May 6, 2020

Afghanistan Engineering Entities Coordination Center

This division operates for the institutional capacity building in the engineering industry of the country. It comprises three departments namely Private Entities Department, NGOs and Public Entities Department and Engineering Unions and Assemblies Department. The Private Entities Department provides consulting services to private engineering entities and as well as acts as a coordinator unit. In coordination with other active bodies this department integrates private engineering entities to:

Analyze, and rate their capacity Categorize them to carry out specialized tasks
Assess their internal non-conformists and their problems with the governmental or private setups
Build their capacities in an institutional context
Consult them for undertaking healthy competition means while attending competitive tenders
Introducing their potential to donors whatever government or NGOs

The NGOs and Public Entities Department cooperates with organizations that are active in governmental context and are concerned with the engineering industry of Afghanistan. Moreover, the contribution of international community in the social and economic development of the country has yet been in accordance to the particular interests of the donor agencies; a significant aim of AEA’s Public Entities Department of the Engineering Entities Coordination Division is to bring the approaches of the funding bodies in alignment to the millennium developmental goals that are incorporated in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy’s recent draft. Furthermore, AEA has been contributing its part to streamline the efforts of public entities that are active in the development of the legal framework of engineering initiatives; we have organized committees of specialized engineers that take part in the refinement of legal framework development from a technical point of view.

One recently added department in this division is the department for the coordination of activities of the engineering unions and assemblies. This department is concerned with the integration of these unions and assemblies under the cover of AEA so that we could have a unique approach toward the development of the engineering industry of the country.
Particularly, AEA:

Accompanies Developmental projects organization in terms of over sighting and in this regard we have signed
Memorandum of Agreements with many governmental setups
Advises various Afghan Ministries and independent bodies with regard to the development of National Programs
Develops services quality improvement programs

Supporting engineering entities and coordinating them

Supporting the coordination between construction companies, and providing plans for the rising of the quality of the construction projects
Supporting the coordination between internal NGOs and private consultancies and services companies that work in the engineering sector and also arranging their developmental programs
Supporting the coordination between the assemblies and engineering entities to bring them under the cover of AEA
Relating all engineering entities to each other and bring them to a same ceiling namely AEA and providing them plans and schemes for the bettering of the engineers and engineering industry standards of Afghanistan.

At a first step we are registering private engineering entities at AEA. This step is crucial because it develops the network of engineers and connects them in a national level. Particularly the membership benefits that the entities will achieve are:

Golden Membership

Benefits:

Five individuals from entities will be able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA inside the country.
Two individuals from entities are able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA outside the country.
Entities have the privileges to register their employees with 50% discount for the capacity building programs that are going to be held by or at AEA.
AEA offers 50% discount to the entities in terms of the engineering services that AEA provides.
AEA offers 35% discount to the entities in terms of marketing their products and services throughout the website, magazine, and other marketing mediums of AEA.
One individual of the entity have the right to nominate himself/herself for the committees that may be structured by the High Council at AEA.
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free legal and technical consulting services in terms of resolving their claims and disputes
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free business opportunities seeking services in terms of registering and representing them to credible donor agencies and private business enterprises.

Silver Membership

Benefits:

Three individuals from entities will be able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA inside the country.
One individual from entities are able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA outside the country.
Entities have the privileges to register their employees with 25% discount for the capacity building programs that are going to be held by or at AEA.
AEA offers 30% discount to the entities in terms of the engineering services that AEA provides.
AEA offers 20% discount to the entities in terms of marketing their products and services throughout the website, magazine, and other marketing mediums of AEA.
Entity has the right to play a significant role in the selection of members of the committees that may be structured by the High Council of AEA
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free legal and technical consulting services in terms of resolving their claims and disputes
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free business opportunities seeking services in terms of registering and representing them to credible donor agencies and private business enterprises.

Platinum Membership

Benefits:

Five individuals from entities will be able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA inside the country.
Two individuals from entities are able to attend conferences and events that are going to be held by or at AEA outside the country.
Entities have the privileges to register their employees with 50% discount for the capacity building programs that are going to be held by or at AEA.
AEA offers 50% discount to the entities in terms of the engineering services that AEA provides.
AEA offers 35% discount to the entities in terms of marketing their products and services throughout the website, magazine, and other marketing mediums of AEA.
One individual of the entity have the right to nominate himself/herself for the committees that may be structured by the High Council at AEA.
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free legal and technical consulting services in terms of resolving their claims and disputes
Entities have the privileges to receive AEA’s free business opportunities seeking services in terms of registering and representing them to credible donor agencies and private business enterprises.

