The Department of Building and Construction Engineering at the University of Technology held a specialized course for the members of the Popular Crowd Authority - Directorate of Military Engineering entitled :( Construction and rehabilitation of highways).

The lecturers discussed several topics, including introduction to the types of roads and bridges, types of failure in flexible asphalt paving and concrete concreting, and the definition of causes and types of failure in paving asphalt roads and runways of airports and to identify the causes and types of failure in the paving of concrete roads and methods and methods of maintenance in asphalt pavement. The course aims at providing basic and scientific knowledge about the main failures in asphalt roads and sidewalks to be able to make good decisions when the roads need rehabilitation, repair or maintenance.

The course was presented by Assc.Prof.Dr.Hassan Hamodi and Assc.Prof.Dr.Zainab Ibrahim.