Iraqi Engineers Learn New Skills

By Lana Aziz
Gulf Region North

DAHUK — A class of Iraqi engineers completed a four-day course in construction quality management, enhancing their job skills to achieve a quality product safely, on time and within budget.

The instructor of the course, Peggy McBride is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Quality Assurance lead for the Europe District. McBride explained how the construction quality management course, or CQM, teaches engineers the execution of tasks that ensure construction is performed according to plans and specifications; completed on time within a defined budget, and done in a safe work environment.

“This class gives the Iraqi contractors the ability to meet the Corps’ construction contract requirements, and trains them to be contractor quality control personnel,” McBride said. “We give them standards that can be applied throughout Iraq.”

(PHOTO: Peggy McBride, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Quality Assurance lead for the Europe District, teaches a four-day course in construction quality management to Iraqi engineers. The course enhances job skills to achieve a quality product—safely, on time and within budget. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.)

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