Am wrote:a4architect.com wrote:on average nairobi suburbs appreciate at over 20% annually for land. As long as the land laws and tax regime remain the same, lets not expect any change.
@A4. Allow me to twist the thread a bit. Just read your Comments on Nation today, Regarding work rate of Our own Contractors versus the Chinese ones
"Deadline beating has nothing to do with the Contractor. It is Just a matter of enforcing the Contract between the Contactor and client to ensure deadlines are met".I do not agree with you as we have seen so many white elephant projects especially roads where the contactor is purely to blame for **ups.
Do you remember Ephraim mains's Kirinyaga Construction Company a few years ago?
@am
Check here on how a contract between client and contractor feels like.
http://www.a4architect.c...sconstruction-contract/
From 1st hand experience, if clients eg Govt in case of roads do the below, there cant be problems in the actual construction.
1. client to liaise with consultant in selecting contractor. Contractor to have successfully completed project of same magintude in last 5 years.
2. Client and consultant to enforce contract to the letter.
Contractor is only paid after completing works successfuly as per contract.
With such mechanisms put in place, its virtually impossible for client to overpay or pay for dubstandard work.
In Kenya, contract enforcement is not taken seriously .
If a Kenyan contractor knows that contract will be enforced to the letter, believe me he will perform. If he knows that client has no capacity to enforce e.g if there are no/limited consultants to advice as usually is the case, contractor will not perform.
I heard Hon Ngilu recently talking about blacklisting contractors. This is good since it helps in removing the non performing contractors from tendering.
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So one Man Sharpens Another.