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Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021  •  March 4, 2021  •  1 minute read Article content KINGSTON — A pair of engineering professors at Queen’s University received more than $4 million to continue their collaboration with Royal Military College into climate change. Andy Take, Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical Engineering, and Ian Moore, Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Engineering, received $4.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Inno...

Federal Government invests millions in Queen’s University research March 4th 2021- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $518 million in research infrastructure funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).  The funding will support 102 state-of-the-art projects at 35 post-secondary institutions and research hospitals across the country, and will help Canada remain at the forefront of exploration, innovation and discovery. Two projects led by Queen’s research...

KMC moves to clear Karachi’s Orangi nullah of encroachments The operation starts Friday SAMAA | Sohail Khan Posted: Feb 25, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Photo: NED Universitys Department of Urban & Infrastructure Engineering The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation will start an anti-encroachment operation along the 11.25km Orangi nullah Friday, officials said. In the first phase, the KMC and district administration are to remove soft encroachments from the stormwater drain. It is on...

Explained: How people will be compensated along Gujjar Nullah Houses destroyed over 30% eligible SAMAA | Sohail Khan - Posted: Feb 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago SAMAA | Sohail Khan Posted: Feb 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago Photo: Online Listen to the story The Sindh government will be financially compensating the people who will be losing their homes along Gujjar, Mehmoodabad and Orangi nullahs, which are frantically being cleared and widened before the next monsoon ...

Published on: Thursday, February 04, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: Fixing pothole-riddled roads has been a never-ending battle, mostly due to the lack of coordination in handling the complaints, according to expert. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM) deputy director Prof Ir Dr Ahmad Kamil Arshad said an integrated hotline system involving all road owners is one of the best steps that can be used to coordinat...

Published on: Thursday, February 04, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: Fixing pothole-riddled roads has been a never-ending battle, mostly due to the lack of coordination in handling the complaints, according to expert. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM) deputy director Prof Ir Dr Ahmad Kamil Arshad said an integrated hotline system involving all road owners is one of the best steps that can be used to coordinat...

03 Feb 2021 / 14:24 H. Works Department employee is seen resurfacing potholes around Johor Bahru area on Jan 24--fotoBERNAMA (2021) COPYRIGHT RESERVED KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3: Fixing pothole-riddled roads has been a never-ending battle, mostly due to the lack of coordination in handling the complaints, according to expert. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM) deputy director Prof Ir Dr Ahmad Kamil Arshad said an integrated ho...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Accenture and Avanade Recognized as Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Workplace Services 2020 January 25, 2021 GMT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 25, 2021-- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Avanade have been jointly recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Workplace Services 2020 Vendor Assessment (March 2020, IDC #US45407619e). According to the report, “IDC analysts rated...

Filthy rich: A Karachi sewer operation for a sick city Garbage and not squatters is the real reason it floods SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan - Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago Two naughty little boys are having a conversation sitting on top of an empty king-sized sewerage pipeline behind a swarm of city officials surveying Manzoor Colony nullah. “Tera ghar to gira rahey...

Non-Resident Scholar Mohammed Soliman is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute’s Cyber Program and a Senior Associate at McLarty Associates’ Middle East and North Africa Practice. His work focuses on the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Mohammed frequently appears on Arabic- and English-language television to provide commentary on unfolding events in the Middle East. A native of Cairo, Mohammed started his career...