The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, is launching a public consultation with the aim of increasing the necessary knowledge required to better manage the environment around construction sites.

The Government said in a statement today, that in previous years the construction industry was labelled as not being given sufficient attention, especially at the workplace. Therefore, the Ministry said it has, during the past two and a half years, been making an analysis of what has happened in the past, which have resulted in a number of cases of negligence.

The public consultation was preceded by a serious reflection of 25 years of activity in the building industry on not only the largest projects undertaken in our country, but also the smaller ones, which during this period, has seen drastic changes and improvements.

The Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Joe Mizzi said that, over the years, workers have had more training, machinery saw major changes, the type of materials used have changed, as well as better technology

The Office for Building Regulation invites the general public to contact them on 22927134/22927634 or by email, at bro.mti@gov.mt. The public consultation closes on Friday, the 29th of January 2016.

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