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Labour availability study, March 2015
The survey findings illustrate that there are large differences between the labour requirements as estimated by the R4D engineers and those estimated by the contractors. This indicates that, despite the pre-bid training given to the contractors, their capacity to make realistic estimates of labour input requirements is still limited. This finding would suggest that more training is required to contractors in bid-preparation.
During the 2013/14 construction season, 39 contract packages were tendered and awarded, covering 93.5 kilometers of rural roads. The overall progress of the works was slower than initially anticipated. It was thought that this might be partially due to the low availability of workers from rural communities.
For this reason a short survey was conducted to gather information regarding possible labour availability constraints in the local communities. This report presents the finding from the survey. Based on these findings, recommendations have been formulated that aim at addressing the experienced labour-shortage problems.
