The Chapter of the Jeronimos Monastery has been the scene of the presentation to the university community of the UCAM White Paper Building, promoted by the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure of the Region of Murcia.
Nuria Fuentes, Director General of Planning, Architecture and Housing and José Antonio Fernández, Director of Roads, presented the book by Pedro de los Santos, Vice Dean of the Degree in Civil Engineering, and Juan Roldan, director of the Degree in Architecture.
This document has had the participation of twenty entities of the region among which, professional associations, business federations and universities.
Nuria Fuentes stressed "the unifying character" that has this book and its importance for the immediate future of the construction: "We need to make planning and for this we must know where we come from and above all what are the challenges of the future by learning from mistakes never to commit them. We want to take forward a future project for a sector that has recovered their levels of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), not 6% you have now but has to be around 9% or 10% " .
Another important aspect of the White Paper Construction is your employment promotion, as highlighted José Antonio Fernández: "It has implemented a collaboration agreement between the universities and the Ministry of Public Works for conducting student placements, projects master Thesis or weekend race. One of the conclusions of the paper is the need to encourage the incorporation of students of architecture and Caminos to the labor market and the Regional Administration through this mechanism. "
By the Catholic University, Pedro de los Santos commented on the role played by the UCAM in the preparation of this book: "The work of our technicians degrees of Civil Engineering and Architecture has been to conduct a study of priority works . When a book is presented as this, projecting ten years time, we must prioritize the works and develop a timetable and that is where he has worked decisively in our university. "
Source: UCAM