CONTRACTORS WIN ROUND ONE IN REGULATIONS FURORE

MBABANE – Contractors, who were up in arms and strongly aggrieved on contents of proposed construction industry regulations, have scored a mild victory.

Construction Industry Council (CIC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nhlanhla Dlamini has assured all industry players that their concerns would be incorporated into the draft regulations which are currently under review.      
“The stakeholder consultation is ongoing and the provisions of the regulations are not cast in stone. At this stage, stakeholders are still entitled to make their contributions which will be evaluated and incorporated into the draft,” Dlamini assured. He explained that thereafter, the final draft would be shared with stakeholders and they would be duly informed as the regulations go through the due legal process just like all regulations in the country.
“We hope that this notice, addresses the prevailing concerns,” said Dlamini.

Dlamini pointed out that CIC was relatively a new regulatory body, under the Ministry of Public Works and Transport as established by Act No. 14 of 2013. He mentioned that the main objective was to regulate the construction industry which has remained unregulated for a long time, contrary to acceptable international standards. The CEO said establishment of CIC had resulted in the need to create a legal framework to enhance the functioning of the industry. Dlamini said while the act provided for the institution of CIC, it further provided for the development of the industry regulations, for the better carrying out of the provisions of the act. The CEO also said consistent with the development of legislation, a stakeholder consultation process had been undertaken since October 2016. The CIC said they presented the regulations to all stakeholders including clients, Construction Industry Associations (Contractors and Consultants) and the general public.

“Stakeholders were further requested to submit comments pertaining to the veracity of regulations,” he mentioned. 
Contractors took a stance to halt promulgation of the contentious construction industry regulations into law at a meeting convened by concerned contractors on Friday at Esibayeni Lodge.
A unanimous decision was reached by nearly 100 contractors to appoint a working committee that would, among other priorities write a letter to the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Parliament and Construction Industry Council (CIC) to stop implementation of the proposed construction industry regulations until such time when contractors and CIC have reached common ground.

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