Professor Dr. Jamal Baqir Mutlaq obtained membership in the Building Research Journal issued by the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, after the journal was suspended for 34 years. Mutlaq stated that the scientific journal will be semi-annual and in both Arabic and English, and will include a complete section on urban planning. Researchers and specialists have been recruited to edit the journal with its other chapters and according to its contents and sections under the supervision of university professors with scientific titles specified by the regulations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq.
The Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, Benkin Rikani, directed, during his meeting with the journal’s editorial board, the necessity of enriching the journal with solid and unique scientific research, and focusing on scientific research related to the development of construction materials available in the country exclusively.
