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PPADB Augustine Tema also lobbied for competence of project managers. “Procuring entities need to up their

The Public Procurement and Asgame in terms of project manageset Disposal Board ( PPADB) has ment,” said Tema. Currently plans are bemoaned a skills gap in project in the pipeline to have more project monitoring and management in the management offices in government public sector. to deal with inadequacies in public

Over the years, the country has infrastructure development, accord

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become prone to poor public infraing to Motshedi. Buttressing the need structure and contractors are mostly for procuring entities capacity buildblamed for the development, draining ing, the executive chairperson said

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Executive Chairperson, Elijah Motdoing jobs for the private sector on shedi says an audit of infrastructure time and budget are being given jobs project has indicated that several isby government entities. Motshedi said sues led to high project cost overruns, government should consider bringlate delivery and shoddy works. ing consultants to assist, utilise their

He said public sector challenges expertise and augment government emanate from procuring entities not procurement officers. having capacity to develop specifiMeanwhile, PPADB and Engineers cations and evaluate a project and Registration Board ( ERB) recently competence to award the appropriate signed a deal to strengthen coopor capable contractors. Motshedi said eration in information sharing and lack of enough skilled personnel has engineering professional regulation. been a setback, despite some contracERB Registrar, Dennis Olaotse said tors also lacking capacity to build the relationship will enable the entities and do proper jobs.“Monitoring is a to effectively discharge their duties. big issue, because there is skills gap,” “We have been unable to get inforsaid Motshedi not dismissing exismation on the tender requirements tence of contractors who want to cut and winning bidder’s key engineering corners.“You need to have people who personal proposal from procuring can really monitor contractors and entities prior to site visitation for supervise effectively,” he emphasized, easy identification of the engineeradding that some of the contractors ing professionals proposed,” said are well experienced and would easOlaotse. Motshedi is optimistic that ily escape the watchful eyes of junior the collaboration will lead to seamproject managers in the public sector. less flow of information between ERB

Sharing Motshedi’s sentiment on the and PPADB.“I believe this will go a need to build more capacity around long way in improving the quality project managers in the public sector, and delivery of engineering projects,”

Acting Executive Director Works said Motshedi.