This requires contractors and subcontractors to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge. It is therefore very important for all of us to understand the need for lifelong learning and re-learning to ensure that we keep pace with technology. The Construction Industry Training Institute, the training arm of BCA, will continue to introduce suitable training courses to help the industry switch to more buildable designs. MYE Reduction 14. As you are aware, our construction industry is currently very labour intensive.
Foreign labour is still cheap and readily available.
The industry is still highly dependent on a large pool of unskilled and semi-skilled foreign workers from regional countries. This has greatly impeded the industry s progress in adopting more productive methods of construction. Reliance on large numbers of unskilled foreign workers also poses social problems. It is essential that we replace the large number of unskilled foreign workers with a smaller pool of skilled workers who are more productive and capable of better quality work. We need to recruit better quality skilled workers at source countries.