Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the decision by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to blacklist 40 contractors from doing business with the department and its entities.
Construction industry regulator CIDB has been blacklisting contractors since June last year, after only one company had been blacklisted since 2002.
Macpherson said the blacklisting would send a clear signal that the department was serious about acting against non-performing contractors.
The blacklisted contractors are now prohibited from bidding for tenders or being awarded work by the department.
Macpherson said this aligned with his vision to ensure the department…
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