3,861 Companies Receive Registration Certificates from National Council for Construction (NCC) in Zambia

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3 861 certificates have been issued to construction companies in the 2014-2015 registration period by theNational Council for Construction (NCC) in Zambia.

According to Patrick Kampengele, the National Council for Construction (NCC) in Zambia Board Chairperson, out of the registered 3,861 companies, 95 percent of the companies were local while 5 percent were foreign.

Kampengele also noted that the number of registered companies was expected to rise to over 4000 by the end of the year.

There was also training for 378 students by NCC on skills such as operation of earth moving equipment, paving technologies and management of consultancies. Kampengele further noted that some of the courses being taught had been oversubscribed something which showed the need to accommodate more students to increase skill in the construction industry.

The Minister for Transport, Works and Supply, Yamfwa Mukanga noted that the construction sector had to address the gaps on inadequate legal framework to adjust the industry successfully.

Minister Mukanga noted that the industry was facing rise in project costs which was as a result of rice in raw material prices and strength of the Kwach as compared to other currencies.

Other challenges faced by the construction industry included lack of access to quality materials, scarce and incomplete designs, delay in site instructions being given by consultants and many more factors.

Mukanga further noted that NCC was in the progression to review the NCC Act no:13 so that the needs of modern society can be met in a global form.

Source:http://constructionreviewonline.com/2015/07/national-council-for-construction-ncc-in-zambia/

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NEW 1050K DOZER’S DESIGN AIMED AT PRODUCTION

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When John Deere Construction & Forestry began engineering a new production-class crawler dozer to replace its then-flagship 1050J model, the new machine’s design centered on four key performance criteria: horsepower, operating weight, track-on-ground, and a drive system that could most effectively translate these factors into optimum pushing power. Unlike the 1050J, the new model would be completely engineered by John Deere and built in the company’s Dubuque, Iowa, factory.

Some five years later, when the 1050K was introduced in fall 2014, its 13.5-liter John Deere engine developed 350 maximum net horsepower. Average weight was 95,000 pounds—94,000 with a semi-U (Universal) blade and a single-shank ripper, 96,000 with a semi-U and a multi-shank ripper—and a bit less when a winch or 5,000-pound counterweight replaces the ripper. Track-on-ground was just shy of 135 inches, and a heavy-duty, dual-path hydrostatic drive system transmitted power to the ground.

These ample specifications, says Mark Oliver, John Deere’s product marketing manager for crawler dozers, ensure that the 1050K will be productive at what it’s designed to do—“push a lot of dirt and rock,” he says—and will also give buyers more choice in the production-class market. Oliver is quick to add, however, that serviceability and operator efficiency were also high on the list of design goals.

“Serviceability and uptime are critical for a machine this size,” says Oliver. “With its tilting cab—an industry exclusive for a machine this size—the 1050K can be placed in a service-ready orientation in about 10 minutes for wide-open access to major hydraulic and hydrostatic components. There’s also great access to the engine, despite Tier 4 aftertreatment hardware.”

The decision to use hydrostatic drive, says Oliver, was based on the system’s overall efficiency and reliability, as well as on the company’s long experience with the system. Because John Deere is both building the engine and writing the software for the hydrostatic system, he says, the 1050K can be “dialed in” for optimum performance. But beyond those advantages, says Oliver, the hydrostatic system also provides the most latitude for operators to tailor machine performance to their preferences:

“Production-class dozers typically are run by the best, most-experienced operators, and we wanted to offer these people the ability to customize the 1050K’s performance to their liking—an important consideration in high-production applications.”

Source:http://www.constructionequipment.com/1050k

Philippines: Infrastructure investment is over 400 billion pesos

To improve the environment and attract foreign investment so as to develop economy, the Philippine government intends to invest more than 400 billion pesos in the construction of infrastructure this year. It’s reported form the “Philippine Star” on 2014, March 24, in the economic briefing held by the Philippine government last week, the Minister of the budget Abad said the Philippines would invest in infrastructure construction up to 404 billion pesos this year accounting for about 3.1% GDP, while the investment was 288 billion pesos last year. Next year it plans to invest 587 billion pesos in infrastructure accounting for about 4% GDP. He said it would mainly invest in the infrastructure related to tourism, manufacturing industry, agriculture and fisheries, such as 52 key fishing ports which have been identified. Abad said that in order to sustain economic growth, the Philippine government would plan to invest  1,836 trillion pesos in infrastructure for the next three years, of which, 2014,2015 and 2016 would respectively invested 400 billion, 600 billion and 8,36 billion pesos. Abad said in the second half of the 2013, Philippine public-private partnership projects had achieved great progress. The projects with a total of 275 billion pesos had been passed all the year, in the future, investment in infrastructure will be mainly based on PPP project
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