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THE Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) has said its members are ready to put their expertise to full use ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly next year.
Zimbabwe and Zambia last year won the bid to co-host the world’s biggest tourism summit to be held in Victoria Falls and Livingstone in August 2013.
ECZ chief executive Engineer Ben Rafemoyo told Business Chronicle that his council had already indicated to its members to adhere to ethical standards when engaged in various projects meant to spruce up the resort town ahead of the UNWTO General Assembly.
“We are very ready to offer our expertise as engineers ahead of the UNWTO General Assembly.
“The council has indicated to our members to ensure that they adhere to ethics in terms of service delivery because they have a significant impact in hosting of the general assembly,” he said.
He said ECZ would ensure that their members would not be found wanting as they executed different projects.
“Even the foreign engineers that will be coming into the country for specific projects, as a council we want to ensure that they are registered and execute their programmes in a professional manner,” he said.
He said monitoring of standards would be done through the Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers.
Eng Rafemoyo said plans were in progress by ECZ to organise coordination meetings that will be attended by members.
He said the meetings would be aimed at ensuring that whatever projects the engineers would be involved in will be done in line with ethical standards.
A lot of civil, structural and consultancy engineering needs to be done on different projects before the UNWTO General Assembly starts.
The projects include the rehabilitation of roads, Victoria Falls Airport and upgrading of hotels and lodges as well as the construction of a $30 million conference.
In February, Government announced that it had secured $200 million for the general assembly.
The general assembly will be attended by delegates from 183 countries, a development expected to give Zimbabwe and Zambia an opportunity to market their tourism industry to the world.
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