LOS Angeles Beirut sister city committee

The LOS Angeles Beirut sister city committee was established to create a bridge of understanding and friendship between the residents of these two great cities, to foster cultural , educational , social, and business exchanges.

From BAU, Mohammad AL Ahmad and Amir Al Arab were selected to participate in the upcoming 2015 Engineering Fall exchange program , the purpose of this trip is to enhance civic engagement , leadership skills , and expose them to civil engineering facilities and on site experience and getting to know new exquisite cultures.

• Two construction sites in the geotechnical phase  ( tour during installation of shoring and tiebacks for a mid-rise commercial building with 35 feet excavation )
• Soil Labs  ( Direct shear test , atterberg limits ( plastic limit liquid limit )…
• Green Buildings ( one owned by NRDC organization the earth best defense
• City of Los Angeles Sanitation ( tour to transfer stations solid waste , landfills , waste water treatment plant  )
• Visit to EPA ( Environmental Protection Angency ) and watching a seminar of how the do works according to cooperation between each others and voting for the best solution that will help the community
• RBE,Inc. (structural Engineering Firm ) Consultant company that works with wood structures
• Morillo construction company ( Engineering construction firm ) : Construction Management Project Management stuffs
• Tours at universities in los Angeles (CSUN USC LMU ) and know how their academy works  ( meeting with deans chairman of civil engineering)
• Museums Of Arts , Parks visit , lakes
• Meeting members of the LA city Hall
• Meeting Judge James Kaddo and watching a court
• Human right Center
• Executive research ( how to deal with job market and with interview )
• Port of LA and Airport tours
• Seismic effects in California
• Disney Land day , Hiking at Hollywood sign
• Universal Studios day
• Outlets shopping day
• Seminar about Islamophobia
• Human Relation Commission (Muslim Jewish Relations )

Exchange program purpose is to expose Lebanese Engineering Students to Best Engineering Practices, Leadership, Pluralism, Civic Engagement and Los Angeles Culture with the aim to encourage them take back knowledge / enable them to build a better future for a more productive, stable and effective society in Lebanon