Tag: Construction
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Don’t engage quack engineers – Engineering Council warns public
The Engineering Council has admonished the public to refrain from engaging the services of engineering professionals not registered under the Council. The public is to inspect registration certificates issued by the Engineering Council from engineers, be it, Civil Engineers, Auto Mechanic Engineers, Electoral Engineers, etc. The 9 member council established under Act 819, LI 2410…
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Gov’t begins payment of arrears to cocoa roads contractors
Road contractors who worked on various cocoa roads in the country say the government has begun paying them their outstanding arrears. They tell Citi Business News they have been assured of a 40 percent payment by the end of January. The contractors earlier gave government up to January 1, 2020, to pay all arrears or…
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Real estate industry advocate massive local content patronage
Players in the country’s construction industry are bemoaning the lack of stakeholder consultation between them and government. Their complaint follows government’s engagement with a Singaporean architect who has been mandated to see to the transformation of Accra into a modern city. According to the local players in the construction industry, government has on many occasions…
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Architects join call for local content law
The Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA) is pushing for the preparation and possible passage of a local content policy for the construction industry. They contend that the passing of the bill will guarantee their increasing involvement and active participation in Ghana’s construction industry. “There is a major action on what we call the local content…
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Delayed gov’t disbursement threatens infrastructure growth – Report
A latest report on Africa’s construction sector has cited delays in disbursements on the part of governments as a key threat to the expansion of infrastructure within the region. The survey, conducted by Deloitte therefore suggests that governments must tackle such delays as they control majority of projects. Meanwhile, Ghana has been tipped as having…
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AGI demands swift passage of local content law
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), is pushing for the speedy passage of a local content policy to address what they describe as the imbalances in the construction industry. A local content policy, the association says, is urgently required to increase the opportunities and incentives for local construction firms. The AGI believes this should help…