October 2001

SIGMA Consulting Engineers received the Honorary Award of the Minister of Public Works and Housing for the Year 2000. The annual award is given to a Jordanian engineering and consulting office whose work is deemed to be of distinguished quality. A committee including representatives from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the Jordan Engineers Association, the University of Jordan, and the Government Tenders Directorate evaluates candidates and chooses the recipient of the award.

Jordanian architect Khaled al-Bourini was reelected head of the Arab Engineering Offices Corporation of the Federation of Arab Engineers. Jordan is a founding member of the corporation, which was founded in 1984 and has its headquarters in Amman. It has a membership of 110 consulting engineering and architectural firms and 650 consulting engineers and architects. The Federation of Arab Engineers has a membership of around 500,000 engineers and architects.

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