Construct 2009:

Build for a better future

Sri Lanka's largest ever construction exhibition Construct 2009, will take place from August 14-16 at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial International Exhibition Centre.

Organizers of the Construct 2009 exhibition addressing the medai at the press briefing. Picture by Saliya Rupesinghe

This annual exhibition has been organized for the ninth consecutive year by the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) and it showcases the achievements of Sri Lanka's construction industry. Construct 2009 brings together the entire value chain of the building and construction industry under a common roof for the dissemination and sharing of knowledge in advances made in skills and technology in the industry.

Construct 2009 with over 260 stalls also includes gallery for the suppliers and service providers to exhibit their latest state-of-the-art machinery and equipment to update the construction community of the latest products, services and futuristic trends in the construction industry.

Construct brings together the most representative companies in the sector and a large number of trade visitors and the general public. Construct 2009 going international has included more stalls than last year from other countries with whom the NCASL and the construction community of Sri Lanka have trade links with India, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia.

Last year, the exhibition drew over 20,000 visitors, Construct 2008 was a mega success.

This year we hope to conduct the exhibition on a grandeur scale with more stalls and facilities for exhibitors, in order to make it the most comprehensive trade exhibition in the country. Construct 2009 will create the ideal environment to showcase the achievements and growth of Sri Lanka's construction industry said the organizers of Construct 2009.

With projects, at a national level such as a power plant, water resource projects, ports, flyovers, bridges, expressways and highways having being commissioned, Construct 2009 also serves as a window to the country's development.

At the same time, it presents alternate ways, methods, material and technologies to overcome crisis-issues, the scarcities and the shortcomings which are ground realities that have beset the construction industry.

It is the ideal meeting platform for wholesale and retail suppliers of the industry with builders, engineers, contractors, architects, developers and others involved in today's growing market for construction. The CNCASL is expects a large percentage of contractors to visit this year's exhibition.

NCASL says that all their registered members from nine provinces will be present at the exhibition and several technical sessions will be conducted parallel to the exhibition.

The main objective of the exhibition is to develop the construction industry in Sri Lanka by introducing world-class products, services and state-of-the-art technology and to increase brand awareness and launch new products, services and applications to a captive audience.