Honoring Skilled Workers and Engineers
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will recognize skilled workers and engineers who contributed to outstanding government building construction projects. It will publish a list of people involved in eligible projects on its website and install a plaque at the project site listing key contributors. This fiscal year, the eligible project is the House of Representatives Second Annex Renovation (23), Mechanical Equipment and Other Works. The list includes 24 people, and plaque installation is being coordinated.
Key points
- Recognize skilled workers and engineers who contributed to outstanding government building construction projects.
- Publish a list of people involved in the project on the website and install a plaque at the project site listing key contributors.
- For this fiscal year's eligible project, the list includes 24 people, and plaque installation is being coordinated.
Overview
“Background and purpose”: Securing the people who will support the construction industry is considered essential to ensuring the quality of public works. To contribute to one of the purposes of the Public Works Quality Assurance Act, “promoting the medium- to long-term development and securing of people who will support the construction industry,” the program recognizes the achievements of skilled workers and engineers who contributed to the completion of outstanding government building construction projects. The program has been carried out since fiscal 2017.
Impact
The program is also expected to help communicate the fulfillment and appeal of work in the construction industry.
Details
“Overview (1): Publishing the list”: For projects recognized under the Government Buildings Department's Outstanding Construction Projects Awards, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will publish on its website a list of project participants who consent to being listed. The list includes the construction company name (prime contractor and subcontractors), assigned trade, and the titles and names of skilled workers and engineers.
“Overview (2): Installing plaques”: A plaque naming key participants in an eligible project will be installed at the project site in a location as visible to the public as possible. As a rule, names will include chief engineers and forepersons or above; the installing company may decide at its discretion what other project information to include. Installation requires the award recipients' wishes and the approval of the managing agency, and the installing company bears the cost.
“This fiscal year's recognized project”: The eligible project is “House of Representatives Second Annex Renovation (23), Mechanical Equipment and Other Works.” The contractor is Tanno Setsubi Kogyosho Co., Ltd., and the work includes renewal of the central air-conditioning heat-source equipment. The contract period is from December 7, 2023, through March 31, 2026. Plaque installation is being coordinated.