New contractors association commits to ‘quality, honesty and fairness’

GCAG representatives receiving their Certificate of Registration from Minister Simona Broomes.

The newly registered General Contractors Association of Guyana (GCAG) has pledged to work to create an environment in which “quality, honesty and fairness” become watchwords in the sector and where its members are “consistently compliant in the tender process.”

But at a brief meeting at the office of Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Simona Broomes on Tuesday, where the association received its certificate of registration, the minister told a small group of executive members that it was the wish of government that the “new environment” which the association says it is seeking to create includes “a strict adherence to the codes and practices associated with safety and health at the workplace,”