contents 02 // 04 // 10 // 13 // in brief the massa’a extension by Hatem AlShaikh, Structural flood protection for mina by Mohamed Monkachi and Ahmad S. Hassaballah, R&E a tale of two cities: 14/ a fitting retrofit 22/ a new dawn rising on the citadel by Youssef Azzam, Town Planning 28 // 34 // 42 // 46 // 48 // 50 // a tower proposal for libya’s tripoli by George Kassatly, Architecture mining the dead sea by Houssam Chebaro and Elie Akl, Mechanical; Ghassan Chkaiban, Electrical; Elie Gharayeb, Structural; Walid Ismail Hammad, Geotechnical managing geotechnical risks by Nassim Abi Fadel, GHCE the algerian east-west motorway by Ali Hammoud and Ghaleb Naamani, Transportation pearls of wisdom by John Davey, LEED AP LEED 2009 and beyond by John Davey, LEED AP 01