Guard your professional ethics – Amoako-Atta to constructors at 2019 WACA

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May 6, 2019

The 3^rd edition of the West Africa Construction Awards was held in Accra on Friday, with the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, charging constructors to uphold the ethics of the profession.

Speaking at the event organised InstinctWave, Africa’s premium B2B event & media specialist, Mr Amoako-Atta charged: “Let’s all of us work together, individually and collectively, even if it is one bad professional, let’s smoke him out or let’s smoke her out. We cannot continue to tolerate what is unenviable in the construction industry. You make nations tick. All the developments, all the beautiful things that people are proud of, all that go around us in the construction industry come about because of the expertise and the ingenuity of you professionals.

“You lead in technology, you lead in development, and you lead the world. Construction is key, construction is basic, you must pride yourself and you must beat chest that you are contributing effectively to nation building and the development of the world and I want to charge you to be strong, to be honest and faithful to yourselves, to your profession, to your nation and to the world.”

He continued at the event that brought together top industry executives and decision makers in Ghana, Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo to celebrate the stand-out projects and achievements of the year under review, Mr Amoako-Atta said in the construction industry, efficient project planning is essential to translate project concept into reality and also by ensuring that each stage is critically considered alongside the cost and the impacts expected.

According to him, the ultimate is that projects are appropriately delivered to ensure value for money for our people and for our nation.”

Touching on the need to plan “our physical development to fit into the environment including the prevailing climate conditions,” Mr Amoako-Atta stated that infrastructure in every country is key, because that is the foundation of any nation and it forms the pivot around which the socio-economic development of every nation revolves.

“So any nation which so desirous to make a forward march in its development should pay greater attention to development of infrastructure, not for its sake but quality infrastructure,” he said.

As a result, he said there is an ongoing collaboration with the Local Government Ministry aimed at harmonising “our operation as a measure to effective integration of land use in transport and infrastructure provision.”

“Developers need to design our infrastructure taking cognisance of the cost of the environment to make our infrastructure sustainable, resilient and adaptable to the impacts of climate change. Designs need to be done according to approved standards, professionals need to have the appropriate licenses to design and endorse such designs,” he stated.

On his part, the CEO Instinct Wave Akin Naphtal noted.. “In the last three years the Industry has evolved, with a lot of high rise projects springing up in our skylines across West Africa and Ghana in particular.”

According to him, the award scheme which was last held in 2016 took a two-year break in order to give the industry more space for immense growth and new discoveries.

“And indeed we have seen tremendous growth, now in its third year, the Award will recognize the enormous achievements of the construction industry and its contribution to the sub-Saharan economy,” he stated.

In all a total of 25 awards were presented including organisational and individual.

Below is the list of the awardees

ORGANIZATIONAL AWARDS

HSE Equipment Provider of the Year

Tomstar Enterprise

Indigenous Construction Company of the Year

Berock Ventures

Construction Equipment Provider of the Year

Joshob Construction

Architectural Firm of the Year

ArchXenus

Consultancy/Quantity Surveyor of the Year

ADK Consortium

Building Material Supplier of the Year

H&M Timber and Hardware Ltd

Civil Engineering Consultancy Firm of the Year

PPMC

Residential Development Award

Regimanuel Gray

Fastest Growing Steel Company of the Year

Fabrimetal

Steel Company of the Year

B5 Plus

Road Contractor of the Year

Joshob Construction

Outstanding Women Empowerment Strategy in Construction Award

Archxenus

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Architect of the Year

Nana Akua Oppong Birmeh

CEO-Archxenus

Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year

Mr. Emmanuel Botchwey

CEO-Regimanuel Gray

Outstanding Woman in Construction

Nana Akua Oppong Birmeh

CEO-Archxenus

Construction Executive of the Year

Mr.Rockson Kwesi Dogbegah

CEO-Berock Ventures