Engineers social and cultural activities center

This division is concerned with the integration of the Afghan engineers and involving them in different levels of decision making. The division comprises Civil Society Department which is mostly concerned with cultural activities and Social Activities Department. The Civil Society Department coordinates the approaches of Afghan Engineers and Afghan Engineering Entities in terms of contributing to the development of civilized Afghan community. Particularly, at AEA we have organized voluntary groups of engineers backing several sectors of civil society. In the last 15 years’ brutal murders of Afghan engineers have been recorded in almost all provinces of Afghanistan. AEA regularly holds conferences in support of the families of the murdered engineers. In addition, in close cooperation with the other civil society advocating entities, AEA represents Afghan engineers to lead the Afghan society toward a bright and free of violence future.

The Social Activities Department organizes gatherings of the Afghan engineers beyond the context of the technical fields of engineering. It paves the way for Afghan engineers to exchange ideas and share their problems so that with they could help one another to overcome challenges they face in personal life. So far, AEA has donated hundreds of engineers for the cause of supporting their families. Moreover, AEA has treated mentally, some of the engineers who have recovered from accidents that have affected psychologically their life.
The division also runs a magazine that has its Article of Association registered approved by the Ministry of Information and Culture of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The magazine publishes research papers and social papers developed by individuals or entities that are concerned with the engineering industry of Afghanistan. In addition, the magazine is a good source of financial support to AEA; advertisings from engineering entities are published and they are charged according. Moreover, the magazine incorporates the ads of our training programs and particular research approaches that our engineering teams undertake.

Social and cultural activities of AEA

Supporting civil society and setting the role of Afghan engineers in society
Working for the support of Afghan culture
Making relations between all engineers inside Afghanistan
Making relations between all engineers outside Afghanistan
Defending for all Afghan Engineers rights inside Afghanistan or outside Afghanistan
Finding job for all Afghan Engineers and providing secure work places
Trying and cooperating for the resolving of economic, social, academic, professional and technical problems of all Afghan engineers

Afghan Engineers Educational and profissional Center

In this division we design and implement capacity building and development programs, hold conferences and occasions concerned with the equipping of engineers with cotemporary professional trainings. We offer the trainings to individuals that are eager to enrich their understandings and expertise. Moreover, we undertake extensive training programs for companies who are in need of such kind of trainings for their staffs.

The trainings we are providing are certified by credible academic agencies. The materials being taught at AEA are compatible to the market demands; the trainings we offer equip a trainee to be well accepted in engineering entities.
Due to the lack of coordination, cooperation and to an extent conflict of interests among engineering universities, colleges, and institutes, these entities teach a variety of subjects; the engineering codes being taught are different; the methods undertaken varies; and eventually the donors supporting these entities are not streamlining them to act in alignment with the academic goals in a national level.
The universities coordination department at AEA works for the integrating and communicating of Afghan engineering universities. In this department efforts are toward the development of the engineering universities to a direction of market demand and toward an alignment of the national needs to the engineering human resources. The curriculums of every university is evaluated by the educational and professional division the department of universities coordination. In comparison to the prevalent trends in terms of the practicing skills of an engineer required in engineering projects, proper suggestions are made for the universities.
Here, at AEA the department of engineering universities coordination has developed our training materials that have to the possible extent eliminated the conflicts of interests. For instance, a reinforced concrete structural design course is taught by the instructor who is well knows about the details of the materials being taught in various colleges and universities. Accordingly, he has prepared his handouts, references and other supplementary materials so that students could not be confused with the contents of the course that they will take.
Engineering students, technicians on their own behalf or being introduced through their employers are given the chance to be trained. Holding that there is an expressed need for the distinguishing of potential engineering experts, AEA in coordination with other relevant bodies has developed a plan based on which, engineers would be rated.
The trainers at AEA are distinguished credible national universities lecturers. They have higher education from national universities inside the country and abroad. We have trainers in the level of Bachelor, Masters, and Doctorate. The materials that they have prepared for the purpose of teaching is both developed in a manual manner and through the usage of software. Alongside the theory, that has been being taught in our classes, our trainers are taking the students on site to equip them with the practical knowledge of some subjects that are really crucial to be learned.

