Wednesday, September 27, 2017

National Chamber seminar on 'Construction Industry and the Way Forward'

The National Chamber of Commerce (NCC) in collaboration with CIDA (Construction Industry Development Authority) will hold a seminar on the Construction Industry today (28) from 3.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m at the National Chamber Auditorium.Following are the topics and resource persons: 'The National Policy on Construction Industry – Important Aspects and Over View' by M.R. Jeyachandran, Acting Chairman, CIDA; 'Construction Industry Overview, Construction Industry Development Act and Role of Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) by H.K. Balachandra, Architect, CIDA.

Eng. Nissanka Wijeratne, Secretary General/CEO of the Chamber of Construction Industry, will also participate.

The panel discussion will include the following resource persons: Eng. Dr Lionel Pinto, Chairman, Vocational Training Authority (VTA); Chulangani Perera, Director General, VTA; Shanthi Edirisinghe, Director (Training), VTA; and S. Senaweera, Director (Projects), VTA.

Sri Lanka today is witnessing a massive boom in the real estate and construction industry. The Western Region Megapolis project along with big government infrastructure projects and rising demand for high-rises will provide a huge boost to the overall construction sector in the next few years.

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