Erratic builders face dismissal

Erratic builders face dismissal

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Builders
Association (Gapensi) has threatened to dismiss members who
produce substandard work.

"We mean to offer quality service to boost our image in the
public. We won't hesitate to dismiss members who do shoddy work,"
chapter chief Daniel Hutapea said as quoted by Antara over the
weekend.

Builders may not handle government projects, which account for
most local contractors' main incomes, unless they are Gapensi
members.

Hutapea stressed that Indonesian builders have to offer
quality service and products if they do not want to lose out to
overseas competitors.

"Foreign contractors are equipped with better technology and
substantial capital. Local builders will have difficulties in
competing with them and in compensation, they will have to put
quality above all else," he said as quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, chief of the city's public works office Dargono D.
said that nowadays contractors can no longer make large profits
by using substandard materials.

"Such manipulation will not only result in a shoddy project
but also tarnish their company's reputation," he said. (pan)