Engineering Corp. receives Int'l award

Ashraff.A.Samad-Dehiwela - Mount Lavinya special corr.

State Engineering Corporation Chairman, Jagathe Kumara Perera is receiving the quality award from International Star for Leadership in Quality’s Managing Director Jose E Prieto. General Manager M. Jayachandran, Deputy General Manger (Engineering) A. A. Piyadasa, Board Director Prasenna Dias at the award ceremony in Paris.

The State Engineering Corporation a semi government institution functioning under the purview of the Ministry of Construction Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities received an International Star award for Leadership in Quality at the 16th International Star for Leadership in Quality held in Paris in France on June 26.

The corporation was recognized for outstanding work in the construction, manufacturing, fabrication and project management services in providing innovative and integrated solution that exceed the client expectations, in the construction industry in 2011.

The award recognizes the commitment to quality among companies in construction industries in 78 countries. Every year BID presents 100 quality certificates to government agencies and other organization throughout the world.

The state Engineering Corporation, was established in January 1962 and its main functions include the provision of engineering services, provision of consultancy services, provision of construction equipment, plan designing provision of training and research.

The state Engineering Corporation was awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2009 and has been consistently ranked as one of the top engineering and construction organization in Sri Lanka.

The state Engineering Corporation also won a gold award at the International quality convention involving 74 countries. The corporation was recognized for outstanding work in the construction, manufacturing, fabrication and project management services in providing innovative and integrated solution that exceed the client expectations, in the construction industry in 2011.