FIDIC, GAMA (FIDIC Group of African Member Associations) and FMCI (Moroccan Federation of Consulting Engineers) invited business leaders and decision makers to Marrakech late September 2016 to explore Scenario Based Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Consistency in Design and other criteria, Integrated Resource Management (solving multiple problems simultaneously), Risk and Liability, and the looming Water Crisis. Renewables and Clean Energy will receive close attention, as will Designing for Disaster, with all its inherent risks.
FIDIC Annual Conference and Assembly was held from September 25-27, 2016 in Marrakesh. The Conference theme was “Engineering for the Challenges of Climate Change”.
Conference topics were:
- Global Infrastructure Markets
- Infrastructure in Africa
- Renewables and Clean Energy
- City Challenges and Urban Development
- Financial Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change
- Best Practices
- Water Challenges
- Building Information Modeling (BIM), Implications for the Industry Future Infrastructure Leaders
FIDIC Representatives mentioned at the Conference that they are planning to move FIDIC headquater from Switzerland to another country. Also, the FIDIC Contracts Committee announced that they are preparing a new revised edition of FIDIC Rainbow suite.
ACES representatives participated at the Annual Conference and Assembly.
