Dr. WAJDY QATTAN

Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

wsqattan@uqu.edu.sa

Recently housing is one of the mainstream topics among the Saudi nation. However, some significant aspects prevent Saudi families from having their dream houses. These factors are connectedverystrongly to the construction techniques, design, and the used materials. Therefore, it is desirable to preview these aspects and why they exist, where the current ESCAN products are going now, the contradicting aspects we are experiencing currently, and the role of Saudi government and architects to deal with the housing issues. This could be through introducing new construction methods and raising the public awareness about the new building types and techniques

This paper was presented in the First Saudi International Engineering Conference, Organized by Saudi Council of Engineers, Riyadh, 4-6 Dec. 2017

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http://falsharif.com/uploads/1521256761.pdf