AEA Generally has two focus points first training program & second designing. For both parts AEA Engineering team has complete knowledge and plenty of experiences. This paper contains only training programs, for the design part refer to design concept paper. So Completion of the Trainings will have a valued result that prepare the engineers to have complete influence on their profession. For short the following paragraph indicates the main parts of training and designing programs

Training Program is generally categorized as:
General Management & Teaching methodology
Horizontal and Infra-Structure System Training Programs
Vertical Structure Analysis and design Programs
Hydrology/Hydraulics Training programs

For Short, the AEA Want to Hold the Following Programs besides of other Technical Works that You Can Chose from the List.
For more Information Refer to Detail Description in the Next Pages

General Management: In this part of the program the main focus is on Project Management, Quality Control Management and Scheduling. For all these parts AEA technical team will train the trainee with advanced theoretical and practical tips in accordance to international standards.

Horizontal [Highways/Roads and infra-structure system]: Horizontal structures are ones of the most important section that the ministry of urban development daily deal with. Fortunately, AEA Engineering Team have designed the most challenging projects with advanced methods and newly developed software which are fully recorded. Finally, you will find them the updated designer and trainer group in Afghanistan. For more detailed information about the programs please refer to the next pages

Vertical/Horizontal Structures: Besides of common design software such as SAP, ETABS, SAFE. STAAD Pro & STAAD Foundation, CSI Bridge and PGSuper which are the most applicable software’s for analysis and designing of Bridges are include in training program that would be a unique training for bridge designers

Hydrology and Hydraulics: Watershed management, Surface water, ground water, urban hydrology, bridge hydrology and hydraulics, Culverts H/H, open canal H/H and updated software’s (TR20, TR55, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS and ArcGIS) are one of Issues that will include in the trainings.

Part 1 Teaching Methodologies and General Managements

Teaching Methodology Program

Teaching Methodology is the Most Effective Program Developed by USAID for All Governmental and Private Sectors to be considered in Teaching Systems to fulfill the students’ needs and to improve them in their professions So AERC Engineering Want to Apply the System by the Professional Team in Advanced Manner. For Any Volunteers the Program Content will be submitted in a sprit Proposal. For More Questions about Please Refer to the Main Office

Quality Control Management Training Program

This Course is intended to Improve Engineers Skills and information in Required Quality and Standards for Completion of Projects According to Plans and Specifications, on Time, Within a Defined Budget and Safely. For Short,

While Completing the Program the Trainee Will be able to:

State the Purpose of Construction Quality Control Management.
Discuss various characteristics that are peculiar to the construction industry
Define Contractor Quality Control (CQC).
Define Government Quality Assurance (QA)
To State Various Reviews, Plans, Conference, Report and Managements
State the Purpose of Resident Management Systems (RMS)
State the Purpose Quality Control System (QCS)

Quality Control Management has abroad Aspects So Besides of other information the Following Points Will be Included in the Training:

Broad Aspects of CQC Components
Control and Inspections
Organizations and Their
Responsibilities Government and
Contractor Responsibilities QC
Organizations and Responsibilities
Documentations
Quality Control Planning
Definable Feature of Works
Testing
Submittal Process
QC/QA Progress Meetings
Progress Schedule and Progress Payments
Tracking
RMS and QCS Review

SCHEDULING

This Program Contains all Important Aspects of Software based Project Management in Advanced Manner, for short the Important Parts of this Program are.

General Scheduling
Budget Analysis
S-Curve Analysis
Risk Analysis

Part 2 Horizontal Structures Training Program

The Structure that are based on linearly or Station by Station Study is Called Horizontal Structure. Horizontal Structures Includes Many Types of Structures like Highways, Roads, Rail Roads, Tunnels and Many Other Structures. To Have Advanced and Updated Information about Planning, Analyzing, Designing and Construction of Horizontal Structures the Following Parts Will Serve Engineers the best. This Program Contains Detailed Information about Horizontal Structures Planning, Advanced Analysis and Design Methods. The Program is categorized for Different Categories to give Chance for Volunteers for a Specific Part Selection. Let’s Introduce the Program Training Categories.

While Completing the Program the Trainee Will be able to:

Advanced Traffic Loading for Highway and Road Analysis and Design
Analysis and Design of All Highway Geometric Types by Advanced Methods
Analysis and Design of All Pavements Types by Advanced Methods
Efficient and Advanced Methods for Highways and Roads Maintenance
General Hydrology/Hydraulic Analysis and Design for All Structures. Manually and Software based Methods
Full Application of GIS Versions for Planning, Analysis and Design of Structures
Advance Surveying for Horizontal and Vertical Structures.

HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN

This part of Program Includes the Design of Highway Geometric with all Related Parts in Advanced
Manner that Will Includes Manually and Software Based Methods. The Major Items of This Parts are:

Highway Geometric Design According to AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) Standards
Rural Highway and Roads Standards. Basic & Advanced Method. Software (Civil 3D)
Urban Highway and Roads Standards. Basic & Advanced Method. Software (Civil 3D)

Highway Pavements and Material Design

This part of Program Includes the Analysis and Design of Pavements and Road Materials with all Related Parts in Advanced Manner that Will Includes Manually and Software Based Methods. The Major Items of This Parts are

Highway Pavements Analysis and Design (Rigid and Flexible) According to [AASHTO Pavement Structure Design 1993 Manual for Pavement Design]
Highway Flexible Pavements Analysis and Design According to [MS-1 Asphalt Institute of America]
Highway Pavement Analysis and Design According to [USACE-United State Army Corps of Engineer] Method.
Highway Pavement Structural Design for Special Conditions Using Geotextiles and Geomembranes
Unpaved Pavements Analysis and Design According to [AASHTO 1993 Design Manual]

ROAD AND HIGHWAY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (STRUCTURE AND PAVEMENTS)

Highway Operation and Maintenance is an Important Process the Roads and Highways Serviceability and their Effective Live Period. Operation and Maintenance Methodologies will be Trained basically (Manually) and by ArcGIS or Software based Method.

Highway and Road Pavements
Highway and Road Structures

Hydrology and Hydraulics Design

Hydrology/Hydraulics Analysis and Design is a vital part of Horizontal Structures Because Determining of Peak Flood, Net Runoff, Time of Concentration, Flow Rate and Final Cross Section Required for Flow Rate Transportation is the Main Focus Point of H&H Analysis and Design so this Result is the first Necessity for Horizontal Structures to be Determined. In this Program Besides of the Mentioned Points

Determination the Following Points Are Also will be Included.

Bridges Hydrology and Hydraulic Analysis and Design. Basic (Manually) and Software based [ArcGIS, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS]
Culverts Hydrology and Hydraulics Analysis and Design. Basic (Manually) and Software based [ArcGIS, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS]
Open and Irrigation Canals Hydrology and Hydraulics Analysis and Design. Basic (Manually) and Software based [ArcGIS, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS]
Open and Irrigation Canals Networks Hydrology and Hydraulics Analysis and Design. Basic (Manually) and Software based [Civil 3D]
Road Drainage H&H Analysis and Design Basic (Manually) and Software based [ArcGIS, HEC- HMS, HEC-RAS, TR-20 and TR-55]
Watershed

GIS PROGRAMS

This part of Program Includes GIS Application for Specific and General Uses in Engineering. In This Program besides of General Version of GIS the New Developed Version [QGIS] which is the Easiest, Fastest and Most Accurate Version Also Will Include for Usage in All Mentioned Items which are:

General Uses
Civil Engineering uses
Urban Planning
Network Analysis
Highway and Road Design
Highway and Road Maintenance
Site Plan Preparations
Storm Water Canal Analysis
Hydrological Analysis of Road Drainages
Analysis of Open Canals and Irrigation Canals Network
Preliminary Surveying for Design and Construction Projects

SURVEY PROGRAM

Survey Program Includes the Following Points, it is Extendible for the rest Parts

Control Surveying [Total Station & GPS]
Topographic Surveying [Total Station & GPS]
Hydrograph Surveying [Spatial Analysis, GIS, Global AERCper, Google Earth, Civil 3D, Total Station & GPS]
Condition Surveying for Road Maintenance [GPS, Areal Images & RoboGEO Software]
Implementation of Construction Surveying. [Level Machine, Total Station & GPS]

Part 3 Structure Analysis and Design Training Program

Course Objective

This Course is intended to Improve Engineers Skill in Structure Analysis and Design and to serve them to Know Better about Structure Linear and Non-Linear Behaviors under External Loadings and Local Conditions. Finally Designing of Structures Exactly What is it. The Programs Those Will Include in Training are:

While Completing the Program the Trainee Will be able to:

Advanced Loading for Structure Analysis and Design
Analysis of All Structure Types (Members, Slab, Stair, Shear Walls, Septic Tank…)
Exact Design of Structure Categories
Detailing and General Drawings Preparations (Software Based)
Advanced Connection Design
Advanced Foundations Design
Structure Take Off (Software Based

SAP (STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM)

This Software is Actually Designed for Analysis of Some Types of Structures Like Beams, 2D Trusses, 2D Frame, 3D Frame, Wall, Flat Slab, Shells, Staircase Storage Structure, Underground Concrete, Solid Model, Cable Bridge, Caltrans-BAG, Quick Bridge, Pipes and Plate but Also Can Design Beams, 2D Frames and Trusses, for Rest of Structures It Shows Analysis Result as Color Code that We Can Then Design Structure Basically According of Strength Analysis of RCC Books Manner.

For short in this Program the Following Points Are Supposed to be covered in SAP Training:

Basic Information about Structure Analysis and Design
Loading Introduction, and Load Combinations According to ACI 318 and ASCE 7-10
Seismic Load Application and Introduction of All Criterions
Linear and Nin-Linear Behavior Systems
Single and Multiple Spans Beam Analysis and Design
Analysis of 2D Trusses
Analysis of Bridge Truss
Analysis of Roof Trusses
Telephone Stations
2D Frame Analysis and Design
3D Frame Analysis and Design
Wall Analysis
Slab Analysis
Staircase Analysis Including its Manual Designing
Other Related Software Information Including Menus

ETABS (Extended Three Dimensional Analysis of Building Systems)

This Software is an Advanced Version of CSI Software that Besides of Items Mentioned in SAP Paragraph It Can Design Multiple Types of 3D Structures and Multi-Stories Buildings Including Shear Walls.

For short in this Course the Following Points Are Supposed to be covered in ETAB Training Course:

2D Frames
3D Frames
Multi Stories Structures Frame Resisting Systems
Multi-Stories Structures Shear Walls (Dual) Resisting Systems
Other Related Software Information Including Menus

SAFE (SLAB ANALYSIS BY THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD)

This Software is Actually Designed for Analysis of Some Types of Structures like Two Ways Slab, Flat Slab, Flat Slab Perimeter Beams, Base Mat, Waffle Slab, Ribbed Slab, Single Footing, Combined Footing Mat Foundation but Also Can Design Beams and Other Structures Those Are in Contact with Soil or Other Spring Response Material.

For short in this Course the Following Points Are Supposed to be covered in SAFE Training Course:

Two Way Slab Analysis and Design
Slab On Grade Analysis and Design
Waffle Slab Analysis and Design
Single Footing Analysis and Design
Combined Footing.
Mat Foundation
Other Related Software Information Including Menus

CSI Bridge

This Software is Actually Designed for of Almost All Bridges Types, So in This Program Most Types of
Bridges Will Be Designed, for Short We Can Summarize as

General Overview of CSI Bridges Software
Dynamic Vehicle Loading
Load Rating Factors
Concrete Box Section Bridge Model
Design of Steel Girder Bridges
Design of Precast Composite Girder Bridges
Design of Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges
Design of Stage Types Bridges

STAAD PRO AND STAAD FOUNDATIONS

This Software is a Complete Set of Design Software that Could Design Almost All Structures Types Including Advanced Foundation Designing, Detailed Steel Connections Design, Reporting and Take off or (Bill of Quantities). For short we can summarize that.

Afghanistan Engineering Research Center

Other nations may not have the most applicable engineering techniques for rebuilding infrastructure in other countries. Afghanistan, for example, does not have well-documented engineering design and construction standards. Both U.S. and international construction standards may appear logical to use for this purpose. However, it is often difficult, and many times impossible, to meet traditional U.S. engineering design and construction standards in post-conflict areas owing to limitations that include: a scarcity of high-quality materials and construction equipment, a lack of understanding of the terrain and environment, a lack of awareness of available local skills, a lack of skilled labor, and poor socio-economic conditions. A more deliberate and holistic approach is needed in which we consider and integrate the host nation’s capabilities and under-stand their limitations. The majority of infrastructure projects in post-conflict countries are mission-specific. In most cases, once constructed and operational, very little emphasis is given addressing maintenance issues. Site-specific and culturally sustainable guidance for maintenance must be implemented as a part of the design process and incorporated into training programs to ensure sustainable, long-term performance or service life of the infrastructure.
The core problems in Afghanistan are poorly documented engineering particularly design and construction standards, as well as a short supply of fundamental engineering knowledge among Afghans. Helping the new Afghan engineers and practitioners in the development of their engineering standards, transferring and sharing with them the fundamental engineering knowledge, and teaching them how to maintain the infrastructure will begin a positive process to rebuild of their region and the entire country. Thus, the Afghans will acquire engineering capability and ownership in their infrastructure.
This division operates in a context of specialized research activities to develop solutions for the core problems mentioned above. The division comprises the Engineering Research and Monitoring Department and the Management Research and Monitoring Department. The two departments have well experienced engineers and practicing managers that are active together design, implement, monitor, and evaluated researches. The researchers undertake research and monitoring activities in the design, construction, planning, quality control, and management process improvement areas of engineering.

The division particularly:

Accompanies the bodies of huge developmental projects to better off the standards of quality that the outcome of the projects will have
Gathers local engineering knowledge and existing indigenous examples of sustainable engineering researches by collaborating with local experts and Afghan universities.
Compiles current in-theater best engineering practices and “lessons learned” by acquiring information on engineering projects
Undertakes approaches that would refine and develop the engineering codes and standards being practiced in the engineering industry of Afghanistan
Works with the management committees of national programs to develop approaches that would ensure the quality of work from the view of an engineer
Assess the core roots of the problems that Afghan engineers have been facing in social, economic and professional aspects of their lives

Research and Monitoring activities of AEA

Research in the technology and knowledge for the growth of technology in Afghanistan
Research in the rising of the quality status of construction projects and also monitoring of the projects
Research in the social disputes, academic disputes and professional and technical disputes to the national level
Research about the curriculum of the country in regard of the educational organizations and also monitoring from the quality
Cooperation in the research and monitoring about programs of academic and technical that is program by the government and foreign NGOs and are implementing in the level of the country

Our research

AEA have research and monitoring in different aspects and parts of engineering. The research and monitoring teams here is working to achieve great results for the projects that are implementing also the projects which are going implantation in the future. The research and monitoring performs as professional as extent of possibility to decrease the problems of quality. Another problem, which is very critical is that AEA is having investment in human resources also to cover all the issues which is not in the attention of the government. The government of the Islamic republic of Afghanistan is busy in other issues and not paying required attention to engineering projects. AEA is cooperate with them to do the job for the government. For quality of construction projects AEA is will be going in the past a research that positive effects on the quality of projects. Also for the Kabul city transportation problems research perform by AEA. The research are the samples of hard works of our professional engineers. Also we research by university professors in the context of developing the outcomes to be implemented by the donors also by the companies. The other aspect of our research is to perform a good example of quality management. Policies of Afghan government are compatible to our approach and actually we are oversight the ministries and help them to obtain the good achievements that engineering programs are related fields of the ministries. Important activities are that AEA did so far for collecting university teachers, university students and engineers around the Afghanistan and all over the world is to perform well and have a separate division in AEA for these activities. In order to bring fruitful inventions this division hard works for separate division of AEA to level their capacity to a higher and elevated status. We internally and externally research and monitor and that is really very helpful for our own capacity and for the development of the engineers, engineering industry, people and government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The basic need for research and monitoring is based on the activities that we have established for our organization. For the details about our sample researches you are urged to refer our sample researches on the quality of construction projects and transportation system of the Kabul city. The competency of our research team is very high and is not seen in other organizations and that is why we claim that our researches are very highly accepted and challenging. As a matter of witness you check the research samples that we did for the Kabul system of transportation and the projects quality of great and construction of transparent and unique projects.

Quality of construction projects:

Quality of construction projects has been evaluated at AEA by a team of professional profiles of the construction industry. The findings we have had so far has been as follows: The basic guilty party here is the Afghan government that has yet not been able to support us in the technical and professional aspects. Shortcoming and disregarding of the government about the construction and other national sectors, lack of procedures and laws about construction, low capacity of governmental entities, lack of control and close monitoring and finally corruption caused road projects, building projects, dam projects and etc to be implemented with a low quality. After the completion of the projects, a major part of the life cycle of the project is damaged and needs rehabilitation and this means that national treasure has been destroyed and the cooperation of international community has been abused and the notoriety is referred to the implementing bodies of the government. Particularly the following issues are the main ca
uses of the low quality projects:

Shortcoming of professional cadres and low capacity of governmental setups
Corruption in the governmental offices
Lack of construction law
Contradictions in the current procurement laws and ambiguities in them
Lack of monitoring
Lack of specialized construction companies and low capacity of some companies
Lack of financial resources availability of some companies
Low knowledge level of engineers
Lack of national accepted norms in the construction works
Low quality of construction materials imported from other countries
Lack of standard machinery and equipment in Afghanistan
Security critical situations in some job sites
To resolve the above mentioned problems, AEA has been busy and is currently working with credible professors to develop a proper solution for the challenges mentioned above. In this regard as we make progress we will update you. As well, when our comprehensive report and research is completed we will let you have it in soft or hard as per your request.

