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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Monday, July 17, 2017
Partnering: The Way To Handle Development
After reading a news item about the “New Head for PPP Contracts” in the Internet edition of the Daily Mirror, I
thought of discussing this very appropriate Construction process to
eradicate the wide spread corruption in the huge Construction Industry.
The appointee a very close relation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,
consider to be a person with experience in Management and Economics,
but not in the Construction and Contract Administration field will be a
hindrance to achieve the best result in the PPP system. As most Sri
Lankan professionals are not experienced in handling PPP projects with
other government, contractors/developers and other stake holders
becoming partners. As the government has now taken a positive step to go
ahead with this appointment it is an appropriate time to discuss what
is “partnering” method against a ‘full turnkey’ solution’,
where the people of Sri Lanka can be the beneficiaries. but the
economic needs of the country may forced them to support this project by
negotiating the crucial issues. By
using this very appropriate construction process or method the
government can meet the aspirations of the Environmentalists as well as
the Development Economists to establish the ‘much needed Development
Projects, in Sri Lanka’ with the developers, consultants, work people
and others participating in these developments as part of our Partnering
process.
The
Environmentalist in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the world is aware that
the economy needs to develop a system of resource allocation among the
members of a society to protect the environment. In allocating these
resources the economist should consider the future members of the
society or the future generations. It has become very important to
consider how economists value the distant future to achieve a
sustainable development, as the members of the present society; we
possess the ability to irreversibly alter the resources, environmental
quality and total level of welfare available to the future society. Environmental economics has always, in principle, been a central part of economics. Great
economists made significant contributions to the subject of
environmental economics. Their research studies discuss about important
developments concerning the relationship between ‘economy and the
ecology’. There is a propound implication on the way economists think
about environmental issues since it goes to the heart of economic
growth. In essence it is necessary to have a strong economic growth for
Sri Lanka to sustain our development and the environment. Even though
most Environmentalists in Sri Lanka opposed many developments projects
such as the ‘Upper Kothmale Hydro Electricity Project, Samanalawewa Dam
(Hydro) Project and Uma Oya Development
Project’ for endangering the environment, they failed to consider that a
‘healthy economy’ is the key for them to sustain and preserve the
environment. As such this construction process -Partnering –
which is economically beneficial to the country will help the
environmental groups to be part of this project while saving the
environment they value so much in achieving a Sustainable Development.
Introduction
Construction
contracting is a very competitive, high-risk business. This
competitiveness and the perception of conflicting objectives among
owners, Government and the construction fraternity is well aware that
over the last two to three decades contractual claims and disputes have
taken root in the building and construction industry in Sri Lanka and
significantly affected the performances in terms of productivity and
efficiency. Claims and disputes have increased the completion cost of
most construction projects and has become a very serious economic
problem for the Sri Lankan government as well as the private sector. The
present contract system we used to procure contracts, largely as a
result of bad planning, poor procurement practices (faulty Procurement
Guidelines), and inefficient contract administration experience of
Professionals and the Technical Staff, inadequate general management and
bad communication skills has affected the performance of the building
and the construction industry in three ways: