highest standards of quality and protection in the implementation of the Ministry's projects. The World Ranking in the road quality index.
A parliamentary report, obtained by Emirates Today, showed a number of comments adopted by the Federal National Council on the policy of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, which included "the difficulty of measuring the effectiveness of the strategic objectives of the ministry and the difficulty of measuring the economic feasibility of programs and projects in light of the absence of information As well as the absence of a specific strategic objective for the preventive or renewable maintenance of infrastructure, although this represents the most important work that can be carried out by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, pointing to the lack of effective implementation of the initiative of the campus Or the service of the Federation, where the problem of traffic jams is continuing in some federal ways ».
According to the report, the failure of the Federal Law No. (8) of 1986 regarding pivotal weights resulted in increased traffic accidents, reduced road life, damaged infrastructure of paved roads, the Ministry's failure to undertake the necessary efforts to settle, and the training and rehabilitation of cadres. And the absence of special standards in buildings that take into consideration the needs of those with hearing and visual disabilities, as well as the lack of clarity of the ministry's vision of linking green buildings with environmental sustainability, which may negatively affect future state projects. "
"The lack of financial support allocated to instilling a culture of innovation in the institutional work environment, which is incompatible with the national plans and strategies in artificial intelligence, and the absence of a unified record for all projects implemented by the ministry or supervision, , And the absence of specific work procedures to oblige the companies executing the federal projects to rotate their waste after the completion of these projects ».
The report pointed to the weakness of supervision on the implementation of technical specifications required to be observed in the projects by the companies implementing them, and the lack of coordination between the ministry and ministries and federal and local bodies, which negatively affects the commitment to uniform specifications of buildings and roads in the state, Times of crisis and emergency, especially those related to rock falls and sand crawling.
The parliamentary report, in response to the comments of officials of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, confirmed the existence of a joint committee between the ministry and municipalities, on the standardization of buildings, through which the adoption of plans and reports, and the implementation.
On the classification of buildings according to a different system, such as the Pearl Building System in Abu Dhabi and the Green Building Assessment System in Dubai, representatives of the Ministry responded by the existence of a system called LID, a system that can not be used at the global level. State, because of its need for a different system, where it needs the natural energy found in European countries.
They explained that «for the systems mentioned earlier (pearl and ring), they are required to take into account the initial needs in the state, and the Ministry is preparing plans and studies on the application of new systems, which depend on the Ministry in the construction of buildings».
Representatives of the Ministry also responded to the tariff meetings, with annual meetings of the partners, in addition to awareness workshops on the definition of the procedures followed periodically, and regular meetings are held annually between the partners.
In terms of coordination and cooperation with local authorities in the area of maintenance, they stressed that there is no coordination directly, but periodic meetings are held with the beneficiaries, to discuss the plans and budgets set.
• The Council of Ministers approved 4 of the 8 recommendations adopted by «National».