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Bad contractors targeted Steve Ifill (FP)

Sun, July 03, 2011 - 12:05 AM

THE Days of Tom, Dick and Harry claiming to be building contractors could soon be coming to an end.

The Barbados Contractors’ Association has submitted recommendations to Government which would require anyone involved in the building process to be registered and licensed.

It comes at a time when the construction industry is being viewed as a “money pit” and some people are simply getting up and calling themselves “contractors” even though they have little or no experience in building.

Steve Ifill, managing director of Steve’s Building Works, and one of the founders of the association, said the legislation would require contractors to have five or more years’ experience and/or relevant qualifications in their field of work. (MB)

 

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Posted by Kenneth King 10 months, 3 weeks ago

This is something that I have been waiting for years to hear,there are so many students coming out with documents to prove their are qualified for building in this country. What I could never understand was poor people were payind thousands of dollars asdown payment to they so called contractors who in turn never completed the work, the house not correctly build with measurements left to be desired and almost no funds left to repair damages done to these poor people.
I took this news with great pleasure, in that no one can come into this contry and start builden without a permit and also must pay taxes and not fly in their friends tax free leaving our economy drained and the burden on our citizens. There are to many people in this country working without payment of taxes and this should be rooted out because it is not fair to those who are struggling and still have to pay. It will a long road ahead but the right thing to do as other countries are tightening their imports and yet we keep buying from them, this is not how commerce were intended; I buy from you, you buy from me in a balance way…

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