Civil engineers at the conference
Engineers in the country have called for the integration of Sandwich Courses into the Engineer’s Training Programme to keep them abreast with changing trends in design, construction and management.
Chairman of the National Engineering Advisory & Review Group ( NEARG), who was speaking at the Civil Engineers Conference in Accra said, “In our part of the world, we would have to, in addition to the theoretical training of the Civil Engineers, look seriously at the integration of Sandwich courses into the Engineer’s Training Programme by attachment to the construction industry.”
He said those in the practice need attachments to foreign consultancies and large-scale Civil Engineering Construction sites to keep them abreast with changing trends.
“It will be worthwhile to focus the acquisition of further degree programmes in Civil Engineering on practical training in building construction on large-scale projects and in Highway Engineering on the practical aspects of quality control that will ensure more durable infrastructure,” Ing. Apatu said.
The engineering conference was organized by the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) in collaboration with the Civil Technical Division.
The conference, which was under the theme, “Regulating the Civil Engineering Profession in Ghana for Effective Delivery”, attracted Civil Engineers Subgroups namely, Geogroup, Structures, Transport, Water/Sanitary/Environmental/Hydrological, Geomatic & Construction Management and Health & Safety.
It was sponsored by Fotcal Ventures, Saint-Gobain and Rain Coat Roofing Systems Ltd.
By Cephas Larbi
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