Sustainable construction to shape post-Covid world, says expert
DUBAI, January 30, 2021 The Covid-19 outbreak put many sectors at a standstill, with building and construction recording a moderate growth since the pandemic struck. However, the Middle East and Africa, in general, have done well in controlling the pandemic, said an expert. Though it has led to an economic slowdown, there is a chance of recovery projected within the first quarter of 2021, stated Safdar Badami, the Managing Director of Al Muqarram Group, a key manufacturer of sealants, waterproofing products, adhesives and maintenance equipments. According to industry experts, MEA s construction sector is set to record an annual growth rate of 7.1 percent by 2024. Still, the pandemic has slowed everything, with the main concern being the shifting of timelines from Coronavirus s effects.
Lane Community College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. event was held online this year via Zoom, with keynote speaker Dr. Robert Bullard, who is known as the “father of environmental justice.” The event, hosted by Dr. Lamont A. Francies, coincided with King’s birthday on Jan. 15.
Francies is an educator and the senior pastor at Delta Bay Church of Christ in Antioch, California. The Zoom event was held to discuss environmental racism, and how it affects minority communities disproportionately. Bullard has been working and researching environmental justice since 1979, and is the nation’s leading researcher on the subject.
The event opened with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” considered the “Black national anthem.”
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People stand on a green roof in Saxony, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/picture alliance via Getty Images
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