KEPALA BATAS, May 27 A housing construction site in Mukim 6, Bertam Putra, here was ordered closed for seven days from today due to movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedure (SOP) violations. Penang Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) director, Zahidi Hashim said the.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has given the assurance that monitoring and enforcement of the prescribed standard operating procedures (SOP) at construction sites will be enhanced to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
CIDB Chief Executive Datuk Ahmad Asri Abdul Hamid said the SOP at construction sites had been enhanced under the current movement control order 3.0 with sterner actions would be taken against violators. Among the aspects that we have enhanced are making it compulsory for local workers and foreign workers to undergo the Covid-19 screening test to prove they are negative for Covid-19 and not allowing transfer of workers to other construction sites,” he said when appearing as a guest on Bernama TV talk show to delve into the topic of ‘Challenges of the Construction Industry in the Covid-19 Era’ on Wednesday (May 26) night.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The capacity of workers at construction sites is limited to 60% while operating hours are subject to directives from local authorities, says Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
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The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Special Investigating Unit have created a new anti-corruption forum.
The forum is aimed at monitoring infrastructure projects more effectively and putting systems in place to detect and prevent corruption.
Representatives of the forum include the NPA and the Hawks.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Special Investigating Unit have created a new anti-corruption forum aimed at monitoring infrastructure projects more effectively and putting systems in place to detect and prevent corruption.
The new initiative has been named the Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) and was officially launched on Monday.
Source: South Africa News Agency
A newly established forum to monitor infrastructure projects more effectively and put systems in place to detect and prevent corruption has been launched in Cape Town.
Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Minister, Patricia de Lille, and Head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Advocate Andy Mothibi, launched the Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) on Monday, an initiative by the Anti-Corruption Task Team, government and civil society, together with the built environment sector.
De Lille said the initiative comes at a time when South Africa has embarked on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment Plan, approved by Cabinet in May 2020. The plan forms an integral part of the country’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP).