Construction players eye consortium to win big contracts

Players in the construction industry in Midlands province have agreed to pool their resources together and form a consortium of contractors aimed at winning mega local tenders, often awarded to regional and international companies.

Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association Midlands chapter secretary-general, Fordson Ndlovu said the government and the private sector should favour indigenous construction players, as they have the country’s economic interests at heart.

“We have to form a consortium if we are to clinch big projects that are usually given to regional and international companies,” he said at the association’s provincial meeting in Gweru last week.

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