Quantity surveyors encouraged to offer quality services
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Permanent secretary Dikagiso Mokotedi giving a speech at Gaborone Sun recently. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
IBQSC held a dinner dance recently to introduce the newly established Quantity Surveyors Registration Council (QSRC) to the quantity surveying community and the Botswana construction industry in general.
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology Dikagiso Mokotedi, said at the event that the entire construction industry needs strict regulation to ensure it gives the public good quality service, and to serve as an integrity mechanism.
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