Kalika Construction has been named the best class ´A´ construction company of the country for the Nepali year 2069. The Class ´A´ FCAN Excellence Gold Award-2069 was handed over to the company by Minister for Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management (MoPPWTM) Hridyaesh Tripathi, amidst a function held by the Federation of Contractors´ Association of Nepal (FCAN) in Kathmandu on Friday.

During the Jagdamba Steels-FCAN Excellence Award ceremony, which coincided with the 5th National Construction Day, Sharma & Company and Nepal Adrasha Nirman bagged ´A´ FCAN Excellence Silver and Bronze awards, respectively.

Similarly, Class ´B´ FCAN Excellence gold, silver and bronze awards went to Ashrya Nirman Sewa, Gajurmukhi Nirman and Roshan Construction, respectively. Among class ´C´ construction companies, J.B. NJirman Sewa, Sundar Nirman Sewa and Ratnakali Nirman Sewa bagged Class ´C´ FCAN excellence gold, silver and bronze awards, respectively.
 
The awards are given away based on performance of construction companies during the year.

On the occasion, the FCAN also provided awards to New Suraj Nirman Sewa, Indereni Nirman Sewa, Mana-Gomati Joint Venture, KC Nirman Sewa of Manang and Nepal Consult for their contribution.

Addressing the award distribution ceremony, Jayaram Lamichhane, president of FCAN, said there should be a favorable political situation in the country to make the domestic construction sector more efficient.

"More than 14,000 small contractors are not going to get any job during the fiscal year 2012/13 due to lack of full-fledged budget," Lamichhane said, expressing dissatisfaction over the current political wrangling and its severe effect on the construction sector.

Urging all the political parties to give a way out to the current deadlock, Lamichhane said that the country should be serious about the development of construction sector for economic prosperity. "Every government talks about economic prosperity but we don´t find them serious about the country´s construction sector," he said on the occasion.

Emphasizing on the government´s role to make contractors more efficient, contractors said that there were many opportunities within and outside the country. "We just need a supportive bureaucracy and policies to work constantly," Bishnu Bhai Shrestha, vice president of FCAN, said.

Bikram Pandey, chairman of the ´A´ Class Excellence Gold Award winner Kalika Construction, said the government was not supportive to uplift the quality of the contractors in the country.

"The government imposes unnecessary criteria in bidding process to avoid participation of domestic contractors," Pandey said. "We don´t get an opportunity to work here due to government´s ill intention."

source: republica,7 Dec 2012