‘Excon 2010’ reaches international dimensions

Excon 2010 the annual trade fair of the Chamber of Construction Industry Sri Lanka (CCI) will be held from 10 to 12 September at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Hall.

The sixth edition of the Trade Fair held in 2009, was elevated to the level of an International Construction Exposition with the participation of 40 overseas companies as trade stallholders in addition to nine foreign delegations. The Chamber has already received confirmation of over 100 overseas participants and has collaborated with construction industry trade associations in China, Russia and Malaysia to attract their members. As a concurrent event of Excon 2010 “Water Today” will host Water Expo Colombo 2010 under the theme, Uniting the vibrant world of water.

The event is endorsed and supported by the Construction Engineering Services Housing and Common Amenities Ministry. The Chamber has also solicited the patronage of the Ministry of Economic Development Ministry and the Industry and Commerce Ministry while the External Affairs Ministry through the Sri Lankan missions abroad will promote the project.

With the dawn of peace after the 30 year old civil war, CCI will use this event to promote investment in infrastructure development, facilitate transfer of cost effective technologies, particularly in the housing sector, in addition to building capacities of the domestic construction industry through establishment of joint ventures and foreign collaborations.

The CCI will use this event as another initiative to facilitate enhancement of capacities and competitiveness of the domestic construction industry. CCI which is scheduled to commence construction craftsmen training in the Batticaloa District as a project funded by the German Government is hopeful of commencing training facilities in the districts of Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Mannar and Jaffna with the assistance of the bi-lateral donor to build capacities.

The industry stakeholders from conflict affected areas will be invited to attend the event in large numbers, providing them with opportunities to meet overseas investors, vendors of cost effective construction technologies, equipment and other inputs. CCI targets over 300 tradestalls giving domestic stallholders and industry stakeholders opportunities to meet their overseas counterparts, infrastructure development, housing, provision of water supply and sanitation with tourist sector warranting an addition of 45,000 rooms.