The Scientific Chair of MM BinLadin for Operation and Maintenance technology was established in Taibah University, Madinah in collaboration with BinLadin group. This Scientific Chair aims at undertaking leading international research in Operation and Maintenance and enhancing the understanding and practices in this field in the KSA through providing workshops, study programmes and collaboration with relevant organisations. The current activities of the Chair involve research in topics of current interest to academics and practitioners. The Chair has links with institutions that are concerned with operation and maintenance technology. For example there are memorandums of understanding with The Arab Institute of Operations and Maintenance Technology OMAINTEC and the Chair has regularly participated in the institute's annual conference. The Chair also signed in 2015 a memorandum of understanding with the School of Engineering at Seville University in Spain and currently they have strong research collaboration in this field. In the past two years the Chair presented seminars and workshops in the KSA. Furthermore under the Chair's umbrella/ support 10 papers has been published in refereed international journals and book chapters. The Chair also has contributed 8 presentations in local and international venues. We believe that this Scientific Chair has proved itself as a leader in operation and maintenance research in the Arab region and the Middle East and it is progressing steadily towards achieving its goals and objectives. Khairy A H Kobbacy Scientific Chair of MM BinLadin for Operation and Maintenance November 2016