Accra, November 2, 2017//-A book on how Ghana’s construction and infrastructure sector of the economy can be transformed to adequately support the country’s economic development has been launched today Thursday, 2 November, in Accra.
The book titled ‘TRANSFORMING CONSTRUCTION – An action agenda for enabling world-class construction and infrastructure development for accelerated industrialisation‘, it is authored by Dr. Joseph K. Ofori-Kuragu, Prof. Bernard K. Baiden and Prof. Edward Badu, both lecturers at the Building Technology Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.
The 145-page book has relevant chapters that deal with the challenges in the Ghanaian construction industry and proposes innovative strategies on how the construction industry can effectively support the new government’s flagship Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme.
The book has developed systems and solutions on how the capacity of local construction companies can be boosted into world-class companies, and how the Public Private Partnerships can used effectively to boost Ghana’s infrastructure into world class are all discussed.
The event was graced by Samuel Atta Akyea, the Minister for Works and Housing and Kwasi Amoako-Atta, Minister for Roads and Highways – the sector Ministers responsible for the construction sector.
Also in attendance were Chief Executive Officers of construction and building technology companies, members of the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ABCECG), real estate companies, and stakeholders in the construction industry.
According to the authors, the ultimate success of national development programmes such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication and the associated One Village One Dam Programme, the One District One Factory Programme, and the Western Railway Line Project, plans to establish 10 industrial parks across the country and other proposed infrastructure projects linked to the proposed industrialisation drive, are heavily dependent on an efficient construction industry.
The book lays the foundations for a comprehensive and structured approach to industry-wide development and ultimately a transformation of the Ghanaian construction industry into an industry associated with excellence.
Dr. Kwame Ofori-Kuragu, one of the authors, commenting on the book said “The book will, hopefully, be a catalyst which promotes world – excellence required from the construction industry in the bid to deliver the infrastructure required for Ghana’s industrialisation“.
The book will be useful for contractors, consultants, researchers, academics, big construction clients such as the government and other third party organisations.
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