The Transportation Report of Kabul City

Transportation system of the Kabul city has been studied at AEA by a team of professional transportation profiles of the construction industry and modern cities architecture. The findings in terms of the problems we have had so far has been as follows:

Quality of construction projects has been evaluated at AEA by a team of professional profiles of the construction industry. The findings we have had so far has been as follows: Traffic jam is one of the critical issues in Kabul city. Blocking of ways and undisciplined traffic in the city has been turned into a culture and the citizens has used to put up with it. In a national level, according to a recent speech of President Ghani, ten commissions have been working to better off the transportation system of the country and for sure one of the major cities of the country they are concerning in this regard is the Kabul city. These commissions so far has come short in fulfilling their responsibilities.
However, city transportation directly affects the city development and obviously the backbones of an industrial society that have dynamic economic activities is in general the transportation system. Thus, if we would be able to distinguish the defects at our transportation system and develop practical solutions for that and maintain an adequate transportation system that would be in according to the international standards, from one hand we would have built the pillars of a developed society and on the other hand, and on the other hand we would have decreased the weather pollution. Therefore, an appropriate transportation system would have helped in mitigating the harms of the bad weather.
Therefore, AEA considers it necessary from view point of being a relevant body to perform preliminary research and pave the way for a comprehensive approach toward the development of an authentic investigation that would end in the articulation of a practical solution to the transportation related problems of the Kabul city. AEA intends to later share the findings with the government so that they would act accordingly. According to the preliminary study that was performed by a team of ten transportation specialists at AEA, the Kabul city transportation is categorized as follows:

Particularly the categories of the transportation sections and their associated problems has been as follows:

Government Transport Problems

Usually modern vehicles are used and causes air pollution not to a great extent. (Of course the issue of low quality oil is excepted)
Individual or personnel vehicles of some governmental officials by locking the roads causes’ traffic jam. When the traffic jam yields at a point, all of the vehicles outstrip each other and this causes the traffic jam at another part of the city. These outstripping usually causes brutal accidents.
Sometimes, governmental employees abuses governmental power and vehicles. They drive their cars against the traffic regulations.
Governmental employees transportation vehicles when coming offices, undertakes the departure from home to office and from office to home at the same time. This is another cause of traffic jams and related problems which causes accidents.

The National and Foreign Entities, NGOs and Companies

Problems:

The vehicles of these entities are update and modern and from the view point of the air pollution don’t have any effects (Of course the issue of low quality of oils is excepted)
Particular problems have not been seen

Loading Transport Problems

Large transportation trucks have been seen in the city that blocks the ways and interrupts transportation and this is also for the cause of the reluctance of the governmental officials or the reluctance of the relevant officials.
In some cases lack of ring roads or guiding roads with highways, the huge tracks commute inside the city which causes problems
Small loading trucks and in the populated areas of the city causes traffic jams
Parking of these trucks in non-parking areas
Old trucks that causes air pollution

Public Transport Problems

Our findings were that at least 50% of these types of vehicles were under the international standards and at least 30% of these vehicles were old that from one hand causes air pollution and on the other hand causes accidents
Parking in non-parking areas, disregarding the traffic law, no eligibility of drivers, lack of awareness from the laws, not having driving license, and other issues are the problems that are seen in this type of the transport

Afghan Engineers Relation Center

Afghan Engineers Relation Center activates

Supporting civil society and setting the role of Afghan engineers in society
Working for the support of Afghan culture
Making relations between all engineers inside Afghanistan
Making relations between all engineers outside Afghanistan
Defending for all Afghan Engineers rights inside Afghanistan or outside Afghanistan
Finding job for all Afghan Engineers and providing secure work places
Trying and cooperating for the resolving of economic, social, academic, professional and technical problems of all Afghan engineers.