KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Local authorities need to ensure that all construction contractors engaged in renovations are registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said they also need to ensure that contractors have the contractor registration certificate as currently it has yet to be enforced even though the condition has been agreed upon with the Local Government Development Ministry.
"Sometimes renovations are done by contractors who aren’t registered with the CIDB and worse, they lack the necessary skills which causes a drop in the quality of work and those who suffer losses are the end users, home owners who spend their money only to get unsatisfactory work. That’s why contractors doing renovations need to be registered,” he said at the fourth Malay Bumiputera Contractors Association of Malaysia annual general meeting and Young Bumiputera Contractors convention at World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
With a mandatory registration of contractors with CIDB, the quality of work would be ensured, and only qualified contractors would get jobs, putting a stop to foreign workers doing such renovations on their own.
At the event, Fadillah also presented the Excellent Young Contractor Award to six contractors from the association.
— Bernama
