Construction sector welcoming KiwiBuild, says Labour
Raymond HUO
Building and Construction
Spokesperson
25
November
2012
MEDIA STATEMENT
Construction sector welcoming KiwiBuild,
says Labour
KiwiBuild will help the
construction sector end it’s damaging boom-bust cycles and
develop sustainable capacity and a better-qualified
workforce, says Labour’s Building & Construction
spokesperson Raymond Huo.
“KiwiBuild has been
enthusiastically welcomed by the construction sector. The
commitment to building 100,000 new affordable houses and the
resulting spin-offs with apprenticeships, jobs and a $2
billion a year boost to the economy will provide certainty
and opportunity.
“Some of the sector members I
spoke to after the conference told me they will be able to
move from a ‘property speculation’ philosophy to a
‘property development’ approach, simply because the
certainty of KiwiBuild will allow them to increase their
capacity and train more staff as they rise to tackle the big
challenges we have ahead.”
Raymond Huo says it is
ironic that Building and Construction Minister Maurice
Williamson received a detailed PWC report on the
construction sector and these issues a year
ago.
“Maurice Williamson has sat on a PWC report
that specifically referred to boom and bust cycles, the
volatile and unstable workforce and the inadequacy of
long-term planning and procurement by Government, for over a
year.
“Maurice Williamson has completely failed
to address those issues, Labour’s KiwiBuild will go a long
way to smoothing things out for that
industry.”
ENDS